Alexis, your arrogance is only surpassed by your ignorance. You dismiss science as "partially deranged" while clinging to vague metaphysical rambling that doesn’t amount to anything more than self-indulgent poetry. You claim to counter "pure physicalism" with mysticism, as if reality cares about your philosophical insecurities.Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:30 pmNot quite. I regard your philosophy, your philosophical shtick, as partially-deranged. And what powers it is something psychological. The “psychological” must be considered when any one of us analyzes our positions. Psychology determines outlooks to a large degree.BigMike wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:04 pm Your attempt to paint determinism as an “appeal to weakness” is just another version of the same tired Nietzschean machismo—as if seeing reality clearly and rationally is some kind of moral failing. But tell me, what exactly is strong about clinging to metaphysical crutches, mystical justifications, and poetic fatalism? What’s empowering about throwing up your hands and declaring suffering noble rather than asking what causes it and how to prevent it?
Your philosophy certainly appeals to one man who defines himself as weak. And I refer to that man as “emblematic of our age”. True, that’s painting things with a broad brush. But the point has some validity.
Manly attitude, manly decisiveness, a manly resoluteness in the face of difficulty and trial: yes indeed, I advocate for that. And I advocate for swift and decisive punishment for wrong-doing. Justice at times must overstep leniency.
Ah ha! But you do not see either clearly nor sufficiently rationally. Pieces are missing. And your philosophy is “skewed”.seeing reality clearly and rationally
You misunderstand why I hold to metaphysics. It is a much needed counter to pure physicalism. But both are a pair, if you catch my drift.about clinging to metaphysical crutches, mystical justifications, and poetic fatalism?
What you are saying is “I know how reality works!” but I say you have a partial view.You throw around words like “scientistic Ponzi Scheme” and “virulent rhetoric” as if explaining how reality actually works is some sort of manipulative power play rather than an attempt to understand and improve the human condition. And in classic fashion, when faced with a view that challenges yours, you don’t engage with the argument—you psychoanalyze the person making it.
It is ridiculous to project onto me the false idea that I do not want to improve conditions. But: you are arguing against Windmills (again if you catch my drift).
No. The mysticism I describe is a way to understand Reality in a more holistic and therefore genuinely realistic way.The real irony? You claim to champion “strength” and “rigor,” yet your entire approach is built on retreating into mysticism the moment the physical world doesn’t conform to your grand vision. You prefer poetic fatalism over actual solutions. That’s not strength—it’s resignation dressed up as wisdom.
In my view your entire philosophy is non-realistic. (Or largely so).
You have nothing but hand-waving abstractions that don’t explain anything. Meanwhile, science actually explains how the world works—it builds technology, cures diseases, sends humans to space. What has your mystical fatalism ever accomplished? Nothing. It’s just a glorified excuse to reject real answers in favor of comforting illusions.
Your obsession with "manliness" and "decisiveness" is just window dressing for anti-intellectual posturing. You conflate understanding reality with "weakness" because you can’t handle the fact that the universe doesn’t conform to your grandiose fantasies. Your whole worldview is built on dodging real challenges by retreating into pseudo-profundities about "holistic realism"—whatever that means.
Let’s be clear: you don’t have a more complete perspective—you have no perspective at all. You mistake willful ignorance for "higher understanding" and call science "skewed" because it doesn’t leave room for your detached, mystical rambling. In reality, you fear the truth—because it doesn’t care about your illusions.
