RoR: Forum

I just finished "audibly reading" this book (see my blog entry) and this line made me laugh loudly. I absolutely agree with the gist of it. Sometimes you just have to stop a dead end conversation dead cold in its tracks.

Post 1

Friday, July 10, 2009 - 8:02am

now, I understood why Peikoff said that, if the other party denies their existence, you have to stop the conversation, but why must you do so in this case? Would it be terribly difficult to say "OK, but God didn't do that, and if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle" and proceed to argue that the person has to live within the context of reality, regardless of whether its necessary or contingent?

Post 2

Friday, July 10, 2009 - 8:14am

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of." --Benjamin Franklin, "Poor Richard's Almanack," June 1746

Post 3

Friday, July 10, 2009 - 8:22am

I haven't read ITOE in a while, but is that the context that she puts it in? That it's a waste of time? I always thought she said it was logically impossible to continue the argument.

Post 4

Friday, July 10, 2009 - 8:35am

Actually, it is both, with the logical impossibility of the argument making the continuation of the argument a waste of time.

Post 5

Friday, July 10, 2009 - 9:50am