Originally Posted by
Galt
That's an argument from intimidation. Rather than actually providing evidence as to why it's rationally impossible you simply announce that it is. Shame on you. I shall provide the argument for you then.
I didn't even touch on the possibility, much less announce anything...
It's just a question.
Life is about the pursuit of happiness. If one was happy every living moment of the day he would have no purpose. Happiness would not be a virtue then, it would just be some weird manifestation of an axiom.
Everlasting experience of a desired state can't be a purpose in itself? Only pursuit thereof? :|
A pink fuzzy cloud of constant ecstasy exists to experience constant ecstasy, because that's what it desires
Summation; Happiness is a virtue. Not some f'd up axiomatic concept.
Happiness is first and foremost a state of mind.
So really, if you had to give away objective reality, then it wouldn't even be true happiness you would be feeling.
Happiness is something that exists only in our heads. It happens when our brain enters certain electrochemical states.
So, what is so different between happiness brought about by an illusion and one brought by "the real deal"? It's the same exact feeling - not a surrogate. Only the means with which you achieved it are, arguably.