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I find some measure of joy in how remarkable that is. Ignoring the disagreeable parts of reality may be pleasant as long as reality's ignoring you back, but wh
by etiam 9y ago
I find some measure of joy in how remarkable that is.
Ignoring the disagreeable parts of reality may be pleasant as long as reality's ignoring you back, but when it presents real dangers, ignorance is a recipe for getting into real trouble more effectively.
Of course, being dead is an incredibly effective way of avoiding one's personal inconveniences too, but for some reason we don't seem to lionize that to anywhere near the same extent...
- Koshkin 9y ago> being dead This or, rather, the theory of having never existed in the first place, is, indeed, a very interesting subject, but in the context of the present discussion it can only be taken for what is known as a "strawman argument".
- etiam 9y ago> in the context of the present discussion it can only be taken for what is known as a "strawman argument" Not at all. I'm sure if you make a sincere effort you could, for instance, find a way to take it as a (little-needed) reductio ad absurdum. Moreover, with the way you run your discussion here you are hardly in a position to throw stones with regard to disingenious argumentation. You're uncomfortably close to trolling, so if you're seriously making an argument for this position wholesale, which I find doubtful, ease off on the equivocation and cherry-picked examples and keep a civil discussion with the other commenters.