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Do you believe "should" is NOT a fiction?


If so, how is it you come to believe this?

"Need" is just a fiction. As is "should", "must", "value" and "importance".

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Should is what we're supposed to do, is there anything such that we don't make up?
Everything is based on our perceptions so go figure

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So you don't believe there is anything we're "supposed to do" or you do?

Plus I don't just mean things about humans. I mean things like suns "should" exist or 1+1 "should" equal 2 orwhatever you can think of.

"Need" is just a fiction. As is "should", "must", "value" and "importance".

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No, what we're supposed to do, and what things supposed to be are shaped based on our perceptions thus can be considered fiction in that sense, and we all change by time so does everything

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I'm not following your reasoning. I don't for example believe mankind "should" be alive/is "supposed to be" alive as we speak. Do you mean that perception somehow changing something makes my belief incorrect or proves my belief incorrect?

"Need" is just a fiction. As is "should", "must", "value" and "importance".

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No, perceptions are what makes us who we are. What i mean is when we say should, it doesn't necessarily be universal truth rather it would be subjective because of our perceptions which make each of us unique

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I'm interested, but I don't understand your question.

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How is it you come to believe "should" is non-fictional?

"Need" is just a fiction. As is "should", "must", "value" and "importance".

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Sorry I didn't see your post until now.

Perceptions make us who we are but it doesn't make "should" real.
Perception does not make a reality that I "should" be typing this nor that I "should" have been born nor that mankind "should" still be around next year.

I am typing this, I was born and mankind will probably be around next year.

"Need" is just a fiction. As is "should", "must", "value" and "importance".

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