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God, as Experienced, and as Metaphysical SpeculationSo "god" is nothing but a primal euphemism for ego – in other words, a self-serving/flattering delusion (L. Feuerbach)? No wonder it feels "real" to many believers (i.e. symbolizing – idolatrous – primates); facing the inner cave wall, they bark at their own shadows and call that "prayer". Disbelievers, however, seem to concern themselves with the more-than-ego in which their mere egoes are entangled, or inseparable from, called "nature" – the garden that overgrows the graveyard of all idols. For us (i.e. our delusion): study, not worship; courage, not hope.
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Metaphysics as an Illegitimate Source of Knowledge
:roll: You've conjured up a distinction without a difference, BobI am not talking about truth-bearing statements but, rather, truth-apt statements, which appear to be different: the former is a proposition which is true, which clearly indicates the need of a truth-maker, and the latter is merely the capacity to be true or false. — Bob Ross
My point about the confused OP stands:
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The Book of Imperfect KnowledgeI already have "imperfect knowledge" so I'd lose much more than I'd gain from the deal. And my memory is limited enough, I don't need to further handicap myself with a "spell" (i.e. curse). Last but not least, I suspect magic – even if there was such a thing – doesn't ever solves more (intractable, impossible) problems than it creates.
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Israel killing civilians in Gaza and the West Bank
Neither. Both rationalize murdering each other's children.Who would you prefer babysit your toddler? Israel or Hamas? — RogueAI
Neither. Both states are run by religious extremists.More to the point, who would you trust as a nuclear power, Israel or Iran? -
Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)That's almost always how RICO prosecutions happen, about half plead guilty and some flip getting lesser charges in exchange for turning state's evidence. I wouldn't be surprised if several of the "fake electors" plus Meadows or Guiliani flip soon (before the end of the year). I understand that Fani Willis is aggressively pursuing cooperation from all of the co-defendants and, no doubt, Jack Smith's "J6 Conspiracy" prosecution against Criminal Defendant-1 will be greatly enhanced – like nails in the coffin – by the flippers down in Georgia. :party:
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Are you against the formation of a techno-optimistic religion?:roll: IMO, nothing could be more hedonistically anti-Gnostic (contrary to the OP ) than "universal animism" of "technopagan" raves/festivals. :party: :sparkle:
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Science is not "The Pursuit of Truth"
:up:Agreed, science pursues knowledge. Knowledge is our most logical way of being concurrent with truth, but cannot assert that it is truth itself. — Philosophim -
Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)Well, that didn't take long – 3 out of 18 dominoes have fallen so far. They're doing the MAGA flip, Donny! :clap: :sweat:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67174576
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TPF Quote CabinetDoes Murakami mean "basement 2" is, more or less, where one is broken (one's breaking points) or one's blindspots (denials-in-order-to-cope) or one's traumas (phobias)?
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Science is not "The Pursuit of Truth""Science pursues" testable, provisional knowledge (e.g. abduction). Only sentences are truthbearers.
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Culture is critical
:up:When the structural elements are riddled with dry rot, I don't waste my time plastering the walls. — Vera Mont -
Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)Hey, MAGA Morons ...
The "Kraken Lady" has just flipped on your cult leader, Criminal Defendant-1, down in Fulton Co., Georgia. :lol: :up:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/19/sidney-powell-guilty-plea-trump-georgia-elections
That makes 2 out of 18 dominoes to fall so far. :clap:
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Culture is criticalVery improbable, not "immutable". Speculations derived from probabilities may be insightful (e.g. diagnostics, forecasting); however, derived from improbabilities, they are mere fantasies (i.e. wishful thinking). You seem to be stuck on fantasy (à la faith), universeness. :sparkle:
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Dualism and Interactionism
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/846860 Amen! :halo:Blessed are those who do God's work. — Fooloso4 -
Are you against the formation of a techno-optimistic religion?The second quote attempts to explain the first.
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Culture is critical
... but mostly, friend, they willingly live likeAt our best, I think humans ... — universeness
dogs and sheep. :mask:
:100: I'm convinced @Athena is completely incorrigible on this topic, but I appreciate you also making the case to expose the deeper 'civilizational' rot driving Pax Americana's inexorable decline. -
Currently ReadingApparently lacking the courage of a 'deliberate loser', I'd missed by calling ...
https://psyche.co/ideas/learning-to-be-a-loser-a-philosophers-case-for-doing-nothing?utm_source=Psyche+Magazine&utm_campaign=78d8097442-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a9a3bdf830-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&fbclid=IwAR3cNftEpT4EMUxsrNGL5tokEGxsPY6vgQdmDvVzK-qJWTgnLLW7h9rEQv8
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Dualism and InteractionismIn philosophy, what distinguishes, or differentiates, a "higher truth" from a truth? I'm quite familiar with P. Hadot but please put it in your own words based on your own understanding, sir. Thanks.
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Culture is critical
:smirk:You are struggling as best you can, for the sake of all of us, yes?
— universeness
Hell, no! All of yous are on your own.
Are you not still a secular democratic socialist?
— universeness
Nope. Cynical, burnt-out iconoclast — Vera Mont -
Israel killing civilians in Gaza and the West BankYour late friend was so right (as history shows), and I agree with you too. How can there be any lasting peace for dispossessors-occupiers-oppressors unless they effectively genocide the Palestinians (like Indigenous peoples in the Americas have been)?
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Culture is critical
... relinquished our divergent perspectives and interests. "We all" are always already entangled in at least as many or more win-lose / lose-lose than win-win games. "We few" micro-cooperators, perhaps many times over, is more like it – scarcity-exploiting partisans, sects, gangs, networks, tribes, etc. "We all", my friend, just doesn't effectively scale (re: global governance, the UN, international law enforcement (e.g. climate change, WMD proliferation, wealth laundering / tax-defrauding, etc) ... globalization ... communism ... "utopia", etc). AFAIK, wars & black markets are our most prevalent, recurring forms of macro-cooperation. Even the "Tower of Babel" myth is quite insightful about the inherent fractiousness of the human condition (ergo the unfortunate, historical utility of religio, religare). Don't forget, mate: at our best we're primates, not angels.if we all ... — universeness -
Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/16/judge-imposes-gag-order-on-donald-trump-in-d-c-trial-00121743Mr. Trump is a criminal defendant. He is facing four felony charges. He is under the supervision of the criminal justice system. He does not have the right to say and do exactly as he pleases. … No other criminal defendant would be allowed to do so and I am not going to permit it in this case. — Tonya Chutkan, US District Judge, Wash. DC, 16Oct23
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Israel killing civilians in Gaza and the West BankThank's for posting Harari's observations.
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Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)I guess one of you MAGA morons will have to murder a judge, prosecutor or prosecution witness in order to convince some court to revoke Seditionist-Traitor-Rapist-Loser1's bail and remand him to pre-trail detention like every other indicted thuggish lowlife. :mask:
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Culture is critical"The vast majority" of the house is not yet on fire. Where there's smoke, the house is on fire.
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Absolute nothingness is only impossible from the perspective of somethingYour assertion seems unwarranted to me.
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