What makes genius?

I get it that you’re upset about the possibility of the world being totally irradiated, and that you feel strong convictions about it. But I don’t see how to solve the problem other than to have a lot of people sit in the dark, too cold or too hot places.

What should we really do…right now…that we can?

Unplug. Stop being a profiteer. Have one person sign-in rather than six. For starters.

Maybe you wanna save the world, but maybe I wanna save the homeless. So you can stress energy companies and you feel fine. But the homeless are hungry, and if I’m capable of buying soup, then I should buy soup. I can’t get the world to stop using energy. It needs it. And I’m glad I don’t have to do what the energy companies do. Thankfully, it’s possible to profit from them, and then I can buy soup. So thanks to all the profiteers, there’s soup, and light, and heat, and air conditioning, and transportation.

What have the non-profiteers brought to the table for humanity other than need? Needs which mind you, have gone largely fulfilled.

1 person, 6 people, we’re all acting on each other’s behalf. Broad brush you have there.

Why? Do you all work for a government monitoring program?

Tell me how to treat diseases without large accumulations of capital. Or how to keep half the world habitable for babies and the elderly who wouldn’t survive in most places without climate control. Is profit inherently bad?

I think that if the government were monitoring as much as people think it is that the world would look a lot different.

Why? looking at watch

Why not?

Yes or no? I will hold another lie against you, all of you.

Are you asking us if we work for a government monitoring agency?

Do you six work for the government?

No.

Conversing with you is like having a discussion with someone in a Mickey Mouse costume at Disney World, shift change, different actor, no substance just more BS as if the world isn’t already full of it. Your costume buys soup, so hey, what more is there?

I think there are enough practical issues in the world that deserve our attention that it’s unjust to spend too much time on much else. I’ve already studied philosophy. I know all the shit people consider deep. I know all the different ways people feel about the self and how it interacts with the world. I know a bunch of philosophical problems, why they’re philosophical problems, and a bunch of ways that people have tried to solve them and why they can’t be solved. What am I supposed to do? Write poetry? Sing a slave song about injustice? Light a candle? I’m bored with it. I’d rather see hungry people with soup. That’s something I can do. I’m glad someone who’s more able than me can get us all electricity and heat and medicine. I don’t know why you find this so offensive.

You be glad as you work your angles to keep from being boorish. Take no responsibility for your lack of resourcefulness, all six of you, no scruples needed. Go on with your cool selves. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

You don’t think I’m resourceful?

Only in ways that benefit yourself. Self sacrifice is only an abstract concept to you. yawn

Self sacrifice? What…for it’s own sake? What have I said in this thread to warrant this accusation of selfishness?

I mean I thought you wanted to discuss the problems of energy procurement and I feel like you’re mostly just talking about me.