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What makes people irrational thinkers?
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RE: What makes people irrational thinkers?
December 16, 2021 at 6:05 pm
(December 16, 2021 at 5:45 pm)Belacqua Wrote:
(December 16, 2021 at 3:12 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: So, again I ask, what method should we use for these metaphysical issues that can reliably tell fact from fiction?

I don't think there is one. 

You definitely shouldn't believe any statement concerning metaphysical issues.

If there is no such way to separate fact from fiction, in what way can it be considered to be knowledge?

How is it any different then pure speculation?
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What makes people irrational thinkers? - by SlowCalculations - December 11, 2021 at 5:35 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 11, 2021 at 8:57 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - December 11, 2021 at 9:27 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 11, 2021 at 9:52 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 11, 2021 at 11:02 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 11, 2021 at 11:10 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - December 15, 2021 at 4:48 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 16, 2021 at 6:38 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - December 16, 2021 at 3:12 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 16, 2021 at 5:45 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 16, 2021 at 6:05 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - December 16, 2021 at 7:06 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 16, 2021 at 7:17 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 16, 2021 at 7:26 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 16, 2021 at 7:48 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 16, 2021 at 8:01 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 16, 2021 at 8:24 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 16, 2021 at 9:39 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 17, 2021 at 2:58 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 11, 2021 at 10:32 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 11, 2021 at 11:09 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 11, 2021 at 11:08 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 11, 2021 at 11:16 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 11, 2021 at 10:52 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 12, 2021 at 7:09 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 12, 2021 at 10:45 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 13, 2021 at 12:55 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 13, 2021 at 11:22 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 12, 2021 at 2:23 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 12, 2021 at 9:15 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Anomalocaris - December 12, 2021 at 5:10 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Anomalocaris - December 12, 2021 at 11:59 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - December 12, 2021 at 6:57 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by HappySkeptic - December 13, 2021 at 11:46 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 13, 2021 at 12:34 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by vulcanlogician - December 14, 2021 at 12:02 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 14, 2021 at 3:37 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 14, 2021 at 9:57 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by vulcanlogician - December 15, 2021 at 11:06 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Fake Messiah - December 16, 2021 at 4:36 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - December 16, 2021 at 6:31 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 16, 2021 at 10:05 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - December 16, 2021 at 11:12 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by no one - December 14, 2021 at 6:17 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Anomalocaris - December 16, 2021 at 8:55 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 17, 2021 at 4:11 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 17, 2021 at 10:12 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - December 17, 2021 at 5:18 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 17, 2021 at 11:26 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 19, 2021 at 6:36 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - December 19, 2021 at 9:10 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 19, 2021 at 12:01 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 19, 2021 at 2:11 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 19, 2021 at 8:35 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 20, 2021 at 1:25 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 20, 2021 at 4:37 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 19, 2021 at 12:49 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 19, 2021 at 1:26 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - December 19, 2021 at 1:57 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 19, 2021 at 3:29 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - December 19, 2021 at 8:52 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 20, 2021 at 12:09 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 20, 2021 at 12:22 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 20, 2021 at 2:09 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 20, 2021 at 4:02 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 20, 2021 at 12:54 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 20, 2021 at 7:09 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 20, 2021 at 7:28 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 20, 2021 at 7:38 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 20, 2021 at 9:05 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 20, 2021 at 10:51 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 20, 2021 at 8:02 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 21, 2021 at 4:09 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 21, 2021 at 9:57 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 22, 2021 at 4:41 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 20, 2021 at 8:05 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 20, 2021 at 8:14 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 20, 2021 at 8:38 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 20, 2021 at 8:57 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 20, 2021 at 9:17 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 20, 2021 at 9:20 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Mister Agenda - December 21, 2021 at 10:51 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 21, 2021 at 11:57 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 22, 2021 at 9:00 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 23, 2021 at 7:07 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 23, 2021 at 7:39 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by R00tKiT - December 22, 2021 at 3:30 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Rahn127 - December 24, 2021 at 12:04 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 26, 2021 at 1:40 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 27, 2021 at 3:32 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Fake Messiah - December 27, 2021 at 7:20 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 27, 2021 at 9:11 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 27, 2021 at 4:31 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 27, 2021 at 4:36 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 27, 2021 at 5:20 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 27, 2021 at 5:33 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 28, 2021 at 7:47 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 28, 2021 at 7:55 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 28, 2021 at 8:02 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - December 28, 2021 at 9:42 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 28, 2021 at 11:01 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - January 3, 2022 at 2:52 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - January 4, 2022 at 3:13 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - January 4, 2022 at 5:29 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - December 26, 2021 at 8:04 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 26, 2021 at 10:39 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - December 26, 2021 at 12:11 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 26, 2021 at 4:15 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 26, 2021 at 5:42 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 26, 2021 at 6:55 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 26, 2021 at 1:59 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 27, 2021 at 1:19 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - December 27, 2021 at 9:28 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - December 27, 2021 at 7:45 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ahriman - December 27, 2021 at 1:15 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - December 27, 2021 at 3:22 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 27, 2021 at 4:37 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ahriman - December 27, 2021 at 5:25 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 27, 2021 at 5:34 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - December 27, 2021 at 8:40 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ahriman - December 27, 2021 at 6:49 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ahriman - December 27, 2021 at 7:02 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - December 27, 2021 at 8:04 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ahriman - December 27, 2021 at 8:11 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - December 27, 2021 at 9:30 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - December 28, 2021 at 3:46 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 27, 2021 at 7:12 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 28, 2021 at 11:35 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - December 28, 2021 at 12:06 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - December 28, 2021 at 1:29 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Goosebump - January 2, 2022 at 12:31 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - January 2, 2022 at 6:27 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Goosebump - January 2, 2022 at 6:37 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Deesse23 - January 2, 2022 at 8:51 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Goosebump - January 2, 2022 at 9:21 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - January 3, 2022 at 5:55 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - January 3, 2022 at 11:03 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - January 3, 2022 at 9:38 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by LadyForCamus - January 4, 2022 at 12:44 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Paleophyte - January 4, 2022 at 3:15 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Paleophyte - January 4, 2022 at 11:42 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by GrandizerII - January 4, 2022 at 11:57 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Paleophyte - January 4, 2022 at 12:57 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - January 4, 2022 at 10:16 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Paleophyte - January 5, 2022 at 12:01 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by GrandizerII - January 5, 2022 at 12:30 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by emjay - January 5, 2022 at 2:04 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by polymath257 - January 5, 2022 at 10:24 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - January 5, 2022 at 2:27 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - January 5, 2022 at 3:39 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Rahn127 - January 6, 2022 at 10:33 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Simon Moon - January 6, 2022 at 8:25 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ranjr - January 5, 2022 at 12:22 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ranjr - January 5, 2022 at 1:11 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ranjr - January 5, 2022 at 2:36 am
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Angrboda - January 6, 2022 at 11:03 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - January 6, 2022 at 9:53 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - January 7, 2022 at 12:12 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - January 7, 2022 at 12:22 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Nay_Sayer - January 7, 2022 at 1:52 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by brewer - January 7, 2022 at 4:37 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ranjr - January 7, 2022 at 6:26 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Ranjr - January 7, 2022 at 8:17 pm
RE: What makes people irrational thinkers? - by Belacqua - January 15, 2022 at 9:55 am

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