XPost: alt.philosophy 
 From: x@y.z 
  
 Paradox:If human thinking is worthless, then the conclusion itself is 
 necessarily flawed. The clueless cannot recognize his cluelessness and 
 remain clueless. But in all fairness, paradox is "justified" if the 
 assertion "the situation is meaningless" as Sir Frederick, Jeff Relf and 
 others have stated in this NG. 
  
 Philosophy... thinking about things outside our everyday context, does 
 change things. Everyone does it. Some more than others: someone who has 
 just survived cancer for example will have a lot to think about. Or 
 maybe a scientist after a discovery like determining the age of the 
 universe or the Aspect experiment. We humans can't help pursuing this 
 part-time activity. It also affects our thoughts and our world-view, 
 reconfiguring our minds and necessarily influencing our actions as a 
 result. 
  
 I think you're also saying that we should only engage in activities that 
 (directly) produce things? All engineering and no research? All 
 carpentry and no geometry? All work and no play? 
  
 Philosophy does not make any sense, nor does anything at all. 
  
  
 In article <89ec59b9.0407111507.1caf607d@posting.google.com>, 
 maya_egg@hotmail.com says... 
 > 
 > 
 >Nobody in the whole universe cares about what a few pathetic humans 
 >think IMO. 
 > 
 >I think we should stop philosophy now, it has no purpose at all, 
 >because thinking is worthless and philosophy cannot change anything. 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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