GENIUS FORUMS

Fujaro wrote:There really is no sense in pursuing Ultimate Truth and at the same time arguing for separate truths for philosophy and science

They're not separate truths. They're merely on different rungs of a hierarchy, distinguished by merit of contingency.

* it would provide you with an example to strive towards in improving yourself, * it would provide you with hope (of assistance in times of trouble; of the possibility of better things to come), * it might make you value your life more than you otherwise would, knowing that divinity takes an intere...

* it would provide you with an example to strive towards in improving yourself, * it would provide you with hope (of assistance in times of trouble; of the possibility of better things to come), * it might make you value your life more than you otherwise would, knowing that divinity takes an intere...

You're not reading very carefully.

At no point has Jehu said that you are not real. What he has said is that your conception of you is not real.

Likewise, your conception of a perceived battle with him is not real. Please don't clutter the thread any further with it.

I've had plenty to say on various points Bird but I refrained from doing so because I didn't want to complicate what Jehu's trying to do. As it stands, nobody's going to be arsed working their way through all of this and the progression of Jehu's syllogisms are all but lost. We're now half way down ...

To all, I would be most happy to start the enquiry anew, but we must first lay down some guidelines, as it is exceedingly difficult to carry on a multiplicity of separate enquiries at one time. First, I should like to know who exactly will be participating in the enquiry, and if someone should wish...

I'd be grateful if you to start again Jehu, point by point, everything up to now. For the sake of clarity, try where possible to use one term, i.e. being or existence, and stick with that same term. And it wold be nice to know where you're heading eventually too. I presume this will be beyond 'the n...

Anyone unbiased here have a fair understanding of cosmological physics that can grade our papers? Unbiased in that I don't think Mooney is a complete fuckwit? Sadly not. Objective in a scientific manner? Yes. You get a B for content, an A for persistence and an E for not realising the futility of t...

Existence is existent.
Non-existence is non-existent.

Being is.
Non-being is not.

Some sort of deformed ostrich-camel type creature I think.

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Dave Toast wrote:You're a Mahavishnu fan then?

Big time. In correct doses.

Birds of Fire being the recommended dosage. You ever heard any Dixie Dregs?

More evidence is those same hard working slaves buying expensive goods because they feel they have worked hard and therefore deserve them, and then complaining about the rising prices across the economy, blind to the fact that it is them driving those prices up by their spending. Most telling is th...

You're a Mahavishnu fan then?

John Mclaughlin is hardly on his own on that technical plane mate. But I've always thought of him as perhaps the most spiritual of guitarists, whatever that means. Anyway the Tetris effect is totally commonplace. Try working with spreadsheets all day and then, if you manage to get figures out of you...

You misunderstand, continually. I couldn't give a flying fuck........ about you and your self-obsession. Go back and read what's been written. This time, imagine I was sincere in what I was saying and was in fact offering succour, in light of your resolution. With that in mind, imagine my take on yo...

illogical Main Entry: il·log·i·cal Function: adjective 1 : not observing the principles of logic <an illogical argument> 2 : devoid of logic : senseless <illogical policies> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- alogical Main Entry: alog·i·cal Function: adjective...

And with that, you're straight back to not engendering compassion again.

How is it that you missed the part (of my true life story) where I couldn't give a flying fuck?

See the last definition on that search page: Logic: Broadly, the art of non-contradictory identification, using the laws of logic, which are the: 1) Law of Identity (A is A); 2) Law of Non-Contradiction (A cannot be ~A); and 3) Excluded Middle (B can be either A or not ~A). This is logic, the nature...

Meandering wastrel?

Unless the people were enlightened. What qualities that would enable consistent logical thought does enlightenment entail? Amongst other things, a practiced single-pointed concentration, a highly developed logical facility and, above all, the dispassionate understanding of things as they are, sans ...

Etymologically, democracy means rule of the majority. I have long thought that the idea of democracy follows your definition here, and as such, it is the idea that has the most social value. It doesn't take much thought to see that there is no such thing as a true democracy in practice. Indeed. Nev...

Appealing to the people is not a logical fallacy in the context of ruling the people according to their will. Rather it is a necessity. A democracy needn't be representative. Etymologically, democracy means rule of the majority. DT: The problem, logic wise, is that people aren't exclusively logical...

Because you're using the present tense to refer to the future. What I meant was that if causality is never violated then time is an illusion, and the whole universe can be already seen as unfolded across the fourth dimension of time. That is it is a four dimensional static object, with each 3 dimen...

Appealing to the people is not a logical fallacy in the context of ruling the people according to their will. Rather it is a necessity. The problem, logic wise, is that people aren't exclusively logical and so a logical democracy would require an informed and logical electorate. If you wanta oltical...

Does causality imply that the future is fixed? Nope. If not why not[?] Because you're using the present tense to refer to the future. If the future is fixed, then where is the merit or demerit for the individual. The enlightened had no choice but be enlightened, and the fool had no choice to be oth...