dimreepr

The irony is palpable...

Exactly, they're not content with the life they already have. I think the biggest part, is believing the news that tomorrow has the potential, every day, to be disaterous; if only we had the ability to not watch or care what it says. Imagine the war's we could avoid... Nietsche called it the slave morality But I think his argument fails, bc the master morality can only flourish by disrupting the slave mentality. IOW fear of tomorrow.

When we forget what the word's mean. In the UK the words are "Lest we forget" and in the USA the word's are "MAGA". In the bible it's "an eye for an eye". 😉 I'm not sure why, yet history is replete with examples of the 'so called' sheeple being exploited. But what's so wrong with being content with what we have,? It strikes me that the dangerous part, that is exploited, is that I'm not content with what I have...

it seems nuance is lost on you...

What if one doesn't care?

Most of us will suffer, if we have a soul and nature mostly confirms that; but what if we don't possess that genome, how would god punish us?

Try harder...

Not to my knowledge, you're going to have to explain it 'here', can you do that? Yet you chose too, why? Does a psychopath have a soul, in your world?

I think it's a limit of what's observable/understandable, for instance, we can understand how a dog can smell, but not what it looks like for the dog.

Go on then, give us the 'proof' of it's actual physical existence; Rene Descartes tried but it didn't end in success. I'm a believer in concept of the soul, in certain contexts, but that doesn't make a soul real outside of my brain. You seem to be confusing yourself, or you're being deliberately obtuse, science, in the context of this post, is context free. 😉

"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night: But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light!" Edna St. Vincent Millay

Indeed...

One day, they'll learn to assimilate and then we'll be buggered...

What book is worth burning?

Oh, this again... I know my reality is absolutely limited to me; but others are watching... 😉

I'm not sure how this argues my paradox observation. A universe full of waves, sound or otherwise, is automatically bounded by the observer; which is why I definitely won that race... 😉 It's a black swan event

It's an annual tradition, it came round quick this year...

Why? I'm fairly sure I won that race, please explain why I didn't?

Limits, of understanding... Unless you believe you could win a race against an a faster human, just by thinking about it. 😉

Aren't you just misunderstanding Zenos paradox?

I'm refering to my intial post on this tangent, and on this topic, debate can only be usefull, in terms of understanding, if emotion is not part of the discussion. When it is, our only chance of effective communication and therefor understanding, at least of their position and motivation, is to not be an enemy and just chat. Like I said, we basically agree but WTF does look like an emotional responce.

Wasn't it Douglas that also said something like "if anyone were to discover the truth of the universe, it would instantly change" and "that's already happened". No checking into the future allowed.

No, there's at least three, if we include emotions; don't tell me scientist's never miss a valid point bc there angry with their interlocutor. Even a fanatic is capable of reasoned thought... LOL 😂 Look up secular...

Seems arrogant to me...

Not at all, I'm just pointing out that there's more than one path to disseminate information, even if you don't agree.