"There was a saying: 'Empty is that philosopher's argument by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated', and they said it was like medicine and if the doctor had an elegant theory but he couldn't cure the patient, that was no good. But Pyrrhonists said, 'Look, what gets people into trouble is they have definite views about how the world is, and of course then sometimes those views turn out to be wrong and especially in areas like ethics, they think a certain thing is right, then when the opposite happens, they get very upset. So he said the way not to be upset is don't have any stake in the world, just sort of go with the flow and then you will never be surprised and never be upset." - Adriano

Alan Sanders, the host asked the interesting question, "Is there a danger of subordinating truth and good reasoning to psychological health?" The transcript is hidden behind the main link. Info on Nussbaum's book: http://press.princeton.edu/titles... - Adriano

This was always one of my favorites in studying philosophy, where they ran into such a perceptual conundrum - first that they couldn't know anything, then that just saying they couldn't know anything was too much - that they just threw up their hands, lived in caves and never spoke again! - kate simmons

if we avoid arguments, overall it's maladaptive... worth pondering: http://ff.im/CFbAW related to the survival of the fittest memes. - Adriano