Thank you In this dismal world in a rainy day you bring mirth and a giggle
Thank you thank you for your interesting arguments

On Sat, Jan 4, 2025, 2:20 PM Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 04, 2025 at 02:07:33PM -0800, Brent Meeker wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/4/2025 10:27 AM, 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List wrote:
> > > I just opened a topic a while back about the definition of the word
> > > "useful" that you keep abusing. Let's remind you:
> > >
> > > Useful = whatever increases happiness.
> > > Useless = whatever doesn't increase happiness.
> > >
> > > My philosophy, I guarantee you 100%, increases happiness, so is useful.
> > > Getting cured of cancer might still let you depressed, so cancer cure
> is
> > > useless.
> >
> > An absurd conclusion implies an absurd argument.
>
> The premise that increasing happiness is the only goal for the human
> race is absurd anyway. If Cosmin disappeared off this list, happiness
> would increase for the vast majority of this list. Probably only
> Cosmin would have less hapiness :).
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