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Hades, no need to double post. Just edit your last post if you want to say something else.

This is really starting to mess me up... in a good way :D Totally a great idea, I love it. (I just assumed Zargo, Astra, and MPC wouldn't mind me taking their stuff :P they seem fairly easy going to me)

The longer i study philosophy (on the university of vienna) the stronger my grudge with academic/scientific information becomes. Quite of a few of the greatest philosophers were also extremely accomplished mathemeticians. Plato, for instance, is still studied by mathematicians today. As Burtrand Russell said, "All modern philosophy is just a footnote to Plato." Can't be much greater of a philosopher than that... You're too fast :P I just edited in an example (descartes & calculus)

The longer i study philosophy (on the university of vienna) the stronger my grudge with academic/scientific information becomes. Quite of a few of the greatest philosophers were also extremely accomplished mathemeticians. For example...

Feel free to use one of my signatures, but all I ask is that you host it on imageshack and don't use my uzzisoft account :) Don't steal my upper avatar though :lol: don't think that's allowed ;)

So.... go up to a poor person and tell them that the world would be better off had they been aborted. I think the point is beyond that. Would you rather be born to a poor, unstructured, or even inexistent family or don't get to be born at all? I would like not to be born, because I think life's only worth it if you can enjoy your time in the Earth. The idea of a life of suffering and pain doesn't appeal to me. Well I think it appeals to the billions of suffering humans that haven't committed suicide yet. It's a question you can't truthfully answer, since you don't know what it's like to not exist. You can say "nothing", but in truth, you really don't know. And yea, if suffering was worse than non-existence, then people that suffer would kill themselves. Which begs the conclusion - go tell someone that has only suffered to kill themselves - or tell them they'd be better off never having been born. So really, your question didn't go "beyond" what I said - it just took the part that you didn't like away :P

So.... go up to a poor person and tell them that the world would be better off had they been aborted.

Yes.

Last chance.

That last sentence is a laugh. If your 15 and you haven't seen an R rated movie than I pity you. PG-13 is nothing. It's serious once it hits NC-17. That's a funny thing to "pity" someone for. I'm assuming you're not from Canada - the ratings here are generally accurate, or too liberal in my opinion (but no surprises there, right?). It's ridiculous some of the movies that slip through the "R" rating. You clearly took that verse out of context. I'm assuming you're talking about the verse in Proverbs where it talks about disciplining your child with a rod. Think about it in context - up until about 20 years ago, it was completely legitimate to discipline your child physically - even today, very few people refrain from physical discipline, and the ones that do usually have the most ill-behaved children on the face of this planet. So yes, the Bible talks about physical discipline; but when quoting it, don't leave out the "discipline" part, lest you make yourself out to be a liar. ON-T: I've yet to see anyone dispute This part makes perfect sense. It's a contradiction within the school system. One cannot logically exist with the other. I also find it ironic that people criticizing his views are the ones telling him to be more open minded.

I always assumed he was a male. (there's your answer Apinagez :P)

Exactly what went through my head, instead replace 'math problem' with 'potential java algorithm' and we're the same :P

I'm just happy my BlueJays beat out Boston for 2nd place in the American East.

What? :P

Heh, my cousin is in software eng at UW - it's crazy hard. Like he was the local computer genius and he's really got to work his tail off there.

Grade inflation. It never used to be like this. My parents and also teachers I've had always talk about how that's going on - A's used to mean something back then. Nowadays tons of classes are 50% homework, which of course you just get credit for turning in or not. Then some tests/quizes where you have to pick the right vocab word out of four choices. My freshman year things were that bad. Once teachers stop giving you grades for turning in homework and force you to actually learn outside of the narrow field they teach in class, you see grades spread out more. That's not good university preparation - going from that to university is bound to fail you. I think Mr. Putter explained it quite well. Since getting good grades (like 90+) is extremely difficult, admitting people based on their school grades alone is a pretty legitimate thing to do. It takes someone who is naturally gifted in a certain field to obtain a very high mark, meaning if they have a high mark in a certain field, it would be a good idea to admit them. Come senior high school year, teachers also start to mark their students like they would a university student (not to the full extent, but just enough to give them a taste). (Some) Canadian high schools place a ton of emphasis on preparing students for university, and it's a really good thing imo.

Nope. I hate to sterotype, but Runescape is played by nerds, and nerds are smart, no offence. No, you don't understand. At my high school, the highest averages you ever saw were ~95, and that was ridiculously high. Maybe there's a difference between Canadian/American/European school systems, because around here (Ontario), if you get anything over a 90, you're pretty much guaranteed huge entrance scholarships to any post-secondary institution. At my school, its one of the top schools in the state if Illinois, so if you dont do well they kick you out at the end of the semester, just having being accepted here is a HUGE accomplishment(anong with being able to pay a $10,000a year price) Yea, exactly. Top schools (around here) mark extremely hard. For example, I go to Brock University in Ontario. I am taking computer science, and am averaging around 88%. Waterloo University in Ontario (which is one of the top universities internationally (Link)) also has a computer science program. If I were in it, I'd be averaging around 65%, maybe. The more "top" your school is, the lower your marks are. Which again, begs my conclusion - if you're getting ridiculously high marks, your school is probably easy. It's just like the IQ thread, where everybody was a genius :|

Nope. I hate to sterotype, but Runescape is played by nerds, and nerds are smart, no offence. No, you don't understand. At my high school, the highest averages you ever saw were ~95, and that was ridiculously high. Maybe there's a difference between Canadian/American/European school systems, because around here (Ontario), if you get anything over a 90, you're pretty much guaranteed huge entrance scholarships to any post-secondary institution.

Your high schools must be ridiculously easy for all of you to be averaging high 90s.

In the case of Nihilism and moral relativism however, there isn't "every idea" to agree to. There is only one ideal. Moral relativism is ironically, a black-and-white belief. Either morals are relative, or they aren't. Either things matter, or they don't (Nihilism). I don't see a middle ground here. Catholocism and political views (the examples you gave) have many beliefs associated with them, while I believe moral relativism and Nihilism do not.

Insane, I believe Mad is much more flexible on her beliefs than what you are saying nihilists are. After all, there's no need to get bipolar and blind to other points of view in order to be a nihilist. Is your understanding on Nihilism sound? Because, technically speaking, a Nihilist doesn't care about anything. If Mad was consistently Nihilistic, then she wouldn't be so passionate about any view whatsoever.

Per volume? If so, then it's hard to tell if it's a problem or not. Normal people don't go around knocking down half a litre of espresso.

Mad, your relativistic/nihilistic philosophies preclude any kind of objective argument coming from you, in my opinion :P. Since you believe in relativism/nihilism, I find it hard to believe that you can take an objective stance on anything, and let alone care about anything. If you truly are nihilistic, why do you care? If you truly are relativistic, then why do you think that this is morally wrong? I read your argument, but an objective argument from subjectiveness just doesn't work.

This year? I've read ALL THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS The Chronicles of Narnia (all seven). The Summer Tree The Wandering Fire The Darkest Road The Last Light of the Sun The Lions of Al-Rassan Sphere Wild at Heart Every Woman's Desire 1984 The Stranger Ezekiel Joshua A Refutation of Moral Relativism