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What exactly is amazing about it?

• mistermann 2y ago
  The irony of it.
  • lisper 2y ago
    Why is it ironic?
    • mistermann 2y ago
      I propose that there is irony contained within the italicized part (in particular): > Those are two topics that I have not yet addressed, so you cannot possibly have any basis for assessing my understanding or lack thereof.
      • lisper 2y ago
        OK, fair enough. I will rephrase: I don't see any plausible mechanism by which you could know this, though I do concede that there are some possibilities. Maybe you have ESP. Maybe you have access to secret alien brain scanning technology. Maybe you hired a private investigator to suss out the depth of my understanding of the subtle and complex differences between belief and knowledge (though how he might have done this without my being aware of it remains a bit of a mystery). I have no idea. So yes, it's possible that you have some basis for believing that I "do not have a deep understanding of the subtle and complex differences between belief and knowledge". It's also possible that the earth is flat. But if you want me to take either possibility seriously then the burden is on you to explain it to me. Until you do that, the most plausible explanation I have for your behavior, and the one I am now going to start acting on, is that you are simply a troll.
        • mistermann 2y ago
          Did you consider the possibility that I may possess knowledge that you do not?
          • lisper 2y ago
            Of course you know things I don't. Everyone over the age of 2 probably knows things I don't. Why would you even ask such a stupid question with such an obvious answer? And why did you phrase it in such a pretentious way? "Possess knowledge that you do not" -- who talks like that? Oh, right. Trolls. Trolls talk like that. Silly me.
            • mistermann 2y ago
              Does this have any affect on your belief that "so you cannot possibly have any basis for assessing my understanding or lack thereof" is a true statement?
              • lisper 2y ago
                Begone, troll.
                • mistermann 2y ago
                  Implicitly declaring victory again are we? And if not: what is it that you are doing?
                  • lisper 2y ago
                    What are you doing if not trolling? Do you think this is a competition? What do you think the prize is? You do realize there's no audience here, right? No one is paying attention to this thread any more.
                    • mistermann 2y ago
                      > What are you doing if not trolling? Not sure what to call it....~"Analysis of the logical & epistemic cognitive performance of Humans on Internet Message Boards"? Something like that I guess. I try not to overthink it and just have fun, makes the whole thing much more optimal at this stage, in my estimation. > Do you think this is a competition? I very much think of it like that. A video game analogy ("world building" genres like Sim City, etc) is extremely fitting. > What do you think the prize is? At the grand scale: the well being of Humanity. > You do realize there's no audience here, right? I am not able to "realize" that, because I have had extremely different training than you. > No one is paying attention to this thread any more. It isn't possible for you to know this. Do you even realize that? Like seriously, are you joking when you make these comments or what? EDIT: I noticed something: >> Implicitly declaring victory again are we? And if not: what is it that you are doing? You didn't answer my question. That's weird.