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Wow, that completely flew over my head. :rofl:

OK, so let's assume we're engaging in a dispute utilizing reasoned argumentative strategies. If we both share the same goal of wanting to know the tru...

Or are Rogerian agreements all about pragmatism in a consensus based belief system?

I think in some correspondence linguistic conception, simply as we go along discovering new truths.

I mean to imply that the state of affairs of our Rogerian agreement is in question, then we can only work though backward induction to isolate where w...

Yes. While it's epistemologically futile to claim otherwise, though.

Are you microdosing?

Does anyone agree that ideally all disputes should end in a Rogerian manner? How does one enforce that?

Thanks for all the responses. Interesting to note that the only consensus that has been arrived at is for truth/gained wisdom to be the end goal of an...

You guys do what you want with this thread. It lacks direction and I'm not sure where it's headed.

Or a yellow submarine. Who knows such things?

So, your asking me for my own conception of human nature. I'm afraid I don't have one. But, I'll get back to you when I do. :smile:

Trump got loled at, at the UN. Haha.

Hmm, that's a tad harsh don't you think? I mean, how does one objectify progress when dealing with depression?

All good!

I think it's a great idea. Wonder how it can be implemented in the forum. Thanks for sharing the Wittgenstein read. Must read more Wittgenstein, ADHD ...

On the other hand, apart from my lack or lesser disliking of Trump, I haven't seen the necessary steps being taken by the Democratic party to ensure t...

I wonder how traumatized our moderators are. Joking aside, the internet is festering with that crap, and my endless gratitude at the people keeping th...

Don't wanna. Can't muster the motivation to do so. Always apathetic and/or depressed. Nice song though.

Yeah, I can't say I feel all that depressed. Although, I do sit home all day and do nothing productive with my time other than post here or lay in bed...

Yes, there's an element of fortune telling in the diagnosis of depression. One is depressed because they act depressed, or so the rationale goes.

I have to mention though, that it's often an ordeal for (me at least) a person to go to psychotherapy. It's uncomfortable to talk about your issues an...

Would you say that depression goes away, or just one has to learn to cope with it? I mean, the mental filter that gets distorted when depressed is con...

This is true. I suppose that depression does manifest itself in different forms and such. I just think that depression meds are useful in general for ...

Probably. I don't think I'll be the first customer. Too antsy about glitches and such.

Pascal's wager! Haha

Don't laugh; but, I'm saving money to be able to be able to afford that Brain-Machine-Interface he's talking about with the creation of Neuralink, the...

Yeah, by my previous post you'd think that's what someone on LSD or mushrooms would experience. Some form of controlled or uncontrolled psychosis.

Ah, I think I understand. So, derealization is just a shifting of one's dream to a more inwardly desire or dream from that of society or socio-cultura...

Yes, he isn't interested in a brute logical AI system that would arbitrage a utility system for "one's" benefit. Besides, what use is money to a machi...

Well, if money is involved then anything flies. More symptoms of a decrepit utility system of our society.

Science may not be the answer; but, is a means in doing so. Just clarifying the ambiguity.

And, all the media reported was that he smoked a doobie during the interview, whoppitty f*cking do... Mandatory to watch, IMO.

Well, it's Elon Musk. What do you expect, nothing less than a brilliant form of humanism derived or made possible through science?

Sorry, been meaning to get back to this post. I think you nailed it, with describing this in terms of the roles we play. It also consists of games we ...

It sure is a form of fantasy world. Isn't that what entertainment is all about? But, the issue is that isn't this all so childish and mundane an activ...

I disagree with @"Jake" due to the fact that these simple and elegant behavioral tactics or strategies are not able to be realized in full by the depr...

So, what you're saying was that depression was not severe enough an impediment in the past to cause individuals to not be able to reproduce? How about...

Seems about right to assert this. Is it that the mind is so complex that depression is hard to treat, still?

Yes, but how ought are community ought look like?

If all of this is true, and we know that a tree will fall in an empty forest with no people around, then what's left is coping. Please start a thread ...

I agree to some extent. So, let's talk about depression? It seems like we're making progress in that regard.

Well, my point was that it's a poor strategy to utilize. To cope with something one must be aware of what is being coped with. I don't think anyone wo...

I suspect that depression is indeed a form of coping with life. I only wonder if it is effective. And, since it is not effective, then what can be don...

Interesting. So, depression is a coping strategy itself. Why is depression such a failure of a coping strategy, since most people don't feel as though...

You mean to say that depression is non-dysphoric? Doesn't that mean they have learned to cope with it? What do you think about dreams as a return to t...

I just ordered it. What should I suspect of it? I suspect that there was some deep issue of the cultish folk(?) to believe in (or not) in the Hippocra...

I would very much like to see a thread on that topic if you could start one. It's not a challenge, just out of curiosity. I'll ponder on what you said...

Just babbling here; but, I want to live as in my dreams - away from responsibility, deficiencies, self-labeling and so on. Dreams are amazing to me be...

It's a great post, what can I say. :smile: It's an analysis of the desire to live a better or more fulfilling life. I have to say that your Skinnerian...