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So the total sum of being human is just to survive? Thinking bigger is stupid?

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I believe that pleasure is a good thing. However, to only care about obtaining it is shallow.

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fischerman_bob wrote:

So the total sum of being human is just to survive? Thinking bigger is stupid?

'Thinking bigger', as you put it, is paramount to spinning your car wheels as it sinks into a swimming pool.

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If pleasure is all you care about you should actually read some philosophy. It will blow your mind. I find that as exciting as when I went skydiving. To know (not just believe) that reality contradicts itself is like having the ground disappear.

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nietzsche always asked has be been understood, will he be understood, in the future. he admits hes not...... but asking over and over he will be.... hammering it home as he says

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Fashion is merely marketing. It has no meaning except to make you pay more for silly stuff.

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fischerman_bob wrote:

If pleasure is all you care about you should actually read some philosophy. It will blow your mind. I find that as exciting as when I went skydiving. To know (not just believe) that reality contradicts itself is like having the ground disappear.

You do realize, most of philosophers who taught us to think like this suffered from psychosis that ranged from drug abuse to derranged to dillusional.

You really want to spend your time getting wrapped-up in the thoughts of madmen?

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I remember when it was fashionable to get extra large pants and wear them backwards. I guess you think that I am shallow for not keeping up on fashion.

However, that is not to say that I do not care about how I look. I look good in my black fedora and black trench coat. True, that is old school. But people say its sharp, However, my clothes are not my only concern.

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DarklingSalmon wrote:
I'm the same person regardless of the cloths I wear. 

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I am an agnostic. However, if I believed that the Bible was written by an infinite mind and revealed the mysteries of the universe I would read every word. I do not respect fundamentalists that do not read the Bible. To lack any curiosity is to be a silly,shallow person.

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fischerman_bob wrote:

To lack any curiosity...

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GreedyPawnEater wrote:

Mark Twain was very smart!

Quite fashionable too.

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GreedyPawnEater wrote:
It's not fashionable anymore to read it.

but it was a very fashionable time to live:

Clean, simple...

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That Twain quote proves my point. Twain was a philosopher. His point is that in society you are judged by the sheeple.

Marketers know how to get money from sheeple by changing the current fashion.

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kleelof wrote:
GreedyPawnEater wrote:

Mark Twain was very smart!

Quite fashionable too.

 

A pioneer of using the cute pet as a fasion accessory!

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fischerman_bob wrote:

That Twain quote proves my point. Twain was a philosopher. His point is that in society you are judged by the sheeple.

Marketers know how to get money from sheeple by changing the current fashion.

I think soon someone should let you in on one of GPE's favorite interestes here in the forums. Laughing

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You lack critical thinking skills. That was not my point. I think the Bible is fake because it is full of self contradictions,not because the Bible is not fashionable.

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Nazism was VERY fashionable in Germany decades ago. Does that make it true?????

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Nazism was VERY fashionable in Germany decades ago. Does that make it true?????

Not sure you are asking what you think you are asking.

Logically speaking, Nazism is true because it existed.