The value of life (No religion or politics).
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23 days ago
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#181
I’ve heard about UF’s good chess team
23 days ago
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#182
Sobrukai wrote:
festers-siesta wrote:
I spent some years teaching world history to 11th and 12th graders
Ah I see. I took AP U.S. History this year. I thought it was pretty easy compared to AP world history, though that’s probably due to more studying haha.
My degree is world history not US.
23 days ago
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#183
AG120502 wrote:
festers-siesta wrote:
AG120502 wrote:
College is about a decade away for me.
How old are you?
I’m nine.
What? I don't believe it.
festers-siesta wrote:
AG120502 wrote:
festers-siesta wrote:
AG120502 wrote:
College is about a decade away for me.
How old are you?
I’m nine.
What? I don't believe it.
I’m pretty sure I’m nine.
festers-siesta wrote:
You've been here since you were seven and have a 1200 rating?
No, I’m planning to make it rise higher. I hit the wrong button when setting my default ratings. And I’ve been here since I was five.
23 days ago
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#187
You're too literate to be nine. You must be at least 15. And smarter than the average 15 year old.
festers-siesta wrote:
You're too literate to be nine. You must be at least 15. And smarter than the average 15 year old.
I swear that’s my age. That’s what I told everyone else. And the first sentence got me.
23 days ago
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#190
I have a question. I've been loosely following this thread and the main point that I keep seeing is that you make your own meaning in life, your purpose is whatever you decide it is. How does this resonate with our conscience? What if I decide my purpose in life was to exterminate all other humans, would you say that's meaningful and has value? (Also, to avoid conflict in the posts, I'm going to argue all of my points from a neutral point of view.)
23 days ago
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#191
I think the human conscience itself is a fascinating thing, that all of us have a basic knowledge of right and wrong. (Like we would all agree that murder is wrong.)
23 days ago
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#193
Well “theeldest1”, truth is that with our natural genetics- it’s impossible for you to want that. However with mutations you can- my take: you should do that! If that’s what you desire then go for it! However since you are infringing on others desires by doing such you will likely be killed or trapped in a box.
23 days ago
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#194
So there isn't a problem with exterminating humans because you feel like it?
23 days ago
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#196
Our morals are encoded into our dna. If every human had the ability to want to exterminate and kill then we wouldn’t be a very successful species would we?
196 Thats... not how dna works. It only influences physical characteristics, not mental ones.
(unless you believe in some conspiracy theory against anatomy that is)
23 days ago
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#199
197 I believe that's correct. Like how identical twins can have the exact same DNA, but have completely different personalities.
23 days ago
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#200
@Abtectous, there are a couple of examples in history where one person did have a purpose in life to exterminate other humans. A World War was fought to prove him wrong. Do you think when Adolf went after Jews, trans ppl, Slavs etc... was he morally right? Was his purpose in life acceptable?