@PhilosophyExp I disagree. Thinking has generated every bad idea in history as well as the good. In terms of risk it is dangerous.
Silly quote of the week: "There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous."- Hannah Arendt // No, it really isn't.
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@BrianMcleish But it's not dangerous *itself*. It's consequences can be dangerous, but that's not the claim... -
@PhilosophyExp fire can heat or burn but we say fire is dangerous. It is its potential that makes it so. -
@BrianMcleish Except actually we wouldn't say "fire *itself* is dangerous". That would be a very odd construction (because it isn't). -
@PhilosophyExp ..and the word dangerous implies potential harm. Once the harm is caused we would call something harmful. -
@BrianMcleish Hang on - I'm aware fire is dangerous! I'm disputing that it makes sense to say, "Fire itself is dangerous". -
@PhilosophyExp why does it not make sense to say that fire itself is dangerous? The potential for harm is the deciding factor. -
@BrianMcleish Too complex for twitter. But think about a brain in a vat - is there any danger? If not, then how can thinking *itself* be...
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@PhilosophyExp Taken out of context it is easy to ridicule. How does she define thinking in The Life of the Mind? She is right. Socrates.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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