"What is this experience?" — intrapersona
I don't know--mental degradation maybe? I don't know why so many people are seduced into believing solipsism more or less. — Terrapin Station
We already know about your self-assessed superiority, don't we? — Terrapin Station
So you do think that arguments are determined by word count then? The more words it has, the more of an argument it is? — Terrapin Station
Academics tend to be in complete denial that there is more in heaven and earth than dreamt of in their philosophies and, like ants climbing the Empire State building, they refuse to accept the possibility that they can never grasp the reality of their situation by merely climbing higher. Yet, the worst possible tragedy is to become afraid of the light, the worst possible tyranny is denying the evidence of our own senses and sensibilities, and the worst possible failure is losing faith in our own journey. To be aware we must first embrace our own ignorance, to have a friend we must embrace being a friend, to appreciate more of the humor and beauty in life we must first embrace them in ourselves, to actualize our full potential we must be willing to embrace our own flaws, and to truly live we must first embrace life more fully. For no man is an island nor can he be the measure of all things lest he embrace virtue as its own reward and wonder as the beginning of wisdom knowing that the only thing he can know is that he knows nothing. — wuliheron
Haha okay. I at least admire that you're admitting that you believe that.In most circumstances yes, — intrapersona
That would only be obvious to someone who places more value on "reasons" for liking something and who doesn't realize that not everyone (relatively) values the same things different amounts.. . . then obviously it has less value than the latter. — intrapersona
I don't want to keep having these rubbish conversations with you. — intrapersona
Now that I have given up naive realism, I just feel disassociated from what a real and truthful reality would feel like. It is lonely, and somewhat frightening. :-O Yet, I am here still clinging on to what little meaning of the world (or rather my sensory experience) I have left. — intrapersona
Now that I have given up naive realism — intrapersona
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