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What makes intelligent beings acts differently from non-intelligent things? How do you distinguish between actions that are done based on intelligent decisions and non-intelligent ones?
Good chess players make many bad moves. They just make those moves in their minds, so they don't count. Many brilliant chess moves may look like stupid moves at a glance, such as sacrificing queen.
If your goal doesn't need sacrifices, it's not important enough.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 09/09/2021 13:14:26If your goal doesn't need sacrifices, it's not important enough. There is always sacrifice with everything we do such as time.
an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 09/09/2021 13:14:26If your goal doesn't need sacrifices, it's not important enough. We sacrifice time for what we consider important. This sounds like catch 22 again.
There is always sacrifice with everything we do such as time.
What we really sacrifice are other things that we could have done but we must abandon or postpone because of the things that we are doing.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 14/09/2021 05:55:53What we really sacrifice are other things that we could have done but we must abandon or postpone because of the things that we are doing.We need to shift all of our time to the important things that make the sacrifices worthwhile.
How would you decide which thing is more important than others?
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 15/09/2021 18:10:34How would you decide which thing is more important than others? We must prioritise and coordinate all the things that matter.
How would you prioritize them? What's the justification for sacrificing one thing over the others?
The most important things are the needs we have to sustain our lives food before alcohol clothing before sigerattes rent before holidays tools before toys.
Let's make explicit what assumptions we have to make in making that statement above.Whose lives should we try to preserve? Is it our own self as individual? What do you think about altruistic behaviors?Is there something more important than your own life?Why sustaining lives is considered as good thing?
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 16/09/2021 11:46:07Let's make explicit what assumptions we have to make in making that statement above.Whose lives should we try to preserve? Is it our own self as individual? What do you think about altruistic behaviors?Is there something more important than your own life?Why sustaining lives is considered as good thing? I think altruistic actions are important and one should always accommodate kindness and support others. The problem arises when supporting others outside of our own family create less than your expectations for your own loved ones this statement supports the old saying family comes first. Charity is possible by means of surplus and available time, money and goods.
Which one is better: Someone sacrificing themself to save their parent, or someone sacrificing themself to save their children? What's the reason?
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 16/09/2021 12:42:27Which one is better: Someone sacrificing themself to save their parent, or someone sacrificing themself to save their children? What's the reason?This is a very interesting question. My answer to this is actually a reversal as I love my wife and son so much and my first priority is to protect them if I was to die I could not carry out this priority so my answer may sound selfish but I would rather free them first of this dangerous world or at the very least see my son grow to an age where he can protect himself.
I've got a joke for U: Why can a good Muslim have 4 wives? A whole set, of 'em.So he can have a blonde, a brunette, a blackette and a redhead.That's a good system. That's what every man needs. "Variety is the spice of life".And they say that a man needs a good workout 4 times a week, and that's the best kind. Right?"Strength thru joy" and all that.But/t what I'm really trying to say, to U, is that warriors are not concerned with petty concerns/questions,and I'm more of a pre-Socratic/natural philosopher, and I have a Spartan morality.Is this like something U want/ed?
The answer doesn't have to be one fit for all. It may depend on other factors not mentioned in the question. For example, if the parents are already very old, with degenerative diseases, and no longer have the capacity to survive on their own, then sacrificing their children to extend their declining lives doesn't seem to be wise.
Quote from: Curious Cat on 17/09/2021 21:29:57I've got a joke for U: Why can a good Muslim have 4 wives? A whole set, of 'em.So he can have a blonde, a brunette, a blackette and a redhead.That's a good system. That's what every man needs. "Variety is the spice of life".And they say that a man needs a good workout 4 times a week, and that's the best kind. Right?"Strength thru joy" and all that.But/t what I'm really trying to say, to U, is that warriors are not concerned with petty concerns/questions,and I'm more of a pre-Socratic/natural philosopher, and I have a Spartan morality.Is this like something U want/ed?I like your philosophy and you have revealed your nature quite well. As for the four wives, I asked my wife and she said no I can still dream. I like the parable of your heart on the left and your brain on the right maybe not a parable at all.