(April 20, 2013 at 6:15 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Man, this one is about as delicate as a glass figurine.
I dismissed philosophy not because it was difficult. I have difficulty with mathematics, yet accept their importance. I dismiss it because it has little, if any, bearing on the real world beyond postulation. A bunch of “what if's." Your insistence on dismissing my opinion because you don't like that it is couched in a description of what you consider to be a vulgar act is irrelevant. You already have answered twice now in bald terms that you do not think rationally, and do not find it find it worth holding in high esteem. That's really all I need to know.
I'm not sure why you have a problem with Creed's answer as far as scientific theory, other than to bluster.
Yes, I understand your perception of philosophy, which really just comes across to me as ignorant and lazy. Being dismissive about it will not help you when you're confronted by people who have studied philosophy, and the profound impact that it can have on how a person perceives reality. For example a PhD Philosophy student would probably instantly recognise that you're ignorant on the subject and, therefore, you will not be taken seriously in this kind of discussion. Every single argument you have made thus far has been from the perspective of rationalism, in which case I have to tailor my answers to suit your insistence on viewing everything "rationally". Please read about the history and philosophy of rationalism; I am sure you're capable of digesting the concepts involved.
Creed disingenuously plagiarised the passage regarding scientific theory from Wikipedia; he did not source it and simply passed it off as his own. Just because somebody has an Internet connection does not provide them with the divine right to "copy and paste" from another website.
