Antinatalism and Depression XLVIII: ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΗΣ
Channel: Anekantavad
Date: 2012-08-19

Axioms are tools. They are not truths. When you mistake the one for the other, you get things like antinatalism.

Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω ("Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth") - Archimedes of Syracuse

Archimedes himself: http://natureofmathematics.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/archimedes.jpg

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - US Declaration of Independence.
What if we don't hold any of that to be self-evident? Some people think the most reasonable response to that objection is a torrent of abuse.
Do you?

Wiki on Axioms (axia?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom