Is it a fact or a presumption that the free and open discussion of ideas, in a rational manner, will make us successful as individuals and as a people?
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True Scotsman
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Sure, as long as we validate the ideas and throw out the arbitrary, false and the contradictory.
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Freedom alone does not guarantee success.
That said, I certainly dont want to be told what to talk about.
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"What is your focus?" a learned imam said to me one time, slapping his fist into his hand. I think he meant something like "drishti" (vision, view etc).
Whats your opinion on focus and fate? Ones spirit? I like to learn about this, because I am sozzled by ignorance.
But when youre famous or infamous, or "high profile" things get tricky. A politician is like one riding a lion, Ali (ra) reportedly said, people may envy his skill but he knows the dangers better.
I think the same goes for do good philosophers sometimes.
Whats your opinion on focus and fate? Ones spirit? I like to learn about this, because I am sozzled by ignorance.
But when youre famous or infamous, or "high profile" things get tricky. A politician is like one riding a lion, Ali (ra) reportedly said, people may envy his skill but he knows the dangers better.
I think the same goes for do good philosophers sometimes.
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Do you want this question be discussed in a free, open and rational manner?
IOW: What are the alternatives to discussing ideas freely, openly and rationally that you have in mind?
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True love waits in haunted attics
If all we do is discuss, then it's likely that the more freedom we have to exclusively talk about whatever we want the less of a society we become. We approach the absent-minded Laputans who lives in the skycastles of their own ideas but lack a four-year-old's ability to live practically on the earth.
Free discussion ideas only becomes valuable if we balance this with a free living out of these ideas.
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