Realism

 

Realism says reality is real. Realism says reality is realistic, natural, existential, and universal. The metaphysics of realism says reality is physical, material, solid, sure, sound, definite, certain, and absolute. Realism says that reality is present, manifest, observable, describable, measurable, knowable, and known. Realism says that reality exists independent of and separate from anyone’s perception or knowledge of it. Realism says nothing exists above, below, beyond, outside of, or askew to reality.

Realism says there is no such thing as Platonic “forms”. Realism says there’s no such thing as Kantian “noumena”. Realism says that reality isn’t an illusion. Realism says reality isn’t a dream or figment of your imagination. Realism says reality isn’t a drug hallucination, psychic delusion, or computer simulation.

Realism says supernatural forces, places, and beings don’t exist. Realism says extra sensory perception, telekinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and astral projection don’t exist. The metaphysics of realism says the Elysian Fields, the Garden of Eden, a magical Mount Olympus, Hades, hell, purgatory, limbo, heaven, and paradise don’t exist. Realism says that vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches, ghosts, fairies, angels, demons, and gods don’t exist.

Realism says only reason and science can determine the nature of Nature, the reality of reality, and the truth about the universe. Realism says to live your best, greatest, happiest life you should believe in and follow reason and science.

Scammers

 

What is the value of such obviously false and evil theories as those put forth by Parmenides, Zeno, Gorgias, and Pyrrho? Berkelely, Hume, Kant, and Hegel? Lyotard, Foucault, Derrida, and Fish? Does intellectually entertaining such metaphysical and epistemological fatuity and depravity expand the mind, strengthen the heart, and uplift the soul?

Just the opposite. Such "thinking" should be treated as the vacuity, disease, and blackness that it is. At most these warped and deviant ideas should be regarded as intellectual curiosities, parodies, or trolling. Seriously considering or debating such absurdities and deliberate lies harms human life immensely. Philosophical inquiry of this kind is like a really bad version of discussing: "If a tree falls in the woods, and no-one hears it, does it make a sound?" and "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" and "Can god make a rock so big even he can’t lift it?"

The history of human philosophy, alas, is mostly the history of debating, or at least babbling about, such remarkably errant and arrant nonsense. Seriously ruminating upon and investigating such transparent lies and fraud has caused mankind pain and suffering beyond measure.

Willingly Undermined and Subverted

 

Parmenides, Zeno, Gorgias, and Pyrrho, as well as Berkeley, Hume, Kant, and Hegel, spew their virtually infinitely false, evil, irrational, nonsensical theories into the world, and stupid, evil, fundamentally-flawed mankind mostly believes them. This is why human history – and modern society and culture – are mostly irrational and senseless. This is why mankind is so self-hating, self-destroying, socially-hating, and socially-destroying. People look at themselves and their fellows – and at all the beliefs that they hold – and they can’t help but be appalled and revolted.

Considering how inherently and culturally depraved man is, both historically and currently, maybe it’s good for people to pretend to believe in “god” or “the collective”. Maybe it’s good to fundamentally lie to themselves. What else can they do? What else have they got?

Maybe it’s strategically best for mankind to assiduously brainwash itself into semi-honestly and semi-sincerely believing in this wretched and disgusting “god” and “collective” business. Compared to all the poor alternatives they know of, perhaps people personally and socially profit.

As for the fact that no such supernatural entity or unitary conglomeration actually exists, humans find it easy to substitute some charismatic mediocrity and lowlife as their leader in all this. He will take all the responsibility for their beliefs. If he’s wrong, he will bear all the guilt for their false and evil ideology. Meanwhile, people can readily pretend that he’s individually great, and a magnificent embodiment of their philosophy, just as they can pretend to believe in a god or collective, just as they can pretend to believe in the obvious frauds Parmenides, Zeno, Gorgias, Pyrrho, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, and Hegel.

In the end, humans do terrible evil, and they know they do terrible evil, and they do it willingly and happily. People are vermin. The more they suffer, the better. The sooner they’re extincted, the better too.