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This is bizarre. If no-things is logically possible, then that's the end of that. Our world wouldn't have been involved and I don't posit (and I don't...

Oh, I don't think 'moving blocks' is a language game at all. You can do that without any form of language. That's probably what prompted language to o...

Clearly, but my responses remain the same. That you think the are the same thing as far as this goes, is bizarre and unsupportable to me prima facie. ...

Yes, that could also be true. There's some argument around fear of snakes, for instance, despite the risk of snake attacks being low. That may be some...

Err nope, but I also dealt with this as a language problem later in my post. Lets see what happens... Are causes not states of affairs? Or can causes ...

Stewarts Cola, Karma Kola (New Zealand) and Cafe Cola (defunct - mid 90s I think) are better than Pepsi and Coke by some wide, wide, wide margin. Iron...

Yes, I am clearly being held to a standard posters such as Mikie are not. I disagree. We're not at a point where you're understanding the words im usi...

Not quite. The jump from the third to fourth dynasties is utterly insane, and it immediately declines in the fifth. The previous (and following) masta...

I've said why. Often, 'common sense' is absolute horseshit. That's why we have things like 'folk psychology' to dismiss. Obviously, that's not the end...

That works for me!

You replied after the above, to be clear. It's pretty hard to walk something through something which is inferential. Something infers nothing. Yes? Ye...

If there was an initial state of affairs, there must have been 'something' from which it was initiated. None of the takes trying to avoid the inferenc...

I've recently realized this is a cherry-picking thing. And more power to him. When he wants, it's a good exchange. Can't force it. Apparently, his bet...

It certainly seems better (overall) than only posting in the forums. That said, I think the forums are great starting points for forming thoughts or f...

For me, there's a very simple way to ddealing with this. Be happy with making mistakes, based on moving forward with the best of your current knowledg...

If not sarcasm, you're very welcome :)

Ahh I see. Ok, that's quite clear for me now. I don't quite think i'd agree, but yeah very clear. Thanks Edit: Even clearer .

Appearing conscious is only a matter of appearance, right? I don't think we could answer this. My take, though, is similar to J. I don't thikn non-bio...

Thanks. So, I see two points here: 1. Manipulating the world is playing the game; and 2. Naming objects one manipulates is part of the game (this can ...

(please don't see this as smar-arse): I assume the answer is here? If so, good. That's a great place to start. I would proceed by trying to understand...

That there are things which "be". That implies non-being and so the question (i.e the question why there is something) is entirely apt. Further, once ...

It's possible someone else asked, and some answer was given, but i'm personally interested in how you get from "stuff" to "blocks" without already pla...

I don't think its a creativity issue. I think its an aesthetic issue. Most academic philosophy these days is technical, dry and concerned with minutia...

No, I think you've done what often happens: read a paragraph into a sentence, not clarify anything, and then go on as if everything is clear. No guff ...

This is false. Those two phrases are, plainly, self-explanatory. This is not meant to be rude, but do you need them explained? If so, I cannot see thi...

Ah, i see. I was worried you were entirely serious, and wanted everyone to know that. :rofl:

LOL yeah, seems so.

I don't think its worth it. The boil-down is this: Words literally cause mindstates, when heard in certain contexts. Those mindstates are considered i...

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This seems far, far, far more to do with cultural novelty than any indication of some natural proclivity.

the correct spelling is 'humour'. Tell me why?

That's right Mikie. We're all racist. All actions are racist. Anyone who doesn't look like us is an enemy. It's definitely nothing but racism. Mhmm.

Supposedly Life On Mars and Your Song (Bowie, John respectively) also. I don't quite buy it myself, but that would be something awesome to know.

"Why isn't this tshirt Green?" Right-o. They are, quite clearly, self explanatory, so I don't want to come across an ass and just state them again. Th...

You're not saying anything relevant. It seems some are just unable to see the forest. Trees be damned.

The absolute lack of anything meaningful here, says no (and that's on your terms lmao).

A certainly agree.

No, and no. That's evidenced perfectly by the entire history of humanity not knowing what the fuck is going on, because it isn't as it seems.

Just on the final bit here, which is crucial: Intolerance is as it sounds: a lack of tolerance. Preference, in contrast, is just a preference. 'I pref...

Because "as it seems to be" is rarely the case, from a human perspective. Far more instances of that assumption failing that otherwise, as I see it.

I would recommend speaking for yourself :P

R.I.P Vera.

Do you mean "your" definition? For the vast, vast majority of people violence is harmful force. That seems the definition too. For that reason, its po...

Because it isn't. Not sure what else you could want in response to that. It's my pointing out there you're confusing two separate conclusions which re...

Ahh I see what you're saying. Well, I think that's hyperbolic to a comic degree, but your core point elucidated here is apt. Thank you.

By way of example, things like brotherly love or love for ethnic peers without any personal relationship. Solidarity being some a priori "love" type c...

I never suggested they weren't. I think its hilarious that those numbers are what they are, yet we're pissing into the wind over Trump deporting X peo...

You have to do some dilligence here: That is exactly how it looks from the otherside. Most people feel (and people like myself fall in here - who are ...

I still can't quite grok what you're saying. The reason is this: There is absolutely no argument that could justify that you should be detained or hel...

I'm not sure what that could mean. The practical problem is that males shouldn't be in intimate spaces with females, regardless of their personal beli...