Gravity - is it really there?

[Kylie]

such is your skepticism

You have not demonstrated that anything you've spoken about corresponds with reality. And all your responses consist of are sound bites. I see no reason to reply to anything you have to say until you can produce responses with some actual content.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Ajñāna is one of the … schools of ancient Indian philosophy, and the ancient school of radical Indian skepticism. … They were specialized in refutation without propagating any positive doctrine of their own.

That sounds remarkably like your modus operandi.

 

[JohnEmmett]

You have not demonstrated that anything you've spoken about corresponds with reality. And all your responses consist of are sound bites. I see no reason to reply to anything you have to say until you can produce responses with some actual content.

Your comments are always merely skeptical.

 

[JohnEmmett]

That sounds remarkably like your modus operandi.

Matthew 7

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Matthew 7

QED

 

[Hans Blaster]

Matthew 7

This is a free country. We can judge the motives [of] anyone we please.

 

[Kylie]

Your comments are always merely skeptical.

Please respond with an argument to support your position.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Please respond with an argument to support your position.

I do not want to respond with an argument

 

[Kylie]

I do not want to respond with an argument

You misunderstand what I mean by "argument."

Please respond with a line of reasoning to support your position.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

You misunderstand what I mean by "argument."

I suspect he fully understood your request. His response is perfectly in keeping with his posting style.

Please respond with a line of reasoning to support your position.

Don't hold your breath.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Please respond with a line of reasoning to support your position.

I don't have a position.

 

[Kylie]

I don't have a position.

This is untrue. For a start, you have stated that you hold the position that skeptics do not have any philosophy of their own.

 

[JohnEmmett]

This is untrue. For a start, you have stated that you hold the position that skeptics do not have any philosophy of their own.

Ajñana From Wikipedia

 

[Hans Blaster]

Ajñana From Wikipedia

The "skeptics" on this forum.

No one on this forum has identified themselves with Ajnana.

(I don't even use the label "skeptic". I don't know about others.)

 

[JohnEmmett]

I don't even use the label "skeptic"

K

 

[Hans Blaster]

K

You tried laying this ajnana thing on me before and I'd never heard of it before that. (And I still don't care what it is.)

 

[JohnEmmett]

You tried laying this Ajñana thing on me before and I'd never heard of it before that. (And I still don't care what it is.)

just… skepticism

 

[Kylie]

just… skepticism

Sounds like you're using a strawman argument.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Sounds like you're using a strawman argument.

you are typically skeptical

 

[Kylie]

you are typically skeptical

You have not demonstrated that anything you've spoken about corresponds with reality. And all your responses consist of are sound bites. I see no reason to reply to anything you have to say until you can produce responses with some actual content.