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Is this ambiguous or contradictory? You can't always tell whether some one desires to be in the way. Sure you can. There is the thing and your beliefs...
December 04, 2021 at 20:58
I'm not sure how compelling you will find it , but the point was to isolate what happens in the physical from your perception and argue these claims o...
December 04, 2021 at 18:36
Didn't think so.
December 02, 2021 at 23:10
There is no argument to dismiss. You've put forward that change is a part of the human experience for the same reason other things are part of the hum...
December 02, 2021 at 23:08
A Tzeentchian-imposition by principle?
December 02, 2021 at 19:59
Excellent, so there is a differentiation. If the situation were the same but I don't see you or block your path by happenstance. Then, what would I ca...
December 02, 2021 at 19:22
The "had to" is debatable. We have to in order to prop up a manufacturing sector with inefficient contracts because our consumer goods corporations we...
December 02, 2021 at 19:19
I think we'd have to settle this before making further progress. Where's the limit? At the extremes any perceived opposition to one's will becomes ano...
December 02, 2021 at 19:03
It's not matter of cardinal order. Unless you want to argue that limiting one's ability to trespass is an imposition. At which point we are using "imp...
December 02, 2021 at 18:30
When someone imposes on society, by using roads they don't solely own in a fashion that indicates they feel otherwise; then yes, it gives some agent -...
December 02, 2021 at 17:50
I think China has the potential to become the new American right-wing bogeyman that keeps us dumping 700 billion tax dollars into a peacetime war mach...
December 02, 2021 at 17:14
One opinion takes into account the context of drunk driving. The public pays for the roads and as a result should claim some right to use them. A crit...
December 02, 2021 at 16:56
I question whether the point has been extended. At this point you could replace the word 'change' with anything from human experience and not lose inf...
December 02, 2021 at 16:34
It also wasn't a fair representation of my statement; per creationist tactics.
December 02, 2021 at 07:09
I'm going off pure pattern recognition. Change is an interesting topic and fertile ground for some new ideas I imagine. But, when it's creationism bei...
December 02, 2021 at 07:06
Generally, I'd agree. But, in the case of creationism, where the supporters won't even acknowledge their position falls under the heading in fear of a...
December 02, 2021 at 06:52
From the reader's perspective it is the question being begged. Hence the early opposition. Seems honest. I can respect that.
December 02, 2021 at 06:40
I actually don't; just skeptical that Bartricks is interested in change and not undermining evolution. If I called it wrong then it saves the disappoi...
December 02, 2021 at 06:38
I think I took a wrong turn near this intersection.
December 02, 2021 at 01:38
Pretty sure the suffix "function" denotes a mathematical model in play. Now, if you wanted to say something about the wave itself you could. Such as t...
December 02, 2021 at 01:21
the "wavefunction" is a property of the maths. There is no reason one should suppose space-time has a variable effect. It's just the thing being passe...
December 01, 2021 at 23:51
But taking a derivative is a mathematical change, the "vanishing" isn't a measure of reality anymore than rounding. It's just a product of calculus wh...
December 01, 2021 at 22:55
I thought the speed of light was a measure of the impedance due to space-time. If it's not going through space then it shouldn't be limited to the rat...
December 01, 2021 at 22:09
The things you are putting forward aren't entirely insane. Is there a context in which an opinion is delivered adversarially? Certainly, but can't you...
December 01, 2021 at 19:25
I remember a "guide wave" version being discussed. Where the particle rides a wave. It seems to account for the distribution and the appearance of bei...
December 01, 2021 at 18:44
On grandest scale change is the norm. It's easier to argue everything is in some state of flux on some scale. Nothing is truly static. But, change in ...
December 01, 2021 at 18:34
I think our system relies on a degree of vulnerability. A lot of economic success rides on the ability to profit from managed risk. The economy requir...
October 10, 2021 at 21:06
I doubt people have the capacity to internalize the suffering of millions. Wouldn't everyone foregoing moments of joy or beauty just mean there's more...
September 26, 2021 at 17:30
Correspondence seems to leave room for degrees of truth content. How much of a T-sentence has to actually be true versus how much correspondence to th...
September 14, 2021 at 12:19
I took it as necessarily vague. There's a limit to the precision a concept that addresses the everything of everything can reasonably achieve. Basical...
September 14, 2021 at 00:28
Didn't realize it was that involved. Is it the whole separating people from the world thing again?
September 13, 2021 at 23:20
In philosophy class it helps to be able to frame the same subject based on different perspectives. Like, what would Socrates or Kant or whoever interp...
September 13, 2021 at 23:18
A statement that corresponds to the state of affairs would be a fact?
September 13, 2021 at 23:11
I guarantee I'm not who you had in mind. I get the feeling that Kant was good at coming up with ideas people can chew on without ever really tasting. ...
September 13, 2021 at 05:42
Isn't smoking a doing something? We are asking people to refrain from unvaccinating? At some point the push forward just creates more push back. Vacci...
September 13, 2021 at 05:19
The demon that started this thread titled it with exactly 5 different groups of people. That is a fact. I am referencing a principle on how one might ...
September 12, 2021 at 20:10
I actually agree more than my position in this thread would suggest. It's painful to watch the left gain power and fracture or pander to the center. I...
September 12, 2021 at 15:31
No, self defense has a legal definition. I'm not sure how I made this list or if it's composed of dangerous anti-vaxxers. The OP list 3 or 4 different...
September 12, 2021 at 15:11
As a clarification I'm stating the valuation of the widget and the person selling it should be separate matters. So, just because my widget is worth l...
September 12, 2021 at 00:20
The position I'm putting forward is the attitude of critical rationalism. To see every person as a source of knowledge for the sake of working closer ...
September 11, 2021 at 20:38
Suppose hypothetically I place a low value on a human and then fail to realize when they produce a good idea. It's only to my detriment.
September 11, 2021 at 20:37
It's a rare deliberate use of a universal. All human knowledge is subject to unknown errors. It's assumed to be undeniable as the basis of critical ra...
September 11, 2021 at 20:34
Nah, I don't judge you either.
September 11, 2021 at 20:26
Intuitively, dehumanization seems like the extreme result of devaluation. I'm sure you have a reasonable threshold, but I don't see them as different ...
September 11, 2021 at 20:25
Do you know of an example that isn't in the context of a military operation? Your analysis is correct; I'm making the assumption that devaluing groups...
September 11, 2021 at 20:06
I swear it's like arguing with the evil version of myself. Maybe, I agree with you and hold you to a higher standard because of it. But, I doubt it.
September 11, 2021 at 18:32
The dynamic Xtrix created that influenced your interpretation of my position. When he devalued the group of people that might caution against thinking...
September 11, 2021 at 18:20
It's what I quoted is what I took issue with; maybe sit with this a minute. I'll assume your right till you let me know otherwise if it helps.
September 11, 2021 at 16:25
Do you not understand what I'm saying here? You are demonstrating the flaw of assigning thoughts to a person based on your perception of the group of ...
September 11, 2021 at 16:12