Well I gotta agree that this forum is a joke and has been for over a decade. The only member here to put anything really substantial down in terms of ‘philosophy’, is Biggs. Though this might be something only he and i understand as nihilists.
And I don’t mean this as an insult really. If the world is a joke, philosophy about it should reflect that fact, and does, in most member’s posts here.
“So, why am I still here plugging away at this joke forum, you might ask?”
Because you’re home bound and u need a hobby to occupy ur time with. Also, you feel a touch of contempt and disgust for the others around here, and you enjoy confounding them. I too share this cruel streak but as of recently it’s not as fun as it used to be.
“Of coming up out of this hole, rescued…even saved.”
No man there’s no way out. The very nature of ur radical skepticism toward any meaningful certainty - regarding ethical and moral values, not mathematical/physical facts… ‘scientific facts’, etc. - prevents any possible, honest resolution before the Other. The position demands complete withdrawal from the social sphere so to prevent inevitable conflicting goods. Yood be like an epicurean sorta, who tries to limit the range of moral and ethical problem-making by simplifying the complexity of human interaction so that we can’t disagree on much.
Anyway, here’s the thing. And for all of us. In a world asshole deep in contingency, chance and change, no matter what we think, feel, say and do today, we can never be certain that, given new experiences, new relationships and access to new information and knowledge, we won’t scoff at what fell for on threads like this.
And, if there is a God, there are always miracles.
I kinda disagree with that. What I would need to happen in order for me to experience a substantial change in my ‘world view’, would be something inexplicable, physically, an event, paranormal of whatever, etc.
But insofar as philosophical theory is concerned, I’ve reached an apex and no amount of argument can change that. I’ve heard and done them all, and have reached my position after very careful examination.
On the other hand, given new experiences, relationships and access to information and knowledge, you might come to disagree with that instead.
Okay, let’s call this “the future”.
I’ve reached lots of apexes myself. Theoretical and otherwise. Though who is to really say if my examination was as careful as yours. Not even you can be absolutely certain about that.
It’s not a particular argument, but all the arguments… does that narrow things down for you a little?
You’ve been doing it a lot less these days, so no need to continue pursue that line of enquiry… for either of us, but I guess you prefer your argument laid out more formally… pity Carleas abandoned the Debate Forum, huh.
You are covered in virutal cuts & bruises, your legs are broken and you are on a virtual guerney, but you never read other people’s posts, and so you do not know you are a dead man.
Such is the ILP way, and as one of the longerst reigning posters, your dubious method has infected the whole Forum like a virus.
I do err on that side of the argument, but constantly revisit the matter to continue pondering upon it further and more, as it is a veritable conundrum that seems impossible to solve… and so the thinking goes on and continues.
