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But aren't AI generated posts constructed out of recorded human expressions? It would be a complex kind of plagiarism.
August 21, 2025 at 14:41
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...
August 21, 2025 at 13:39
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.
August 20, 2025 at 22:56
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...
August 20, 2025 at 22:06
Obviously, you've never seen Battlestar Gallactica.
August 20, 2025 at 21:57
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 ...
August 18, 2025 at 17:37
It will help a lot of Americans, yes.
August 18, 2025 at 15:34
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...
August 18, 2025 at 15:31
What amazes me is that this makes sense to you.
August 17, 2025 at 19:07
All that says is that an essence is what a definition signifies.
August 17, 2025 at 18:43
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Pervasively. All the cool kids are.
August 17, 2025 at 18:40
Definite description maybe
August 17, 2025 at 16:52
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...
August 17, 2025 at 14:22
A what?
August 17, 2025 at 13:21
Are you saying the essence of a my dog, Bee, is her DNA?
August 17, 2025 at 12:40
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 ...
August 16, 2025 at 23:43
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 ...
August 16, 2025 at 22:40
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 ...
August 16, 2025 at 22:24
Do they matter to you? When's the last time you looked for an analysis of the Russia/Ukraine conflict? Three years ago?
August 16, 2025 at 21:38
In other words, the tariffs did exactly what Trump said they would do.
August 16, 2025 at 21:20
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...
August 16, 2025 at 15:26
There's no equivocation. Steam is water in the same way the statue is clay.
August 16, 2025 at 13:00
Some surrealism: https://youtu.be/HyTeAnKzLBw?si=fAoAu4PM18yQ49NQ
August 16, 2025 at 11:14
Too much caffeine will do that.
August 15, 2025 at 15:29
9 is the same abstract object in all possible worlds, so it's a rigid designator.
August 15, 2025 at 13:27
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.
August 15, 2025 at 13:06
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.
August 15, 2025 at 12:47
Fine. I don't think you're really looking for my input here. :smile:
August 15, 2025 at 11:03
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...
August 15, 2025 at 11:02
You aren't using the identity elimination schema there.
August 15, 2025 at 10:39
What's a subordinate protectorate?
August 15, 2025 at 02:41
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No, I guess not. I still thought it was a cool post, though, clueless as I am.
August 14, 2025 at 22:52
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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...
August 14, 2025 at 22:39
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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 ...
August 14, 2025 at 22:33
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Christianity is a dying religion. Vindication, even if it were possible, wouldn't help.
August 14, 2025 at 21:41
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I can see why you would ask that, and it's a great question. It really highlights the stakes and what not.
August 14, 2025 at 20:42
Great post! I'll be back soon.
August 14, 2025 at 20:35
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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...
August 14, 2025 at 20:33
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:up: :up: :up:
August 14, 2025 at 15:36
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...
August 14, 2025 at 13:47
Are you saying Moses parted a small creek?
August 14, 2025 at 02:23
Did Sartre's idea of essence appeal to you?
August 13, 2025 at 23:49
The Red Sea is actually blue. https://earthsky.org/upl/2013/07/red-sea.jpg
August 13, 2025 at 23:29
My impression is that Greek Orthodox has more acceptance of mysticism. Do you have a favorite Orthodox writer?
August 13, 2025 at 12:55
No stones were being thrown. Just exploring.
August 13, 2025 at 00:38
"the essence is the 'is-ness' of something" This is why they executed Socrates.
August 13, 2025 at 00:37
no
August 12, 2025 at 21:44
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...
August 12, 2025 at 21:33
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 ...
August 12, 2025 at 14:32
OK. Just Platonism, then.
August 12, 2025 at 14:25