It's really not that complex. I'm simply pointing out that your definition of specialness isn't valid because it doesn't work when you evaluate specif...
No, it's not a counterfactual and not a strawman. You provided criteria for personhood (specialness), which if it can be shown certain humans don't po...
They can manipulate their blink to reveal the most subtle of emotions, from disinterest to silent outrage, concealing their passion to most so they ca...
But yes, I am a man of great passion and overwhelming temper. When the slightest feeling of provocation hints, I drink forth its oceans and deluge my ...
Well, that's a fine how do you do. Trying to say I just reinvented that which was already invented and no credit is due me. First off, I literally emu...
Took oily tinned salmon, liberal amount of Tabasco sauce, 2 eggs and beat with fork until the salmon was emulsified like. Fried it. I invented somethi...
https://youtu.be/xnKOVPXhlnE?si=N-czbyP8a3078r2s "Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio Pick guitar ...
I eat kippers on Yom Kippur. They cleanse me of sin, saving me from hours of mindless forgive mes. I like jambalaya better than gumbo. I think I'll na...
I took your concern to be disability ought be considered an interplay of person upon environment, focusing more upon the deficiencies in the environme...
What gives human babies inherent value is their current status as humans, not that the majority of human babies go on to be adults or even that the ex...
I just ordered a variety pack of 10 types of tinned fish. Expect my forthcoming reviews as Gumbo and I sample each variety over the next few weeks. Gu...
2 eggs, garlic powder, mushrooms, red pepper flakes, and anchovies scrambled with a side of whole wheat English muffins with ligonberry jam. Gumbo got...
The best way to determine the meaning of "normal" is to evaluate its use over as many contexts as possible and statistically determine its most common...
And yet an infant does none of the things you itemize, but it's still special. What makes it more special is that its worth is not tied to what it doe...
No, but I wasn't arguing it was a bad thing as much as I was saying we were agreeing with the happiness principle. All of this implies the disabilitie...
I'm not trying to over-simplify and can't disagree with Nussbaum's wish list of available capabilities, but I still abstract out the fundamental princ...
That is what I was agreeing with and suggesting your comments implied otherwise. You argued the maximization of happiness wasn't a proper objective bu...
Absolutely agree. They are different categories. It would be absurd if Wittgenstein weighed in on the neurological underpinnings of thought. I'd ask y...
But how would you justify a cochlear implant in someone feeling full fulfillment within the deaf community, having no desire to leave its comfort? Wou...
I know of a person exactly like this, and it was and remains tragic just due to his social isolation. He did go on to get a cochlear implant, but he s...
This suggests thought is language, words traveling throughout our brain, which is a metaphysical claim, arguing about what the internal thing going on...
To the extent this suggests some sort of objective basis for the determination of value in the sense there are agreed upon criteria that can be measur...
And don't forget Rabbi Shneur Zalman's Tanya, Hasidic mysticism, pre-20th Century. The idea that our animalistic side is base or evil is not a univers...
The Fred Flintstone car is ridiculous. There is no way that the initial burst from the running start would result in any meaningful ongoing movement, ...
I asked ChatGPT how much force it would require for me to stop a moving vehicle whose braking mechanism consisted of a 2x4 board nailed into the door ...
I'm actually quite the seamster, which I'm going to assume is a male seamstress. This tear though was not only on the seam, so I'd have had to put a 1...
We count to 60 and say we have 1 minute, then we count 60 of those and we say we have an hour. We divide circles in 360 degrees. And of course outside...
Typically, you move to letters when your base extends past 10, like in hexadecimal: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,A,B,C,D,E,F,10... The base one uses is dependant...
In other news, my $16 Amazon jeans tore down the seam after just 3 months of ownership. I have upgraded to Levi's. I believe this is a classic case of...
Fred got himself a new bed for the floor. He was delighted at the upgrade and has been going on and on about how he can now chew treats for hours with...
I'm up for a creative writing, so however and whenever it gets put together, I'm game. I would actually prefer a shorter timeline because I tend to fi...
Well, my analogy means to be forced, meaning if the morning star is defined as that in the morning, it can't exist not in the morning. No need to star...
But of course! Most my Christmas cards come from my bank, veterinarian, insurance companies and other marketing departments. While lovely, I question ...
If I smell smoke there's fire (S -> F) means that in this world, if you smell smoke, there's fire. Modally, the statement would be one of two things: ...
I define "tolerance" as how much disagreeable activity someone will put up with. It's not a particularly kind gesture to tell someone you'll tolerate ...
You have to tell me what you disagree with. To restate, where P is a private language: ¬?P. Pinker cannot show us an example of P. One can't locate th...
I try to teach the locals English, but they resist. How do they expect to grow if they won't take advantage of when interesting visitors arive wanting...
I'm interested in participating, but is the suggestion that we all appear in real time and go back and forth with a discussion, or can it be adaptable...
You should stay at a Hilton, find a Hard Rock to hang out at, locate some American fast food places, and watch college football at the hotel bar. Your...
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