It can be difficult to see the path we are treading on if we are looking elsewhere ;)

It can be difficult to see the path we are treading on if we are looking elsewhere — DA671

Suffering? :brow:

Happiness.
Oh, and in case it's a verb, no, not right now. Too busy maintaining the inherently positive state of joy that harms cannot easily negate.

I don't think you quite understand what you're saying. — Agent Smith

difficult — DA671

Happiness — DA671

Flawed perspectives can indeed lead to unnecessary difficulties in achieving happiness.

Then again, there's a sense of enjoyment in certain difficulties. Reading textbooks was fun. However, I would not consider those difficulties to be an inextricably necessary component.

I think that the first part of that message would, unfortunately, apply to you here.

Flawed perspectives can indeed lead to unnecessary difficulties in achieving happiness.

I think that the first part of that message would, unfortunately, apply to you here. — DA671

Red Herring!

Flawed perspectives — DA671

By the way, is your perspective flawless/perfect?

Argument from fallacy.

My perspective is obviously more probable to be correct in my opinion, but I wouldn't wish to be too sure.

Argument from fallacy. — DA671

You committed the fallacy. Let's just set that aside for now.

Is your perspective flawless/perfect?

My perspective is obviously more probable to be correct in my opinion, but I wouldn't wish to be too sure — DA671

However, not perfect, right? Ergo, suffering.

I didn't, especially considering that it's nigh impossible to reply to quotes without context. But sure, I digress.

Is your perspective flawless?

obviously more probable to be correct — DA671

:rofl:

In itself, provided it's true, it is perfect. However, the perfection of rationality entails being open to multiple possibilities. Truly wonderful.

provided it's true — DA671

Therein lies the rub...it could be false. Are you still happy?

That's my reaction to antinatalists I debated on reddit who were claiming that AN is "bulletproof".

That's my reaction to antinatalists I debated on reddit who were claiming that AN is "bulletproof". — DA671

Your happiness is an illusion, my friend.

Certainly. I would finally know the truth and defeat any possibility of lies. It couldn't get better than that. However, after all these years, I am almost certain it isn't.

Your idea about happiness being an illusion is itself an illusion, my friend.

almost — DA671

:ok:

Your idea about happiness being an illusion is itself an illusion, my friend. — DA671

No, I suffer and suffering is real.

Satisfaction of flexibility—delighful stuff.

Satisfaction of flexibility—delighful stuff. — DA671

Same to you.

I never said that you didn't (except for a few deliberately flippant comments). However, you also do experience satisfaction. It's just that you're in denial about its existence, which is probably turning this situation into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Happiness is quite real.

"Same to you"

Much appreciated!

Much appreciated! — DA671

I'm but a mirror! Thank yourself.

Too egotistical for me. Thanks for the advice, a slightly misled version of "myself" ;)

I never said that you didn't (except for a few deliberately flippant comments). However, you also do experience satisfaction. It's just that you're in denial about its existence, which is probably turning this situation into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Happiness is quite real. — DA671

I don't experience satisfaction and even if I do, it's not happiness. If you were to ask me, nobody knows what happiness is.

Too egotistical for me. Thanks for the advice, a slightly misled version of "myself" — DA671

You've misunderstood.

Your idea of happiness is limited then. As I said, an illusion about illusions. You do experience satisfaction, but you don't take realise that/misunderstand it. Good things are generally complex. There are probably moments when a person is actually happy but mistakenly think they are not. Satisfaction can truly be wonderful, but contributing towards the genesis of a self-fulfilling prophecy isn't useful.

As always, I don't think I did. You meant to say that you showed me a mirror, and I deliberately changed that into you being my mirror image yourself. A bit of fun goes a long way :p