Posts by Bradley Fisher20

The only way you ever fix corruption is by tackling it from the top down... we need total transparency for every single high-level government office in the country.

Otherwise, what’s the point? It’s a joke when you’ve got some big-shot boss pocketing millions and screwing everyone over, and you can't do a damn thing about it. All you can do is play by the rules yourself and maybe catch a minor fine for being a rule-breaker, but at least you aren't a complete crook.

hollowviper72 said:My bad, my bad. But look, dreamers and idealists are basically two sides of the same coin—trust me, I know from experience—so I didn't exactly miss the mark on the truth here. Besides, call it poetic license if you want... 😉

So what's actually the difference between an idealist and a dreamer, hollowviper72?

hollowviper72 said:Someone’s gotta do it. What kind of world would we even have without idealists? You know, those folks who die under the brutal weight of reality, over and over again, just like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, singing odes to the sun, the wind, and eternal love... aren't we making your day better with our goofy little dance!? 😉

Those people dying under the weight of reality aren't idealists, they're just dreamers. Please, let's get those two terms straight so there isn't any confusion.

Just some chill Flap looking for my better half.

There's your average Joe, and then there's the guys who fall way below the curve. These bottom-tier folks? They don't fit into those cookie-cutter societal molds everyone keeps pushing on us, so they end up just losing their minds... totally spiraling out of control. Then you got the others who jump headfirst into some weird new lifestyle trends, thinking they've found the holy grail, only to get sucked into all kinds of crazy shit because they're obsessed with "expanding their horizons" or whatever... something like that.

Just go to Spark.
~Teacher

Look, since this topic used to be huge before the forum gods decided their petty little grudges were more important than actually having a useful space here, I’m asking those same "gods" to chill out for once and look at a much bigger concept for a psychology subforum.

Because psychology isn't just some narrow field—it has to cover our day-to-day grind and all those weird questions we hit with as we navigate life. For real, this isn't philosophy, and it's not even strictly the kind of psychology that acts as a scientific discipline; it’s more like what you’d call the art of living.

If we had that, the admins could actually learn how to tackle different life problems and find actual solutions. Instead, we get this same old repetitive bullshit where everyone just talks about swallowing crap.

Because damn it, Anderlon, you just swallowed the crap. Whether you wanted to or not, the fact is right there. And this forum's transparency is ruthless. Everyone needs to take a second to think about this instead of rushing into things... because you're the ones who are gonna pay for your own stupidity.

Hurts, doesn't it? 😁

Dammit, Anthony Turner71. Marshall was a true revolutionary. There's no way he'd ever run for office... he's the type to just spark the whole damn revolution instead.

Man, I’m thinking about that one crew. Everyone acted like they were so tough, so high on life. And now? Everyone’s just crashing hard. It's like their whole lives never even had a point to begin with. And honestly, nobody can actually quit. You gotta find some kind of purpose first, I guess. Otherwise, you just end up spiraling right back. Because without the fix, you're absolutely nothing. And if you're already nothing... might as well stay high.

Kenneth Hernandez67 said:Bradley Fisher20, I see you're posting here like a total legendary nutjob ...seriously, have you actually ever stepped foot inside one of those places in real life?

I've been stuck in an asylum my whole damn life...🙂

Quote: you can explain to me where, besides some Hollywood movie, a patient in a mental health facility is actually allowed to have a pet in their room😕 🙄

Well, I guess people eventually get released from the psych ward too... right?

Look, if he’s happy, fine. Whatever. Honestly, though? He probably needs to get himself a pet just to stay sane... maybe a mammal or something to keep him grounded.

mistyfox812 said:But honestly, acting like science is some magic wand that fixes everything is just shallow, head-in-the-sand positivism. Treating philosophy like it’s just some handmaiden to science—which is basically the dominant worldview right now—is no different than treating it like a servant to theology back in the Middle Ages.

It all just boils down to how someone defines "knowledge" in the first place. If you ask me, science is really just applying one specific philosophical methodology on the hunt for the truth...

Tufir II said:But look, there’s just this massive, unbridgeable gap between him and actual scientists—kind of like the gap between Deep Blue and a trash chess player like me. Computers don't actually get what they're doing...

And how the hell do you know that?

Kosmarac said:I wasn't even trying to react, but Bradley Fisher20, my bad, I really didn't want to get into politics on this specific thread. When I brought up the idea of an active subject, I was thinking more about a potential theoretical framework—something that could actually carve a path through this whole mess of postmodernist meanings.

Man, I totally get where you're coming from. I guess I just botched my examples. What I was getting at is that in all this absolute chaos, the one thing that actually survives is truth itself... and that this whole process is basically stripping away every single forced lie we've been fed.

I just don't get what the "theoretical framework" part would even look like. Maybe defining truth as some kind of open-ended perfection?

Honestly, what even counts as a theory anymore? Just anything involving abstract concepts?

Look, you know I’m backing your open-source stuff—I'm not letting anyone monitor or penalize it.😉

😍

Maybe someone will bring up Lyotard or a bunch of other theorists, though I doubt it.😢 And another thought: is that old Greek ideal of the political subject—you know, that sense of substance used to define the American individual—just a total illusion now? Like, a project that's been abandoned forever?

You have to ditch all those rigid definitions if you ever want to make room for direct perception... the kind that actually gets close to the truth.

Why, and when, does a person stop believing they actually have control over their own destiny?

Wait, is this a different topic now? 😁

Why does philosophy give up its claim to actually knowing the face of truth?

Because that’s not philosophy, that’s just the history of philosophy you're talking about.🙂

The people who call themselves philosophers are really just historians of philosophy. Real philosophers never wanted anything else but the raw truth.

What even is "truth" today, when the sheer doubt regarding what we know outweighs all those old-school projects of emancipation and self-discovery and their misplaced confidence?

Without faith, there's no point in even starting the journey.

Is philosophy actually dead if it ditches ontology and just leaves everything over to poetry and science?

What you’re talking about? Yeah, it’s dead. All that fake hype trying to act like this thing still holds "philosophy" status... it's all totally transparent now. Just a joke.

Please, just go back and read my first post and look at what Jaspersov was getting at. Basically, a human being can't even wrap their head around their own biological or developmental stages as one cohesive thing. Even our own experiences, stored away in time, are relatively fleeting. We don't take them as absolute truths; we end up calling them illusions. Like Baudrillard said: "Childhood doesn't exist..."

My whole reductionist take on time is just looking at the entire concept of temporality through the lens of what actually matters to me as a person. And for me, that's the future acting as a guide. The present moment itself? It's eternal...

Amanda Fowler2 said:How the hell does a dethroned subject—someone constantly second-guessing themselves and acting like a Cartesian thinker by making their own self-examination the only thing that matters, even if it’s just a twisted version of being unable to actually know anything—ever get back to being an active player who actually builds reality and their own surroundings? Especially when we have all this historical knowledge right at our fingertips through things like internet democracy... which obviously isn't enough to stop the alienation. It’s totally paradoxical! Instead of helping, all that info just uses Protagoras-style relativism to create total chaos, preventing any chance of humanity uniting under one big idea to save itself from the destruction it's sprinting toward...

Look, we're stuck in this spot where we're suddenly drowning in a mix of actual history and straight-up fake news. All that noise is triggering this massive, violent process of debunking the lies and trying to crawl closer to the truth. It’s definitely not easy, but since the protagonists of this whole story seem to be holding their own against the madness—and I've seen them take the hits firsthand—I honestly believe it'll work out...

To put it more plainly, over on the politics boards, we've spent endless debates carving out the beginnings of what I'd call "open opinion." It's something that actually functions within an open communication channel. Sure, it's a work in progress, but it stands its ground and handles new input like a pretty solid, stabilized thing now.

Or let me be even more specific. Even when I was totally losing my mind during certain realizations, I managed to pull myself together and keep pushing forward. These are all just sub-processes that are successfully weathering the storm as we transition from a schizophrenic society into a harmonious community...

And of course, as this new way of thinking starts clashing with the old dogmas that hold this country together, you see more and more people stepping onto the cleared path, pushing past those boundaries of open discovery. This whole movement might not be widely recognized yet, but man, it is powerful and unstoppable...

There. I guess that answers your question.

Sophia Evans76 said:that teacher seriously needs to quit teaching philosophy immediately...

Here’s our little siren, always missing her damn *****. How’s that working out for ya? 😉

And then you just take a hit of that wisdom weed and realize everything is nothing but relativity...

delija said:parsifal: I don't get why you don't realize the answer to your question is obviously 42...

WRONG!
The actual answer is 42 + 1 😕

Look, if you actually dig into everything tied to 42 + 1 you'll finally grasp the point... not just the meaning of life, but how to actually live it! 😵

2*3*7. That's the whole point. 1 is just... itself. Here, let me break it down for you: 1*2*3*7 🙂

Harold James9 said:To truly possess something means having the moral guts to look people right in the eye—without fear or some massive ego trip—and accepting everyone and every little subculture just as they are. It’s about not looking away... it's about keeping your heart wide open.

Bradley Fisher20, that's exactly how I see it... having stuff in order so you can actually exist.

🙂 🙂 🙂

Heh. 🙂. I'm with you on this one, as usual. 😎
But when I was talking about "having" things, I meant the basic material needs a person needs just to survive... those are the bare essentials for existing.

Kenneth Ward8, take a chill pill and actually use your brain for once.

Ashley Ramirez41 said:Animals don't own anything and they don't have any need for stuff.
What exactly do you mean by an "animalistic need"? 😕

You've got a point there. It isn't an "animal instinct" to own things, it's just the drive to survive. Owning stuff is just a side effect of that survival instinct. Hmm 🤔. We really need to break down this whole "animalistic" concept.

If an animal just *is* without needing to *own*, then where does the human urge to possess come from? Is that a uniquely human thing? Maybe it's because humans think ahead, you know, we plan things out.

So, when we talk about animals here, we're basically saying humans are built on those basic animal needs. That we're just products of nature. And nature doesn't run on vibes—it runs on simple stuff like food. Monks or whoever, they still gotta eat, even if they claim they live on nothing. Even Fromm. And Kenneth Ward8 along with him. I'd love to see any of them try to survive without a meal. Then maybe I'll listen to their big philosophy about existing without owning anything...