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Kukaracha
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Registered: 12/18/08
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Absurdity

#9848695 - 02/23/09 08:26 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I exist,
Something else exists,
Maybe other things like I exist.
The rest is pure belief.

Do you disagree? Why?

"Man is the measure of all things. " (Protagoras)
It's all about opinions, there are no truths except the two above (or maybe only one?). Therefore, there is no good and evil, no "right" and "wrong".

Do you disagree? Why?

There is no ultimate freedom. Our reason is bound to our beliefs, our knowledge, our experiences, our perception. In the end, there is no objectivity neither.

Do you disagree? Why?

People don't know what is best for them; or do they? Should people be completely free? Is it better to control the masses? Democracy? Communism?
Should the better humans prevail? Who are they? Should the mass prevail?
Is it ok to work for the others even if they are not aware of it? Is it ok to sacrifice your life for a cause?
The answers to these questions are personal, and depend of what you have lived. Maybe we could even say that they are predetermined. Considering that there are many, many humans, we could say that there will always be major problems everywhere, personal or shared. And that the solutions are not really solutions, since they create other problems. We live in an extremely complicated aporetical world (is death a solution?).

Do you disagree? Why?

We are not free, there are no truths, free will might be an illusion, our worlds are beliefs.

Do you disagree? Why?

A few thoughts!

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TameMe
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Re: Absurdity

[Re: Kukaracha]
#9848723 - 02/23/09 08:38 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I'll accept that you exist.

Whether objective or not, don't you have preferences in how your existense plays out?

The existence of subjectivity is not a belief.

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Kukaracha
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Registered: 12/18/08
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Re: Absurdity

[Re: TameMe]
#9848748 - 02/23/09 08:51 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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Whether objective or not, don't you have preferences in how your existense plays out?

What do you mean?

Yes, subjectivity comes along with implying I exist.

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