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October 17, 2021 at 20:07
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October 17, 2021 at 19:59
No I didn't. But the word "magic" triggered "snake oil", and snake oil triggered "selling.
October 17, 2021 at 19:49
On the off chance the Stoics are "selling" something, it's not magic they're selling, but how to deal with the practical concerns of daily life and th...
October 17, 2021 at 19:25
What's happening?
October 16, 2021 at 06:06
It's not that it wouldn't make any sense, but math calculations are about precision -- how small or large or steep or within the smallest possible err...
October 15, 2021 at 05:20
There is a fundamental instinct that humans have regardless of their social personalities. "Weakness" is a relative social term, which may or may not ...
October 14, 2021 at 04:54
Let's have consistency at least. Okay, more than one way to describe a line you say. Yet, you dismiss your own statement of "it's just an abstract obj...
October 14, 2021 at 04:43
Thanks, @"Olivier5"
October 14, 2021 at 04:34
Solitude and isolation are not the same thing. But often, these two are thought to be interchangeable. A person wanting to be alone doesn't necessaril...
October 14, 2021 at 04:30
Funny you say this. I won't preface a statement about math objects as "usually". They're just are. Also, interesting that you mentioned constrained by...
October 13, 2021 at 03:40
In a way of apples and oranges.
October 13, 2021 at 03:15
Er, no. Is this true?
October 13, 2021 at 03:07
Correct. Drawing the line is just a physical representation of the line. And saying it this way is even incorrect. But you get my point.
October 12, 2021 at 04:37
But I agree with W regarding the bridge and contradiction.
October 12, 2021 at 04:31
W is missing the point. A line is a distance. Two points apart entails a distance, therefore a line.
October 12, 2021 at 04:29
Like in the way of apparatus. I know. Members here don't like this word apparatus. Cause it sneaks, and before you know it, we're unknowing participan...
October 12, 2021 at 03:31
Yeah, typical PKD. I once called someone I know personally an android. He was puzzled. I didn't elaborate. But I said it cause during the pandemic, I ...
October 12, 2021 at 03:25
:smile: Guys, was there a disclaimer in the OP that said only serious posts?
October 11, 2021 at 06:47
Sounds like a plan.
October 11, 2021 at 06:44
Because kudos is mixing an assumed personality with wild instinct of animals. Incorrect application. Still inappropriate as a means to compare the nat...
October 11, 2021 at 04:27
Hello. :) :flower:
October 11, 2021 at 04:06
None of the above. And yes, I'm also trying to get to the bottom of this insane sentiment that science will someday decay. But not necessarily weaken,...
October 11, 2021 at 03:59
Sorry, but it's not the philosophy's fault that there exist useless large volume of publications that are based on unfounded presuppositions. Just lik...
October 11, 2021 at 03:57
Hi Wosret. Sorry, I'm confused. What did I say again?
October 11, 2021 at 03:49
Sorry, this is just wrong. You're misunderstanding the methodology and quality of theoretical building in philosophy. Of course the science has its ow...
October 07, 2021 at 03:33
:grin: Okay, got it.
October 07, 2021 at 03:26
No. Just the way you said it. Funny.
October 06, 2021 at 05:25
:grin: Ouch!
October 06, 2021 at 02:31
While I certainly hate hijacking a thread with a topic all on its own -- this is squishing bugs thread, not eating meat (and why is Hitler being used ...
October 05, 2021 at 05:32
This is misinformation, I'm afraid. The philosophers of science are the scientists themselves. In the philosophy of mathematics, they are the mathemat...
October 05, 2021 at 03:52
But isn't indulging one's self by killing bugs something to think about? There are a million other ways to indulge one's self. Do you know that people...
October 04, 2021 at 04:14
Yes, it does. Because I find it unnecessary most of the time. So, my thought process is, the act of squishing must be a reaction to something more ser...
October 04, 2021 at 03:54
I don't purposely kill bugs. I'd rather take them out of the house. Especially spiders. I can catch it with my hands (cup my hands) and take it outsid...
October 04, 2021 at 03:22
Ah, 'makes sense.
October 04, 2021 at 03:09
Yes. I haven't even thought that finally someone could say this. To some description alone is inaccurate.
October 04, 2021 at 00:19
It's an apt metaphor.
October 03, 2021 at 22:14
Enough said. :up:
October 03, 2021 at 22:13
It's cause the reductionist charge is yet another issue addressed by the critics. It goes like this, in three separate issues: 1.science has now been ...
October 03, 2021 at 22:06
What if I reject the narrative of law making process the same way you reject the scientific narrative?
October 03, 2021 at 07:24
Were you forced to resign? I think it's implicit, no?
October 03, 2021 at 07:20
Okay, fair enough. No one can force you to accept facts or reality. But then, there's also the law, which could make a convincing narrative that you s...
October 03, 2021 at 07:11
Once in a while I peak in here to see what's been happening. Scientific data just flows logically -- that's the believable narrative. You're not suppo...
October 03, 2021 at 06:47
In: Realism  — view comment
This is an interesting take and well deserving of a mention. I noticed that those you rejected, as a realist, are either abstract (mathematical stuff)...
October 03, 2021 at 06:30
Many economic models are also just that, model -- not as easy to put to work in reality. And yes, while profit is the goal of doing business -- you do...
October 03, 2021 at 03:44
:) welcome to the club.
October 03, 2021 at 00:49
In a manner of speaking.
October 02, 2021 at 23:56
Your turn.
October 02, 2021 at 23:55
If you notice in your reading that the physicists are mostly the culprit of the traditional science-decline sentiments, though they're not the only ta...
October 02, 2021 at 02:48