What makes people irrational thinkers?

[arewethereyet]

high brow trolling

Thank you for suggesting that the trolling is "high brow."

On this thread we were discussing whether the world is necessary or contingent. This is a question people have been discussing for millennia, in any area with a tradition of philosophy -- India, Mesopotamia, Europe, China... It has been addressed by people of many religions and by atheists. Modern philosophers who devote much of their careers to this sort of question continue to disagree on the answer. A person with little or no training in philosophy who thinks he can solve the issue with a brief post on this forum is a prime candidate for a Dunning-Kruger diagnosis. 

Any obvious answer to the problem has likely been anticipated and replied to by Liebniz, Schelling, Heidegger, etc. To think that one has answered the question before checking their arguments would be premature.

I do not know the answer to whether the world is necessary or contingent.

As for poor readings of Hart's book:

Twice, very clearly, in prominent places, Hart says what he will do in the book and what he WON'T do. To respond to the book as if it's trying to do what he clearly says he won't do indicates careless reading. 

I have talked before with "polymath," so I know how confident he is in his beliefs. It's not a good use of one's time to continue, once he has announced his conclusions.

Bold mine - did you just admit to trolling?