Okay, yeah, so ... I know many people probably jumped on you for this, but I want a turn too.
i have come to the conclusion that most people are not conscious most of the time.
every day i feel less and less motivated to argue with people because i see that they are ultimately not capable of understanding anything.
If a person does not understand something, it does not mean they are not conscious. Look up the definition of that word somewhere.
question is - should i feel sorry for or try to help people who as far as i am concerned do not intellectually exist ?
By whatever string I am holding on to this argument, I will
attempt to respond to that. If a human exists, then they intellectually exist.
Hell, I feel sorry for you because you asked such a dumb question.
i mean if you are attacked by a rabid dog - do you feel sorry for the dog ? do you argue with it ? or do you shoot it ?
First, you cannot argue with the dog. Second, you can feel sorry for the dog, but the dog is unable to acknowledge that he understands your sorrow. Third, it depends on whether you have a gun or not.
i mean there is a dfiference between makign a mistake, being incapacitated by drugs and/or alcohol and simply not having a brain.
That's a true statement that you just made. There
is a difference between those things, good job.
if you make a mistake i feel sorry for you. if you are drunk maybe ill catch up with you when you're in better shape. but if if you are just physically incapable of understanding ANYTHING, EVER, AT ALL ... how am i supposed to feel about a person like that ? this is most people mind you.
What you're supposed to do is just freaking get over it. Move on, because if you really feel that way then you become someone who is incapable of noticing the impossibility in your own argument. Go ahead, try talking to someone who doesn't have a brain.
I name you a lucky man if you find a human on this planet that is capable of "not understanding anything, ever, at all," because that's impossible.
I'm gonna take a stab at your poll question as well. What the hell kind of question is that? How is it even possible to feel sorry for someone who doesn't exist? That would be an infinite amount of sorrow.
The number of people who don't exist is an infinite number, which means that it is an amount people that can only be measured by describing how immeasurable it is. An infinite amount of any human thing is impossible, even sorrow.
Now I know there are a bunch of people arguing about this with you. My point in arguing here is that if you are really making such a stupid thread, then you should be prepared to face the consequence that people will continue to argue with you, even if its three days after you posted the poll.