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What does that have to do with anything?Brain damage is set in stone.... at least until medical science overcomes it by which time it will be too late for some.College isn't job training. I see it more as developing core skills while learning underlying fundamental principles on specific subjects.In other words, you didn't go to school to develop your engineering skills?I've never met an engineer who wasn't logical. It's sort of a requirement for the job.I would imagine that a really good engineer requires a fair amount abstract intelligence... the ability to make sense of spatial relations and forces. However, I wasn't aware that courses in logic were part of the curriculum. Logic isn't levers and gears, but rather a mode of exploration that is grammar based.My 37 years as an engineer says otherwise.I don't need your reading list anymore than you want mine.And have already been addressed by MLK, Maimonides and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. That you do not accept those answers makes further conversation illogical. Unless of course you need for me to repeat their answers.Sorry, but you are running in circles.You are making assumptions that just aren't true. I've addressed this a number of times. God created existence. All existence is good. You are blaming God for man's failure.The Riddle that you either did not see, or perhaps suggest is not a riddle, was at Post# 589.I don't see a riddle. I see confusion on your part.Solve the Riddle.
Yes, I confess to a certain amount of confusion, unlike yourself and many religious people who profess to have all the answers.
If God created existence, then he also created the flawed species that is man. Answer each of the questions provided by the paradox that is the Riddle of Epicurus.
Specifically, what assumptions did I make that aren't true?
From what I've seen of your tripping over absolutes and drawing conclusions based on conclusions, logic is not your strong point.![]()
My line of work has me in contact with a fair number of bright and well educated people. It often surprises me to how many of them have poor communication skills. This seems particularly true when it comes to organizing the written word.
Writing is a talent but like almost all talents, it can be developed. Same for communication skills.
Surely, most talents can be taught... so what? You don't seem to appreciate that aptitudes vary. Neither do you appear to even understand what logic is.
Of course aptitudes vary but they aren't set in stone. Skills and talents can be developed depending upon one's willingness to put in the work.
Saying I don't understand logic and showing how my logic is flawed are two different things.![]()
Contrary to conservative excuses for greed, not everyone can be taught to fish.