Introduction
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:22 am
It doesn't matter whether you're an endowed chair at Harvard or a dog walker from Cleveland. Ideas stand or fall based on the merits of their arguments.
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How democratic of you, but you can count on those who will try to put you in your place.commonsense wrote:It doesn't matter whether I am an endowed chair at Harvard or a dog walker from Cleveland. Ideas should stand or fall based on the merits of their arguments.
Yes, but it require a high intellect/rationale to comprehend if something is valid or invalid, something 99.99% of all people lack.commonsense wrote:It doesn't matter whether I am an endowed chair at Harvard or a dog walker from Cleveland. Ideas should stand or fall based on the merits of their arguments.
Some endowed chairs also walk dogs.commonsense wrote:It doesn't matter whether you're an endowed chair at Harvard or a dog walker from Cleveland. Ideas stand or fall based on the merits of their arguments.
There is only the 'truth' you choose to ally yourself with at any particular moment. Given everyone's general level of ignorance, as there is always so much we all don't know, that 'truth' can often shift, or expire completely. So yes, there are no absolutes just 'fluid' truths... unless you are religious, then your 'truths' are myths. Who's to say 'myths' lack substance? So much we don't know...commonsense wrote:Thank you all for your posts.
As Hobbe's Choice pointed out, ideas are contextual. This leads me to believe there are no absolute truths. Was that the intent or is there something else here?
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