Whether or not a word is inherently evil is besides the point
Would you please actually reformat this post so this sentence you wrote turns into an argument, and one that references the conversation this post is supposed to be a part of, because even if this single remark of yours made sense to me, were I to actually disagree with it and attempt to rebut it I will be taking presumptions and arguing against myself, as this is no argument.
Listen, I see this post and was going to ignore it until I refreshed and saw you got upvoted, but between Poe's law and my autism I cannot tell whether or not this post is to be taken at face value. I will however say that this community, if this thread is any indication, does not appear to actually champion rational thought. They champion argument by assertion fallacies, masturbatory remarks, refusing to define arguments, passive aggressive downvotes and downvote bombs because they can't defend themselves in argument and don't want to, and general bullshittery. Fuck this community. Are you serious? This entire "rationalist" thing is nothing but a gross circlejerk if you... (read more)
I only seek to convince you and others to think like me. Mines is a philosophy that should objectively maximize your pleasure and minimize your pain, but for some reason, even though I have personally systematically destroyed every dissenting opinion I have ever seen or could come up with over the years, humans just don't care, and they choose to exhibit inferior behavior. In relation to the thread topic for instance, there is literally, /literally/ no reason at all to take offense at being called an insult or anything, yet humans do anyway, despite the fact that they could easily just construe the emotion they feel upon being exposed to the insult... (read more)
Mate, I assure you that I worship reason and only ask for reason to think and do, and only wish to give others reason to think and do. I don't lie... I do not believe lying to be inherent good. The only times I lie would be in the scenarios where telling the truth and inherently totally adhering to my philosophy would compromise my existence in this world, for instance. Living unaffected by the human is at the moment more important to be than being the best in all aspects...
Fucking... I have to wait six more minutes to post this. But yeah, I am turned on by everything I think is good.... (read more)
And you said that anger is evil, but you admitted to trying to make people angry.
My goal is to convince all who disagree with me to think like me. My main method is argument. My expressing my indignation is just on the side, and I see no reason to stop. I already proposed my logic behind doing so(I doubt it was an actual legit "argument" that I proposed, if you don't mind the No True Scotsman) and you did not respond to any of it beyond a vague remark.
You consider everything to be either evil or sexually gratifying? What about the color blue? Is blue evil?
Okay, I would like to affirm... (read more)
Yes, it does, and it fits with my philosophy that thinking one's own opinion is "arbitrary evil" is impossible...
I may have been subconsciously refraining from all-out proposing fundamental arguments that expound why I believe my opinions must be correct and all conceivable dissenting opinions must be wrong. I haven't argued in a very long time... I'm surprised I can even express myself as well(in my opinion) as I can right now. One year ago I just wasn't able to express my philosophy from so long of not doing so or considering it in English and I had to just apologize and leave the conversation. Wasn't fun. Btdubs, this entire paragraph is just... (read more)
...Clearly people use them because it is easier to invoke the emotion than through e.g. meditation or whatever you are proposing.
This assumes of course that the human's world and the human's lifestyle is rational. I believe it is not. Humans deciding to do one thing over another does not necessarily mean that their choice is the best. Humans have collectively done some really stupid shit in the past...
Besides, this philosophy also applies to the other side. Is there an inherent correlation between what other people do (say, make noise that makes our ears hurt) and subjective pain felt?
No, not if "subjective pain felt" is defined as raw emotion. Emotion can be manipulated... (read more)
That looks like you're just attempting to piss me off. It doesn't seem to actually mean anything.
And what the niggershitting babyfuck does this mean? Do you think you formally quantify what of my post there "doesn't actually mean anything" and why it is so? Do you think you explain why what I proposed is not a valid argument? Do you think you in any way accomplish anything with this post beyond simply ejaculating your vague, worthless, human bullshit kind of in my direction to make yourself feel better about the fact that you can't defend yourself in argument and do not even want to try?
In your first scenario, I just cannot understand... perhaps it is my simply lacking certain mental faculties here that would render my mind normal, but I cannot sympathize with just not wanting certain food while not actually claiming that your consuming that certain food will be inherent evil, or that the certain food is in itself inherent evil. If the evil is not inherent then the argument is arbitrary, as the evil you claim is not a fundamental property of that construct as it exists naturally in this universe. If I don't want to eat something you could bet your ass that I would argue against my consuming that thing to the... (read more)
So, I have next to no academic knowledge. I have literally not read or perhaps even picked up any book since eighth grade, which is where my formal education ended, and I turn 20 this year, but I am sitting on some theories pertaining to my understanding of rationality, and procrastinating about expressing them has gotten me here. I'd like to just propose my theory on why censorship is wrong, here. Please tell me whether or not you agree or disagree, and feel free to express anything else you feel you would like to in this thread. I miss bona fide argument, but this community seems way less hostile than the one... (read 1342 more words →)
This is the most fucking retarded website. I go to sleep, wake up, boom. I lost an additional 60 fucking karma. My account stopped being able to reply to posts "below the threshold" or whatever once I dipped bellow positive five. What the fuck. So downvoting me actually accomplishes more than vaguely masturbating one's worthless opinion in my direction. It ensures that all replies any user makes on one of my posts they have downvote bombed "below the threshold" are exclusively masturbatory, as I am literally unable to fucking engage them in conversation. What a disgusting fucking archetype for a website. And this is supposed to be a haven for rationalists...
But about... (read more)