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Re:What's Your Alternative to Fundamentalism? by crazypython on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:42AM (#24627010)
Skin In The Game offers a good alternative to nihlism: empiricism, your beliefs are reflected in your actions and your goals.
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Re:What's Your Alternative to Fundamentalism? by ZoharAtkins on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:44AM (#24627028)
You saying you don't need to justify yourself in advance; just act, and let the principles land where they may?
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Re:What's Your Alternative to Fundamentalism? by crazypython on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:31PM (#24643458)
No, I'm saying not acting according to your principles is equivalent to not believing in the principles, or believing in more subtle principles.
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Re:What's Your Alternative to Fundamentalism? by ZoharAtkins on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:36AM (#24626955)
Should the world be ruled by philosophers or engineers, or neither?
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