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I don't think so. I think they're a perfectly reasonable response to the hideously complex environment we find ourselves in. I think we'd go insane if we didn't make them. None of which excuses the fact that they're often inaccurate.

But I'm not sure. Therefore:

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Most assumptions are based on a false premise, through lies we tell ourselves, or our own vision of the world. Even the good assumptions are a type of lie we set ourselves up to believe if we're too lazy or disinterested to seek the truth.

idk, it's my new moral quandary.

Not all lies are intentional, so it could apply.

Do you read more than one book at a time?

I believe lies are only "lies" when there is an intent to lie. A person who makes an incorrect assumption should listen to the input of others, and try to rectify the "incorrect" situation in his/her mind. Obviously, I've been wrong in the past. My intent is to never be wrong; but that's not possible. The next best thing is to make the "wrong" right.

Rarely, do I read more than one book at a time. Though I've done so in the past.

Do you like filtered clouds with sun, or total overcast?

filtered clouds with sun. the glare from overcast days can send me into sensory overload

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Total overcast. Preferably around midnight.

So if I go around making assumptions about people without evidence / proof, and I assert these assumptions to be true by generalising or making false statements, am I not responsible for lying? What if I'm thinking / spreading information that is entirely untrue, because of my own inability to check facts?

What is more therapeutic for you - a bad mood or a sad mood?

You're responsible for libel----if your intent is to deliberate spread untruths, then you're lying. If you don't bother doing research, thinking that an item is true, you're committing libel, but not "lying" in the strict sense of the term. Legally, the responsibility is the same whether or not you're technically "lying."

More therapeutic: sad mood. I don't tolerate "bad moods" too often in people or in myself.

Ever seen the movie "'Round Midnight"?

On assumptions, I took it literally. I was thinking about assumptions in the wider sense. In that we group things we experience and make assumptions about things based on that grouping. For example, if I saw a horse I'd assume it could neigh, based on my experience with other horses. Human brains could not process the world if we had to deal with everything on an individual basis, there's too many things. So we assume. I don't think we can not assume.

But I see you mean assumptions about people. Is it reasonable for us to insist that others see us as individuals and not make assumptions? I'm not sure it is for the same reason as above and this is a difficulty I have when understanding the debate around identity politics, gender pronouns and things of that ilk. But this isn't the place for that discussion.

I don't know is my answer. Needs more consideration/input.

I don't find either particularly therapeutic. I can get lost in a sad mood and struggle to find my way out. I'm not sure I learn anything in there. Bad moods seem to happen when I'm fighting the reality of the world around me, when I'm seeing clearly I don't get bad moods.

What is your preferred moon phase?

Waxing Crescent (almost tied with new moon)

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I like the Full Moon the best.

If you were given a million dollars, would you volunteer to go to Mars as a civilian?

No i would be way too scared.

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No. I would take the million, use some to fake my death, an get a new identity. And live on Earth, a very rich man. The climate on Mars doesn't sound too appealing. I would rather live somewhere like Hawaii.

Do you believe human existence is naturally corrupt and doomed to suffering?

No, some people lead great lives while others suffer. Some people are corrupt while others aren't but every one has the ability to choose what kind of person they will be.

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(I should have said that you would be going to Mars on a vacation, and returning to the Earth).

No. I don't believe "suffering and corruption" is inevitable. I believe people who believe that Mankind is irrevocably evil think too much in a "black and white" way.

Despite one's philosophical bent when it comes to "human corruption," have anyone met people who have done good deeds for people, without asking for payment in return?

Yes definitely, my best friend is one of them actually. I think some people are Just that kind and caring by nature.

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I can cope very well. I can watch TV and read books. I can take walks. I've gone a week or more without the Internet and survived very well. I spent the first 35 years of my life without any Internet, whatsoever.

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