Off-Topic Posts from "Would Flat-Land Four-Eyed Freddy Notice a Difference?"
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Re: Would Flat-Land Four-Eyed Freddy Notice a Difference?
I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain what you mean in plain direct literal language?
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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Re: Would Flat-Land Four-Eyed Freddy Notice a Difference?
In plain, direct literal language, my meaning is twofold.
Firstly, I think 'all cave and no Plato' is funny.
Secondfold, I mean to suggest this argument is an example of modern philosophy constructing the cave for itself, and hiding there from anything real.
I have previously referred to this phenomenon as 'obscurantism' - as opposed to 'clarricism.'
Ironic then, that you ask me to explain in plain direct literal language.
That aside:
"If Flat Land Four-Eyed Freddy can't notice a difference, does that mean that there is no objective difference, meaning reductio ad absurdum we have proven that objective observer-independent directional orientation does not exist in relativistic physics?"
Another, albeit ineffectual - assault upon objectivism. Another loop of chain to affix philosophy to the cave wall where anything the subjective mind constructs can be seen in the shadows dancing in the firelight; such that all is allowed and nothing is true!
In this, I see the literal death of the world, and absurdly, react to the nihilistic despair invoked with humour!
But mostly, it was the funny thing!
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Re: Off-Topic Posts from "Would Flat-Land Four-Eyed Freddy Notice a Difference?"
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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Re: Off-Topic Posts from "Would Flat-Land Four-Eyed Freddy Notice a Difference?"
Hey Scott, why is the forum so quiet, do you suppose?
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