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N-A-O You scored 67% Non-Reductionism, 89% Epistemological Absolutism, and 78% Moral Objectivism! Metaphysics: Non-Reductionism (Idealism or Realism) In metaphysics, my test measures your tendency towards Reductionism or Non-Reductionism. As a Non-Reductionist, you...

Your Result: Aristotle 91% Truth does not exist in some transcendent realm. We get to truth by applying reason to the physical world. The world follows logic and commonsense. Science if done properly is not too far from philosophy. 77% Plato (strict rationalists) 57% Immanuel Kant...

This one gave me "IQ 135 +/- 6" Only sections I felt were rushed were arithmetic and rotation. I lost a lot of time on rotation cause I got stalled on one of the problems that I'm still fairly certain didn't have a correct answer. I think the key to arithmetic is scanning ahead and factoring...

I'd be like "you shan't pass!" And the balrog would be like "raaahh!" And I'd be like "psshhah.." And his whip would be like "oh snap!" And I'd be like "whatevs"

If the mind and body don't coexist, which is truth? Are we bodies that project minds or minds that project bodies? What is the proof for your conclusion?

A good coop boardgame that requires creativity and problem solving, is challenging but attainable would be Pandemic. Otherwise, the Dominion card games reward creativity and are rather enjoyable. Other entry level favorites would include Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride.

I think of "facts" as consensual placeholders for truth. For example, if every person with adequate eyesight can look up and see the moon in the night sky, then they will come to the consensus that the moon actually exists as a fact until proven otherwise. If this "fact" is then disproved, a new...

It is common for me to see people talking past each other in discussions because they use different definitions of "truth", and they might not realize that many of these conflicts could not be resolved unless they were to meet at the ontological level. At some point every individual will make...

No, emotivism adheres to the first proposition, that we only assign good vs bad via emotions which don't indicate objective value. The second proposition, that certain acts merit (objectively deserve) a specific response, is cognitivism via moral realism. The only thing they have in common is...

The fundamental issue here is that without objective value, there can be no right or wrong behavior. I completely agree with this, and that is why a forum full of "rational" people cannot tell me that it is wrong to torture and kill someone just for the hell of it. Their system of pure logic...

Aesthetic "morality" without a higher order is nothing but pageantry. I'm starting to feel sorry for Hitler and Mussolini for not even making it to the swimsuit phase :( They had so much going for them.

Finally, someone knows where to draw the line!

Ok, so more firepower and defenseless is the way to go, gotcha.

Good point. Do you recommend that I gather an army first, get more firepower, or go somewhere where the inhabitants are more or less defenseless, like a daycare or nursing home? I'm open to suggestions, we're just brainstorming here.

Thanks all, I feel more encouraged than ever to go through with this torture and killing. If that's the way my arrow is pointing, I should probably follow it. You know what they say....live and only let live if they don't conflict with your particular aesthetic. :aufsmaul:

You do realize questions are not assumptions, right? Rhetorical questions are commonly used to emphasize points. In other words there are no grounds on which to tell someone they ought not follow an impulse. So it is your recommendation and in accordance with your aesthetic that I should kill...

Then on what grounds can I tell someone with an conflicting aesthetic that they shouldn't act on that impulse? It was a rhetorical question to emphasize the point. There was only one correct answer...."it can't".

Since when do I need to justify having impulses?

In other words, using aesthetics as the criteria cannot be valid. What are my assumptions?

How is it possible to have growth without a predetermined goal? By what criteria should I be setting my growth goal and why? "Growth situation" assumes that there is something I'm growing towards. If objectivity is not possible, how can one subjective framework be more valid than any other...

I have plenty of material to start with. I can see, hear, smell, taste, feel, think. The question is how do I determine which criteria to start my framework, and why would that particular criteria be more valid than an alternative? That's where logic comes in. EDIT: For example, nanook has...

Logic is how I determine the truth value of a proposition. If a framework for how I ought to act isn't based on logic, why should I choose that framework over my next impulse? So I should base my decision on fear instead of logic? How do I determine which assumptions are true?

For knowledge. I want to torture and kill someone out of curiosity of the experience. Why shouldn't I?

Note: For those potential alarmists out there, this is hypothetical. I have no intentions of torturing or killing anyone.....currently. (Yes, I added "currently" to the end of the previous sentence to pump at least a little of that sweet adrenaline into your precious alarmist heart. You're...

I think sometimes it's more complicated when you've grown up with a person. Between observing them in different stages of development, subjective feelings, and a history of emotionally charged exchanges, it can easily become a forest for the trees situation.

Seems to me that ability to type varies from person to person, even among INTPs. I tend to hold off final judgement until it seems like I have all the pieces to work with. The hardest part for me is not being able to witness an internal process and only knowing someone in public. People tend...

Here's the full album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87CH5rrEkY You can hear him sing bass as early as the second song. If you have 40min, it's worth a full listen.

Def should be Wizard.

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/gds7n9/justin-vernon That interview was the first time I had seen him and he came off very much as INP in his mannerisms and his short, concise, and sometimes unclear language. He really reminds me of my sister who's INFP, or even how I might be in a...

Hmm, I've always thought of this album as subtly complex. These two songs might not be the best examples of that though. Could you elaborate? For example, are you referring to song form? arrangement? lyrics? sounds?

Not quite. Knowledge = Knowledge Materials = Materials Technology = Knowledge + Materials Knowledge is required to turn materials into technology, and technology in turn can create opportunity to increase knowledge. Knowledge is an inseparable part of technology, but so is the material...

Here's some data I've collected about my type over the years: MBTI: INTP Enneagram: 5w4 sx/sp Global 5/SLOAN: RCUEI introverted Thinking (Ti) ** (42) - INTP Dominant introverted Feeling (Fi) ** (40.1) introverted Intuiting (Ni) ** (38) extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ** (37.1) - INTP Auxiliary...

Which server?

Never played Minecraft, but enjoyed Terraria quite a bit. Sort of a 2D minecraftish game where you explore and gather all the resources to build all the things you'll ever use in the game. This type of game is great for an INTP. In Halo Reach, I spent almost as much time building multiplayer...

Not strange at all. Love can mean a few things. It might help to start with a few broad categories to pick from. Erotic love - this is basically sexual attraction, and probably the most commonly thought of usage. Brotherly love - this is a platonic admiration in friendship. Affectionate...

If there's a discrepancy, then either MBTI is inaccurate, your model is inaccurate, or both. Your task would be ferreting out the inaccuracies of both the theory and your model until they align. Or resorting to #4 if you are uneasy with them being in limbo. EDIT: Also, I would add, make sure...

You really only have four options: Accept the new theory without reconciling it with your own model. Alter your own model to accommodate the new theory. Alter the new theory to fit into your own model. Reject the new theory without reconciling it with your own model. Sounds like you've...

Wow, these are great thanks, hadn't heard them before. In "I Can't Make You Love Me", he really demonstrates one of my favorite things about him. He waits and feels. A lot of songwriters and performers seem like they're only waiting for the next lyric in their pauses, as if the lyric is...

The Lute in Dance and Dream by Lutz Kirchhof usually does it for me. Edit - Example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh6iXMsykm4

Justin's second album (self-titled) as Bon Iver has become one of my all-time favorites. I just never tire of listening to it. I'm also convinced that he's either INTP or INFP (leaning towards the latter). Anyway, my love for the album was reinforced when I came across these two music videos...

Wow, started with Silmarillion, impressive. I have a few Tolkien books I never got to, including Christopher's. Maybe someday, but I have lots of interests and little time. Perhaps in my own second childhood? His Sindarian name was always my favorite, especially considering the translation...

It went first movie, books, other two movies, then books again. I was a geek about it for awhile but haven't revisited it in years. It's right up my alley as far as themes and art style though, books and movies. Haven't really tapped into the recent Hobbit craze. Kids change things. You?

Yeah, tried that, but I think his VMs are blocked to anyone other than contacts and mods. Either that or it's a bug. Either way, I had sent him a PM informing him of my response. Thanks for the heads up though :)

No, it makes its status as "good" or "bad" conditional, not inherent, which has been my entire point. I don't think you actually know what I think about technology accept that it's not good or bad by default. Don't worry, I've marked you down in the inherently good category. You've been heard...

Fair warning: the P-ness thread is closer to asshatery. Though the J/P dynamic is a common conflict between me and my wife, the innuendos are deliberate. That's what happens when my Ne gets bored! I do appreciate the advice.

I was being serious in a goofy way, rest assured. ...was hoping someone would chime in with "of course it means something entirely different when you don't hold in a fart when talking to someone." ...am a little disappointed :(

Yes it means something different when you have to hold in a fart while talking to someone. Oh the sacrifices we endure in real life...

I didn't mean this as a dichotomy. The key word is "easier", which depends on the personality of course. But there is a natural detachment when engaging someone online that can be overcome, yes, but is there nonetheless. And many online relationships turn into real life relationships as well...

I'm glad you're at least getting amusement out of this since the chip on your shoulder in regard to technology is clearly preventing you from getting anything else. Somehow, you hold that if technology is typically used for something good, it is therefore inherently good. This is non sequitur...

Is it the beard?