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  • Speaking with people that already hold my same philosophical positions

    From olcott@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 8 00:54:06 2023
    XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic

    Speaking with people that already hold my same philosophical positions
    seems to make much more sense than having random strangers critique my
    ideas.

    --
    Copyright 2023 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

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  • From Don Stockbauer@21:1/5 to olcott on Tue Aug 8 00:56:49 2023
    On Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 12:54:10 AM UTC-5, olcott wrote:
    Speaking with people that already hold my same philosophical positions
    seems to make much more sense than having random strangers critique my ideas.

    --
    Copyright 2023 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

    So you and these people that hold your same philosophical positions are all wrong.

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  • From Richard Damon@21:1/5 to olcott on Tue Aug 8 08:04:04 2023
    XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic

    On 8/8/23 1:54 AM, olcott wrote:
    Speaking with people that already hold my same philosophical positions
    seems to make much more sense than having random strangers critique my
    ideas.


    So, you admit to wanting just "yes men"? That would be because your
    ideas don't actually hold water.

    Your problem is that your logic is just fatally flawed, and you can't
    stand that being pointed out.

    If the only people you want to talk about are people that will agree
    with you without actually looking at your work, you are just admitting
    that your ideas don't work.

    Go ahead, listen to just the yes men, and let them pull you into your
    fantasy world of make beleive and falsehood.

    That seems to be the world you have chosen to live in, and will seal
    your eternal fate.


    I will note, that puts you in exactly the same class of people as you
    claim you are trying to debunk.

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  • From olcott@21:1/5 to Don Stockbauer on Tue Aug 8 09:42:48 2023
    On 8/8/2023 2:56 AM, Don Stockbauer wrote:
    On Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 12:54:10 AM UTC-5, olcott wrote:
    Speaking with people that already hold my same philosophical positions
    seems to make much more sense than having random strangers critique my
    ideas.

    --
    Copyright 2023 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

    So you and these people that hold your same philosophical positions are all wrong.

    It is impossible that we are wrong because our mutual position is
    entirely anchored in: *semantic tautology / self-evident truth*

    *A semantic tautology*
    tautology, in logic, a statement so framed that it cannot be denied
    without inconsistency. Thus, “All humans are mammals” is held to assert with regard to anything whatsoever that either it is not a human or it
    is a mammal. But that universal “truth” follows not from any facts noted about real humans but only from the actual use of human and mammal and
    is *thus purely a matter of definition*. https://www.britannica.com/topic/tautology

    *A self-evident truth*
    In epistemology (theory of knowledge), a self-evident proposition is a proposition that is known to be true by understanding its meaning
    without proof... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-evidence

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    Copyright 2023 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

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