1. If we really think about the world, our world, we must necessarily be melancholic (the amount of evil, on balance, exceeds the amount of good). — Agent Smith
1. If we really think about the world, our world, we must necessarily be melancholic (the amount of evil, on balance, exceeds the amount of good). — Agent Smith
You need to make the case that this true. You seem to be appealing to a form of common sense - that this must be how people would feel about the world. Nevertheless I know plenty of people who have every reason to think all is hopeless and yet they are cheerful. — Tom Storm
This describes moral judgement, which is a particularly affected, reductionist mode of thinking - among many other ways of thinking about the world. — Possibility
Just to be clear … ‘depression’ is actually an ‘illness’ of sorts. People are not depressed for a reason if they are clinically depressed. — I like sushi
I cannot cure our ignorance. That is your job. Bye bye — I like sushi
This describes moral judgement, which is a particularly affected, reductionist mode of thinking - among many other ways of thinking about the world.
— Possibility
How so? — Agent Smith
The average happiness score is 5.53 out of a maximum of 10 (see here). That's like scoring just a little above 50% in an an exam. That's an F in academics.Fail! — Agent Smith
“The amount of evil, on balance, exceeds the amount of good.”
This assertion is based on an assumption that ALL thinking about the world is reducible to either a positive or negative relation (of the thinker) to just one quantifiable quality of the world. — Possibility
This data you provided as ‘evidence’ would suggest the opposite to your premise - that our relation to the world is, on balance, more positive than negative. So, it seems you are contradicting yourself - despite your apologist-style attempt to reframe the data. — Possibility
I cannot cure our ignorance. — I like sushi
Depression is feeling extremely low for no viable reason. — I like sushi
Turns out you were correct! — I like sushi
Can you explain how an F on your paper is anything to smile about? — Agent Smith
How would you go about dealing with the world if not in terms of opposites? — Agent Smith
How would you go about dealing with the world if not in terms of opposites? — Agent Smith
According to this data, it doesn’t — Possibility
triadic relation — Possibility
Possibility does this by sidestepping the question and saying something that looks like it means something but then seems utterly incapable of offering any ‘verification’ for their pretend point … because there isn’t one.
They have probably read too much Heidegger, Foucault or Derrida. Or nothing other than one of those. — I like sushi
is the OP true? For you? For me? — Ansiktsburk
The max score is 10. The average is 5.53. What am I missing here? Something surely! If you had a class of students sit for a test and the average score was 5.53, that means your class did badly, oui? I was trying to put things in perspective. Perhaps you'll fare better in doing that! Give it a go. — Agent Smith
Expand and elaborate, keep in mind that we're talking about happiness and sorrow, the in-between state most likely is contentment or thereabouts. The figures that I provided were measures of happiness.
Let's work this out togther if it is at all possible.
1. Happiness
2. Sorrow
3. ? — Agent Smith
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