RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery
January 2, 2014 at 4:27 pm
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2014 at 4:34 pm by Mr Greene.)
For someone who makes some sort of special claim regarding emotions that was almost as ham-fisted as I've seen in nearly 15 years of internet debates...
You claim qualifications in philosophy and mention Kant, though what you write seems rather more reminiscent of the followers of Ayn Rand.
As for the concept of a universe with meaning; meaning is something you find for yourself, not something intrinsic to the universe.
There then follows some vague idea about the universe not being scary, reality is scary, we simply happen to be an adaptable predator and at least as scary as the other species at the top of the food chain. Of course you might not have noticed that if you spent most of your time sitting on your arse.
If you want an idea of just how scary we are as a species, think of the scariest thing you can and ask yourself - "What would Genghis do?"
You claim qualifications in philosophy and mention Kant, though what you write seems rather more reminiscent of the followers of Ayn Rand.
As for the concept of a universe with meaning; meaning is something you find for yourself, not something intrinsic to the universe.
There then follows some vague idea about the universe not being scary, reality is scary, we simply happen to be an adaptable predator and at least as scary as the other species at the top of the food chain. Of course you might not have noticed that if you spent most of your time sitting on your arse.
If you want an idea of just how scary we are as a species, think of the scariest thing you can and ask yourself - "What would Genghis do?"
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?-Esquilax
Evolution - Adapt or be eaten.
