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Last I checked people don’t live in Plato’s abstract plane of perfection, but in the imperfect and chaotic reality. A ‘good reason’ is a terrible one if it leads you or me to ruin, period.

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Zozano@lemy.lol

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4 days ago

I think the problem here is you’ve assumed my usage of “good” and “bad” are referring to the net reduction / increase of suffering.

I’ve been using the term “worst” as synonymous with “least valid”. So yes, within my context, good reason implicitly follows the form A->B.

Seriously, think about it for a moment. without knowing whether the OUTCOME is good or bad, what is a good REASON?

If you found your friend bleeding out, slipping in and out of consciousness, life and death situation, and a cop chases you all the way to the hospital, do you think the cop is going to think you have a good REASON for speeding?

Tradition is the least valid reason (in terms of epistemology) for doing anything.

Saying “because” is just straight up invalid.

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kopasz7@lemmy.world

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4 days ago

You understood nothing of the meaning. You argue on a textbook definition. Do you understand what tradition is?

Can you not see the difference of evolutionary and arbitrary?

Just because != tradition.

You underestimate how much is (successfully) driven by heuristics at every moment.

And please, keep the formal logic where it belongs, the paper. I studied enough logic to know how infexible of a tool it is to deal with the problems of the real world.

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Zozano@lemy.lol

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4 days ago

We’re arguing about semantics, of course I’m going to argue about the textbook definition.

I’m not denying tradition has often had a deeper meaning behind it which has resulted in good outcomes.

All I’ve been saying this entire time is that as far as REASONS go, tradition IS the least valid.

If you choose to conflate “good reason” with “good outcome”, go argue with a dictionary.

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