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Self-evident truths of what exactly? Surviving and reproducing are facts of live, they are descriptive facts. What you ought to do with your life is not descri

by Drakim 3y ago

Self-evident truths of what exactly? Surviving and reproducing are facts of live, they are descriptive facts. What you ought to do with your life is not descriptive, but prescriptive. You cannot derive prescriptive statements from descriptive facts.

vacuity 3y ago
I didn't say you could. GP didn't seem to either.
- Drakim 3y ago
  Fair enough, but I felt you implied it by calling them self-evident. That's the sorta phrasing usually used when people try to wrangle meaning out of facts.
  - vacuity 3y ago
    I guess I have to join advertising or PR now. sobs quietly in corner