Shawn

Are you Kevin Langdon?

And what would it take for that to be true?

Think solipsism...

In a non-deterministic universe that would all be true. But, this isn't a non-deterministic universe, is it?

Please share that too.

I'll send you a PM.

Here's something to read about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychology#Stargate_Project

It's real, though...

Well, the question is pretty straightforward. If the universe is expanding, then new state spaces are arising and hence information. I guess the quest...

Take some Xanax and/or Haldol.

So, Trump is committed to bombing Iranian cultural sites which leads to undeniable proof of committing preemptively war crimes. Wow...

Hey, ssu... is the state of affairs beyond recourse or is there some logic behind this?

https://i.imgur.com/KAOp5NL.png Now you can be sure.

Truth is, Trump desecrated many years of effort by Obama's administration to convince Iran not to pursue nuclear capability. Quite sad, I think.

Well, didn't Iran give up its nuclear program with the help of Obama's promise of funds and technology regarding nuclear reactors, with Russia support...

The more irrational you behave, the greater you effectiveness of destruction in a war scenario. Thing is, in this case the decision seems entirely irr...

Bomb everything. Ask questions later.

It happened again, and not in some psychotic fit as I first suspected. I really want to understand this, can someone chime in?

I sort of analyzed the issue, and typically, when these sort of things happen, you have massive deflationary spirals arising due to the newfound outpu...

And pigs can fly.

So, Trump just got impeached?

Then, how do you correct a faulty belief system, or how do you create one where these contradictions don't arise?

The pig is smiling.

Well, if I'm in contradiction then it matters if it's about something factual (hence correspondence with respect to the world) or it may be about some...

Do facts factor in here? For some reason the correspondence theory of truth deserves a mention of it's 'bout facts. But what about values?

With regards to what?

How so?

But, what of differing or clashing values that don't correspond with any particular state of affairs in the world, necessarily?

What does that even mean?

A wallowsome issue. I think it must be both...

What made you say that, as I'm off base.

Pretty much man. But, I'm glad we'll be done with the era of men or the ever subjunctive female in terms of worth defined by output.

Yes, in formal systems; but, akin to what @"ChatteringMonkey" is mentioning, they can also arise in informal languages?

In light of that what then should guide a person to formulate his or her own values, if you don't mind me badgering you?

Is it necessary that one abandon ones belief posing as the solution here?

Yes, if not a contradiction, then what exactly is it, then? Very interesting stuff hereabouts.

I think that's the central question here. That is, what is *intent* exactly... There can be none, I suppose. So, the question seems ill phrased... On ...

I'm really stumped here, @"Banno", @"unenlightened"?

Well, you seem to have set the cart before the horse here. Yes; but, the solipsist can never doubt that things happen otherwise. It's a self-determini...

Still, the point here is nation-building, not fighting a landlocked war between Pakistani, Saudia Arabian, and Iranian influence.

I still contest, that even in dreams, where dream characters seemingly have an intent of their own, that it is still originating from something that c...

Same thing?

What does this mean? Curious...

Glad your here man. I really appreciate the Philosophy of Logics by Susan Haack you suggested over at the old PF.

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Lot's of Bach...

There seems to be a lot of self-hatred in regard to suicidal thoughts in my view. Strength or the perception of having strength seems to be a theme of...

Yeah, at some point in my life, out of utter desperation, I turned to drugs to help me cope with suicidal thoughts. Stimulant medications really helpe...

*Are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet?* :lol:

I really don't know what you mean by "facing suicide". Usually (in my case), there's a lot of anxiety when those thoughts appear. That's pretty dark, ...