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:mask: My bad then...

Yeah, I used to have that diagnosis. Although, I don't have the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, which eventually made my diagnosis be a psychotic ...

Incredible. Instead of talking about his sentiments about Platonism, which can be gleaned through his incompleteness theorems or Turing's Halting prob...

You should try and live a day thinking in 3'rd person. Shit is awesome for these disquietudes.

In psychology, this is called reality testing. Something the insane don't do much. *Happy thoughts*

Since you referenced Descartes and implied his evil demon in this thread, I'd say as long as you can doubt, you're fine.

You better not come to The Lounge then.

It's my thread so GTFO.

So, the straw man of why the poor are poor is complete? Don't take that too seriously, although I hope it comes off as sincere.

Perfectionism and OCD should be classified as the same thing.

Yes, sorry. I'd like to revise my prior questionnaire to a more simple and personal feel-good existential question to Prof. Pigliucci to be the follow...

You know, that is actually a pretty interesting question. Is Stoicism more taxing on a person than simply assuming that everything goes? Have at it.

Yeah, well this is why we have underwriters and assessors in banks who weigh the probability of success for a startup along with the interest on the l...

And, in a sense this "bypasses" Godel's incompleteness theorems, which Wittgenstein sought to point out as far as my limited knowledge spans.

By no means I am an authority on the matter; but, let's suppose that we could envision an uncountable alphabet, then doesn't that suppose a mathematic...

Well, you presupposed that they won't win anyway. So, if those poor schmucks can't win then credit is bad for them? Am I getting you right here?

It could be, don't really know. I tend to suspend judgment calls on such matters.

Mhm, I didn't want to psychologize the issue, since no authority can be bestowed on such sentiments; but, I did hint at that question in a more broade...

Look, I see you edited your post two or three times, about him being a paranoid schizophrenic at it being an established "fact". So, I rest my case. T...

Hostile to Kurt Godel? Are you kidding me? I idolize the man in many regards. I see we're on completely different wavelengths here, so I'll stop the p...

Great. Have at it, a guy who was best friends with Einstein taught at Princeton and completely demolished Hilbert's program is... crazy. Is this shitp...

Well, you made the annoying quip about him being crazy. He was paranoid about food and starved himself to death; but, not "crazy".

No, I have a pretty good understanding of Gödel's incompleteness theorems. But, don't take it from me, by all means... I actually understood his work ...

Not necessarily. Patents are a great example of something available in access even to "Joe Blow". There are even companies that assist you in developi...

If that were true, then supposedly this leaves us with two conclusions... 1) Getting there by any amount of effort is futile because the game is rigge...

Not in college. In college.

Talk about draining the swamp!

Bashing on Godel, his incompleteness theorems points towards the noetic faculties of the mind that are capable of perceiving beyond that of which woul...

Let's save that for after the event has occurred, heh, to be Stoical about such matters. :halo:

Do you mean that it assists them in manner of speaking in maintaining their wealth or getting there in the first place?

And, what about black rabbit-raven? Eh??! https://i.imgur.com/lkaqfgh.jpg

We're all talking about kittens and having a blether; but, have you witnessed the awesomeness of catfish? Aye?! https://i.imgur.com/cy0wdi2.png

Aye...

Yeah, that is true, and hence why I am all for closing tax loopholes, and the means to entice tax evasion, like the tax havens, where it's estimated a...

I really don't think there has been a viable alternative to even entertain the notion of "transitioning" or even a "revolution". Just look, at the M2 ...

Also, let's please keep in mind that most people don't only work for money. The frictional unemployment rate in the US is pretty steep due to this.

Let me reassure, you, the US will never experience a "transition" in governance. Trump may seem as an outlier; but, apart from his estranged foreign p...

You remove those two barriers and most of the talking points of the left disappear.

Inequality isn't necessarily a bad thing. The bad thing about it is when the rich decide to collude and form monopolies, oligopolies and are in the be...

The cycle that once may have existed in Europe, has been addressed and broken in a manner of speaking by encouraging entrepreneurship, credit to the p...

Structurally, I am in agreement that there's simply a structural advantage to being rich. It allows one to explore opportunities once unavailable to t...

I like that, tell me more.

Depends where we are in the world. In my case, the US, has a pretty progressive tax code that allows one to recover from debt. Bankruptcy is also an o...

So, just a point I want to talk about that is disputed and should not come off as factual: -Thrasymachus is thought to be the mouthpiece for Spartan c...

@"unenlightened", I'm sure you have something worth saying also? Please come out of your slumber and share edifying thoughts with us folk.

@"Ciceronianus the White", here's your chance to expand or interact with a leading Stoic philosopher. Quite interested in your take on the philosophy ...

*Wallows jubilantly*

First, thanks to the mod team and Professor Pigliucci for making the decision to come by. From a personal standpoint, I will focus on Stoicism out of ...

Or more bluntly, same method, differing outcomes.

Yes, they converge here (and if I'm not mistaken the divergence is due to this very momentary convergence) in that one needs to be guided by the good ...