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I'm not actually any kind of robot. I';m secretly 30-50 feral hogs in disguise! (Don't tell anyone!)
Finally: I think you are too keen to dismiss something you don't understand, or disagree with as nonsense, or irrelevant.
believe this risk and other dangers exist even without a society going so far as to actually criminalise thoughts and persons.
necessary, as the lack of it risks misrepresenting persons (etc) and, I believe, leads to less just, more dangerous society. To clarify, I
is, I believe, a consequence of making a certain kind of distinction between rational and irrational ideas. This distinction is, I believe,
problem? If it leads to criminalising thoughts or persons, it might be. Separating certain schools of thought from the domain of the state
is irrational not necessarily a problem, but it can be, because it conflates the person, their thoughts and their behaviour. Why is that a
I was certainly mistaken, and misrepresented what you wrote. To reiterate, I believe in multiple, competing rationalities. To say a person
to what can be considered an acceptable part of a rational society. If you didn't, please clarify.
You mean far from whether or not people who murder children are part of rational society? We aren't. A view on what rationality is is tied
well, I'm not quite sure what they are, but I feel concern.jpg would be an appropriate memetic expression.
It's less of a surprise than ere the opposite the case. Looking at the US from across the pond, D looks like right of center. R is ...
*Stupid sexy artistic vision of space.
*one of the principles used to justify the separation between
discussion using reason; the church being the domain of ideas which stand outside of reason.
problematic. This is one of the principles between the separation between church and state, the state being the domain of reason and
makes them outside of reason. This would mean that asserting them as reason (which some will want to do with some beliefs of this type) is
What it makes possible is to say that some beliefs are reasonable, but can be shown mistaken. Other beliefs cannot be shown mistaken, which
Well, what I was saying was that while the example belief is rational, holding that belief isn't (in light of the available evidence).
tools of rationality.
reaction to the evidence seems so. The belief would still be rational in itself, as the belief is possible to address and process with the
That makes sense. I would describe what you describe as an example of irrational behaviour. The belief would not be irrational, only the
I apologise for bothering you.
I am literally pointing out the importance of opinions other than my own.
Could you explain what you mean by a 'rational idea'?
difference to what people other than the designer themselves consider impressive.
There are many amazing-looking big houses out there. McMansions represent a a desire to impress coupled with an ignorance of or in-
you say, "not care about preventing child murders".
'Rational society' is a value-laden expression. IMO there are multiple types of rationality. I do agree that there are persons who do, as
different to others' concerns.
group (as the group as a whole is considered the enemy). Others (psychopaths for example) are incapable of empathy, and as such are in-
Finally: I think you are too keen to dismiss something you don't understand, or disagree with as nonsense, or irrelevant.
believe this risk and other dangers exist even without a society going so far as to actually criminalise thoughts and persons.
necessary, as the lack of it risks misrepresenting persons (etc) and, I believe, leads to less just, more dangerous society. To clarify, I
is, I believe, a consequence of making a certain kind of distinction between rational and irrational ideas. This distinction is, I believe,
problem? If it leads to criminalising thoughts or persons, it might be. Separating certain schools of thought from the domain of the state
is irrational not necessarily a problem, but it can be, because it conflates the person, their thoughts and their behaviour. Why is that a
I was certainly mistaken, and misrepresented what you wrote. To reiterate, I believe in multiple, competing rationalities. To say a person
to what can be considered an acceptable part of a rational society. If you didn't, please clarify.
You mean far from whether or not people who murder children are part of rational society? We aren't. A view on what rationality is is tied
well, I'm not quite sure what they are, but I feel concern.jpg would be an appropriate memetic expression.
It's less of a surprise than ere the opposite the case. Looking at the US from across the pond, D looks like right of center. R is ...
*Stupid sexy artistic vision of space.
*one of the principles used to justify the separation between
discussion using reason; the church being the domain of ideas which stand outside of reason.
problematic. This is one of the principles between the separation between church and state, the state being the domain of reason and
makes them outside of reason. This would mean that asserting them as reason (which some will want to do with some beliefs of this type) is
What it makes possible is to say that some beliefs are reasonable, but can be shown mistaken. Other beliefs cannot be shown mistaken, which
Well, what I was saying was that while the example belief is rational, holding that belief isn't (in light of the available evidence).
tools of rationality.
reaction to the evidence seems so. The belief would still be rational in itself, as the belief is possible to address and process with the
That makes sense. I would describe what you describe as an example of irrational behaviour. The belief would not be irrational, only the
I apologise for bothering you.
I am literally pointing out the importance of opinions other than my own.
Could you explain what you mean by a 'rational idea'?
difference to what people other than the designer themselves consider impressive.
There are many amazing-looking big houses out there. McMansions represent a a desire to impress coupled with an ignorance of or in-
you say, "not care about preventing child murders".
'Rational society' is a value-laden expression. IMO there are multiple types of rationality. I do agree that there are persons who do, as
different to others' concerns.
group (as the group as a whole is considered the enemy). Others (psychopaths for example) are incapable of empathy, and as such are in-