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But aren't AI generated posts constructed out of recorded human expressions? It would be a complex kind of plagiarism.

You seem a little hostile about this. What I told you is just a fact. American labor has been competing with foreign labor for decades, and that was b...

Darn tootin' I really don't think it had to do with tariffs. It's too soon. Sarcasm is for people who are having a shitty life.

A friend of mine lives in an area that just landed a fairly large commercial jet manufacturer. Supposedly they'll be making about 20 jets per month, w...

Obviously, you've never seen Battlestar Gallactica.

A year ago, if I wanted to start a shower curtain business, my only option would be to make high end ones for a niche market. I couldn't compete with ...

It will help a lot of Americans, yes.

You were talking about definitions as if the definition is the words used, and the essence is what the definition refers to. That's garbled. A definit...

What amazes me is that this makes sense to you.

All that says is that an essence is what a definition signifies.

Pervasively. All the cool kids are.

Definite description maybe

So if I throw a pair of dice, snake-eyes is in potential. Let's say snake-eyes shows up in actuality when the dice land. Where is an example of essenc...

A what?

Are you saying the essence of a my dog, Bee, is her DNA?

By contrast, what I see is that he's filled the military with loyalists, and is now flexing his ability to use the military domestically. He recently ...

The US economy usually grows at around 1.3% in the first half of the year. It makes up for that in the last half. But yes, we're waiting for the full ...

The US economy isn't slowing down, though. Not yet anyway. Maybe it hasn't affected Australia, but Europe is struggling now as European companies are ...

Do they matter to you? When's the last time you looked for an analysis of the Russia/Ukraine conflict? Three years ago?

In other words, the tariffs did exactly what Trump said they would do.

I don't understand why non-Americans always focus on the stuff that doesn't really matter. You guys should read more Wall Street Journal and less of w...

There's no equivocation. Steam is water in the same way the statue is clay.

Some surrealism: https://youtu.be/HyTeAnKzLBw?si=fAoAu4PM18yQ49NQ

Too much caffeine will do that.

9 is the same abstract object in all possible worlds, so it's a rigid designator.

I think the number of planets is a singular definite description. It's not the same in all possible worlds. 9 is an abstract object.

The planet case is a misapplication because the number of planets isn't a proper noun. Both t1 and t2 have to be rigid designators.

Fine. I don't think you're really looking for my input here. :smile:

This is from the IEP article. (Beware, I've found incorrect info in the IEP before). So after explaining the Superman substitution failure, the IEP so...

You aren't using the identity elimination schema there.

What's a subordinate protectorate?

No, I guess not. I still thought it was a cool post, though, clueless as I am.

That Christianity didn't survive the Enlightenment, when it turned from living religion to fairy tales, the result being an identity crisis that's sti...

I do. I didn't see a "poor me" in the OP. I saw this: Plus she was talking about a wound that gets passed down, having to do with the bloody conflict ...

Christianity is a dying religion. Vindication, even if it were possible, wouldn't help.

I can see why you would ask that, and it's a great question. It really highlights the stakes and what not.

Great post! I'll be back soon.

I didn't get that out of it. Philosophy is all about recognizing the forces that shaped you and trying to peep beyond them. If you don't encounter any...

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Ok, but Leadbelly wasn't really Delta blues, he was closer to Piedmont blues. Delta tends to have a hard driving beat derived from songs used to coord...

Are you saying Moses parted a small creek?

Did Sartre's idea of essence appeal to you?

The Red Sea is actually blue. https://earthsky.org/upl/2013/07/red-sea.jpg

My impression is that Greek Orthodox has more acceptance of mysticism. Do you have a favorite Orthodox writer?

No stones were being thrown. Just exploring.

"the essence is the 'is-ness' of something" This is why they executed Socrates.

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I think you're the only legit Catholic in the discussion, so let me assure you: if it's meaningful to you, you're right where we all are. None of us h...

Ok. Ok. But you can't make an apology for the Catholic view by referring to Eastern Orthodox. Let's just leave it at this: on it's face, the Catholic ...

OK. Just Platonism, then.