My promise – I will reply to and mark (-10 to 10) ALL answers to my questions. Is that good?

Question

Yes, that’s right! Now if you are an approval-seeking junkie or a masochist, or you just like some feedback to your wacky one-liners, you will get just that in the additional comments section to the question. And I might even email you personally if you have really hit the spot. Am I on to something here? Who hasn’t posted a considered reply or a hilarious one-liner to a question only to see it disappear beneath the waves, unnoticed, unacknowledged, forgotten. Well, not with THIS question. If your answer is good, you will get a big bouquet, if it is really stupid, you will get a sound spanking. Now, what could be fairer, and who could ask for more?

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Yes, future posthuman etc, I kinda thought it might have been a mistake to put this in the Philosophy section. But then, where does it go naturally. I could have chosen Relationships I suppose. Anyway you spelt Nietzsche correctly, and seem to know a little about him, so you get a big fat +7. And yes, you might want best answer status, but so does everyone. And frankly, I would be surprised if there is nothing better in the pipeline, even here on Yahoo QA, so don’t get your hopes up. Yes, future posthuman etc, I kinda thought it might have been a mistake to put this in the Philosophy section. But then, where does it go naturally. I could have chosen Relationships I suppose. Anyway you spelt Nietzsche correctly, and seem to know a little about him, so you get a big fat +7. And yes, you might want best answer status, but so does everyone. And frankly, I would be surprised if there is nothing better in the pipeline, even here on Yahoo QA, so don’t get your hopes u

What kind of machine are you, Mr Machine? I suppose around these parts, it would be a Clockwork Orange. Yes, it is a sort of self-referential question, although not in the strict Gödelian way, and no paradox is involved. You get a 7 as well for having the correct ambience for a student of philosophy without coming across like a nerd.

3. Hmm... Alimon72, I was not looking for Dr Phil as such. But it’s not a bad try, tho you had to go and spoil it by putting that smiley face at the end. This is the Philosophy Category. Can you see Kant putting a smiley at the end of one of his treatises? No, I don’t think so. But you do have a point. I think any discussion on a very broad concept such as Love should begin with looking at the semantics of it. Does what a virile young man feel about his young and beautiful first girlfriend really the same thing he feels about his grandmother? Or his bestest buddy? Or his country? Or Philosophy? Or Miles Davis? Or Basketball? Yet in English, he could be said to “love” all these things. Of course, in other cultures and other languages, it might be nonsense to use the one word to cover such a vast and heterogenous assembly of emotions. But perhaps we can talk this over a little more freely by email. Don’t worry about stalkers. I’m way, way over here and your way, way over there.

3a. Btw, Alimon72, forget to mention, your answer rates an 8! Well done. And a gold star on your forhead, too.

4. Esse begins "Your query does not fall under the category of an answer..." What kind of drivel is that? on top of which it is boring. And frankly that's the worst kind of drivel. Nothing will come of nothing. And that's what you get. 0

5. Yep, banshee, I suppose anyone can get to be a “top contributor” when they resort to taking the introductory paragraph of some college textbook on ethics and then cut and paste it here. May I say on behalf of us all: Thank you for wasting our time. And a banshee is a spirit that makes a wailing sound when misfortune is about to occur. So start with the bellyaching because here it comes. Minus 3.

6. Truith. Soooo...you like playing games, ehh?......it’s a game, but there is more to this game then you might suppose. Don’t get in over your head. There are more layers here than the X Files, and the people here can play for keeps. And once your are in, there’s no backing out. You play to the end. (Laughs maniacally….) So do you want to live on the wild side…well, then, play the game. Play the game! And just for answering with so feistily, you get 9 points to begin with, which makes you the leader so far.

The suspense must have you grinding your teeth at night. See, isn’t this type of QA much more fun than the old way. Now, you have a stake in the whole question. The thing is “Don't assume the game has ended. Ever see Prisoner, it never ends, it NEVER ends......” A lot of people play the game, and become addicted to it, and turn into mindless, glazed, flesh-eating VAMPIRES!!!!
And that’s the lucky ones….

Answer 1

That is actually a pretty good idea, although I only respond to people who really got the point of what I was saying or people who pissed me off. So it sounds like a good idea, I just don't have the time, and i like answering more than asking.

Answer 2

So..........It's a game! Wow, I love games. Should I dignify this with a reply or run in terror. I could end up up a big bouquet, or labeled stupid for all to see! Well, what the heck, I'm brave. The question was what could be fairer & who could ask for more? I can always ask for more. In fact, more is all I ever want, & I never think it's fair unless I win.

Answer 3

I think that the biggest misconception about "LOVE' is this: Does it even exist? I mean think about it...what is "love" really? Can it not be determined by ones own belief? Has not love been at the root of many negative things in this world? Also, who was the first person to call "love" "love?" Can it not be said that throughout time the emotion that we know as love has been thwarted and pounded into our hearts and minds? So who can really tell you what "love" is. One thing I do know is that to love ones' self is the MOST IMPORTANT kind of "love" out there, and it is probably the most rarest form, which is why love has been given a bad name. :-)

Answer 4

Ultimately, philosophers are concerned with our ability to understand "the Good." In place of the many specific examples of goodness which govern many of our lives, they want us to break free of society's assumptions and to grasp the Good for ourselves (the "absolute" good), (in this case best answer) so that we can use this knowledge to guide our own lives.

Philosophers hope to suggest the difference between Goodness itself and its many appearances. But in this pursuit for the one absolute good shared by many good things, they become interested in the GENERAL problem of how we find the one characteristic (the absolute) shared by many particular examples ("the many").
What the majority of people in society counts as good means nothing to the philosopher, for the majority has mere opinion, not knowledge.

Answer 5

A question without an answer; or is it an answer without a question? I don't think I fall into any of the aforementioned categories, but your posting still intrigues me...

Answer 6

I could ask for more...say, to choose this answer as the best one? It's what Nietzsche would have wanted.

Answer 7

Your query does not fall under the category of an answer, so this is not an answer. First, answer this: what questions are you asking and for what purpose?

Answer 8

Believe or not, true question lies in being humpty Dumpty without a great fall.