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This thread is for posting things that are true... I'll start...

The answer to the question "Can people really be that stupid?" is always "Yes".

Lacewing wrote:This thread is for posting things that are true... I'll start...

The answer to the question "Can people really be that stupid?" is always "Yes".

I totally agree from what I've witnessed over here. And they all made my rogues' gallery.

PhilX

Just looking back through some old posts, and came across this one...

Obvious Leo wrote: "Dancing is not about what you can do, it's about what you think you can do."

Lacewing wrote:Just looking back through some old posts, and came across this one...

Obvious Leo wrote: "Dancing is not about what you can do, it's about what you think you can do."

I think that's where you said you'd be dancing naked through the forest.

PhilX

Lacewing wrote:This thread is for posting things that are true... I'll start...

The answer to the question "Can people really be that stupid?" is always "Yes".

Depends on what you mean by "THAT"

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Lacewing wrote:The answer to the question "Can people really be that stupid?" is always "Yes".

Depends on what you mean by "THAT"

I think it's flexible for the situation/circumstances... and the answer is always "Yes".

Lacewing wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Lacewing wrote:The answer to the question "Can people really be that stupid?" is always "Yes".

Depends on what you mean by "THAT"

I think it's flexible for the situation/circumstances... and the answer is always "Yes".

Not all people and not all circumstance.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Lacewing wrote:I think it's flexible for the situation/circumstances... and the answer is always "Yes".

Not all people and not all circumstance.

Okay.

1+1=2, when 2-1=1, and 1-1=0 in the decimal system.

When you assume, you make an ass out of you (u) and me.

PhilX

Lacewing wrote:This thread is for posting things that are true... I'll start...

The answer to the question "Can people really be that stupid?" is always "Yes".

The answer to the opposite question "Can people really be that intelligent?" is also always "Yes".

Some people can do really stupid things and some people can do really intelligent things. I would even suggest, depending on how long human beings live for, all people do some really stupid things as well as do some really intelligent things.

So, if this is true, then does that mean some things really are in fact absolutely true?

ken wrote: The answer to the opposite question "Can people really be that intelligent?" is also always "Yes".

Yes!

ken wrote: all people do some really stupid things as well as do some really intelligent things.

Sure!

ken wrote: So, if this is true, then does that mean some things really are in fact absolutely true?

I don't see what you're trying to accomplish by adding the word "absolutely". If it seems true at this moment and in this situation, that's when and how it's true (even if we boldly state "always"). Anything can change. I (personally) don't think there are absolute truths (is that what you were getting at)?

Lacewing wrote:

ken wrote: The answer to the opposite question "Can people really be that intelligent?" is also always "Yes".

Yes!

ken wrote: all people do some really stupid things as well as do some really intelligent things.

Sure!

ken wrote: So, if this is true, then does that mean some things really are in fact absolutely true?

I don't see what you're trying to accomplish by adding the word "absolutely". If it seems true at this moment and in this situation, that's when and how it's true (even if we boldly state "always"). Anything can change. I (personally) don't think there are absolute truths (is that what you were getting at)?

Yes that is exactly what I was getting at. Considering this thread you started is for posting things that are true I was querying you if some things can be absolutely true or only relatively true. You have answered this already. But your (personal) take that "anything can change" appears as though you are proposing it is an absolute truth.

Though some truths like "Anything can change" can appear to be as close to an absolute truth as there can be, that truth can also change. Therefore, "It's true", but only relatively. But, if the truth "Anything can change" did change, then that change, itself, could also make "Anything can change" truth more, or may be even absolute(ly)?, true. I guess it is true then that 'Absolutely everything is relative to the observer', more true/r.

Are you open to the fact and thus truth that there could be absolute truths?

This thread should be named "dementia, now the biggest cause of death over taking heart disease, example:"

ken wrote:

Lacewing wrote: I don't see what you're trying to accomplish by adding the word "absolutely". If it seems true at this moment and in this situation, that's when and how it's true (even if we boldly state "always"). Anything can change. I (personally) don't think there are absolute truths (is that what you were getting at)?

Yes that is exactly what I was getting at. Considering this thread you started is for posting things that are true I was querying you if some things can be absolutely true or only relatively true. You have answered this already. But your (personal) take that "anything can change" appears as though you are proposing it is an absolute truth.

Though some truths like "Anything can change" can appear to be as close to an absolute truth as there can be, that truth can also change. Therefore, "It's true", but only relatively. But, if the truth "Anything can change" did change, then that change, itself, could also make "Anything can change" truth more, or may be even absolute(ly)?, true. I guess it is true then that 'Absolutely everything is relative to the observer', more true/r.

Are you open to the fact and thus truth that there could be absolute truths?

Why are you making me want to poke my eyes out? Sorry, Ken, I've clarified as much as I can on this.