Hotkafka
Sanity is a default
Yes, but, I feel it is important not to dismiss the argument that 'empathy and symbiosis may not be universal' out of hand.
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If it came across as I was dismissing the flipside of the argument out of hand, I must again be channeling some high grade stupidity here. ...Because, that was not my point. The point is one side of the argument is buoyed by the upsurge of popular positivistic thought, and therefore more easily accessible and consumable by those that might not ever venture for the sake of exploration into the fuzzy interior. Of course the possibility exists that all of our conceptualizations, values, ethics and otherwise may simply be a futile, fantastical exercise - but THAT very view may have more weight at this moment due to a tendency to disregard evidence/experience that may be of a nature too subtle, problematic and evasive for our current methods of inquiry to illuminate. Process is what I'm interested in -not necessarily wrangling an all encompassing Truth -however convenient and comfortable that would be. To sum up, the divide between materialism and the "Transcendent" represents a barrier so problematic we'd need a bunker buster to get us through. And that bunker buster/intervention may never emerge, especially if were looking to map out this territory like its a blueprint for a toaster. No polemic will do that on its own.
Props to T.O. for his integrity and lucidity.