(November 4, 2017 at 4:41 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 4, 2017 at 4:36 pm)Transcended Dimensions Wrote: I don't have schizophrenia and don't have any of the symptoms. The only thing going on here is my own free thinking and I am just very doubtful and skeptical of the claims of others based upon my own personal experience.Sloppy thinking isn't free thinking just because it's unfettered by reason or reality.
Quote:I am doubtful that a life lived independent of positive emotions is any real good life.So am I, but since that has nothing to do with the pile of elaborate claims you've made in these many pages it seems pointless to comment about it.
Quote:Many others out there like me think this way as well and they are not schizophrenic.I doubt that there are as many as you imagine....lol.
Quote:It is actually how the typical hedonist thinks.It's not even hedonism, so I'm not sure why you would think that. You;re borrowing the name to lend credibility to your silliness just like you're poaching the comments of others for "your"... "book".
Quote:In the event that I am somehow wrong though, then the only thing going on here would be just one big misconception or misunderstanding of life.Yup.
You think that our rational value judgments themselves are real emotions. But, in Star Trek, the Vulcans are described as emotionless beings. Therefore, this says that our rational value judgments are not real emotions and, thus, not any real value judgments.