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16 Jun 2011, 7:24 am

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I have literally nothing more to say except to make corrections, and corrections are only good if you think the opponent is honest and/or not insane.


I would be very cautious about judging anyone's mental state or intentions other than your own mental state or intentions. Neither you nor I can read minds.

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16 Jun 2011, 11:47 am

ruveyn wrote:
I would be very cautious about judging anyone's mental state or intentions other than your own mental state or intentions. Neither you nor I can read minds.

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Inferences based upon past behavior are justifiable. That's how psychologists can judge mental states, and if they couldn't what would be the use of a lot of their efforts? I mean, we can't act as if mental states are a black box.



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16 Jun 2011, 11:57 am

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
I would be very cautious about judging anyone's mental state or intentions other than your own mental state or intentions. Neither you nor I can read minds.

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Inferences based upon past behavior are justifiable. That's how psychologists can judge mental states, and if they couldn't what would be the use of a lot of their efforts? I mean, we can't act as if mental states are a black box.


When my stepdad had been sending my to psychologists to "find out what's wrong with him so he can be a ward of the court" I would talk about weapons with them. You ought to have seen how the anti-gun kooks phased out while trying to hide their reactions. :twisted: As long as they're looking for problems, why not give them some?



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16 Jun 2011, 12:24 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Inferences based upon past behavior are justifiable. That's how psychologists can judge mental states, and if they couldn't what would be the use of a lot of their efforts? I mean, we can't act as if mental states are a black box.


All one can observe are acts and results (they are external facts).. One cannot observe intentions.

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16 Jun 2011, 12:48 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Inferences based upon past behavior are justifiable. That's how psychologists can judge mental states, and if they couldn't what would be the use of a lot of their efforts? I mean, we can't act as if mental states are a black box.


All one can observe are acts and results (they are external facts).. One cannot observe intentions.

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as the great Jubal Early said
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Don't go visiting in my intentions.
Don't ever.


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?We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots??

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16 Jun 2011, 7:45 pm

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All one can observe are acts and results (they are external facts).. One cannot observe intentions.

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Ok, but if internal facts are sketchy, then the internal observor might not actually be better off, or at least not much better off compared to an external observor.