@ummthatguy to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your NameEnglish • edit-24 days ago"Your Honour, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits. Waiting." - Picardimagemessage-square42arrow-up1151arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1image"Your Honour, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits. Waiting." - Picard@ummthatguy to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your NameEnglish • edit-24 days agomessage-square42file-text
minus-square@ummthatguyOPlinkEnglish6•4 days agoThe stoicism of Marcus Aurelius rings true even now. Also a brilliant TNG episode, well worth the occasional rewatch.
minus-square@finitebanjolink5•4 days agoIdk, kind of a trash philosophy when applied. I’m sure all the world’s greatest dictators thought themselves the best of men.
minus-square@ummthatguyOPlinkEnglish5•4 days agoThe assumption being that no outside influence or previous experience be considered is a bit short sided. Of course, so is the originating quotation. We try to hope for the best and work with what we’ve got.
minus-square@finitebanjolink4•4 days agoBut we should always strive to learn more rational, logical, infallible truths than we currently know.
minus-square@finitebanjolink1•4 days agoRight, now go read the second of two sentences in my comment.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-2•4 days agoSo… don’t be a good person because you could actually be one of the world’s greatest dictators. Yeah, that makes sense.
minus-square@finitebanjolink1•edit-24 days agoGood being purely subjective and constantly misappropriated by evil makes it a pretty shit philosophy, yes. Being “good” without democratically and meritocratically defining an objective good is a shit philosophy.
That’s a great quote. I like it.
The stoicism of Marcus Aurelius rings true even now. Also a brilliant TNG episode, well worth the occasional rewatch.
Idk, kind of a trash philosophy when applied.
I’m sure all the world’s greatest dictators thought themselves the best of men.
The assumption being that no outside influence or previous experience be considered is a bit short sided. Of course, so is the originating quotation. We try to hope for the best and work with what we’ve got.
But we should always strive to learn more rational, logical, infallible truths than we currently know.
He’s not wrong, dammit. He’s just an asshole.
Being a good person is a trash philosophy?
Right, now go read the second of two sentences in my comment.
So… don’t be a good person because you could actually be one of the world’s greatest dictators. Yeah, that makes sense.
Good being purely subjective and constantly misappropriated by evil makes it a pretty shit philosophy, yes.
Being “good” without democratically and meritocratically defining an objective good is a shit philosophy.