raw_thought wrote:Dear Troll,
Since you have no arguments or evidence and only offer name calling, I ( as almost everyone else has) will ignore you.
Not a philosophical statement? Trying to define the self is a philosophical question.I was addressing that question when I asked how can one differentiate one's self from other selves when one is unaware of that self ( an eye cannot see itself) .
Your point that sociopathy is not a smooth line, has nothing to do with our argument. Similarly , if evolution is gradual or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium has no impact on the validity of evolution.
Though it's often seemingly used incorrectly, the word Ignorant is not a description of ones abilities, rather it's a remark on ones knowledge of a particular topic/s. And like everything, it's relative, a matter of perspective. We are all ignorant of a great many things, though they are not necessarily the same things. When we agree with one another, it speaks of the similarity of our beliefs on a particular topic, not that they are necessarily true. Conversely, when we disagree with one another, it speaks of the dissimilarity of our beliefs on a particular topic, again, not that either is necessarily true or false. Though we tend to believe, that the one that is more commonly accepted as being true, is in fact true. And in truth, this may or may not be the case. Only time can bear out the truth, but how much time is enough? Only time shall tell. Hmmmmm!
For instance, skip has never been a troll. Though once, he never really engaged anyone other than in the threads about PN's articles.
His views were always articulate, and well thought out. Which has nothing to do with one agreeing with him, or their truth value.
Philosophy can open ones eyes to the various facets of truth values, not that we all necessarily share them.
Nothing personal RT, but you often seemingly display ignorance of various topics, which at least tends to cause me to believe that you are either relatively young, are somewhat closed minded, or have not really been exposed to some of the things you decide to comment on.
All I have are your words to judge, so it is true that all I can say with regard to the truth of this matter is that, relatively they seem to indicate such, that I've attempted to convey. I'm trying to be a diplomatic as possible, though I'm definitely no diplomat.
