Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 am
Age wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:01 pm
commonsense wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:53 pm
The discourse has become personal by this time. Almost 40 posts ago, TimeSeeker referenced Wikipedia and youtube. Since then, there have been no other references, notwithstanding these are not philosophy references. There have been no
a priori statements submitted as supporting evidence. Ironic, isn't it, when you review VA's OP.
But I do NOT need to provide supporting evidence nor references here because I was saying:
There was a time when every one was using every one else's references and quotes to "prove" with "evidence" that the sun revolved around the earth. The more references and quotes they had and used, from "others" and "other" sources, then the more they BELIEVED that they were actually true, right, and correct. But, obviously, the only ONE who was saying the opposite could not use any one else's references and quotes. Who appears to have been more true, right, and correct?
Just some thing to think about.
In other words, so called, "supporting evidences" and "references" are some times only supporting one's own BELIEFS, which may NOT be true, right, and correct anyway. Just because some thing is called "supporting evidence" does NOT mean it is actual REAL evidence. So called "evidence" that SUPPORTS one's own BELIEFS does NOT necessarily make the BELIEF correct, from the outset.
You are right in stating the stupid people will rely on "supporting evidences' references and
arguments from other stupid people, notably the religious theists blindly relying on faith to agree with whatever is divine that their priests/pastors throw at them.
At the start here you said that 'I am right'. Are you absolutely 100% sure of this, or, do you just agree with me.
If you agree with me, then please just state that you agree with me, instead of stating that 'I am right'. I would like you to do this for two reasons;
1. I am just expressing A view, which may be right, not right, or just partly right. I do NOT want you influencing what others might or might not notice and be aware of in my writings.
2. If you write that 'I am right' and then state things that are NOT what I said nor wrote, then others might be somewhat influenced to think that I a agreeing with your distorted and different view of what I actually wrote down, and thus said.
Note that I did NOT state what you alleged I was stating here.
Also, are you suggesting that if YOU existed in that period of time that I was referring to that you would then NOT be one of those relying on your/their BELIEFS and thus NOT be insisting that the sun revolves around the earth?
From what I have experienced from YOU, YOU would be one of the most strongest supporters of that BELIEF. YOU would be one of those who would provide and use the MOST, so called, "supporting evidences" and "references" to support your BELIEF that - the sun revolves around the earth.
You would NOT seriously now even be contemplating that YOU, of all people, would be an OPEN person,and listening to another, and not be a BELIEVING person? Surely you can remember that you are the ONE who BELIEVES that ALL human beings MUST HAVE BELIEFS. In fact you BELIEVE this so strongly that you even BELIEVE that human beings could not exist, nor have existed, without BELIEFS. That is what you are TRYING TO argue for anyway, am I right?
But now you appear to be TRYING TO suggest that only "stupid" people have BELIEFS, like the sun revolves around the earth. Surely you can recognize that you would have been one of those "stupid" people who BELIEVED that the sun goes around the earth if you lived in that time period, and YOU would have been one of the most ardent supporters and fighters for your BELIEF here.
In fact from what I have seen from YOU, YOU would have been one of the very last to come around to
what IS actually True and Right. I would say you would HAVE TO wait until there was ENOUGH supporting evidences, and references from "others" before YOU were able to SEE the Truth for your self.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amBut are you that stupid and intellectual incompetent that you are unable to differentiate reasonable, sound arguments based on critical thinking from stupid fallacious arguments?
Yes, at times, I am stupid and very intellectual incompetent. But I am also, at times, very simply and easily able to differentiate reasonable, sound arguments based on critical thinking from stupid fallacious arguments. In fact, the latter I can see quite often, of which some of them I have already pointed out and shown. The difference between YOU and I though is, YOU do NOT see your arguments in any other light than reasonable, sound arguments based on critical thinking, whereas I see this very rarely if at all, from YOU.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amPerhaps you are as evident with your "I do NOT have any BELIEFS"
This is a thread, started by you, called "Supporting Evidences and References are Critical". Now, considering the name of this thread, and, especially considering you are the one who started this thread and are TRYING TO argue for it, then do you think/believe it would be a wise move, or a stupid move, to NOT include "Supporting Evidences" and "References" to your opinions, views, BELIEFS, et cetera, which you also believe are "Critical"?
If you think/believe that it would be a wise move to provide those things, then what do you think/believe you should do NOW?
If you think/believe that it would be a stupid move to provide those things, then keep doing what you have been doing all along.
How about you provide just ONE, what you BELIEVE is a BELIEF of MINE, and then provide what you BELIEVE are the "supporting evidences" for "what your provide" and also argue for that. THEN we ALL can take a LOOK AT IT, and then decide if you are making reasonable, sound arguments based on critical thinking, or, in fact if you are making stupid fallacious arguments (based solely upon your, previously held, BELIEFS)?
How about you let the READERS decide what has been happening here? Instead of you just BELIEVING that you are NOT doing any thing other than just being totally reasonable.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amWHERE this thread stemmed from, was from my reply to what veritas aequitas said about me, which was:
Since you are such a bad communicator, provide references and links to good writers/authors who share the same views as yours.
And my reply was:
I did NOT get any My views from other writers/authors. I had hardly read anything prior to this. In fact I was barely able to read and write at all. That is WHY I am here, in this forum, to learn how to communicate better.
As I have already explained even if others have same views I would NOT link to them nor use them as references, as that defeats the whole purpose of: thinking for ones own Self.
ALL the meaningful answers to Life are within one's Self. True and Right answers are NOT sourced from "others", but from within.
A personal subjective view with strong conviction is one kind of view that is of the lowest grade.
Hang on, EVERY view starts out being a personal subjective view. Or, do you think/believe otherwise?
If you agree with what I said, then we can move on. But,
If you think/believe otherwise. Show us WHY?
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amUntil proven objectivity, a personal subjective view [opinion] is similar to thoughts of 'reality' from a schizophrenic and stupid people.
Based on this logic, ALL of YOUR OWN personal subjective views [opinions] ARE similar to thoughts of 'reality' from schizophrenic and stupid people.
Is that what you are TRYING TO argue for here?
If so, then so be it.
If not, then WHY are YOUR OWN personal subjective views NOT that, but "others" are?
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amBtw, have you ever done a thesis under supervision.
No, have you?
By the way, I have also never DONE a thesis, with supervision.
In Truth is it actually possible to DO a thesis?
I try to just always write about
what IS already True, Right, and Correct. I do NOT like to just express what I ASSUME is True, Right, and Correct.
There is NO real necessity for just ASSUMING, and making up things. Just like there is NO real necessity for BELIEVING any thing, if I am to be Truly honest here.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amIn a thesis, yes one has to think for one's own self to generate novel hypothesis but the most critical step in a thesis a '
literature review'.
https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resour ... ure-review
A
literature review has many purposes and in this case it will provide a framework and perspective to your intended hypothesis or main ideas.
It appears here now that you have NOT created a thesis within an english taught framework.
Am I correct here?
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amThe onus is on you [if you are a responsible intellectual] to communicate in the best possible ways to ensure you get your views across by all means, which must include supporting references.
Hang on, human beings just naturally communicate in the best possible way, that is; if they want to ensure they get their views across. There is NO "onus" on having to do this.
Also, getting one's views across does NOT necessitate including supporting references.
One can provide their views in statements that are in fact True, and thus provide the supporting Truth within themselves, WITHOUT references to or from any where nor any thing else. Obviously this will get one's views across.
Are you under some sort of perception that just discussing in a philosophy forum, and forming sentences and statements, there NEEDS to be some sort of intellectual academic or educated form to it?
If yes, then is that coming from a critical thinking perspective or just from some sort of BELIEF. Or,
If no, then WHY the referencing and linking to unnecessary scholarly things here?
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 am In my case, I have provided many links, references, analogies, direct experiments [face illusion, etc.] and whatever I can think of to get my message across.
Yes you have. Most to no avail though.
Also, I agree wholeheartedly with you that you have TRIED 'WHATEVER you can THINK of' to TRY TO get your message across. You have, glaringly obviously, TRIED many things to get "others" to understand and ultimately agree with you. That is EXACTLY how I say the brain works. The brain will TRY absolutely ANYTHING to TRY TO get its BELIEFS across, and agreed with. I have mentioned this earlier. May be you MISSED it, or it may have been OVERLOOKED. But this is normal because the brain has a huge tendency to OVERLOOK and MISS that what does NOT fit in with its own BELIEFS. The BELIEF-system is far more powerful than the human beings in this period of time realize just yet.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 am Even then, it is not easy to get one's views across to be understood [not necessary agree with].
But what you are TRYING TO suggest is the Truth, is very easily understood. But your views are mostly just NOT very true, right, nor correct, at all. This can be very easily SEEN in the way you formulate YOUR "arguments".
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amBy the way, If you want me/others to send you links and references HOW do we distinguish a "good" and/or "bad" writer, for YOUR perspective? Is a "good" one one that shares the SAME views as yours and a "bad" one, one that does not share the same views as you? Or, does "good" and "bad" refer to some thing else?
Also, why do you human beings view other human beings as being either "good" or "bad"?
Those are very silly excuses.
You MISSED the whole point again.
Also, the are NOT excuses. They are, in fact, just questions, asked for clarity. Three questions, actually. Of which, once again, NONE of them are answered, by you.
The are NOT questions to form any argument, to show any view, to excuse any thing, nor are they any thing else other than just questions posed to you, in the hope that if, and when, you did answer them (openly or even just internally) that you would then see the error in your own thinking.
However, because you refuse to LOOK AT them for what they are, that is; just an open clarifying question, we end up going down this kind of discussion path that we have been, are, and continue to keep heading.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amIt is your duty to present links and references that you think are the best that represent and support your hypothesis or thesis.
In case you are unaware I would have to be presenting some sort of hypothesis or thesis FIRST, before I could present any links and references for.
So that it is HOPEFULLY clear to YOU, I am NOT representing any hypothesis NOR thesis that would NEED supporting.
I am just expressing My views, and waiting for correction. I do this so that I can learn how to communicate My views better.
I also just ask open clarifying questions, and wait for Truly open and honest replies. I do this so that, hopefully, the errors can be seen for and by one's self. I also do this now, but at the start even i was aware i was doing this, so that the PROOF of HOW the Mind and the brain actually work can be EVIDENCED its Self.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amIt is then up to others to apply reasonable critical thinking to review and critique your arguments so as to accept or reject your ideas, hypothesis.
Agreed.
Your main argument is 'I do NOT have any Beliefs' and that is intellectual poison [cyanide].[/quote]
That is NOT an argument. That is just an expressed view/opinion, call it what you like. But if you do NOT BELIEVE it is True, then SHOW otherwise.
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 amNote BELIEFS in perspective to knowledge.
Is this picture/diagram of BELIEFS in perspective to knowledge: absolute knowledge, objective knowledge, just knowledge, true, a justified true belief, a Truth, thee Truth, or some other thing else?
Are you aware that some people BELIEVE that 'knowledge' Is
justified true belief. Do you wholeheartedly agree with this BELIEF?
If yes, then great. But,
If no, then now this is the dilemma, for Me ("others") WHO am I expected to KNOW has the True, Right, and Correct, dare i say it, 'knowledge', here?
If 'you',
human beings, can NOT agree on even the most simplest of things, which obviously 'you' can NOT, then HOW can I, and WHY should I, be expected to even listen to 'you' for Truth and Knowledge?
I am OPEN to looking at and seeing what you are saying, but NONE of 'you' are making any REAL sense. Therefore, I will keep LOOKING AT things and SEEING the way that I am NOW. That is; by remaining OPEN to ALL and EVERY thing.