“I’m right, you’re wrong!” You pick the subject…

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Oh OK, mis-read it before....

Did you notice the date on my reply....

2006 picture

2009 article


OT

Originally posted by Lil Drummerboy

Originally posted by Lil Drummerboy
The gulf oil spill is a serious health threat to all the world and people are dying from the chemical dispersants
Soon the coastal states will require evacuation due to toxic air!!

Sir
shouldn't you be telling me I am wrong about these statements?
Work with me here

I did friend...

Did you read my article posted?

here's a key point..."ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2009) — About half of the oil in the ocean bubbles up naturally from the seafloor."

reply to post by OldThinker
Yeah I am aware of that,.
Honestly I don't have any concern about the gulf thing,.
I just wanted to pull your chain a bit.

reply to post by Lil Drummerboy


Well you got me!

you know some people actually think that way...

Originally posted by Danbones
The only man who never made any mistakes is the man who never did anything...

That's ridiculous. What if never doing anything was a mistake?

[edit on 23-7-2010 by NorEaster]

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Neitzsche is right in a sense... isn't he debating with himself if there lies an ultimate truth or eternal fact? And to beg the question of whether he was right do you not infer another debate?

This is a deep question and it falls on the oddity of perspective of perception. If we wish to amass knowledge , although erroneous in the future, it is still useful now til then as the bridge to more knowledge that may as well lose definition once perception of it is erased.

The arguments and information used to even speak are considered facts of sorts and although they are not absolute , we can believe that that information is useful .

In my opinion, everything is perception , and nothing that we can know will ever escape the fact that nothing exists without it.

Originally posted by NorEaster

Originally posted by Danbones
The only man who never made any mistakes is the man who never did anything...

That's ridiculous. What if never doing anything was a mistake?

[edit on 23-7-2010 by NorEaster]

A mistake is only so if thought of in that manner. Another way to describe such a thing would be a non-mistake for if we never knew of a mistake then how would anything be corrected? Seems that mistakes are looked at in a bad light when it is one of the great ways to achievement.

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Hey, thank you for stopping by and posting, it is late here...I'll check back tomorrow and reply, appreciate the time...

Originally posted by OldThinker

After all…”A lack of historical sense is the congenital defect of all philosophers... They will not understand that man has evolved... there are no eternal facts, nor are there any absolute truths." Author: Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 1878, 1 & 2

Was Nietzsche right? If so, what’s the point of debating?

Yes - even if there were facts, we constantly update them as the human understanding changes (I won't say improves or increases, because that is uncertain), as far as truth is concerned - even if it does exist, we simply don't have the capacity to separate it from falsehood.

Debating is useful if all participants enter into it with a realistic view of their own fallibility, because both peoples understanding can be expanded.

That is not the case where people have fixed beliefs and a closed mind.

[edit on 24-7-2010 by Amagnon]

Debate is nothing more than two people who cant agree on anything having a daily conversation.

Intelligent debate is when they are both smarta$$es.

Check.

Originally posted by IamBoon

Originally posted by NorEaster

Originally posted by Danbones
The only man who never made any mistakes is the man who never did anything...

That's ridiculous. What if never doing anything was a mistake?

[edit on 23-7-2010 by NorEaster]

A mistake is only so if thought of in that manner. Another way to describe such a thing would be a non-mistake for if we never knew of a mistake then how would anything be corrected? Seems that mistakes are looked at in a bad light when it is one of the great ways to achievement.

Yes. And if you never try to walk, you never risk a fall and never learn to pick yourself up again. But what are you really missing out on, since you never experienced it in the first place.

[edit on 24-7-2010 by wheresthetruth]

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Why would anyone want that? Desire is the cause of all actions.I dunno why I typed that.... tired

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Actually, the older I get.........the better I was.

Do not know who said that, but I believe he/she was narcissistic.

Prove me wrong.

Originally posted by NorEaster

Originally posted by Danbones
The only man who never made any mistakes is the man who never did anything...

That's ridiculous. What if never doing anything was a mistake?

[edit on 23-7-2010 by NorEaster]

Could be worse. What if doing nothing was not a mistake?

Originally posted by OldThinker

Why do we feel the need to debate everything?

Because I am right and you are wrong and we need a Debate so that you understand that.

Originally posted by IamBoon
reply to post by OldThinker

 

Neitzsche is right in a sense... isn't he debating with himself if there lies an ultimate truth or eternal fact?

I always thought that his statement had a major conflict in it...

Isn't his point of "no absolute truth" an absolute statement, therefore in error? I dunno?

Originally posted by endisnighe
reply to post by OldThinker

 

Actually, the older I get.........the better I was.....

Check this out....I believe it makes your point

www.youtube.com...

Originally posted by Skyfloating

Originally posted by OldThinker

Why do we feel the need to debate everything?

Because I am right and you are wrong and we need a Debate so that you understand that.

Sf, Morning....you have it backwards....

See: www.youtube.com...


Thanks for stopping by

Originally posted by OldThinker

Originally posted by IamBoon
reply to post by OldThinker

 

Neitzsche is right in a sense... isn't he debating with himself if there lies an ultimate truth or eternal fact?

I always thought that his statement had a major conflict in it...

Isn't his point of "no absolute truth" an absolute statement, therefore in error? I dunno?

Ya "there are no absolute truths" is an "absolute truth" time so far has proven that to be true, because nothing has proven to be true with the passage of time......Nietzsche is lying when he said that, you can't prove that there are no absolute truths with an absolute truth, that is cheating. So one has to ask himself can people with such cool mustaches be trusted.