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2018-11-06 at 3:54 AM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?
Originally posted by esbity Does a conscience matter if everyone has different beliefs and a different moral obligation(except for me)?
Actually, a pretty strong case can be made for universal (human) morality.
The only reason we have any controversy over certain matters only comes down to how we prioritize each of those fundamental moral principles, as well as differences in non-moral beliefs that will still influence morality.
For example:
If there were a train approaching quickly and there was a baby on the tracks, pretty much any (non-psychopathic) human being would make every reasonable effort to save that baby.
However, if there were two train tracks with two oncoming trains, one of which has a baby on it, and the other has an adult on it (tied to the tracks so they can't save themselves), and for whatever reason, only one of the two can be saved, it might cause some contention, but most people would save the baby.
Now, imagine that the baby is actually a teenager, and the adult is instead another teenager.
One of these teenagers is a troubled kid with a criminal record, and the other is an honor student.
It might not be an easy decision to make, but many would sacrifice the "bad kid" for the "good kid".
The more nuanced you get with these hypothetical scenarios, the more variation you will find in morality.
But this isn't because morality itself lacks any firm universal foundation, it's because different people have different priorities when it comes to evaluating moral dilemmas. -
2018-11-06 at 3:33 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla id rather not waste my functional abilities on meaningless bullshit. i know you know nothing of this and will spend the rest of your life dividing humanity into 3 clusters like a triarchic venn diagram. i just think lanny should either drop the act or kill himself. what a waste of data
Dude you're like some kind of cartoon character. -
2018-11-06 at 3:31 AM UTC in Users you would do
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2018-11-06 at 3:26 AM UTC in Users you would do
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2018-11-06 at 3:24 AM UTC in GOD TIER condiment usesI have to admit, macaroni and cheese + hot sauce is a staple of mine.
It's just so cheap and easy to prepare (I actually use frozen mac and cheese, don't judge me). -
2018-11-06 at 3:20 AM UTC in Since when do stores not carry ammonia?
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2018-11-06 at 3:17 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla chad thundercock should fulfill those nuances for me
Are you saying you have split personalities, and that one of those personas is this so-called Chad Thundercock?
Or are you saying that being "intelligent", as you so define it, is sufficient, as long as some other fellow comes along and acts as some kind of surrogate for your lack of social skills.
Either scenario is a bit... crazy, to be honest. -
2018-11-06 at 3:10 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla yeah my iq is 155 and i was in every sort of gifted program starting from kindergarden to highschool
It's an unwritten law of the universe that anyone who boasts about their IQ is definitely full of it.
For all I know, you could be telling the truth, but clearly intelligence in whatever way you seem to define it is not very comprehensive, since it seems to lack certain nuances such as humility, grace, tact, or anything resembling social intelligence. -
2018-11-06 at 3:06 AM UTC in Users you would do
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2018-11-06 at 3:03 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla if someone is literally a genius and says "im literally a genius" is that pretentious?
First of all, can you actually substantiate these claims?
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla i think about killing people every day
Ok, your problems run a bit deeper than being pretentious or lacking humility. -
2018-11-06 at 3:01 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by DontTellEm Um. U beat ur gf & have sex with ur bf…?
LOL does he really?
I try not to judge people too much, but man, for someone who claims to be so much smarter than everyone else, those behaviors tend to kinda indicate anything but.
Then again, intelligence and morality aren't as correlated as one might hope. Hitler was brilliant. Some serial killers were off the charts IQ-wise. -
2018-11-06 at 2:58 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla when you're so much smarter than the average person that the average mensan is like a dog, and the average person on this website is like a squirrel, you tend to revel in your intelligence
See that, that right there... That comes off as pretentious beyond all reasonable description.
Real intelligence comprises wisdom as well, and wisdom tends to temper that intelligence with some humility. -
2018-11-06 at 2:52 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla so why did you even post this? do you think i havent heard of this before?
higher brain activity because im constantly stimulating my mind
Fair enough, but it's still a pretentious thing to say.
Most people are constantly stimulating their minds, and perhaps some more than others.
But those of us who are going above and beyond the average tend not to gloat in that fact. -
2018-11-06 at 2:40 AM UTC in Users you would do
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2018-11-06 at 2:39 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
Originally posted by Glokula's Homabla well i generate more electricity in my brain in a month than you have in your entire life
For the record...The neural efficiency hypothesis is the phenomenon where smarter individuals show lower (more efficient) brain activation than less bright individuals on cognitive tests of low to moderate difficulty.
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2018-11-06 at 2:10 AM UTC in Users you would do
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2018-11-06 at 2:08 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
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2018-11-06 at 2:08 AM UTC in should lanny stop pretending to be an important philosopher
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2018-11-06 at 2:05 AM UTC in Users you would doCan someone post pics of all these (allegedly) female NIS posters for the out-of-the-loop folks such as myself?
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2018-11-06 at 1:56 AM UTC in Since when do stores not carry ammonia?
