Right, and then he draws a meaningless distinction between technological control and natural control, where I am supposed to feel powerless because I ...
There's obviously a difference between a human created control on my behavior and a non-human one, but why does this difference matter in terms of the...
I looked for some Scottish restaurants in Atlanta and nothing came up except for a bunch of pubs with Scottish sounding names. I don't really think Sc...
Have you ever gotten really mad at a piece of yard equipment and thrown it into the creek, only to watch it spinning through the air, wishing you coul...
My observation is that women tend to mellow with age and men grow ornerier. I'm definitely on the ornery side of the curve and my wife on the mellower...
And, if accepted, it would make your distinction between art and reality, as you've acknowledged, ultimately artificial. When you draw me a picture of...
To continue in the Kantian line of thinking, truth would be noumenal, so it would be unknowable. Applying this to statements, the best we can say of s...
That has very little to do with technology, but is just part of being part of a complex world with all sorts of specialized roles. Even if I were able...
I'm not following why having survival mechanisms that go beyond my understanding entail pessimism. I also don't know of anyone so elite that they full...
Truth is What distinguishes an artistic expression from your expression quoted above? What would a non-artistic expression be? If there is no distinct...
If you actually are feeling sadness, hopelessness, or whatever it is that pessimism brings you due to the fact that the complexities that sustain us a...
Insurance companies actually operate at a loss, meaning it costs them say $1.04 for every dollar they receive in premiums. That allows them to operate...
It brings it, but where was it, what did we put it in, and how was it transported? How can something be "in" the poem when the poem is sounds? How do ...
I actually used to work for the largest homeowner insurer in the country (that shouldn't be hard to figure out) and they had begun making efforts to l...
Let's say I want to start a lemonade stand, but I don't have any money, so you agree to lend me $1,000 on the condition that I pay you 5% of the profi...
The problem with a significant part of your analysis is that you use the term "corporate" to mean "evil," but there's nothing particularly evil about ...
This is key, and it's why I see your disciplined regimen of specialized liquors, liqueurs, wines, beers, and whatnot as well worth the expense, easily...
I used to drink socially, just to be social, but never enjoyed it, but then got old enough not to care about being social, so quit drinking. Non-drink...
The business isn't an abstraction anymore than any term is a conglomerate of various parts. I get that the business isn't simply desks, computers, peo...
If you consider the government a monopoly, then we're not speaking the same language. The term we usually use to describe a situation where you have m...
The formation of a monopoly is anti-competitive and illegal even in the most capitalistic of countries, except in limited circumstances, and then they...
Providing the monarchy with ceremonial powers throws a bone to those enamored with royalty, but it poses a danger if you give the King actual power to...
I'd push back on any narrative that suggests that implementing fairness is preferable without computing out the consequences of your plan. That is, ju...
There's a merit component not being considered. The same soccer players seem to score all the goals. Analysis shows top scorers get the most play time...
The debt of the corporation theoretically will not pass to the owner, but the risk to the owner remains substantially higher than then the employee be...
You mean an actual guy who was working with you on a project wouldn't have helped you? Y'all suck. I was at the furniture store the other day and this...
I solved it, but I washed my jeans with the solution in my pocket and now it's just a clump of unreadable paper. I tried to redo it, but I just kept m...
Could just be dickheadedness got into the gene pool and it's hard to work out, especially if it's a dominant trait. I have blue eyes (and they're stun...
I've been listening to a lot of Clash and Sex Pistols lately. I feel I've fully emerged from my beatnik stage and am now filled with an angsty rage. M...
Here's a Hanover classic from 7 years ago I just located in the Shoutbox. The no longer member named S just told me he named his new cat Ada I thought...
You're not wrong. Hanovercorp (R) is a multinational public relations firm specializing in web based philosophy forum content. We have long history of...
Except in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and in 1969 Armstrong took a giant step for mankind, and then he sang "What a Wonderful World" and then ...
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