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Life is immoral, so childbirth is immoral. Nietzsche's Daybreak touches on this.

This thought experiment requires us to steer from logic, as Russell's self-containment theorem states: A set cannot contain itself. Logic aside, then ...

I think this approaches the solution. Conveniently, red is the color of blood. It's striking for us, nature decided so this color should cause such se...

Sounds to me like you're constantly exposed to the opinions of dumb fucks. I hope you succeed amid your context. Best of wishes.

I believe he explained it quite a bit in the idea that we cannot properly understand anything. Other than that, yes. I agree with you. Although I'd ad...

Yeah, this is basically it. and fucking references?! This guy grabs by the balls. Hi!

To me, it's simpler. Philos: To love Sophos: Wisdom. To love wisdom.

NO. Your logic is faulty. You say do stuff that doesn't kill you. I refer to stuff that will help you not die. It's different.

This disregards my OP. --- That's one way to put it.

Because we die and tend to want to live. --- Haha, I like how you put it. I agree. Listening is always there. --- I wouldn't say probabilistic. In log...

The subject learned that the object is important, and that's enough for my argument. ---- Of course, I agree. They're not equal; hardly even similar. ...

Agree. How did you learn about E=mc² ? Did you read about it in a book? Or do people just go around repeating it? You most likely know the basics of w...

Well, how about surgery? No one likes to be cut open, but it's for our own good. I think that "or" should be an "and". . Although I agree, I fear this...

But dying is always on the menu, isn't it? Have to spend that time in between somehow. Why do you say this? Where do you live? I live in Caracas and I...

Yes it can because self-referencing is OK in our mental framework.

Because it's binding, a decision that will help one live on; either physically or through a legacy.

Well, you shared in this here forum, and I've read it and responded. Now your story lives on with a stranger somewhere far away. I wish you the best o...

What would you have instead? Uploading your conscience to a computer?

That's valid. Actually, we don't have to like it. We don't have to anything, really, other than stuffing food into our and our loved ones' face and ho...

I think that it's OK to fear death. It's the one thing it's impossible to recover from. A true point of no return (for our conscience, at least). Now,...

I'm actually driven by curiosity, rather than criticism. That must've been fun! I'm glad you had that experience and chose to share it with the world.

Cheat, too. We can think about Buddhism regarding so, as it proposes that our minds and bodies are just vehicles for these ideas to manifest themselve...

Please give it a read. It's disturbing but eye-opening.

An easy answer would be to try to fool death and the absurd. Maybe through beauty or scientific inquiry; perhaps by trying to push the ideas we deem c...

Elaborate, please. Greatly underestimated skill. Might we adopt this as a new definition of philosophy!? Quite good.

We just have to get better at communicating and be patient, you know? At least that's what I've learned from others. Jorge Luis Borges, one of my favo...

Apply scientific rigor to the discussion, then.

@"Alexis Schaffer" "No people are not dinosaurs" No people = There doesn't exist an 'x' that meets the criteria. There doesn't exists a person which i...

Does fault imply decision or consciousness, then? Are "emotional decisions" intentional?

I like this definition, but mind Russell's Paradox: A set cannot contain itself. Maybe "thought to pertain to" instead of "belong"? Agreed, but it's a...

@"Sir2u" Why? What's the alternative?

You've said it yourself. Math is our ever-evolving language for modeling anything. If you really want to get down to detail, I suggest focusing on par...

You have hit the nail in the head. This is a serious problem. Have you read "The Black Swan"? It's a notorious no-BS book regarding this exact subject...

Ah! Well, if we're talking about control and consciousness then I'd agree that not all instances have had someone steering the wheel. Makes me think a...

Yes? Could you elaborate?

This is an important subject in rhetoric and it's nice to read your take on it. However, I strongly believe that who's at fault is not the emotional o...

"catastrophically false" made me chuckle! This is a great framework for efficiency, but maybe not the best for discerning knowledge. I was about to as...

maybe, but we know to some extent what we're talking about.

The problem of what is and what is not. It's the problem of agreeing on something, of deciding, even if it doesn't make sense whether it can be agreed...

Existential dread sure is inconvenient in a sense. On the other hand, Sisyphus pushes the stone and Atlas carries the world. Purpose appears to be a f...

I'm a huge fan of discrete maths; I know your proof by heart! Have you thought about machine learning? The models can predict our behavior, meaning th...

When you remind yourself about ideals, is it really "you" who's doing the remembering? Or is it the perduring will of those who kept the idea alive th...

Because you're pointing at something, in this case, the concept of "moral," there is no definitive. That you can even associate a concept to the word ...

Well, Nietzsche's first book is partly titled "How to Philosophize with a Hammer." I find that his methods are quite good. Thoughtful is different fro...

I love your post title. "Who was right on certainty?" Who ever is right on anything? Oh look, it's my missing eye!

I don't want to sound rude but, here it goes. You must get good at writing engaging content. Authenticity can't be faked or bought. You must earn it. ...

Why, then, do people so easily confuse metaphysical concepts related to the absolute? Because the absolute is not IT and doesn't help describe IT. As ...