Originally posted by dottewellYou're quite right. And please understand that I'm not applying this "can't know anything"-theory on an everyday basis. That could potentially drive a man insane. I'm simply questioning everything that matters to me.
"Our senses can be misguiding." Of course. There are criteria for saying that someone is undergoing an optical illusion (independent verification, etc.)
But to say that everyone is undergoing a total sensory illusion every second of every day?
That would make no sense.
(How come everyone reads Descartes but no one reads Wittgenstein?)
So, if a scientist says he's found evidence of a quark or similar. I don't just accept that. It could be anything for all we know. It could be God.
Seriously, though, I suppose in my real life (as opposed to this cyber existence) I tend to be a little more agreable. I can accept it if you claim that you know you exist, even though I can't be sure of it.
I just can't stop. Oh, no. I'm trapped. đ
Originally posted by Bosse de NageI have no contempt for humanity. I'm a human-like figure myself. Whatever gave you that idea? The little things crawling about the turd is very refined and promising young creatures. They did, after all, create God, whom created us, and then created them. It's all a perfect circle. Nature is divine.
Your contempt for humanity would have made Calvin frown approvingly.
Oooops, I actually ended with a good sentence. Too bad it's not mine.
Originally posted by Bosse de NageStocken: "No"
Not even a tiny crumb?
Bosse: "Not even a little, teeny, weeny?"
Stocken: "Nooo", a burst building
Bosse: "You sure you have no contempt at all? Even the tiniest little bitty contempty"
Stocken, giggling: "Ok, ti-hi-hi-hi, just a little..."
Silence
Stocken: "oh, no..."
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I have absolutely no contempt for humanity at all. Like I said, I'm practically human myself. So back off, will ya´?