Old_Personality3136
Old_Personality3136 t1_j2w3d6o wrote
Reply to comment by SkamGnal in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
Only if you use the narrowest definition of peace imaginable.
Old_Personality3136 t1_j2w37rz wrote
Reply to comment by Wilddog73 in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
It isn't the activists saying that. It's the decades of evidence that no rational discourse can be had. Optimists severely lack evidence to support their arguments, and you all simply refuse to acknowledge that.
Old_Personality3136 t1_j2w34g9 wrote
Reply to comment by Rychek_Four in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
Once again, he has provided real world evidence and examples to support his argument. You have not. You seem to be assuming that people are just going to go along with your blind optimism because the default in your mind is to just accept toxic positivity. Nope.
Old_Personality3136 t1_j2w2zns wrote
Reply to comment by Rethious in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
You misspelled delusional.
Old_Personality3136 t1_j2w2xu0 wrote
Reply to comment by gahblahblah in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
His points have vastly more evidence behind them than yours. Positive, negative, or otherwise, the argument with the most evidence is usually the best one.
Old_Personality3136 t1_jd6fg5o wrote
Reply to comment by Beepboopbob1 in In-depth interview with Gregg Caruso, free-will skeptic by fatsosis
If we approached setting up our societies in a scientific manner as complex systems that require tuning for specific goals then it would be no issue at all. Framing societal design in a moral framework has always been one of the main issues preventing humanity from progressing toward a better future.