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14730833 No.14730833 [Reply] [Original]

I don't know whether a lot of the Philosophy I read anymore really is a pursuit of knowledge or just enjoyable things to belief.

>> No.14730838

>>14730833
*believe
But yeah, I get what you mean
It's the whole "confirmation bias", cherry-picking evidence that support your beliefs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

>> No.14730846

You enjoy affirmation. We all do. That's nothing about which to be sad.

>> No.14730850

The thing I never understood is why these geriatrics would participate in such condescension to their dignity. If I was there I'd be cracking jokes at how stupid everyone else around me was for actually doing kindergarten busywork. Fuck the nurses

>> No.14730943

>>14730850
I don't know if it's down to dementia or Alzheimer's or God knows what but some sufferers of *insert health problem* basically regress mentally. have you ever heard the term "in one's second childhood"?
it does seem to debase from the outside tho

>> No.14730976

>>14730943
This has to be the worst part about aging, the cognitive decline.
If it were only about being less physically fit.

What are you anons doing to stay mentally sharp? Aside from reading, of course.

>> No.14730986

>>14730976
I don't even read maybe I should start

>> No.14731079

>>14730846
>That's nothing about which to be sad.
Well for starters it would not be philosophy anymore.

>> No.14731505

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>> No.14731773

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>> No.14732351

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>> No.14732978

>>14730976
It's ironic in a way. We miss the innocent simplicity of childhood and fear the same thing in old age.