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While all mammals provide milk, not all providers of milk are mammals. Gentlemen, I introduce you to pigeon milk: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop...
October 16, 2024 at 16:45
That's the Quine argument. https://iep.utm.edu/quine-an/
October 16, 2024 at 16:33
I've agreed that the deductive logic within the OP is valid. I disagree that it's inductively valid. As in your reduction of the argument to: "if I do...
October 16, 2024 at 14:36
I was trying to clear away the enticing parlor trick that made the OP appear plausible so that the error could be revealed. If it can be shown that th...
October 16, 2024 at 13:39
"If A then B" is logically equivalent to "if C then D." You're going to have offer a proof that is not the case without equivocating between deductive...
October 16, 2024 at 13:25
I'd say the main point of the OP was snark, hitting back at those ancient proofs for the existence of God that can't seem to go away. It points out th...
October 15, 2024 at 23:54
The two arguments (mine and the OP) are logically equivalent under deductive logic. They are represented symbolically the exact same. For one to be mo...
October 15, 2024 at 19:30
That was the point of my post. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/939830. You can say any ridiculous thing you want as long as you trea...
October 15, 2024 at 18:58
Why use this trick to find God when you can cash in? If I am not a billionaire, then it is false that if I scream, my screams will be heard. So I do n...
October 15, 2024 at 12:57
I was reading online that a good number of folks are plenty upset at the lack of line decorum at the Sam's Club. Seems there's some grabbing at the ro...
October 15, 2024 at 00:45
To the extent I might have been forgiven, I feel like that last comment might have unforgiven me.
October 14, 2024 at 15:22
Oh, and I forgive you. It was Yom Kippur this past weekend, and so consider yourself forgiven. The folks in the synagogue kept asking for forgiveness....
October 14, 2024 at 15:21
I can always help. What do you need for me to do to you? --++ Confused smile, eyes darting around room, concealing something in right hand, tapping fo...
October 14, 2024 at 15:16
Why? Does it find that sweet spot between horror and porn?
October 14, 2024 at 13:56
I was actually looking for a movie to go see yesterday, so maybe I'll check it out. If you could, continue pre-screening movies for me so I don't wast...
October 14, 2024 at 13:09
This seems more akin to the question of when you can pull the plug on a person in a permanent vegetative state. It's not that you can kill the person ...
October 14, 2024 at 12:59
https://youtu.be/D_SU1UPbYWs?si=is00DyQr3SWjcfhP Disclaimer: Experiences may vary.
October 13, 2024 at 13:57
There's a Dublin in Ireland?
October 13, 2024 at 13:51
I get the Lucky Chalmers joke now. ^^^ Expression suggestive you stumbled upon a pun ^^^ It is breakfast time here. I think I'll eat from the stack of...
October 13, 2024 at 12:34
Speaking of authentic Irish foods like Lucky Charms, I ate in Dublin last night driving home from a trip. They have the finest Wendy's in the land. Sh...
October 13, 2024 at 12:24
I find them bland, not sweet enough, so I use maple syrup instead of milk with them. %% sarcastic half grin suggesting I have said something about a c...
October 13, 2024 at 12:20
That is @"kazan"'s trademark, the reference to a non-existent emoji, like, for example, literally telling someone "you've made my face look sad, but j...
October 13, 2024 at 11:58
Assuming your source is correct and mine isn't, the problem I still have is that there is no cite to the laws in the various countries referenced that...
October 11, 2024 at 19:51
It would seem that the primary concern of the pro-choice side would be to protect the right to choose. As long as the deadline (so to speak) is suffic...
October 11, 2024 at 19:42
This says: "Functional connectivity between thalamus and cortex develops rapidly between 30- and 40-weeks’ gestational age and has been shown to be di...
October 11, 2024 at 19:33
@"Baden" Could you draw me a picture of the St. Francis University Fighting Peckerhead mascot?
October 11, 2024 at 18:59
My favorite college football team is the Fighting Peckerheads of STFU.
October 11, 2024 at 18:58
St. Francis University?
October 11, 2024 at 17:27
I find that when I have nothing to talk about, I talk about how I talk and I ask people if the way I talk is an okay way to talk. That way, at least t...
October 11, 2024 at 15:50
The presumption of innocence in the law describes the burden of proof, placing it entirely upon the state in proving the crime was committed. That is,...
October 11, 2024 at 15:44
The Dickie Scruggs story. You win some: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2022/08/25/681966.htm You lose some: https://www.npr.org/2010/1...
October 11, 2024 at 04:07
Insurance, my favoritist topic! The Insurance problem in Florida is long standing, with prior instances of insurers pulling up stakes or threatening t...
October 11, 2024 at 03:03
You don't want to care, but not only do you care, you care that you care. You see the problem, right? You can't want to not care, else you care about ...
October 11, 2024 at 02:41
I agree that in my post and yours we have chosen obviously different images, but the point made is that the visual distinctions don't play a role in w...
October 11, 2024 at 00:09
What is their important distinction for the purposes of claiming one has rights and the other doesn't. You would agree these are different: https://i....
October 11, 2024 at 00:02
If you'd steelman the position, we could avoid these diversions.
October 10, 2024 at 21:22
So I have a heap of rice consisting of 10,000,000 grains. Which grain makes it not a heap? As far as the abortion debate goes in this analogy, all tha...
October 10, 2024 at 20:48
The moral claim is that persons are sacred, endowed with certain rights. The claim would be, to the moral realist, that in this reality, persons have ...
October 10, 2024 at 15:31
That logic doesn't work because it would support infanticide. The obligations imposed upon parents to support their children are real whether the chil...
October 10, 2024 at 13:08
https://youtu.be/3ouqhCtIh2g?si=bfarrXh0QNVQepZH Angelic sounds from the heavens.
October 10, 2024 at 02:16
The Aztec word for tomato is tomatl, which means the "swelling fruit." It is for this reason we men affectionately call our ladies "tomatoes."
October 09, 2024 at 01:13
https://youtu.be/le1mZaCDJSI?si=tulUDMx2RD_iK2QL This is the "ate it anyway" song from my youth, sung by a woman who looks to have recently been run o...
October 08, 2024 at 20:57
I remember when my mother used to open the can of fresh baked bread. The smell would waft out the windows and kids would come running over begging for...
October 08, 2024 at 12:22
This is no ordinary soup. This is thick, strong, meaty. American. It's like The Rock in a can. That's really the only way to describe it. https://i.po...
October 08, 2024 at 10:37
The 1% fat is my sinful pleasure.
October 08, 2024 at 10:21
Nothing like fresh bread with a meal. https://i.postimg.cc/rz6LdxvZ/download-11.webp
October 08, 2024 at 10:19
It's the equivalent of this for you: https://i.postimg.cc/PfZzYtjB/download-10.webp
October 08, 2024 at 10:14
A can of supper. https://i.postimg.cc/qv4K847v/GUEST-3ab590a8-0af3-413c-bd1f-c3278dd1a7a5.webpfree image sharing
October 08, 2024 at 10:11
I don't find your story funny at all. The mixture of ingredients intended for other dishes speaks to a corrupting impure eclecticism intended for cult...
October 07, 2024 at 21:33
Thanks for the suggestion. I might also suggest pouring it back into the engine and using it as an oil leak tracker. You could then lick it directly o...
October 07, 2024 at 18:00