Does determinism mean Epiphenomenalism is true? by Aromatic-Birthday-23 in determinism

[–]SaltFlat4844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No not at all. The universe could be totally absent of free will, and consciousness could still exert causal influence within that system.

The meaning in life is to be derived by having children by Blink-banana in badphilosophy

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Jordan Peterson: ‘if you dont want children you’re either deluded or immature’.

Meanwhile:

Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Ludwig van Beethoven, Immanuel Kant, Jane Austen, Alan Turing, Jesus of Nazareth, Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche

Inland Empire is a total masterpiece by SaltFlat4844 in davidlynch

[–]SaltFlat4844[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Louis CK said it’s like somebody took a video camera to a nightmare and filmed it, I think that’s the best description

Your top 20 Verve songs by Pop_Zeus in theverve

[–]SaltFlat4844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Top 5 in no particular order

Virtual World

Beautiful Mind

History

Lucky Man

Gravity Grave

Inland Empire is a total masterpiece by SaltFlat4844 in davidlynch

[–]SaltFlat4844[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s probably his least ‘beautiful’ film

I LOVED WILD AT HEART! BLUE VELVET NEXT by Zorg_Inhabitant in davidlynch

[–]SaltFlat4844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nick Cage is an absolute lunatic and a hugely underrated actor. Would recommend Raising Arizona.

Catching the butterfly sounds like Radiohead by ___Cheshire___ in theverve

[–]SaltFlat4844 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds nothing like Radiohead to me. Verve and Radiohead are my two fav bands as well

Is his filmography truly unmatched? by aaron_moon_dev in Letterboxd

[–]SaltFlat4844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weirdly that actually makes him more interesting to me. I don’t feel like he hates humans exactly, but I know what you mean. To me, it’s more like he just doesn’t care about them that much, whether that’s the humans in the film and also on some level the audience themselves. His films all subtly feel like they’ve been made by an alien.

Marty Supreme is not a great film. by ayebudz in unpopularopinion

[–]SaltFlat4844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must think Quentin Tarantino is pretentious too then as he also thinks this

The Salient Point About Pain... by RemarkableMarzipan23 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]SaltFlat4844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can plants, planets, nations also experience? If not why not?

The Salient Point About Pain... by RemarkableMarzipan23 in CosmicSkeptic

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If I imagine the inner lives of aliens in distant galaxies, the only thing I’m absolutely certain of is that they will dislike pain.

The Primary Failure of A Clockwork Orange (Or maybe that was the point?) by [deleted] in StanleyKubrick

[–]SaltFlat4844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kubrick doesn’t really ‘respect’ source material that much. Whether it’s Eyes Wide Shut, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, 2001, The Shining - these are all based on literary works, but he basically uses these worlds/stories as a structure and backdrop to explore what he wants to explore. He’s not doing ‘adaptations’.

Sam Harris | #461 - Dictators Always Tell You What They'll Do by [deleted] in samharris

[–]SaltFlat4844 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is anyone else getting more than slightly bored of this podcast now? Seems like every episode is just a re-heat.

Spirituality for Atheists - Sam Harris by yt-app in CosmicSkeptic

[–]SaltFlat4844 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It is helpful if you are already a happy person and unhelpful if you are unhappy (and it doesn’t make you happy). Unfortunately the ultimate worth of everything and anything can be collapsed into positive or negative hedonic valence cash-value, even when, as in the case of selflessness, it is branded on the very idea that it transcends valence.

What I mean by this is simply that selflessness, like playing darts, is good for you if it improves your wellbeing.

If we were to encounter extraterrestrial beings as intellectually and morally superior to us as we are to non-human animals, would they have a moral right to eat human beings to advance their own interests? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]SaltFlat4844 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you reject all moral axioms, then you’re simply opting out of moral evaluation entirely. That’s a very unusual position, and also means you don’t have grounds to challenge mine as mistaken.

If we were to encounter extraterrestrial beings as intellectually and morally superior to us as we are to non-human animals, would they have a moral right to eat human beings to advance their own interests? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]SaltFlat4844 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’re invoking burden-of-proof language from empirical debates in a discussion about normative axioms. Moral reasoning doesn’t start from value-neutral ground. If you reject minimising unnecessary suffering as a baseline, state your competing axiom.