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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:07 PM Original message |
Skepticism cannot build, only destroy |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't even know if I could define faith |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. most ethical codes are attempts to make practical rules for daily life |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Have you ever taken a leap in your life? |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. you betcha |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. We are insignificant pipsqueeks in the universe. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Wrong |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm not sure you disagree with me. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Which is more important is of no significance |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Just trying to point out that interesting philisophical debates |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Skepticism Is Necessary For The Process Of Discrimination. Winnowing Out |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. But skepticism alone is not enough. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. But you cannot build without it |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Skepticism is a request for evidence. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Oh but when enough people become more skeptical... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The Enlightenment was built on skepticism |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Civil Rights and opposition to Vietnam War |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Maybe you should have given your thread a less absolutist title |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I wasn't denigrating |
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chaplainM (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Many people confuse skepticism with cynicism |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. "For what they're asked to believe" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I've found that my own beliefs are the best target for my skepticism. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Do you believe we can end the Iraqi war? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You frame those questions in the utilitarian (teleological) mode. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Why is it so difficult for us to admit we believe in stuff? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I do it all the time. I say I believe in "liberty and justice for all!" |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. EXACTLY |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've always thought that progress is only made by questioning the |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It takes both visionaries and skeptics |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'll take science and rationality |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes, but at some point one does have to leap |
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confludemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. skepticism about "conventional wisdom" is the sparkplug of progress n/t |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. But is it never required to believe in something? |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. it's not believing, that just makes you feel good |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. Skepticism may not build, but it can protect. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. True |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe you should check out OUTLINES OF PYRRHONISM by Sextus Empiricus |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Here is famed skeptic Michael Shermer's reply to that argument |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. Nope. Wrong. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. But... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. So is skepticism. |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. the positive and the negative are both needed |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. exactly |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Dems have them |
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