Men of Atheist Zone

Tyler Perry’s character Madea brazenly said she could do bad all by herself, so the answer to the question is “yes” regardless of either sex _or_ gender identification.  And I wouldn’t argue with Madea or she’ll show you the sound of one hand clapping. 👊🙃

“Hell-err!” 😁

@Strega, colour is determined by the wavelength of light an object appears to emit. If a colourblind person debates the fact that grass is green, they are wrong…

Unless it’s the middle of an Australian summer. In which case, the grass is very very dead and brown.

More to the point, yes, you can be wrong all by yourself. You can lie to…[Read more]

@bellerose I don’t need anyone to bow down and kiss my feet. With barely any discomfort, I find I can kiss my own feet adequately should they exhibit a deficit of affection 🙂

Can you define wrong, in this context? Are we specifying the nature of the statement? For example, “Grass is green” would be open to debate, particularly if a person is color blind (I am SO fucked off with autocorrect removing my ‘u’ from every second word – colour just dropped the u)

However, the statement “Grass looks green to me” is less…[Read more]

Question:
If a person speaks their mind in a forest and no one is around to hear them, are they still wrong?
Answer:
If the person in the forest thinks the words they have just spoken are wrong, then the person in the forest is wrong.
The inverse is true as well.

I on the other hand am always right and everyone else is always wrong. 🙂

“Can you be wrong by yourself? Or is veracity rooted in community consensus?”

True is true even if no one believes it. False is false even if everyone believes it. Yes, you can be wrong all by yourself.

This depends on the topic. If the terms used are clear and the arguments used are verifiable then the person can still be wrong. He should be capable of taking a step back and objectively going over his argument and possibly admit he was wrong. That doesn’t require a second person.

If it is a matter of moral judgement…then depending on the…[Read more]