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I "Am Very Open-minded"

The standards we choose to judge things by are subjectively chosen.
e.g. originality isn't objectively any more important/valuable than borrowing other's ideas and recycling it, but we choose to value originality and give it more weight.

But even if those standards happened to be objective, humans are the ones doing the judging and it's ultimately going to end up being judged subjectively. For some things like an algebraic equation, it's a lot easier to judge it specifically because there is a specific answer one is looking for which can be mathematically correct or incorrect. For other things, it's harder because what one person considers to be concise, another considers to be lacking in detail.

There isn't anything anyone can agree on and it's not just because they're willfully being obtuse or lack common sense. It's not because of any reason one can hand-wave or argue away (such as being crazy or arrogant or immoral or stupid). It's just because they legitimately view things differently, even on topics one with a socially-accepted view thinks should be universal.
Sicarium · 46-50, M
This is based on post-modernist nonsense. You absolutely can judge the outcomes of one standard to another to objectively compare the standards.
Sicarium · 46-50, M
@speciman That's a common tactic with post-modernists. Pick one tiny aspect of your argument, argue it as if it's the central point, and ignore everything else while pretending the whole of the argument is irrelevant. I suspect post-modernists use this tactic to avoid any real critique of themselves.

You have added nothing. You've said nothing new. You've done nothing to advance your position. You've wasted time, yours and mine. What you have done is filled your comment with irrelevant points, red herrings.
speciman · 26-30, T
@Sicarium I'm sorry that your experience with postmodernism has left you so bitter and angry that you feel the need to project onto me, something which you personally detest. I'm genuinely sorry you feel this has been a waste of your time. I hope you can find a more healing way to spend your time.
Sicarium · 46-50, M
@speciman Now you're going with projection and assumption. Gotcha. Anything to avoid substance. Because post-modernism BS and you're a post-modernist sticking to the script.
SW-User
So what you are saying humans are being humans, says nothing about the current state of humanity, and underestimates people.
Move forward, how? (Quote from a movie) Why can't I just be an ordinary person?

 
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