What We're Reading

[zagibu]

darwin bullshit

lol wut?

[okiN]

You know, that philosophy makes you sound like an "if it feels good" type of person. Follow that thread and as long as it doesn't affect you, why does it matter? If you could get away with anything in the world without consequence to you, go for it, because why does it matter otherwise?

Because morality has nothing to do with astronomy. It's a human invention and only exists with reference to human life and experience.

[Joseph Porta]

ive recently started WH40k hobby and have finished reading Conquest for Armageddon and Crusade for Armageddon, now reading Ultramarines omnibus. good reads, i'm into Sci-Fi as of lately.

[Sniger]

lol wut?

u heard me

[Umbra]

ive recently started WH40k hobby and have finished reading Conquest for Armageddon and Crusade for Armageddon, now reading Ultramarines omnibus. good reads, i'm into Sci-Fi as of lately.

Hey i have been trying to get into this lately, do you know with what should i start? For now i just read the lexicanum a lot and i know quite a bit of the lore

[djavo]

U životu sam pročita jednu knjigu, jednu više nego Kerum

[Moncho]

Finished the Wheel of Time, pretty interesting but a bit overextended at the end. Enjoyed it a lot.

Now, getting on with a collection by Pérez-Reverte that I bought, including the Adventures of Captain Alatriste (rereading them), The Siege, and The Fencing Master. A very interesting look at the end of the Spanish Empire, during the 17th century, ending with the War of Spanish Succession.

[Sniger]

wheel of time hmm good idea tnx

[zagibu]

u heard me

No. I read your text. And frankly, my imagination is too limited to come up with an explanation as to why someone intelligent enough to form coherent sentences. See, now you have infected me with your idiocy, THANKS OBAMA.

[Rumblood]

Because morality has nothing to do with astronomy. It's a human invention and only exists with reference to human life and experience.

Assessment was spot on then. Alrighty 

[okiN]

No, it was completely wrong. But it seems you're having some difficulty understanding me, so I'll try to be more clear, if only to give you a reason to be a bit less obnoxiously smug.

I was pointing out that it was absurd for you to try to draw conclusions like that from what I wrote because there's absolutely no connection between me considering the rest of the universe essentially unimportant as far as humanity is concerned, and my moral character. If anything, it's evidence for the opposite, because unlike all those faraway stars and nebulae, morality is something that very much does affect our lives. The fact that it's man-made doesn't make it any less important, rather the role it plays in our society makes it essential.

Maybe you should read up on secular humanism a bit.

[Osiris]

Finished the Wheel of Time, pretty interesting but a bit overextended at the end. Enjoyed it a lot.

Now, getting on with a collection by Pérez-Reverte that I bought, including the Adventures of Captain Alatriste (rereading them), The Siege, and The Fencing Master. A very interesting look at the end of the Spanish Empire, during the 17th century, ending with the War of Spanish Succession.

Love the wheel of time the ending could have been a bit better but i loved it over all

bought the Hunger games trilogy the other day and halfway through the third book. not too bad considering i watched the film first and instantly thought Battle Royale O.o

[Kalam]

Love the wheel of time the ending could have been a bit better but i loved it over all

bought the Hunger games trilogy the other day and halfway through the third book. not too bad considering i watched the film first and instantly thought Battle Royale O.o

That's exactly what I thought when I saw it.

Recently, I've been mesmerized by Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road. I understand why he's such a big deal, now.

[Rumblood]

No, it was completely wrong. But it seems you're having some difficulty understanding me, so I'll try to be more clear, if only to give you a reason to be a bit less obnoxiously smug.

I was pointing out that it was absurd for you to try to draw conclusions like that from what I wrote because there's absolutely no connection between me considering the rest of the universe essentially unimportant as far as humanity is concerned, and my moral character. If anything, it's evidence for the opposite, because unlike all those faraway stars and nebulae, morality is something that very much does affect our lives. The fact that it's man-made doesn't make it any less important, rather the role it plays in our society makes it essential.

Maybe you should read up on secular humanism a bit.

It's a human invention and only exists with reference to human life and experience.

If its a human invention in your mind, it can also be discarded as such. Whereas as a concept inherent to the universe it can not. Even a dog understands the concept of fairness and empathy and shame from actions they know are wrong. It isn't a human invention. While you may not have any desire to consider morality as unimportant to you as a personal choice, the framework in which you consider it to exist still allows that choice to be made, whereas I cannot, because in the framework I consider it to exist, it can never be discarded as "an invention of humans". The difference is that I can choose to do something immoral, and it would be immoral, and you could do something against the concept of morality and not consider yourself immoral at all by choosing to ignore it as a "human invention".

[Kalam]

If its a human invention in your mind, it can also be discarded as such. Whereas as a concept inherent to the universe it can not. Even a dog understands the concept of fairness and empathy and shame from actions they know are wrong. It isn't a human invention. While you may not have any desire to consider morality as unimportant to you as a personal choice, the framework in which you consider it to exist still allows that choice to be made, whereas I cannot, because in the framework I consider it to exist, it can never be discarded as "an invention of humans". The difference is that I can choose to do something immoral, and it would be immoral, and you could do something against the concept of morality and not consider yourself immoral at all by choosing to ignore it as a "human invention".

I believe it's closer to a species survival thing, as we're one of the most social races. A society only works if it's members work with each other. This discussion has enough meat in it to become another topic.