No need to break the economy. Could have a war to sell arms to other countries and if it results in a couple of nukes going off we get a nice nuclear ...
I find part of the demon in this thought is comparison of oneself with others. When you develop a habit of not doing this comparison with others you m...
We should start by describing and not explaining like Wittgenstein suggests. I could start describing a universe and only get so far. The notion that ...
A lot of folks here had good impact on my life and I sometimes recall posts from long ago and still ruminate on them. Here’s a few from my layman reco...
I’ve thought about Wittgenstein’s quote and in some sense there’s no escaping the present. When I recollect the past it happens in the present and whe...
My intuition is that people value earned money differently than money from other sources (e.g. gifted money). I’d like to say a $1 is a $1 but I’m mor...
I recall Warren Buffet remarking on something similar: “I always look at IQ and talent as representing horsepower of the motor, but then in terms of t...
Wittgenstein wrote in “most cases the meaning of a word is “ maybe this is an example of a time when a word is used within a sentence and meaning is n...
Indefinable for every context, definable when used? Maybe the reason I can not answer the original question is because I (we?) don’t know the language...
I've never heard of him, but then I never heard of Wittgenstein or Austin until I visited these forums. I think I'll see where this rabbit (Hare?) hol...
"thing" is a bit harsh if I said my wife. my family, friends, loved ones I would diminish the value certainly by filing them under "thing." "In" could...
I can't remember the conclusion of that thread (if there was one) but doesn't go something like: "It's a duck. It's a rabbit." Seems the "then" is wha...
Has his writing changed my life? Yes because it was ultimately his writings that changed how I approach conversations and questions. No, because like ...
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