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It's the Shoutbox, which was never meant for quality. The fact that it resembles other discussions (unlike old PF where it was confined to an actual b...

Don't have much time for most of what you've said, but I would more or less agree with this; Trump is at least an honest low-life (not that he's hones...

I can see him at a golf course. But it'd be at night, he'd be naked, and there'd be some dead animal in the vicinity.

Yeah, I know. I don't actually want him to be impeached btw; Pence is worse in many ways, a lot creepier and 100% the soulless politician. Trump actua...

What was ridiculous was Trump getting elected President in the first place. An impeachment would hardly tip us much further over the edge into insanit...

Can I help to draw a line under this? Posters can write in as technical or sophisticated a way as they want even it's not helpful or it's irritating t...

And where's the evidence of bias in the CBO? The problem is not any particular agency having immunity against charges of bias if they happen to be tru...

@"Terrapin Station" It seems an oddly parochial prejudice. What other celestial entities don't you believe in? I get the impression you doubt black ho...

You missed the part about reproducing the system. Philosophy is a recognized academic discipline and part of its function is to reproduce itself. Apar...

As far as I can see, @"Carbon"'s practical evaluation and frank description of academia aren't necessarily in much conflict with the more humanistic a...

Yes, being plain spoken doesn't count for much in this context when the organ controlling your speech is about as reliable as a drunk monkey with a pa...

Problem is complete buffoons are not the best people to turn to when solving as difficult a problem as repealing and replacing Obamacare without makin...

Hint: I'm criticizing the Republican plan not defending Obamacare. And you're not defending their plan, but attacking Obamacare. (Way not to have a co...

Please, as if I said it was.

I see where you're coming from now.

There's a significant difference between the kind of reflexive verbal ejaculate that results in swear phrases, and the sudden shock of deep realizatio...

So, now the fight in the GOP is over competing versions of healthcare plans, all of which will result in citizens losing coverage, and the only consid...

Semantic content is not so important here as emotional connotation or weight, so the presence of contradictory meanings in our reaction bank shouldn't...

Yes, just steer clear of the anime version of "Atlas Shrugged". It's not suitable for adults anyway.

On the positive side, we may have finally found a way to make Hanover appreciate the art.

(Y)

Points taken. I'll leave it to "grown-ass" Hanover to argue the toss.

And to be fair, I'll venture that partaking of a bit of Goku and Vegeta is a more mentally enriching use of time than, say, reading the news these day...

I look forward to the anime version of "The Critique of Pure Reason". Might be more fun. Anyway, wasn't trying to step on anyone's tastes. Just wasn't...

Fair enough. I don't know enough about anime or contemporary video games to say any more, so I'll stay mum. Edit: Response to your edit below

Yep, can have entirely different functions in fact.

I'm not denigrating these media as unfit for adult consumption by the way, just questioning the comparison to books.

Can you name me a video game or anime cartoon that couldn't be understood or enjoyed by a 15 year old of average intelligence? There are thousands of ...

How'd you do that? I had to get mine from The Pirate Bay. :s ;) Disclaimer: Neither this site nor any member of its staff condone doing anything that ...

Or my phrasing. :-* As long as we don't have to do the debate again, I'm good. (Y)

Agree with all that.

Uh.

Let me put it another way @"Sapientia": with the cup/atoms example, you've already accepted the principle that you can see the whole without seeing th...

You remember how all this started, right? A contrived example.

If cups are not atoms, then what are they? This could go on all day...

I responded to the statement at face value and so did @"Sapientia". That's a legitimate way to respond to it. You've missed the point. The regular unq...

"To be red is just to look red" only when you pretend the scientific definition, which is encompassed in the regular dictionary definition, is not act...

Your meaning is exclusive. (And I'm talking about the meaning of the word "red" in general not as used in a specific context. Remember you said "to be...

Every dictionary in the word will disagree with you and say the regular definition encompasses both.

If your meaning is idiosyncratic or controversial or even simply debatable then you need to highlight that immediately or people will respond to the r...

But you said: Why are unindividuated pixels more visible than unindividuated atoms? "I am nevertheless seeing a number of atoms, am I not? That's what...

Sure, that's what my first post on all this pointed too.

This is the gerrymandering. My objection was to the statement "to be red is just to appear red" not to the statement "to be red is just to appear red ...

@"Michael" - Philosophical gerrymandering.

Never hear of a retina screen? I guess I must have a better phone than you. :P But even when the pixels are theoretically visible, we don't generally ...

I'm aware a scientist wearing red-tinted glasses wouldn't have a problem reading a number off a screen. I think you know my example was meant somewhat...

There's two ways of looking at it. I made it clear in my first post. I'm not saying either is nonsensical on its own terms. However, if you claim that...

"How can you see the cup if you can't see the atoms? You cannot. The cup would not appear to you if not for the many tiny atoms which form the object ...

Hmph. If I want to know the peak wavelength range of a particular colour, I'll ask the scientist not wearing the rose-tinted glasses.

I just see words. Anyway, what's a pixel if it's not part of a word, shape or colour? I'm not saying you can't speak of the situation coherently as yo...