Shawn

Should modalities be invoked here?

Sincerity is pretty important to this matter.

No, my opinions shouldn't be a factor in the decision to ban OmniscientNihilist. And, this was made clear by Baden deciding to ban him on the ground o...

I really don't see why this is becoming a personalized attack towards my taste on the matter of Charles Manson being quoted in a meme that got deleted...

And, if I may be so bold, why shouldn't we shouldn't voice opinions towards a position that is untenable? Go read the post I quoted. It's pretty clear...

Well, I'm sorry if you found his comments insightful. Can we get a show of hands, to this matter?

Have at his last posts, which I found alarming: Injustice against Manson? Yeah, that's some Helter-Skelter, racial wars, end of the world poop.

Someone turn the lights on, it's getting really dark in here, fast.

Yes, I suppose our mental/intellectual profiles are meshing in some sense. Eeeek.

Easy on the mentions @"Amity". I just posted some quasi-philosophical questions. Heh.

Really? A quote by Manson? Seems we're getting helter-skelter. And, I don't see how he was in any way an advocate for the sanctity of life. But, you k...

I'm pretty sure, that if we accept the problem of existence, as paramount of existential ethics, then we ought to treat life as sacred.

Getting there: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ES9PFJRcni0

Yeah, I think I'm gonna fold my chair and go somewhere else now.

OK, but pragmatically I see no reason why a philosopher can't in principle answer a question purportedly exclusive to a therapist. And, I mean no disr...

Just trying to burn down this straw man that he set out hereabouts.

Well, there's WAY more overlap between the two rather than the superficial differences your trying to 'create'...

The post starts out OK; but, then we have this profound non sequitur: Says who?

At this point I don't think you know what both of us are even talking about. I'm certainly lost hereabouts.

Of all the examples you took Buddhism as one to represent the astonishingly fine line between what one can call a philosophy or way of life that addre...

Wow, this is quite obtuse, please elaborate on what you think is the difference between a Stoic and therapist, if you don't mind? EDIT: And, I hope th...

I'd say see both, as a pragmatic method or thing...

OK, well first, this isn't even what Stoicism is about. Second, do you only think in a pejorative (stereotypical) manner?

OK, you added more content to that post, but, does it apply to modern-day Stoicism?

Well, the whole thread's premise is based on straw-manning psychology as if something separate from the ethos of neo-Stoical philosophy as self-help a...

Yes, but, it goes both ways. Many modern psychologists have actually claimed that Stoicism was an inspiration of sorts towards treating attitudes and ...

And, thus, I have demonstrated that, in at least an epistemological sense, that linguistic relativity is true?

I see this is a derivative of the Curse Thread, way back in the good ol' days.

In a nutshell, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which I've been bragging about hereabouts, somewhat earlier.

I don't quite grasp how Davidson overcomes linguistic relativity. Has this been demonstrated yet?

Truth and logic are good friends. :halo: I think we should strive to be more logical, then?

Lot's of seemingly joint discontinuities here... Care to connect the dots for me?

He seemingly failed at this task, with the judgement passed over him leading him to drink the hemlock... Why do you think he failed at this?

I suppose Socrates wasn't Buddha in trying to alleviate the suffering of individuals by engaging with them. Arguably, so?

Cool beans, though, there's an element to philosophy that seems to encourage a selfless desire to engage with the hoi polloi, don't you think?

Well, that's quite the overgeneralization. I'd think FB encourages the hyping up of concepts, as pictures tend to attract more attention than well tho...

I sense a disturbance in the force...

Yes, well can't argue with that, apart from the fact that once you dip below the poverty line, there is always Medicare to rely on. Though, that doesn...

Banned myself, for wallowing too much. But, that can't be helped.

Yep, people or governments will get high on whatever they choose... Be it control (profound power trips) or something else.

Thanks for that SLX. It seems the man was oozing with magnanimity and charisma apart from his towering intellect. The takeaway for me was (their) conf...

What is up with the family of trolls infiltrating the forum? https://i.imgur.com/MFutP4t.png Rename me JohnnyTwofingers, not really.

Yeah, them meeting with the monolith at the start of the film must have been quite an experience, eh? https://www.zinzin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/1...

Kubrick and Spielberg were the closest of friends, and since Kubrick is dead, I'm going to take Spielberg's view on the matter that the film wasn't al...

That's a misunderstanding of the film. Sure it was released in the 60's, and you had the audience at the time either high or inebriated in some sense....

Crazy shitpost maaan.

Okay, then we have progress on the issue. Still, that wall isn't being paid by Mexico, as promised it would be...(?)

Maybe you're living a parallel universe, but can you back this claim up in any manner or form?

On a not entirely different note, I've been watching the NASA meltdown in regards to Elon Musk taking a puff of marijuana on a dumb Joe Rogan podcast,...

I'd rather not. I already presented my rationale, earlier.