the purpose of discourse should be to seek truth
小孩问庄子，什么是诡辩。庄子反问：我家来了两个客人，一个很干净，一个很脏。我请他俩洗澡，你觉得谁会洗？
小孩脱口而出；肯定是脏的那个!
庄子摇摇头：不对。干净的人爱干净，脏的人不在乎脏，应该是干净的人洗。
小孩赶紧改口：那就是干净的洗。
庄子又笑了：又错了。干净的人没必要洗，脏的人才需要洗，是脏的洗。
小孩情了：那到底是谁洗？
庄子说：干净的人有习惯，脏的人有需要，两个人都洗。不等小孩反应，他又补了一句；其实俩人都不洗，干净的不用洗，脏的不爱洗。
小孩彻底迷糊。
庄子这才点明：这就是诡辩。逻辑都通顺，但答案却不一样，很多人跟你争论，逻辑听着都没问题，但结论可以随意变换。
绕来绕去，目的不是求真，只是把你绕晕。
遇到这种诡辩，不必争辩。
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C. S. Lewis on why you NEED to read old books. This has never been more vital than it is today
if we possess the technology to make exact (0 error) physical clones of ppl, by scanning and then destroying your body and brain and then 3d print a replacement copy, and it's shown that ppl who go through this process continue to behave like themselves according to observers, would you be willing to go through this process to double your net worth (it's quick and painless)?
how about this testable definition of consciousness: unwillingness to have itself replaced by an exact physical clone
i swear all parapsychologists were once the most ambitious researchers who couldn't come up with a single experiment to progress on their consciousness research and thought they can maybe just make progress on parapsychology instead
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Every system decays toward mediocrity unless someone keeps the standards high. Your life is not exempt from this rule. Sometimes you have to imagine yourself as your own parent. That’s basically what growing up is.
