(01-03-2022, 12:23 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]It's not my position that gold is a status of wealth.
It's my position that literally nothing has value unless humans say so.
Water and food would like to disagree. Lumber and other building materials have some objections too.
(01-03-2022, 12:17 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ] (01-03-2022, 12:11 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: [ -> ]It's not up to me to prove your assertions wrong, it's up to you too show they're right.
Rather than do that you hand wave and make more assertions about how bad things would be if they were different.
You know what they say about opinions.
I've come to understand what they are when you mention them: they're facts you don't want to accept.
(01-03-2022, 12:23 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]It's not my position that gold is a status of wealth.
It's my position that literally nothing has value unless humans say so.
That is absolutely not true. Food has value, because we cannot survive without it. Just saying food has value isn't what gives it value. There are a million other examples.
I don't know where you're going with this.
(01-03-2022, 12:29 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ] (01-03-2022, 12:23 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]It's not my position that gold is a status of wealth.
It's my position that literally nothing has value unless humans say so.
Water and food would like to disagree. Lumber and other building materials have some objections too.
I'll go one further. Fruits, vegetables, animals, trees, grass, sunlight; anything that sustains nature and makes it possible for life to continue to survive has intrinsic value. It isnt given instant value because man decided it was so. man maybe artificially enhanced or inflated/diminished the value of these essentials, but that's as far as his/her power extends.
(01-03-2022, 12:34 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: [ -> ] (01-03-2022, 12:17 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]You know what they say about opinions.
I've come to understand what they are when you mention them: they're facts you don't want to accept.
Your opinion is appreciated.
(01-03-2022, 12:52 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ] (01-03-2022, 12:34 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: [ -> ]I've come to understand what they are when you mention them: they're facts you don't want to accept.
Your opinion is appreciated.
Why? They have no value. And that goes for all of us.