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BTW. I'm not expecting an answer from dear granny gamester polytrack 'olwendam', 'olwenboniface' anytime soon.

Re: 1. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how disconnected modern philosophy seems to be from lived experience. 2. We argue endlessly about language, logic, and abstract theories — but do those discussions really help us understand ourselves, others, or the world we live in every day? 3. It seems that...

I mean, he drowns people, sets plagues upon them, tells them to commit genocide, pulls Abraham's leg about sacrificing his own son just to "test" him. The world is full of misery and strife, especially the area around the "sacred" city of Jerusalem. The "God" of the Bi...

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Oct 18, 2025 1:51 pm
...So if it matters what other people think, then if they think I'm incompetent, doesn't that matter? It seems like it matters to me?

'Seems' being the operative word.

Perception of self and others is often skewed and based on prejudice/bias/ignorance/misinterpretation.

Know Thyself.

It doesn't matter what I think. Others think I'm incompetent as a participant. We all think that of each other. Your complaint serves no other purpose than to say I'm incompetent. So why are you complaining that I'm admitting that I'm incompetent? Of course it matters what you think. Why do you thi...

I doubt you really consider yourself to be incompetent as a participant. The OP is to gain attention. Listen up! Do you ever listen carefully to what and how others respond? How many pages do you intend to write? It doesn't matter what I think. Others think I'm incompetent as a participant. We all ...

I think I'm going to put on a dunce cap and assign myself a corner. My corner will be this thread. I don't think I can competently participate anywhere else on the forum. Such is life. Such is life? Life is pretending to be a 'dunce', hiding away in a corner under the cover of 'Philosophical Counse...