an_onanist 5d ago • 100%
Wish they were more specific about the Special Purpose.
an_onanist 2w ago • 50%
No I'm not. I am not interested in academic study. I am interested in real world application. I am aware of justified true belief and that most people don't apply it. My curiosity is in how people acnually think about the concept.
an_onanist 2w ago • 100%
That is like the home owner's application of the scientific method: test the hypothesis until you decide it is a pretty solid system
an_onanist 2w ago • 100%
Your description makes belief sound like willful ignorance.
It sounds like the real challenge is knowing when you have enough information to convert your educated guess into full-blown knowledge
an_onanist 2w ago • 100%
What about the ideas that can be neither confirmed nor denied like the existence of extraterrestrial life or a machine of 100% efficiency?
an_onanist 2w ago • 100%
What if you should have some doubt (belief) but due to ignorance or hubris do not and so you elevate a concept to 'knowledge' that should not rightfully be there? I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm genuinely curious about that gray area of misplaced confidence.
an_onanist 2w ago • 100%
So, if we haven't studied the underlying axioms or foundation of a conclusion, we cannot have knowledge of it? That seems to imply the only things we have knowledge of are the things we have invested significant time and energy into. It's that correct?
an_onanist 2w ago • 100%
If so much is contextual, is there no knowledge based on truth or fact?
an_onanist 2w ago • 100%
So the stronger the feeling of identifying with a concept, the stronger the belief that it is true?
I'm not interested in what the dictionary says or a textbook definition I'm interested in your personal distinction between the two ideas. How do you decide to put an idea in one category versus the other? I'm not interested in the abstract concepts like 'objective truth' I want to know how it works in real life for you.
an_onanist 4w ago • 100%
I'm 6 episodes in and loving it.
an_onanist 1mo ago • 78%
I predicted in about 10 years disclaimers at the beginning will include, 'This show depicts murder. Neither the show's creators producers or actors condone the taking of another human life.'
an_onanist 1mo ago • 100%
What if the claim were false?
What if she wasn't from Pitcairn? No big deal other than her credibility comes into question.
What if Gengis Kahn did not exist? Nothing lost, we already doubt our historical record.
What if Jesus did not exist? Suddenly the largest religion's foundation is gone.
What if God doesn't exist? Many people lose their reason for existing..
That which has enormous impact should require proof of truthfulness.
an_onanist 2mo ago • 100%
Similar to Green Mountain Salsa. Nothing says authenticly Mexican like Vermont Salsa
an_onanist 2mo ago • 100%
Is there some other location/system that is different?
an_onanist 2mo ago • 100%
Strong claim. Do you have any proof?
an_onanist 2mo ago • 33%
I have been bested by your clever yet insightful perspective. Well done.
an_onanist 2mo ago • 100%
I said, this is BS – this is a public restaurant.
What in the world is a public restaurant?
an_onanist 2mo ago • 33%
Whose white in this conflict? Both groups are from the Mediterranean (most of the jews living in Israel do not come from Russia and Poland but from other Mediterranean countries). How can Israel be a colonialist when Palestine is an independent entity. Israel has no say in how Palestine is governed, Hamas was elected by the people. Not sure what definition of genocide you are using but the standard one does not fit. Israel is targeting Hamas. While they show a callous disregard for civilian deaths, if Hamas were not usiythu civilian population as human shields the death toll would be dramatically smaller.
an_onanist 2mo ago • 100%
OP did not produce any findings. They made a claim without evidence.
Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn't rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn't unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.