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Apparently whether or not something is philosophically interesting is entirely a matter of StreetlightX's opinion, so you're asking the wrong person.
February 18, 2019 at 21:45
That's a terrible idea! (Now everyone will think that it's a good idea).
February 18, 2019 at 21:43
Great idea, only this time we've switched roles, with you being ironic and me being sincere. (Oh wait, that was @"Baden". Whatever, you're all the sam...
February 18, 2019 at 21:34
I can see it being interesting like a puzzle. Making an argument riddled with fallacies is like mixing up the colours of a Rubik's cube and then placi...
February 18, 2019 at 21:32
:rofl:
February 18, 2019 at 21:19
Do do do-do-do
February 18, 2019 at 21:15
Fallacy of trying to be wittier than me.
February 18, 2019 at 21:11
I doubt that. :grin: (I'm setting you up, here. Go ahead and say it).
February 18, 2019 at 21:09
What happened to the minimalism that was mentioned earlier? That's too much, and it's just kind of a needless replica of the resources section, and if...
February 18, 2019 at 21:08
That you doubt that anyone would read it, and therefore think that it’s a waste of space, is countered by my lack of such doubt, which leads me to con...
February 18, 2019 at 21:04
Yeah, let's pin it where it won't be seen by most people. Great idea.
February 18, 2019 at 21:01
It wouldn't endorse the bad use - at least not explicitly. That would be an unintended consequence, and I agree that it would be bad. That's why, of c...
February 18, 2019 at 20:52
He also got in a few subtle digs, and acted as though he's superior. The irony is that he sees it in others, and disapproves, but apparently doesn't s...
February 18, 2019 at 20:43
Yeah, let's read emotional things into it and name call and sling mud and make it personal. That kind of stuff is so much more reasonable.
February 18, 2019 at 20:31
Alright, alright! I'll catch up first, then reply to whatever you're referring to. :grin:
February 18, 2019 at 20:25
Need I remind you that the British people wanted Brexit, which you strongly disagree with, a significant enough number of the American people wanted T...
February 18, 2019 at 20:21
:roll:
February 18, 2019 at 20:16
Do it! That's better than nothing, at least.
February 18, 2019 at 20:15
It's hopeless. The site staff will band together and keep coming up with reasons to reject it, no matter what you say. I should know better than most:...
February 18, 2019 at 20:07
:shade:
February 18, 2019 at 20:05
How did @"Janus" word it? Ah, that's it: "egregious projection".
February 18, 2019 at 20:02
At least you seem to have moved on from much of your illogic to focus on trivial semantics. That's progress of a sort, I suppose. Let's just agree to ...
February 18, 2019 at 19:52
Agree. No, because that erroneously rules out speaking unconfirmed truths. If I knew enough to make a prediction or a guess about the properties of bl...
February 18, 2019 at 19:21
What? A square is a shape that has four equal sides and four equal angles. So if there's a shape that has four equal sides and four equal angles, then...
February 18, 2019 at 14:07
:lol: :up:
February 18, 2019 at 13:50
Finally, some criticism worth taking on board. I knew it would come from someone like you. That's possible. Though I think that we could counteract th...
February 18, 2019 at 13:48
It's one more item, and it would be very helpful and relevant. I get the minimalism, but it doesn't have to be so extreme that one more pinned item is...
February 18, 2019 at 13:37
That's all pretty obvious. It's additional claims and where you take this which could be problematic. Phrases like "has to do with", "looking at", and...
February 18, 2019 at 08:38
Things in nature have a centre of mass, and that's objective. It doesn't even seem to make sense to say that things in nature have a morality. Objecti...
February 18, 2019 at 07:05
That's not evidence in support of your claims where there is disagreement. We know that most people value their lives, so Bob will probably choose the...
February 18, 2019 at 06:51
Asserting the disjunction itself would be to assert an "is" statement. It says that it is true that either A is true or B is true. And unless both A a...
February 18, 2019 at 06:19
Oh man, that one's a classic. It has been a while since I've seen it, so I just laughed really hard.
February 18, 2019 at 05:44
:smirk:
February 18, 2019 at 05:39
So there's no good reason not to do this? People are maybe just fucking with me: let's vote "Disagree" just to mess with him! Okay, very funny, guys. ...
February 18, 2019 at 05:29
Ah, I see what you're doing. This is "payback". I made fun of your diagram by purposefully acting as though I had grossly misunderstood it, and you're...
February 18, 2019 at 05:11
Nope, not by my logic, plain and simple. By your logic, plain and simple. Your logic is bad logic which I reject. This is one of your fundamental erro...
February 18, 2019 at 04:40
I wouldn't say that last part. That it has the property of being 450nm and 630THz means that it's blue.
February 18, 2019 at 04:31
Wait, I think I get it. Morality is a badly drawn cone?
February 17, 2019 at 23:00
That we're all sort of restricted to the word is not a bad thing. You can do more complex things with words. You'd just be reinventing the wheel, mean...
February 17, 2019 at 22:45
Have you ever heard the idiom, "reinventing the wheel"? Maybe that one could be symbolised with a hammer in combination with a wheel. (Or maybe we cou...
February 17, 2019 at 22:33
This is insane. It serves only as an example of very bad logic: a test for someone to analyse, identify the errors, and write up an explanation. Besid...
February 17, 2019 at 22:23
I feel like I must be a little mad to keep this up for so long. Maybe for even trying to begin with, knowing what it would be like. Oh well. Fuck it. ...
February 17, 2019 at 22:06
Colour is visible light. Different colours are different ranges of wavelengths.
February 17, 2019 at 22:00
Thank God. Perhaps hearing it from someone else will help.
February 17, 2019 at 21:54
Ooh, that's a toughie. You. Your fake conversation between us misrepresents what I'd say. Straight away, I wouldn't even say, "That rock has a measure...
February 17, 2019 at 21:49
I don't eat or sleep properly - I haven't eaten all day until just now, for instance - I have terrible memory, and I often act like a sociopath or som...
February 17, 2019 at 21:21
Life is full of trouble. We all end up in it. There's literally a sort of river of shit outside of the building to my apartment, not far from my groun...
February 17, 2019 at 21:10
I went over this. Your reply is nonresponsive and doesn't progress the discussion. Whether I can or can't, defining it isn't necessary if we understan...
February 17, 2019 at 20:52
It hurts each time someone repeatedly fails to grasp a perfectly reasonable argument that I've made in support of realism, but I'm thinking that maybe...
February 17, 2019 at 20:25
It's not nonsensical in the context in which I'm saying it, which is not the usual context. In saying it in the usual context, it wouldn't make sense ...
February 17, 2019 at 20:13