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The definition of Objective Philosophies is very subjective...
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Here's how I'd like it lined up:
Philosophy, Psychology, and Spirituality A discussion forum that encourages debates. I want to squeeze in Psychology in the P&S, because I definetly want to see more discussions on it.
Dogma and Metaphysics I'd like to make less 'new agish' and 'out there'. At it's current status, I cant walk in that forum without laughing. The description for this I haven't fully thought of however. I dont like the fact that others' beliefs can't be questioned in this one. I just want to keep skeptical remarks such as "Oh you believe in Jesus? Can you prove that he existed?" out of this one, because you cant prove or disprove the existence of the metaphysical, so no one cares to argue it. A discussion is welcomed however. Mysticism, the Paranormal are all covered by the 'Metaphysics' ground, whilst Religion is covered by the Dogma part. A rewording of my D&M description is welcomed.
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Re: Forum Name & Suggestions [Re: Annom]
#5479359 - 04/04/06 02:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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MushmanTheManic
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I don't see why this forum should be limited to 'Objectivity' (especially the Randian kind). We've got dictionary.com for that.
I think this forum is fine the way it is.
I enjoy subjective threads such as "What is love" and [think seriously about this] if all the spiritualist nutjobs leave, who're we going to pick on?
That other forum, which I will refrain from mentioning, is for silly people who can't tolerate question marks. This forum should be for those who're willing to debate, possibly to the death, and it shouldn't screen out threads which aren't entirely 'objective' or even wholely subjective.
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We can name the forum "WHY?"
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Re: Forum Name & Suggestions [Re: Annom]
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call it "Your Wrong: and here is why".
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That other forum, which I will refrain from mentioning, is for silly people who can't tolerate question marks. This forum should be for those who're willing to debate, possibly to the death, and it shouldn't screen out threads which aren't entirely 'objective' or even wholely subjective.
perhaps it's the attitude you have toward the other forum that decreases its value. your assesment of it is incorrect because many of us post in both forums.
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I like the sound of that.
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In the second poll, I voted for Philosophy and Psychology.
I agree, human psychology is lacking here.
I'll get started with one from Human psych 101.
If you run around making fun of the strange part of town and discourage people from building their homes there, people will build their strange homes in your part of town then. 
Funny that the people who don't want certain subjects posted in here, act to get MORE of them posted in here because they don't understand basic human psyche.
Like with your suggestion Fospher, a religious member who doesn't want to be thought of as dogmatic, will now post their religious stuff in here to appear non dogmatic.
Same with your comment about quackery psilo. A person who doesn't want their explorative experiments and ideas in consciousness to be thought of as quackery will post them in here.
You riducule it too skorp. You once said that mysticism was to blame for all the problems in the world. Then you expect some people to post mystical stuff over there and not in here under the header of their life philosophy to save face.
Same with people who take a scientific approach to UFO research. If they want to be taken more seriously, they will post it in here.
You guys say you don't want certain stuff posted in here, and yet, you are discouraging people from posting the stuff you don't want in here from posting it elsewhere. In the same breath, you are also indirectly encouraging the posting of MORE of it in here, by those who want to be thought of as being intellectually superior to others, just because they post here.
Criticising MR&P makes no logical sense to do based on what you all say you want more and less of.
The flaws in the logic go deeper. The types who will post MR&P material in here, in fear of ridicule for posting in MR&P, will of course, be the more insecure ones who by default won't be able to handle scrutinizing debate as well. Like with the topics, the type of people you also don't want in here, you are further pulling in with the criticisms of MR&P.
That's ilogical 101.
Food for thought and to inspire more discussion on the psychology of human beings.
Skorp, I'd love to see both forums able to spread their wings and fly with their intended purposes of being one for subjective discussion and one for objective debate. If you want more respect and support for this forum, don't you think you should show a little in kind return to the other? All the mockery you did of it when it started and still do from time to time, sure did and does nothing to help its spread its wings and fly.
Is that a logical or rational thing to do? 
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Re: Forum Name & Suggestions [Re: Deviate]
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That other forum, which I will refrain from mentioning, is for silly people who can't tolerate question marks. This forum should be for those who're willing to debate, possibly to the death, and it shouldn't screen out threads which aren't entirely 'objective' or even wholely subjective.
perhaps it's the attitude you have toward the other forum that decreases its value. your assesment of it is incorrect because many of us post in both forums.
I don't like the other forum because I'm afraid to post in it.
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gettinjiggywithit said: In the second poll, I voted for Philosophy and Psychology.
I agree, human psychology is lacking here.
I'll get started with one from Human psych 101.
If you run around making fun of the strange part of town and discourage people from building their homes there, people will build their strange homes in your part of town then. 
Funny that the people who don't want certain subjects posted in here, act to get MORE of them posted in here because they don't understand basic human psyche.
Like with your suggestion Fospher, a religious member who doesn't want to be thought of as dogmatic, will now post their religious stuff in here to appear non dogmatic.
Same with your comment about quackery psilo. A person who doesn't want their explorative experiments and ideas in consciousness to be thought of as quackery will post them in here.
You riducule it too skorp. You once said that mysticism was to blame for all the problems in the world. Then you expect some people to post mystical stuff over there and not in here under the header of their life philosophy to save face.
Same with people who take a scientific approach to UFO research. If they want to be taken more seriously, they will post it in here.
You guys say you don't want certain stuff posted in here, and yet, you are discouraging people from posting the stuff you don't want in here from posting it elsewhere. In the same breath, you are also indirectly encouraging the posting of MORE of it in here, by those who want to be thought of as being intellectually superior to others, just because they post here.
Criticising MR&P makes no logical sense to do based on what you all say you want more and less of.
The flaws in the logic go deeper. The types who will post MR&P material in here, in fear of ridicule for posting in MR&P, will of course, be the more insecure ones who by default won't be able to handle scrutinizing debate as well. Like with the topics, the type of people you also don't want in here, you are further pulling in with the criticisms of MR&P.
That's ilogical 101.
Food for thought and to inspire more discussion on the psychology of human beings.
Skorp, I'd love to see both forums able to spread their wings and fly with their intended purposes of being one for subjective discussion and one for objective debate. If you want more respect and support for this forum, don't you think you should show a little in kind return to the other? All the mockery you did of it when it started and still do from time to time, sure did and does nothing to help its spread its wings and fly.
Is that a logical or rational thing to do? 
this is exactly how i've always felt and its sort of what i was trying to say in my last post. i remember being amazed by the lack of maturity that was shown here by a number of people when the mysticism forum was first created and i believe that's part of why it took so long for that forum to ever get "off the ground".
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A person who doesn't want their explorative experiments and ideas in consciousness to be thought of as quackery will post them in here.
I think they should be allowed to post in here, and we should be allowed to question them.
Same with people who take a scientific approach to UFO research. If they want to be taken more seriously, they will post it in here.
Again, I'm fine with these type of posts. But, the poster needs to realize he's walked into a den of remorseless skeptics. If the poster is willing to be scrutinized, have his beliefs challenged, and enjoys debate, I would encourage them to post here. Otherwise, if someone only wants to share their experiences and converse, they should post in MRP.
You guys say you don't want certain stuff posted in here
I'm not sure what motives the people who wish to filter out certian topics, but personally, I'd rather have more people to argue with and a greater diversity of topics. Regardless of whether the topics deal with the Nature of reality or intellegently discussing how to pick up chicks.
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The motives are pretty clear if you read here daily. They don't want those posts in here, even if the poster wants them torn to shreds. Some say they clutter up the place and call it fluff. This started with the "what does QM mean to you?" post. Because the poster said he thought God was behind the Big Bang, other members thought it belonged in MR&P, under religion.
Is or is not the meaning in life, a popular philosophical topic? He asked for others views on the meaning of something and wrote what he meant to him.
I agree, and thought when the forums split, people could still post any MRP topic in here as long as they were willing to have it scrutinized. Maybe he was. Maybe he wanted to argue the case for his idea or belief with others. Isn't he allowed to with anyone else who wants to argue it with him?
In the least, this is the philosophy forum where mild manored discussion take place too. His post to me seemed more philosophical in nature and NOT religious.
True, there have been some posts put up by people just looking for a subjective discussion and when the realized there was a better place for that, the mods moved it for them.
Head this puppy with the words OBJECTIVE DEBATE in it is all. Add SUBJECTIVE DISCUSSION to MR&P. Make it crystal clear if it's been such a problem. I think things have been fine over all.
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The posts that I am talking about are the ones which are akin to simple statements like "We are all one", or the highly dreaded Bush (the band) lyrical reflexives like "We are nothing, and everything". That doesnt belong here, because it is a dead end, unverifiable, and based only on subjective personal experience.
If someone wants to argue the existence of God, Pink Unicorns, or aliens, thats fine - however exhausted and pointless such discussions become.
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dorkus
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Well said, jiggy. 
psilo: What difference does it make? Why is it such a big deal that these posts you refer to sometimes come up?
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Re: Forum Name & Suggestions [Re: dorkus]
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Ill give you the soft news slant: Because I think every thread is special in its own way, and that it needs the proper venue to blossom into the glorious discussion that it was intened to be.
So, you guys would be ok with me posting irrelevant threads about non-existent fruits and vegetables in the Cooking forum? How about posting horse vagina, or the male penis in the Pub? I know from personal experience that is a bannable offense. How about telling a story about a friend of mines grow box in the Advanced cultivation forum, that has no question, just relating a n00b type story?
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Re: Forum Name & Suggestions [Re: dorkus]
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Paradigm said: I actually thought the "Philosophy & Metaphysics" name sounded good.
From my understanding, metaphysics is a subset of philosophy. Seriously, what goal will being redundant fufill?
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Fospher said: Philosophy, Psychology, and Spirituality A discussion forum that encourages debates. I want to squeeze in Psychology in the P&S, because I definetly want to see more discussions on it.
Then start making threads about it. I do not foresee how adding terms to the title of this thread is going to create a demand for discussing a certain topic. 
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I'd like to make less 'new agish' and 'out there'. At it's current status, I cant walk in that forum without laughing.
Then it is not a forum for you to participate in, if you do not find it in accord with that which you seek to derive from participating in the forum.
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The description for this I haven't fully thought of however. I dont like the fact that others' beliefs can't be questioned in this one.
The forum was specifically created so that people's beliefs cannot be questioned in the forum.
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Mysticism, the Paranormal are all covered by the 'Metaphysics' ground, whilst Religion is covered by the Dogma part. A rewording of my D&M description is welcomed.
And metaphysics is a branch of philosophy. These are all pretty much the same topics up for discussion in both forums.
As I have stated before, the difference is in the manner in which the topics are discussed. I don't personally seek to have every thread that is posted here by others as a thread that pertains to my exact interests, or a thread that I would reply to in a specific manner, if at all, as doing so would reduce the variety in the overall experience for everyone who, for whatever reason, decides to post in this particular forum.
Traffic has decreased as it is! Some sort of balance should be maintained. I certainly would hate to see this forum become obsolete and eventually removed after a slow, suffocating death. 
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Traffic has decreased as it is! Some sort of balance should be maintained. I certainly would hate to see this forum become obsolete and eventually removed after a slow, suffocating death
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Exactly! I would be looking at ways to broaden how it caters to various members interests , not narrow the scope even further until only 3 people are interested in posting here.
For anyone who wants to see more topics of what particularly interests you, just post on them yourself. If its something you don't know much about yet but are becoming interested in, post asking questions. You can also google search it, form some thoughts of your own on what you learned and then post and discuss/debate them.
It sucks when the same ten people carry a forum. When you see people post on areas of interest you like, at least reply saying, "hey thanks." Then the poster will know, there is an audience of interest for it.
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The problem is that a name change is most likely not going to help solve the problem you stated.
A solution would be that mods decide if a post belongs in P&S. This would create a lot of drama because everyone has different opinions on what belongs where. It will be very hard for mods to be consequent and even harder to make clear what is allowed in here and what not.
Being consequent and non biased is very important for this forum (for good reasons), but that does mean that we will have to create a forum where it is possible for mods to be consequent. This is impossible if we have to decide what belongs in this forum and what belongs in MRP. That is not an easy task.
If you like some more drama, let's do this
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