I come from bizarre family, with an upper class father and a mother who grew up in extreme poverty, experienced wealth and now lives in poverty again after divorce.

Although most of my friends are lower middle class, two of my closest friends are homeless asylum seekers and two are doctors, one of which is a neurosurgeon. Some others are unemployed or upper middle class. One of my closest friends is so wealthy I can’t even fathom it.

I don’t have dozens of friends, as my writing could imply. We’re talking 15 persons tops. So there’s indeed a little diversity in there.

And frankly? It’s exhausting and often infuriating. Switching is complicated. But hey, I won’t complain. At least I have close ones. I know some people want for friendship (e.g. my gf).

The plot foldens…

Loneskum

Ah yes, I often shit while I shit.

As a guy whose name is, in his native language, literally something like “Ghristmas”, I thank you in the name of all December 24th until the end of times.

Someone lost his way on the road to 9gag. You’re going to dislike this place soon enough.

You could have stopped at (universal) servitude. But yeah, they say it all becomes clear p.72!

By pushing the idea that the humain brain is capable of “free” decision making to adapt to its environment without being forced by external factors it seemed to me that it implied an exception, or, otherwise, you’d be forced to extend that hypothesis to all living beings, and causality would surely take offense ?

I’m answering, but I see what you mean, and I generally agree with it. I just tend to think the idea of free orientation/action is both dangerous and the reason of a lot of human suffering. I’m also a compatabilist, but I another way I suppose.

One cauld rightfully argue “determination” and “predetermination” are wildly different concepts. The comic is wrong on this. But let’s go page 72 anyway

I propose to sincerely rebute this conception which I always found lacking. And if we’re to rely on facts and facts only, I’ll say its internal decision are themselves absolutely determined by several factors, most if not all of them being determined causally.

In that sense, it is imo both the more scientific and logical, but also eliminates vague and speculative concepts like “free(dom)” and “free will”, which would somehow escape universal determinism, hence creating a special case in the laws of causality for humanity only.

Thanks for sharing, I like this one!

That’s very true, yes. And non-inherent hardly means “weak” or “inefficient”.

Indeed, I do think the same. What I have trouble understanding, and even with close friends, is how “no inherent meaning to existence” seems to quickly become, in some cases, “no meaning to existence”. I always tend to think this slide tends to exclude another possibility. A non-inherent meaning.

Why not neither?

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And I think this exact quote is from the movie. It’s a bit different in the book IIRC, but I prefer this one.

Another French here. That’s definitely a thing!

Boy do I love Lemmy

Hello fellow 38yo non-conservative person!