By all means, tell me what I'm selling.No one is buying what you’re selling. — NOS4A2
Whatever it is you're referring to is nothing of what I'm referring to.monopoly on what is true and false and that’s a good thing. — NOS4A2
I cannot think of any way to respect your comment. Whatever you were thinking, care to recast it?Why should we care if people lie and are dishonest? — Ourora Aureis
I cannot think of any way to respect your comment. — tim wood
Does that mean you do not care if people lie or are dishonest with you?Why should we care if people lie and are dishonest? — Ourora Aureis
I don't disagree, but what distinguishes the Post Truth era is which entities qualify as "what should be trusted".One should only trust what should be trusted.
what distinguishes the Post Truth era is which entities qualify as "what should be trusted". — LuckyR
So you care about lies and dishonesty affecting you, but not about other people.I dislike if a lie affects me negatively, — Ourora Aureis
I recommend meds and a program of therapy. And that you wear a warning label.I may even like the lie — Ourora Aureis
I recommend meds and a program of therapy. And that you wear a warning label. — tim wood
Only for you and based solely on what you wrote.Calling people mentally abnormal because they enjoy surprise parties is quite ironic. — Ourora Aureis
Apparently Capitol police are not happy about the prospect of J-6 pardons.... — tim wood
That's a problem right there: trust cannot be a matter of "should".I don't disagree, but what distinguishes the Post Truth era is which entities qualify as "what should be trusted". — LuckyR
Not at all. It's natural for people to take sides, it's a necessity of survival to do so, and survival takes precedence over everything else. But maladapted idealists don't see this.The way that I think we need to deal with the definition of "post-truth" is that it's not about the perpetrators of lies, manipulations, deception, disinformation or misinformation etc.
It is rather about the inability to decipher them as doing such. — Christoffer
The blind leading the blind, the blind judging the blind?
You don't see just how authoritarian you are. — baker
Not at all. It's natural for people to take sides, it's a necessity of survival to do so, and survival takes precedence over everything else. But maladapted idealists don't see this. — baker
Agreed. And the polarization is due to economic pressures, not ideology — baker
Get involved in philosophical discussions about knowledge, truth, language, consciousness, science, politics, religion, logic and mathematics, art, history, and lots more. No ads, no clutter, and very little agreement — just fascinating conversations.