RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 21, 2018 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2018 at 1:42 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(April 21, 2018 at 1:30 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(April 21, 2018 at 1:09 pm)Hammy Wrote: I'm a bit like that lol. Except I'm fine with doing the thinking, and I love analysis, I am just only interested in reading about a few niche subjects![]()
I'm kind of a social parasite too I guess. Well I think many would see me that way but I see it as everyone else leeching off me which is why I keep to myself a lot
Hammy, the difference is that you actually use your brain. You're a skeptic. You don't just immediately buy into whatever you encounter. You examine it, research it, think about it. You're a smart guy.
Yay! The fishing for compliments worked! Just kidding lol.
I am lucky to be interested in that sort of stuff though. If I wasn't interested in being smart and rational, I wouldn't bother lol. I find intellectual stuff interesting. Although a lot of facts seem kind of boring. I get obsessed with specific niche areas. I think philosophy is literally the only subject where I am interested in literally every area lol. Although I don't bother with political philosophy or scientific philosophy much... I find those more interesting than politics and science themselves.
Quote:TD does none of those things by her(?) own admission. She(?) simply exists.
Profile says she's female lol so I call her her lol.
I guess I feel bad for her because 1) We don't make ourselves the way we are. 2) If she's a she maybe she has a vagina in which case my penis biases me and makes me feel more sympathy for her than I would if she had a dick. 3) Unless she's really really old. 4) But then I feel sorry for old uneducated people in general, male or female, lol.
Quote:Like I said, no one knows everything about everything. There are topics I don't give a shit about (ironically, religion and philosophy... I find both so dreadfully boring). But, when encountering opposing views on them (or anything), I don't go "Durr, I don't know... you both sound right to me!" I, at the very least, engage in cursory investigation. I try to figure it out as best I can. I don't rely on others to do all the thinking for me.
Yeah, right. So I'm lucky to have a skeptical mind really. I didn't make myself. For starters, my dad was smart and that helped.
I reported her for trolling because in the AF sense she is... she's being disruptive, it doesn't have to be intentional. But part of me wonders if she's doing it on purpose or if she means well. Still, she's still spamming shit and not discussing properly. Wish I could help her but I tried on her first thread and she's clearly beyond help. Not open to reasoning. It's sad really though, if I was her there would be nothing I could do about it.
Quote:She wants us to tell her the answer. And her confusion stems from her brain being turned off. We've already highlighted not only why certain things are right and wrong (to the best we can, given the nature of our scientific knowledge always expanding), but how to notice bad research, poorly generated results, and, ultimately, fallacious thinking. And, even with all that, she's still "Durr, I don't know, guys... those other people say you're wrong."
Yeah I agree that she's beyond help.
Quote:Until she turns her brain on
Which is definitely hard when she has her brain lol.
Quote: and stops living almost entirely by animalistic impulse, she's never going to understand anything.
I live that way too but I guess my intellect is a big part of my impulses too. I am stagnating at this point though, haven't learned many new things for a while. Just stuck to delving into stuff I already know about. I am interested in getting a formal education soon, now that I have a lot more support after getting my diagnosis. I say soon... I postpone everything but I get there in the end.
Quote: And the great sadness is that she wants to be an artist. Well, good music isn't just an emotional exercise, it's also one of reason. Of being able to turn emotion and experience into a mathematical expression of tonality and volume. She doesn't seem to grasp how severely she's limiting herself in the one endeavor she claims to care about.
Yeah it is sad. Still, there are really crazy nutjobs who are highly talented in some areas.