That's beautiful. Thank you.

I see no way around it.

Rawls' veil of ignorance (ideal standard of ethical decision making in my opinion) requires one to imagine their welfare other than it currently stands.

Something about that is fundamentally an appeal to empathy.

You still need that money you asked from me in PM, herr doktor?

So, I was under the impression that pride (for males at least) manifests in rather peculiar ways. Ahem...

Anyway, I don't think you're really being sincere; but, I digress.

So, what kind of utterances or behavior do you surmise as being worthy of a person who experiences pride?

And how does that related to "pride" as a human construct?

In what manner are they objective?

Yeah, so once again I can almost hear you say that there's no objective quality to the concept of pride.

Is that right?

:brow:

As if the concept didn't apply to you...

All good questions. You tell me?

What, exactly, do you mean by that? I am confused or you are confused? (It wasn't an attack, so lower your shields.). — Bitter Crank

Don't you know? I have a PhD in Wittgensteinian analysis. (Think about the oxymoronic quality of that statement).

It's 2:19. I think I should go to bed. It's been great. — Bitter Crank

OK, goodnight.

:cool:

You have meditated plenty on your role in life. Many people here have. If philosophy has nothing to say about how one exists in the ordinary world, then what the fuck good is it? — Bitter Crank

Linguistic confusion.

And where does philosophy fit in here? It seems like the antithesis, seemingly.

So, some kinds of pride have a healing function. — Bitter Crank

Hmm, yes, I suppose so. This is fascinating. Different kinds of pride? And, how does pride instill healing into a human being?

Pride is important for women too, but is likely to manifest itself in different terms than for men. — Bitter Crank

How?

A man should feel proud in his personhood, and his performance should bear some relationship to his pride. — Bitter Crank

Performance? *Cringes*

In terms of what?

The second thought is that it is central to and grounding for both men and women. — Coben

Women too? How does this manifest in?

Children, husband, nurturing?

:cool:

Take some time to let the experience integrate.

Are you arguing that socialism is a form - of any kind - of communism? — tim wood

Yes, under entailment so to speak.

Do you believe the benefits as referenced are "preserved" through high taxation and redistributive policies? — tim wood

Depends. Well, yes. Is there any alternative?

Can you elaborate? I'm having trouble understanding what's the issue your trying to point out?

Is it a matter of definitions?

Ok...

Maybe the enhanced intelligence could be powerful enough to prevent hacking. It’s all highly speculative at this point, as far as I know. — praxis

Like from the NSA? Guud luck.

Can any of you imagine communication between two lovers with Neuralinks?

Jesus Christ...

If you understand medical marijuana use as self medicating, then your range of experience reports is going to be off the rails given diversity.

Also the entourage effect is worth researching if you want to understand the whole reason why there are a gazillion strains out there of cannabis. It's MUCH more complex than THC only.

Lastly, Israel is on the forefront of medical marijuana research. O vey!


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entourage_effect

So, that implies some governing plane where such determinations can occur, no?

My IQ is too low to understand the question :(

:) — I like sushi

This one:(?)

What would you classify the social structure (in this case) of American Indians as? — Wallows

Enjoy.

Across worlds in what way? — Grre

It requires a vague understanding of quantum dynamics and entanglement. But, let me break this down.

There's something esoteric about consciousness, no? I mean, you studied it? Now, let's assume that we have two beings across possible worlds, that just won't accept anything less than perfection in love. They just want to find the best possible candidate across possible worlds, that would allow them to do so.

Breaking down the sci-fi part, there's a plane of existence, (think of it as overcoming a mountain, though it instead of over it), that allows these two beings to meet, across the set of all possible worlds. I don't quite understand this plane of existence that would allow transworld connectivity/communion; but, let's just assume it's true, no? I really don't understand on what basis this would be true; but, you've dabbled into psychs, right? Know where this is going?

I got science fiction vibes at first. Now I'm just thinking inter-species connectivity. — Grre

How about interdimensional love across possible worlds? I can't elaborate without coming off as a loon; but, something like that over the past week happened to me... There go the wide eyes.

Anyway, in my experience, when there is a shift for love in a Platonic sense, there's an overwhelming sense of exhilaration in this connectivity factor.

Really good read:

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs141p2_023458.pdf

Appetizer:

Phew man, I don't even know where to begin in this post (in a good way).

I'll probably be one of the first to trial it. I'm saving money for it.

That's what's I'm hoping someone else could do as I am unable to. — Wallows

Actually, that's a shitpost never mind.

Here's my take. Accessibility relations between possible worlds are guaranteed by counterfactual definitiveness. So, the hinge here, is what guarantees the condition that accessibility relations between possible worlds are maintained?

Now that I see Pfhorrest's response, I realize I entirely missed the "possible" part. Once we are discussing "possible" worlds, isn't anything possible? — ZhouBoTong

What do you mean?

If you mean the phrase in a different way, you'll have to elaborate. — Pfhorrest

That's what's I'm hoping someone else could do as I am unable to.

I'll get back to you soon. Im feeling a bit manic and need some much needed sleep. But, please feel free to ask whatever questions you have in regards to the OP and I'll try my best to get back to you pronto.

Cheers.

What do you mean soon? That's been a progressive realization for months. — Shamshir

I blame Donald Trump.