Message from @devpav

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2018-11-09 15:16:53 UTC  

Age is something we all go through. It is objective with no biological basis, just the effects on biology of a physical manifestation - time

2018-11-09 15:28:52 UTC  

Kind of. There is a related concept in biology called "biological age".

2018-11-09 15:29:23 UTC  

That one is more akin to a rating the way we informally understand it. It is more related to health and wear on the body.

2018-11-09 15:30:12 UTC  

When you read studies like these carefully, you can see that they make distinction between the two.

Borkan, Gary A., and Arthur H. Norris. "Assessment of biological age using a profile of physical parameters." Journal of Gerontology 35.2 (1980): 177-184.

2018-11-09 15:30:32 UTC  

Goggins, William B., et al. "Frailty index as a measure of biological age in a Chinese population." The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 60.8 (2005): 1046-1051.

2018-11-09 15:31:13 UTC  

I am unsure how well established the term is, though.

2018-11-09 16:02:27 UTC  

But it still happens as time passes

2018-11-09 16:03:05 UTC  

Different people do age differently, but it is still the passage of time

2018-11-09 16:43:53 UTC  

At what point do we throw away milennia of ideology to cater to a minute group of individuals who are keeping with the age?

2018-11-09 16:52:03 UTC  

Basically my issue is with the concept that everything is a concept decided by humans, so that automatically gives the oligarchy the right to change, edit, insert, or do away with rules defined by our society in order to prepare for events that appear later on as mutations or unusual disabilities. The things we decided are whats what are based upon group evidence as a society. There are legal and moral problems that come with such a thing as trans ageism. If someone legally changes their age, that implicates a lot of situations where we have determined previous age limitations to prevent or create problems and solutions to protect and uphold our society. So if a 60 year old man decides to say he was 17, and then proceeded to attend high school and then proceed to have sex with a female there? What are the legal and moral implications of that?

2018-11-09 16:53:33 UTC  

We say in a normal situation that would be pedophilia or rape of the highest statute, then criminal activity would increase and we would see crminals being released in droves.

2018-11-09 16:57:40 UTC  

Difference between protecting a group and catering to them is that our hard core facts help us differentiate whats a want and what is need. So why is that even a thing? Because people want it, not need it like real trans people because they arent being discriminated against and dont have the fight for protections and the ability to sue people at will for situations they put themselves in. The idea of a transition of mind from body type and age is something I dont particularly think is ok, because at that stage we have to rewrite every law we have in existence before trans people exploit them.

2018-11-09 17:05:39 UTC  

@SantaSoc I wouldn't "millenia of ideology." I'd consider it millenia of observation and experience and data.

2018-11-09 17:06:20 UTC  

Still doesnt answer the question lol.

2018-11-09 17:09:34 UTC  

Well the question you ultimately have is where you draw your objective values from. If you have no objective values, if you think it's all just concepts created by humans, then, you will inevitably get whichever people are in charge deciding what's rational, what's true or false, etc. No objective set of values is automatically going to get you that pretty quicklky I fhink. This is the role traditional religions and philosophies helped with. Moderns have accepted the notiont hat religion is irrational or dangerous (BS) but in reality, that lack of any respect for traditional beliefs, transcendental beliefs, ultimate metaphysical beliefs, is what reduces you to this radical subjectivity where the people in charge decide what's right and wrong, epriod.

2018-11-09 17:15:34 UTC  

You're begging the question whether objective values even exist.

2018-11-09 17:49:16 UTC  

Do you feel all value sets are equal?

2018-11-09 17:56:53 UTC  

hell no. only far left would think that.

2018-11-09 18:06:28 UTC  

Equal in what sense?

2018-11-09 18:07:41 UTC  

That they are all essentially equivalent. That there is no reason to prefer say, Western values over fundamentalist Islamic values

2018-11-09 18:09:52 UTC  

I'd say they're all on equivalent footing in metaethical terms.

2018-11-09 18:10:33 UTC  

How so?

2018-11-09 18:12:57 UTC  

They all stand independently as value systems.

2018-11-09 18:13:55 UTC  

So you would say the act of revenge rape would be morally laudable when seen in the context of the appropriate value system?

2018-11-09 18:32:10 UTC  

Yes, I would say that's so, by definition.

2018-11-09 19:55:21 UTC  

if you grew up in that system, you would believe it appropriate. Just as someone who grew up in a western value system would view it an inappropriate

2018-11-09 19:56:39 UTC  

now, you might be able to set them as not equal to each-other if you define a set of near objectable metrics for what equals "better". For example the amount of human suffering.

2018-11-09 19:58:40 UTC  

Basing a system of morality on human suffering seems pretty deeply flawed.

2018-11-09 19:58:59 UTC  

Why should any two systems agree about the right amount of human suffering?

2018-11-09 21:23:55 UTC  

someone doesnt understand ideas

2018-11-09 21:25:10 UTC  

all knowledge is integrated here are the basics

2018-11-09 21:25:24 UTC  

percepts come from our senses and our concrete objects

2018-11-09 21:25:36 UTC  

we form these percept into concepts based on what we see

2018-11-09 21:26:38 UTC  

also once enough people understand something a concept becomes a generalization the discussion of concepts and how credible they are lies in the information required for the concept

2018-11-09 21:26:56 UTC  
2018-11-09 21:28:08 UTC  

of course people jump to concepts without defining the percepts but that makes contradiction and with a contradiction check your premises one will be wrong

2018-11-09 21:29:23 UTC  

we also put concepts into groups

2018-11-09 21:32:54 UTC  

just to remind you reason is non contradictory logic

2018-11-09 21:41:41 UTC  

But our current age of society is based upon morals and legalities, so in what way is this concept of trans ageism palpable to the common person in a way that allows it to not conflict with the previous sets of morals defined by society as a no go level. When we discuss policies and laws that go into effect at a governmental level, we deny one group the right to have said morals and encourage others to push for their advocation of their morals. But one thing in a group setting that worked is the majority ruled based on group opinion, backed up by reason and evidence. But is feelings enough evidence to overturn a society's way of behaving socially? Is it the individual that gets to decide that or the group? The problem like I said earlier is that our government coins what is reasonable and that is also pushed by objective bias, which isnt a negative thing but isnt the entire goal perceived by us. When we as a society determine something as a group to hold true and then upend it based upon individual opinions then we allow for others to do the same thing. The problem isnt with the previous statement more of the state of the current society which is unstable socially. Where we need rules or guidelines for what is morally correct we often get the opposite with people trying to test other boundaries.

2018-11-09 21:41:47 UTC  
2018-11-09 21:42:29 UTC  

@SantaSoc I have the answers