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Ok: Isn't this an attempt to at the very least convince others of a POV that you hold is quite important and worthy of contemplation? I'm going to ref...

I'm not sure if you're being honest here. I'm going to (probably unsuccessfully) disentangle some things here. You stated that you found some sense of...

I thought I already said that the use of these hypotheticals promotes the radicalization of philosophy. Have you by chance heard of The Third Wave (ex...

I read it all. Your point is exposing prejudices and in some shape or form enhancing self-knowledge through/by this ethical dilemmas. I'm saying that ...

I'm acutely aware of the fact that schizophrenics are non-violent people. But, I've been to group therapies in my local behavioral health clinic, and ...

My point is that the problem itself is unfit for the domain of philosophic discourse. Again, if you manage to persuade a person that blacks are deserv...

If memory serves me right, then I was under the impression that delusions of reference, delusions of persecution, and hearing (often) demonic voices a...

I respect your attitude or stance towards the issue. But, discounting or downplaying the fact that you are or aren't schizophrenic, per leo's post is ...

The problem I have with proposed extremism towards situations or hypothetical dilemmas such as killing a billion or so is that it is in some form, sha...

No, that would be a hasty overgeneralization and I never meant to imply that all you experience is automatically invalid, which is as you say "bogus"....

Given that psychiatry and psychology are the main fields of science in dealing with suffering and its alleviation, then what's the issue with treating...

This is very Wittgenstein'ian. Recall the first proposition of the Tractatus. The world is everything that is the case. And what the case is, is a sta...

Great poem. :ok:

I'm going to boil down the issue to a utilitarian ethical schematic. Now, with this line of thought in place you can successfully produce a model to b...

Sin City indeed.

Try Las Vegas. :blush:

Nope. You'd have to go to Hooters or some strip club for that kind of entertainment, and have the means to do so of course.

Anyway, who wants to go to Disneyland?

His last words were something about chronic dissatisfaction. Porn seems to coincide with that motive.

Hmm, I sense a lot of bitterness in this post. Expectations change due to circumstances within or beyond our control.

Yes, the issue is that we treat the self as a non-temporal abstract object, when in fact it is not all that abstract in the context of time itself.

Yet, you haven't suggested any kind of incentive structure to create the demand for higher quality posts. So, you've condemned your sentiment to a com...

Here I am trying to quantify a qualifier. Go figure.

Do I get a reward for that?

Oh come now, I'm sure there's something that can be done about our lack of incentive structure resulting in the endless psychologizing of people's int...

As childish as that seems, I could see some merit to the idea of having that idea implemented. Incentives, rewards, hmm humdrum.

While I'm on the fence on whether there should be an elite section to this forum, I would like to see some incentive for posting higher quality conten...

Well, the ordinary answer to this question is that he uses the term stipulatively in each case. Others more well read in the text can help point this ...

I've seen this kind of anti-psychiatry sentiments here and on Facebook. I don't know what purpose telling THX1138 that he isn't really schizophrenic s...

I'm not sure what utility Steve Jobs endowed people with. Chronic dissatisfaction tends to breed unhappiness and anxiety. EDIT: I wouldn't invest in A...

Well, as I said, there are other forums that adhere to a different standard, such as peer-reviewed posts and topics. I happen to like the disagreement...

Why the hostility, @"Jake"? Are you not satisfiable with what we've got already?

Well, we've rather taken a solipsistic turn, haven't we?

I'm not sure if Socrates took joy in being the gadfly. Maybe it was some proto-Kantian duty he sought to fulfill.

Anyway, I see the issue in exalting the laws that govern the behavior of the Kantian that @"tim wood" is talking about. The problem is actually the pe...

Oh yeah, Freddy rears his head in agreement if at all possible with an ubermensch. Yeah, and the abyss is pretty deep, so what?

Well, you are a balloon popper and button presser, so whatever floats your boat, I suppose.

So, the issue is how you framed the issue. According to my interactions with you in this thread, you operate on the basis an individualistic Kantian c...

Ad hominems aside, what's the issue here. Again, it's as if you have a hard time coming to terms with our drug-crazed culture here in the great States...

There's another philosophy forum that reviews every post made by some moderator. This site inherently gets a lot more traffic, and unless a revolution...

Yeah, I heard the withdrawals can be pretty bad. One person told me in confidence that he would rather break his leg or arm than go through an opioid ...

Wallows is wallowing... :blush:

Lol, the vibrance of TimeLine will never fade.

Ah indeed. Don't know how that slipped my mind. His famous bicycle ride comes to mind.

Cool, so what are your grand plans in the scheme of things, disregarding everything that has been said thus far, catharsis and all that jazz?

Yeah, just to give you some reassurance that my intentions are clear, I am not a psychologist, am on disability myself due to schizophrenia/psychotic ...

Sorry if I asserted that if untrue. Like I said straw men are bound to arise over such an intricate topic. Best regards.

Message a mod. Probably got caught by the spam filter accidentally.

I didn't mean it in the derogative sense that you'll always feel this way about the whole issue. It's just my sentiment that psychology is fatalistic ...

So, just taking a step back. You, THX1138 have made the claim that if someone wanted to they could track you through invading your privacy. I say ther...