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October 22, 2021 at 11:49
The Okefenokee is a deep black from the tannic acid from the vegetative decay. There the feral swamp people live, raised by gators on a diet of crawda...
October 22, 2021 at 02:13
Alright, one more time on this rule. If Who's on first and What's on second, and even if Nobody is on third, and then I'm Not Sure hits a fly ball in ...
October 21, 2021 at 20:41
It is in fact a word and it describes a particular belief system limited to a single rule: "You are permitted to accept a heart pig transplant, but yo...
October 21, 2021 at 19:12
It's sad to think a pig will never grow up to be bacon.
October 21, 2021 at 19:08
You are permitted to accept a heart pig transplant, but you are forbidden to donate your heart to a pig.
October 21, 2021 at 17:55
It says they are filthy dirty creatures, unfit for the dinner table.
October 21, 2021 at 17:38
I think people worry about all sorts of doubts, like whether the surgery will work, whether the job will remain, whether the relationship will continu...
October 21, 2021 at 10:04
This is why you should opt for goats. Goats only eat salad. No matter how hungry a goat gets, it's just going to look for grass and leaves. On the oth...
October 20, 2021 at 17:55
In Hanoveria we had no gray, only black and white, and red when we bled. That's the only time we saw red. Mary Queen of Scots had a room where she nev...
October 20, 2021 at 00:49
Do note the literally sarcastic, figuratively accurate comment.
October 19, 2021 at 18:23
A critical distinction was that the map of the US didn't include Alaska or Hawaii in your classroom. Another distinguishing detail is that in the 50s ...
October 19, 2021 at 18:21
Only if they wish to secure the moral high ground. So, doubtful.
October 19, 2021 at 03:33
This is an absurd re-writing of history, as if there were a time in the past when rigid bright lines divided the family and society, where only throug...
October 15, 2021 at 14:02
Yeah, but they were a bit hawkish.
October 14, 2021 at 20:48
Oh please. The EU fears US sanctions more than the US fears the EU. Trump, despite his many many many flaws is dovish, if for no other reason than he'...
October 14, 2021 at 20:12
If you're looking for a deep religious reason for why no vowels in the OT, see: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3087993/jewish/Why-No-V...
October 14, 2021 at 13:10
Not just modern Hebrew, but the vowel marks have been in existence for over a 1,000 years. For example, the word for dog is (spelled right to left) "?...
October 14, 2021 at 12:47
I saw a dog beside a child outside a store and asked if his dog would bite. He said he wouldn't. I pet the dog and he bit me. "You said your dog would...
October 12, 2021 at 22:50
That means you must be standing firm.
October 12, 2021 at 22:36
That's what you think of when you think of the game of life? We must have had very different childhoods./uploads/resized/files/ul/zxdajfo6evg559lk.jpg
October 12, 2021 at 03:12
An atheist can be as or even more concerned about the future of humanity as a theist. Focusing on the here and now can also be the interest of the the...
October 09, 2021 at 23:09
I at least own goats. @"Shawn" just chose a random mascot.
October 09, 2021 at 18:12
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You say this as if your responding to something I've said.
October 08, 2021 at 12:37
So he must be he and I must be me? Why seek to move the immovable with this thread then?
October 08, 2021 at 04:27
Your point is that life isn't fair?
October 08, 2021 at 04:24
As to the OP, being anti-work isn't wrong if all you mean is you gripe about work. Hearing people gripe is annoying and I"d rather see you figure a wa...
October 08, 2021 at 03:17
Some people are self-sabotaging, suicidal, and are terrible stewards of their lives and all that is important to them. They don't always do this think...
October 07, 2021 at 20:07
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A vague proposition that is so vague that it doesn't have a truth value isn't a proposition. A propositional statement is defined as a statement with ...
October 07, 2021 at 18:32
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How do you know that your memories and consciousness aren't also in flux? That you believe you have maintained a constant experience of your conscious...
October 07, 2021 at 18:28
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There was the philosopher who came here and argued such a thing. Is this the guy? https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dialetheism/
October 07, 2021 at 00:13
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We do have strict criteria, which is why we can use the term meaningfully. Only when we use the term in a way previously unintended do we run into the...
October 06, 2021 at 23:57
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If we can't agree as to what is a ship, why can we agree as to what is material and to what is functionality? Are holustic objects the only thing we c...
October 06, 2021 at 23:44
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A statement with 2 truth values is 2 statements. "The ship that left is the ship that returned" is true if we define "ship" in terms of functionality....
October 06, 2021 at 22:55
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This isn't a rejection of bivalence. This is just pointing out certain words are vague. If the law were only old people are allowed to enter and old i...
October 06, 2021 at 22:25
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That means it has no truth value, not that it has a true and false value. Is it a non-propositional statement, like "Hello there!"
October 06, 2021 at 21:30
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It has but one truth value unless you've got an equivocation fallacy. "Ship" must vary in meaning in order for "the Ship is X" to be true and false in...
October 06, 2021 at 21:26
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Provide an example of a statement that is both true and false. Are you saying within exact contexts and with exact definitions the same statement can ...
October 06, 2021 at 21:00
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If your point is that there is minimal practical import to the questions posed in this thread, I think it's obvious that most navigate the world succe...
October 06, 2021 at 20:48
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This raises an interesting point to @"Michael"'s claim. If we replaced each plank one at a time, but with planks dissimilar enough from the original t...
October 06, 2021 at 03:22
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There is a belief among ultra-religious Jews that the name of a person defines the person in a particular way. I suppose this comes from the fact that...
October 05, 2021 at 20:51
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I miss your point. I've not argued for naive realism. It was very far from it. I argued for reality mediated by perceptions, with an assertion there w...
October 05, 2021 at 20:40
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If the world is in the flux you suggest, then are you asserting a lack of identity of any object without a perceiver?
October 05, 2021 at 16:46
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@"Srap Tasmaner"@"Michael" Do you guys think it would be possible to match your avatars even closer just to make this more confusing?
October 05, 2021 at 16:44
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The realist does commit as you've said they would (and as I've bolded). The realist defines the ship as the specific matter that was there originally ...
October 05, 2021 at 15:47
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This is consistent with my comment to @"Banno", which was was: Maybe my point was missed or not well stated, but it asks how does reality restrict any...
October 05, 2021 at 15:36
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Whatever of the same returns is what returns. If a single atom of the old boat returns, then we have a single atom of the old boat. Whether you wish t...
October 05, 2021 at 13:57
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That we split the world into arbitrarily assigned objects doesn't challenge the fact that there is external existence. Any object and any particle the...
October 05, 2021 at 13:44
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Existence is not an attribute or property of an object. To say an object exists is different from saying an object has certain properties. Pluto exist...
October 05, 2021 at 13:27
In the event of a prolonged shut down, Defcon 1 would be declared and TPF would execute its Emergency Readiness Protocol. Rest assured, the mods and a...
October 04, 2021 at 20:34