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William Kristol says Comey will have to testify about what Trump asked him.

Japanese aesthetics says flawed is good.

Having no difficulty inflicting pain on animals is a sign of psychopathology that could manifest in more dramatic ways. So I'm keeping my eye on you.

Probably. There is something primal a person has to overcome in order to consciously inflict pain. It's a precarious path. The name for that thing in ...

Dude is found to have numerous decapitated heads buried in his back yard. They're all from females and they're all facing his bedroom. Its hard to ima...

Think about how we measure the unmanifest or potential energy, say in the case of fluid dynamics.

Eh... I would have led you through it and even touched on how it relates to Aristotle. You would have come out the other side understanding this scien...

Totally incorrect. Wanna hint?

You get 10 points for attempting an answer. Your answer was not correct, though.

Sounds about right.

You're using potential as synonymous with possible. There are other meanings.

If it's true that I'm never going to drop the ball, what is the resistance?

I meant that what an acorn becomes depends a lot on the environment in which it exists. Same with a human? Same with a philosophy forum?

if you hold a golf ball in the air there is potential energy associated with it. Unmanifest energy is a philosophical oddity, but... Whether the ball ...

The physics definition is related to personal potential though. Potential=kinetic × resistance So a person born with silver spoon might rise to great ...

An engineer wants his bridge to stand up to any and all reasonable challenges. He doesn't care which particular ones it actually will face.

:) 'All interesting discussions require a portion of confusion.' -- Isaac Asimov.

Yep. Although Mariner's answer was awesome. Did you see it?

The OP said that by "everything" he meant the universe. So I think he was asking about ontology. But then he disappeared. Apo scared him off.

So the President asked Comey three times to admit loyalty. How could he not be guilty of collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice? If his IQ i...

We need more de-confliction and de-obstruction.

Much appreciated!

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There's a kind of sex that's wild and intense. The characters on the scene are cosmic. It's fun times at the temple of the Mood God. And there's a pla...

You appear to be asking a metaphysical question: do non-material things exist? A materialist will deny this. Certain types of idealist will say that a...

You'd probably have to specify that that's what you mean by "everything."

I don't think they're trying to be Machiavellian. There was a movie called Kill Castro, in which the CIA appears to have hired the three stooges. The ...

Comey insinuated in one of his congressional hearings that he wanted to go back to academia (suggesting disgust with politics). Maybe he's glad to be ...

At this point few people doubt that the Russian govt is actively attempting to manipulate events through hacking. The notion has been floated that the...

You can call him George Washington, doesn't make it so.

Maybe he's a Kiwi. They call everybody cunts.

Dude. The US can have Russia as its ally if it wants to. Its not a betrayal...except maybe of Ukraine. There are no more cunts or dicks on the scene t...

Why don't you try being friendly?

Shut up and get older.

I like that answer. Thanks.

The notion of innate knowledge has a long history. Chomsky's view is in line with Leibniz's: it's capacity that is innate, not specific rules or bits ...

You can fully resign because hope springs eternal... whether you want it to or not.

Bitterness had come to Jerusalem since Antiochus put a statue of Zeus in the holy of holies. Rabbis would ponder how long a Gentile has to be tortured...

The problem I see is that the philosophical position is apart from ordinary life. I think the idea is to step back and reflect, and then return to hus...

Cool.

So one pays attention to context of utterance in order to identify the reference of an uttered word. I never doubted that. I came across an interpreta...

Depends on the context. Although people seem to find dictionaries useful.

We do use words. Sometimes we use words to refer to things.

Indeed Socrates, it is just as you say. When I'm reading something about ancient Sumeria, I lean toward meaning holism. Political stuff..I think postm...

I think I've said that twice in this thread already.

It's a greeting. Nobody thinks it refers. Was it not your view that we can redefine reference as simply using a word?

People who deny scrutability of reference are going to be deflationary about truth. They won't worry about truthmakers.

It's common knowledge that words refer. The burden is on you to show that we're all deluded.

wow, yea.

"Same shit different day" should be engraved on the tombstone of every generation. Don't look back. Don't know where it all comes from. That will only...