[Ham about Arlo]
Do you see this as anything but the satire of a nihilist?
[Arlo]
Satire? Mai oui! But "of a nihilist"? Oooo... the boogeyman cometh!
It truly is funny that some people think this is still the Big Bad
Wolf. Ooo... nihilists, run for the hills!!. Oooo... Funny. What's
sad is that this charge always follows on Ham's inability to answer
simple questions resulting from his "metaphysical" claims. Its a sad
M.O., really, even if its one I've come to expect.
So again, let's take the recent claim and bring back two Golden Oldies.
YOU claim that "conscious awareness" is "not part of the human organism".
YOU claim that, despite this, "conscious awareness" is "identified
with a particular organism".
HOW does this "identification" occur? It must come to be so
associated somehow, right? Does it's existence precede the organism
it is "identified" with? Do they come into existence together? Does
"conscious awareness" just sort of float near our bodies?
YOU claim that "conscious awareness" evolves over time.
HOW does that "evolution" occur? HOW does it come to be that MY
"conscious awareness" is more evolved than my distant caveman
ancestors? If its not due to biological evolution, and its not due to
social activity, then HOW?
Also, related to this above claim, WHY, if we are "negated
microcosms" of some Absolute Source, does "conscious awareness" need
to evolve at all? WHY would this "Source" bestow on our ancient
brethren an unevolved, inferior "conscious awareness"? WHY didn't
this "Source" start out by giving the gift of the "conscious
awareness" we enjoy today to our Neanderthal ancestors?
YOU claim that at one point in time "conscious awareness" did not
exist, but at a latter point it does exist.
WHAT CHANGED between Point A and Point B that results in this appearance?
[Ham]
Central to the philosophy of Essentialism is the belief that Essence
negates "otherness" within the "not-other" to support the existence
of a sensible agent that can appreciate Value autonomously and without bias.
[Arlo]
And you wonder why you are lambasted with satire.
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