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Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2026 7:26 pm A wise man knows he knows nothing.

Was he a sophist or a soothsayer?

- I know three things that apply to every view. - If you do not, or do not think that is possible, is your reasoning to support that because many people think many things? - What I'm hearing from that, which is the gist of what you've shared, is a non-sequitur. * - The truth can generate a pleasure...

Please put me on <Ignore>, Mick! I think this is interesting. Perhaps you will, too. The song Merzy Dotes and Dozy Dotes popped into the noggin apropos of nothing and stuck there as an earworm for a couple of days. And for some inexplicable reason, perhaps because of the state of my psyche and a co...

You'll have to make it explicit. Why? Most people already accept/understand the concept that no singular view reigns over all. There are things that all views cannot deny. I can think of three. Can you think of any? If not, why? (There is no wrong answer, just an invitation to practice philosophy, ...

Please put me on <Ignore>, Mick! :lol: On the contrary, your trolling is grist for the mill, silly fella. Consider, if you will, the levels of the Ignore Function. On the first level, it alerts one that one is being ignored. On the next level, it fails to achieve that function. On the next level, i...

...nothing can be deduced from the fact that people disagree, except that people can be wrong. What can be deduced is that there can be multiple right answers, depending on the angle one is looking from. Locking in on one view that you can feel superior with is built on poor logic. On the other han...

It’s phonetic.
Mares eat oats
And does eat oats
And little lambs eat ivy.

Because of the Six Degrees of Separation Law (SDSL), that ditty is relevant to everyone, which includes you. Perhaps an ancestor herded sheep in the highlands?

Could this be the secret of crystal ball fortune tellers?

mickthinks wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2026 9:34 am

You sound confused.
Have you sought antidotes?
Perhaps, antidotes in anecdotes?
Mairzy Dotes and Dozy Dotes?

Art is the expression and communication of the human psyche. Interesting. The implication is that art requires the courage to unapologetically face oneself without trying to make it pretty, or rationalize it into acceptable fashion. The human psyche must be communicated truthfully in order to be ar...

Hi Walker, I think that we both agree on the point that the Bible is inspired. My real question is, 'what do you think of the premise describing 'how' and 'why' the Bibles' miraculous ability to communicate is structured. I read the article, and this is what it means to me, so far. What is the prem...

Well, you know what they say about horses and water ... (the comment intends only objectivity and brevity, not disrespect). Here is your objective correction, based on your subjective error, already explained. In contrast to doing everything for himself, for Trump the presidency is pure altruism for...

You're right on cue with that question. :D (continued) Lacewing knows good from bad. This is how she knows how to make up bad things, about Trump. Lacewing is corrupted by being conditioned to her thoughts that ignore reality, and what is real. For example: Lacewing has been attached to the thought ...

Lacewing wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2026 5:47 pm

Faulty premise. Reasoning based on a faulty premise, is bad.

Bad Lacewing. Bad.

You know you are corrupting.

In the presence of corruption, bad actions are rewarded with good actions.

This is possible because everyone innately knows good from bad,
which is why everyone knows when they are corrupting.

Innate knowledge is God-given.

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2026 1:28 pm

Confusion and irrational reactions result when an individual is conditioned by the societal thoughts (rules) that conflict with innate, and thus God-given knowledge of right and wrong. Attachment to those societal thoughts that cause the conditioning, create the conflict.