Comment on Why can't I argue against claims of suffering?

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donuts@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You see how this creates a privileged class of information, right?

No. It simply reflects the reality that human feelings are only knowable to others by means of expression.

If I tell you that I'm feeling hungry right now, what basis could you possibly have to tell me that I'm not?

You have none. How I feel inside is unknowable to others. It is a fundamental truth of subjectivity.

Any information based upon a claim of suffering becomes inscrutable.

Objective truth and facts cannot be argued, only uncovered.

Likewise feelings, while subjective, cannot be argued, only expressed. (Again, because the feelings of others are unknowable.)

If you want to argue something, then I recommend arguing subjective opinions, and hopefully you do so based on a bedrock of facts.

That’s a good argument for disallowing it. It kind of breaks the system.

Disallowing what? Feelings? And what system?

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