Shawn

Just wallowsome...

So bored and apathetic. Have nothing to do since I've been castrated.

Conversely, we can be naive and claim that we don't know where the heroin someone is doing is not supporting evil empires or states, like the Taliban....

:fear:

Ok, understood. Though, to rationalize an addiction can be helpful in finding a way out of it. I have ADD and have been prescribed many stimulant drug...

Would you call your addiction some form of self-medication? How do you rationalize the addiction part of your dual diagnosis?

That seems to make sense to me. Supply and demand I suppose. Eliminate the profitability of drugs and the house of cards topples down on its own.

Is there really any answer that would count as an answer? I'm not sure. While I do think I have made some progress in my own philosophical development...

Philosophy and psychoceramics? Not sure.

So, again the psychologism rears its head, and one has to say, that personal progress is in fact immeasurable.

Yes, although I'm not quite sure what that has amounted to? Being more aware of logical fallacies or some such matter? Seems like a misguided claim to...

It sure isn't going to be. If progress can't be measured inside the field of philosophy, then I'm afraid we're stuck at square one.

Got no money; but, cool.

Pretty much. Nothing to disagree with here. Though, if philosophy is viewed as useless, by many, what can be said about the field? Some kind of PR cam...

Strangely enough, it's often the case that through the appreciation of philosophy and ethics, that these issues, like global warming, derive their "va...

Yeah, I'm in agreement here. Well, philosophy isn't qualified in dealing with these issues, rather than say some discipline like economics or some suc...

I don't plan on having children. 'So what', one might say? But, I don't think it's a matter about caring about the welfare of our children that really...

Yeah, I agree; but, there's really no authority on the matter, so I might as well retort, "Says who?" But, according to a famous economist, we're all ...

So, there's no way around it. Progress is intrinsically meaningful both to the individual and society at large. "Therefore", we must focus squarely on...

Getting back to you on your question... So I think "value" and "progress" have been conflated with one another as of late in human history. I don't th...

I might as well ask again in this thread... When does a drug have some utility? When it's bestowed by some authority behind it and has some social goo...

What about if it has some conferred utility? Then, isn't it considered as beneficial towards some end?

Wow, how bad is it?

Also, if you're looking at trying to potentiate the high of marijuana, try some caffeine or agmatine. Blast off!

So, just to give an example. Ritalin is considered a "nootropic" due to its effects on memory consolidation and cognitive function. Amphetamine is not...

I've been involved in the nootropics movement for a good 8 years. Marijuana by most standards is not considered a "nootropic". So, whatever falls unde...

Isn't this the issue of reactionary movements? In that, because I don't have some such reaction, then does that posit that I don't apply to it?

There's a domain of psychology concerned with the study of crackpottery, it's called 'psychoceramics'. I feel as though you can't really philosophize ...

When will someone start a topic on psychoceramics? I can't; but, would be willing and unable to.

Aye, I slept a lot though. Sleeeep.

... but, I feel alive, and that's what counts, I think?

You're right. I think this is my second or third sleepless night, and the fact of the matter is that all this poor intellectualization, some fantasy o...

You're asking me quite a difficult question. I'll get back to you later on this.

No idea. My philosophical beginning started around 2007-8 on PF. The only old folks there that really caught my attention was Gassendi1 whom I never g...

But, what about Wittgenstein? Don't you think he made his fair share of contribution to the state of philosophy?

Ok, I'm not even going to try and defend myself here. Your right, I'm wrong. Have it your way. I'll try my best and stop being the squeaking wheel her...

OK, Got the message, not welcome here anymore. Going to: https://onlinephilosophyclub.com/forums/ Take care everyone.

You know... voluntary discomfort, cynic ethos, and the like?

In one case the possibility of content seems to be affirmed and in the other denied.

Yeah, you can see the issue of doing that if you apply the LEM hard enough? Either that or an ad infinitum kinda arises... Edit: To phrase this anothe...

So, I might as well ask it here. What was the issue with the draft thread? Honestly, it wasn't a bump.

There's a precautions equilibrium that governs this place. Pay heed to thy elders I say, if one gives a shiet.

Dunno, there be pirates about, arrgghh.

Pirates be sailing.

So, I'm going to use one of my old topics that seem to have some merit given my recent self-exile from starting topics, which deep down I just love do...

I'm going to take an example that keeps on popping up in my mind, a la Plato, Marx, and others that progress has been made when the Holli Poli has bee...

I don't see how any of this follows, along with you're an apparent distaste for the Soviet bloc.

While, I am aware of the immense popularity of Adam Smith on mercantilist based economics, and the resulting shift that happened, I find quoting Ayn R...

Can you support this claim in any way shape or form?