Homer Simpson: Is ignorance bliss?

Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment.
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Post by bert »

DavidQuinn000 wrote:bert wrote:
-there are things that can be known with certainty
-there at least is the potential to know ultimately all things
-we are not in the position to say if things are relative or not
-we can not say if things are uncertain.we can only explain when it becomes uncertain
-yes all facts are inconclusive (there are also integers like Knowledge and Math)
-reality and non-reality is a combination of something actual and mental,therefore accept everything as a potentiality of a reality

it seems you don't know my understanding.
That is only because your thinking is inconsistent and full of contradictions. You're not being faithful to the postmodernist heart which beats inside you.

For example, you say:
there are things that can be known with certainty
How can this be so if all facts are inconclusive? On what basis do you imagine a person might reach certainty in the absence of conclusive facts?

Another example:
-we can not say if things are uncertain.
If it is truly the case that all facts are inconclusive, then the inescapable conclusion is indeed that everything is uncertain. No other conclusion is possible.

Because of inconsistencies such as these, which are very serious, your thinking is incoherent and lacks meaning.

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you are only interested in crystalizing your own conviction.
you don't know my understanding , your answers make that clear.
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Post by David Quinn »

Well, here is an opportunity to explain your understanding in clear, simple language. In particular, explain how you reconcile the apparently glaring contradictions outlined above. I'm sure a lot of us here would be interested.

How can a person reach certainty if it is impossible to unearth conclusive facts?

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Post by millipodium »

DavidQuinn000 wrote:Well, here is an opportunity to explain your understanding in clear, simple language. In particular, explain how you reconcile the apparently glaring contradictions outlined above. I'm sure a lot of us here would be interested.

How can a person reach certainty if it is impossible to unearth conclusive facts?

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I've concluded most on here are wannabe geniuses, who are emotionally committed to merely destroying the conclusions of others by questioning the process of logic and rational thought itself. They prefer to tear down humanity, instead of offering it real insight to move forward. They have vague and ego based notions of being world dictator. They're mostly pathetic.
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