Recent content by a4mula

This has nothing to do with wealth or lack thereof. This is a direct referendum on individuality and personal responsibility. By accepting the responsibility of another you are not only robbing them of the ability to provide for themselves, but also the incentive and experience needed next...

And hence my point that what you're prescribing to is truth by proximity. I've already agreed that the greater advances we make bring us closer to understanding our observations and making more accurate predictions. This isn't argued. This has nothing to do with feelings. It's reality...

There have been quite a few advocates for truth by proximity since I last checked in. I can and will agree that as we progress in our knowledge we achieve a higher level of accuracy in our observations and predictions, that however does not equate to Truth. The World is Flat - Wrong...

I do not personally agree with this concept. I feel as though our healthcare system is in the shape it is today directly because of the Medicaid act of '65. The federal government has shown an undeniable skill at corrupting and bloating everything they touch. To have faith that they can...

0<1 Fundamental mathematics are the only real truths that I've been able to conceive. Even Descartes was misled by making the assumption that he must exist. Our perception is not evidence of existence, merely evidence of perception. Basing reality on perception is about as flawed a concept...

Free markets show even distrubution only through competition. In the case of the US the government has imposed what could be considered implied biasness by supporting corporate monopolization of the media. Until the media itself is free of government control there will always be a heavy hand...

0 and 1. Unfortunately when it comes to human interaction both of those concepts cease to exist. There are no absolutes. It's this very reason why we develop values, morals, ethics, and law. We make agreements amongst ourselves (which are ever changing and different depending on where you...

That's not what I'm suggesting at all. I just see no need of a single set of laws that are all-encompassing. That's not the same as saying there cannot be. My only point, which I concluded the original post with was that our search for grand unification creates an artificial paradigm to which...

Legitimacy of intent is regardless to the fact that you must have intent in order to discern consequence from your actions. It's that very intent that dictates morality. I've already given a very easy to understand example and regardless of your philosophical musings there is little...

In the discussion of morality it does. Even in utilitarianism one must consider consequence. While consequence is a direct result of action, the consideration of consequence is based on intent. <shrug> You say extreme, I say very well grounded in reality.

I think you'd need a clearer definition of torture. This boils down to intent however. Is it immoral to walk into a field and beat a cow with a baseball bat? Of course. Your intent is strictly to harm the animal and inflict pain. Is it immoral for a cow to be processed into food? Of...

This entire thread is riddled with people confusing morals and ethics. Morality is relative to each individual. Ethics are relative to each societal representation. Only man can judge his own morality. There is no right or wrong moral answer here. There is no universal morality. There...

This is a semantical conversation. We are ill-fit to judge what is illusion or reality because both definitions are fuzzy at best. We perceive experience only by our own perceptions. This is relativity. Until we have a well defined expression for what reality is we'll continue to only debate...

The entire concept of emergence is one that I find difficult to come to terms with. Energy is a zero sum reality from what we understand. It cannot be gained it cannot be lost. When we come to the conclusion that some how "the whole is greater than the parts" we have to explain how a system...

I believe this is a misinterpretation of consciousness and identity. They are not one in the same. In order for anything to be you it has to have your identity. Your consciousness is irrelevant. The person that is revitalized has your identity. The clone does not. They both might...