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Wrong words
Many times philosophical discussions "sound" meaningless because of the lack of vocabulary to address the problem. Furthermore many of the same 'problems' in philosophy have been explored many times by many people from different ages of civilization. Some people like the simplicity of Plato's arguments while others would rather read 21st century Anthropic Principle literature. The idea is to identify the universal questions of philosophy and convince yourself to the point you are just that - convinced. Depending on the people you spend time with discussions on such things may or may not be fruitful. It helps when one person is an expert in the sciences while another has surveyed the vast majority of philosophers, poets, and writers of ancient and/or modern literature. Or if you have smoked some ganj.
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"How can the Have-Nots win when the Haves have M-16s and F-16s and the Have-Nots have not?"
-- Dr. Seuss
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