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Currently reading: Naming and Necessity, by Kripke - Feels like I should get through this. The Magician of Lublin, by Isaac Bashevis Singer - Half way...

Find a metaphorical mountain to climb. You're less likely to die.

I liked Moby Dick and to Kill a Mocking Bird. “Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from ...

Yeah, definitely a classic.

How would it sound to laugh in Hs instead of Js? I laugh in Xs. People generally enjoy that about me.

Perhaps you mean Ble?eni?

Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable ...

I wish I could claim this came from recollection, but I found this, from The Sentiment of Rationality, which I haven't read, but got a couple cool quo...

It's not like you're going to catch on fire. Just take a deep breath and accept the heat. Welcome it in like a cat and stretch out under the window. I...

I prefer the heat. They make it way too cold in restaurants here, where you have to wear a jacket in the summer. At least I do. The a/c was broken las...

Originally, each glass was hand made by a skilled craftsman and hand painted, no two being alike. The glassery (as it was called) was owned by the lab...

Speaking of alcohol, drinkers are far more judgy of non- drinkers than non-drinkers are of drinkers. It's like we make you nervous, like if we were st...

I'm not really sure what to do, but prolonging the loss of the glass as long as possible makes the most sense so as to never forget its blessed memory...

If you bought new ones would it not be the same? /uploads/resized/files/yh/qmwh5flhvlteqx3f.jpg

So, within your brain is the if/then directive. If you the glove does not fit, you must acquit. The glove does not fit, so you acquit. Explain how tha...

In the deepest caverns beneath the Kerosene Sea lies the most elusive iridescent Kaleidoscope Squid with flesh described as sweeter than mango tinged ...

It is said that once the messiah comes (Jesus didn't count for Jews you see), the pig will be made kosher, as even the symbol of impure will be pure. ...

You'll eventually break off the bolt head when trying to loosen a bolt with countersunk threads.

This just doesn't make sense. It's like saying a computer program takes advantage of its algorithem to choose an outcome. The computer does whatever i...

Could you have chosen otherwise?

How does uniqueness and ownership correlate to free will? Does the fact that something has an experience and a unique body entail freedom? I don't see...

He itemized four governing factors that determined behavior (Genes, early environments, early nutrients, and early experiences). Which of these is the...

The fatter she gets, the less happier she ought become, considering her fattening was not to make her happy, but was to make someone else happy.

This is hard determinism. That being the case, what I think of this model is whatever I have to think of this model. If I agree, my reason must be tha...

I have found this as well, but I've also found that you can ask it not to be, and you can present your ideas as if they are being submitted by your op...

Are you kidding me? Please read on. I just put people in the cleft in the rock and they pass by me. It's really not all that hard. Sure, it's unconven...

"Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live." Exodus 33:20

No, but it is nevertheless a virtue. I fear your OP could be read not just as a suggestion that sometimes direct communication with a poster is helpfu...

So a rabbi and an anthropologist walk into a bar, and Ludwig asks "why are you here?" They each say "it's the right time to be here. " And they don't ...

I don't drink any soft drinks. I only drink iced tea. Sometimes water in a pinch. I also only drink at meals, never having a drink anywhere else. I'm ...

As to the moderation question, one can of course post in the forum or the PM. I, for one, would obviously prefer a public conversation. That is, after...

Do tell.

Atlanta is home to Coca-Cola. Clarky is jealous of my great state, so he tries to anger me by discussing my arch enemy Pepsi. I try not to let it both...

Academic philosopy is such an esoteric field that I'd suspect there have been new ideas that have emerged that are considered major shifts within the ...

But this doesn't address the meta element of the form of life, which is critical to holding the system together. The Wittgensteinian enterprise is to ...

But for their proxies in Gaza being annihilated, their nuclear facilities being devastated, their being under attack by the strongest military force o...

But how do you link this to form of life? Differing languages don't exclude similar life forms. The French and the English can have differing forms of...

Yes. We couldn't. We'd assume it, but it could be a robot. You and I could be differing forms of life. It's assumed many humans don't share forms of l...

This strikes me as backdooring the beetle back in. The lion's language is meaningless not because it's gibberish, but it's because he doesn't share ou...

I was floundering about cooking dinner, and I fell into the pot, and I boiled for at least 2 hours, but it felt like forever. My wife found me in ther...

If there are variable language games, are there also variable human forms of life that play those games, or is there but one? If there are many, then ...

I see that they appropriately housed you in the yankee quarters.

We have public latrines where I live. Large open fecal pits with a log running across. Etiquette dictates you drop trou and scoot to the middle to all...

North or south Delaware? County or ZIP code will help. I'm pretty precise with mid-Atlantic accents, particularly those influenced by the Philly/Balti...

I'm likely influenced by the Spanish I hear locally, but the "th" sound was a nice touch, along with the choice of authentic conversation regarding th...

So you know, this is actually me and not a true Spaniard. I'm just that good at this. https://jmp.sh/s/FylQBCgIu42onrESLl2O

Prish the props. Lemme know if you need any voice overs. I do all accents.

Give this a go. https://jmp.sh/s/PbhcJjBZfvHXnLYbj4zV

But there was never anyone who had eaten crisps and eaten chips and thought they were different things, and learned later they were both Saturn, so I ...

I was in Britland and ordered a sammich or some such and I asked to substitute chips for crisps. The Britwaitress acted surprised and said "really?" I...