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by davidhollander 4994 days ago
> They are merely useful abstractions

Why are things which are useful and abstract of lesser value than things which are non-useful or non-abstract? Can you give an example of a non-abstraction using your definition of abstraction?

> a lot of things in society don't actually exist

For what reasons should someone accept your personal ontology regarding what exists and what doesn't exist as the objectively correct one?