RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
October 31, 2010 at 5:45 am
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2010 at 7:13 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I'm arguing from tautology here. 10,000 people suffering identically by definition suffer identically, so no one can suffer the total because then that would require one of them to suffer the total of all of them. Which can't happen if they suffer identically.
It doesn't matter how much empathy you take into account it makes no difference to my tautological argument whatsoever. If there is a bunch of people empathizing then however much they empathize that's how much they're empathizing by definition. They can't feel the total sum of themselves + anyone else whatsoever they can only feel themselves by definition. Nothing can be more than itself by definition because that would require redefining 'more than itself' as itself.
One poor bastard suffering alone cannot be part of the 10,000 people suffering identically if he is to suffer any different whatsoever by definition.
So much for 'fucking philosophy'? You're arguing with tautology here.
It doesn't matter how much empathy you take into account it makes no difference to my tautological argument whatsoever. If there is a bunch of people empathizing then however much they empathize that's how much they're empathizing by definition. They can't feel the total sum of themselves + anyone else whatsoever they can only feel themselves by definition. Nothing can be more than itself by definition because that would require redefining 'more than itself' as itself.
(October 30, 2010 at 5:20 pm)Minimalist Wrote: If misery loves company then 10,000 people suffering identically should be happier than one poor bastard suffering alone.
So much for fucking philosophy!
One poor bastard suffering alone cannot be part of the 10,000 people suffering identically if he is to suffer any different whatsoever by definition.
So much for 'fucking philosophy'? You're arguing with tautology here.
