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Well ok, but there was more to what I said than just that.
August 28, 2020 at 19:55
Right, but you said its purpose is what you are using it for. I used a spoon to make it clear that you can use something for a purpose it wasn't inten...
August 28, 2020 at 18:52
I understand. So what about things that have a purpose/usefulness but do not fulfil its purpose particularly well, or even poorly? Would that change a...
August 28, 2020 at 16:16
Ok, so can something have a purpose that it isnt useful for? What about something that has a purpose but it isnt really that useful to that purpose, o...
August 28, 2020 at 15:23
Its both. Its two different ideas about the purpose of the golf club (as a means to play a game and as a weapon) AND it is two senses of the word purp...
August 28, 2020 at 14:15
I think its useful to have a distinction between purpose of use and purpose created for. I could create create a golf club for the purpose of playing ...
August 28, 2020 at 12:13
Wow. I did 1 minute 27 seconds on the first and 57 seconds on the 2nd. That blonde was particularly cringe inducing. No wonder I never watch those thi...
August 25, 2020 at 21:56
Whats an example of one of his dumb ideas?
August 24, 2020 at 00:44
In what way is that “ mod submitted” dipshit? What I said is highly accurate, as you just evidenced. First, you don’t know enough to understand how yo...
August 21, 2020 at 15:02
You have never made a more clear and accurate statement. If the difference between a soft handed mod team and a hard handed mod team is jerkoffs like ...
August 20, 2020 at 22:27
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Im not out there bitching about my threads getting moved you fucking dipshit. If I was you would have a point, but im not so you dont. I cant remember...
August 20, 2020 at 14:02
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Its fine the way it is, stop bitching about it and concentrate on making better threads/OP’s.
August 20, 2020 at 01:21
:lol:
August 17, 2020 at 15:49
cor·rect /k??rekt/ adjective free from error; in accordance with fact or truth. "make sure you have been given the correct information"
August 17, 2020 at 15:41
Ok, gotchya. :up:
August 16, 2020 at 18:08
Well you said “truth is human description”, you also said truth is also human misdescriptions which you said are false. So if you are just saying trut...
August 16, 2020 at 18:00
Well misdescribing something is a type of description, so if descriptions are truth then you cannot also then say that misdescriptions false....at lea...
August 16, 2020 at 17:35
That sounds like something can be truth and false. That seems like a contradiction. Do you mean something being true in one way but not true in anothe...
August 16, 2020 at 17:19
Could you expand on this? Does it also mean human assertions are true or does it only work in the one direction?
August 16, 2020 at 17:05
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Frank Apisa and 3017amen seem like trolls who not only contribute nothing but also derail/flood/pollute discussion. I dont use the term troll lightly ...
August 15, 2020 at 21:22
You enjoy wasting your time dont you? Lol No amount of reasoning or patience will avail you sir, you are dealing with a troll and in Franks case, deme...
August 14, 2020 at 18:35
None of that has to do with the topic at hand. I didnt complain about it being personal, or that you were grouchy. You havent said anything of substan...
August 11, 2020 at 23:57
Constructive? In what way is that constructive?! :lol: Intellectual cowardice more like. You cant defend your assertions and have failed on every leve...
August 11, 2020 at 16:27
No, we have good reason to think we have no better alternative. Imperfect reasoning sure, but what else fo we have? We b do the best with what we have...
August 11, 2020 at 16:03
I didnt say it does. I’m merely pointing out that we have no reason to think logic would fail at any particular thing. Until we do, the proven reliabi...
August 11, 2020 at 14:00
No its not an assumption. Logic has a proven reliability and usefulness. Its something you can study academically. I dont see how you can defend your ...
August 11, 2020 at 03:38
Humans. I wouldn't say moral no, though to me it always depends on why something is being done as a determinate of whats moral or immoral. I would cal...
August 08, 2020 at 22:58
Sure, in underdeveloped humans you dont find the same kind of agency. It has yet to develop moral agency, but it will. Thats not the case with most an...
August 08, 2020 at 19:47
Ive noted you didnt speak to a point I actually made but instead moved on to make another point about human babies. You asked why it would be incohere...
August 08, 2020 at 18:50
I dont think it is coherent. You said it yourself, animals are not moral agents. Is it coherent to treat non-moral agents morally? A rock? A tree? No....
August 08, 2020 at 17:57
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Yes, I would agree with that.
August 07, 2020 at 22:49
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Sure, either or.
August 07, 2020 at 22:40
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I think there is a difference between something “having the quality of being different” and a “state of nothingness”. “No difference” isnt the same as...
August 07, 2020 at 22:33
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No. No variance just means unchanging, static. That isnt necessarily “nothingness”, and its certainly isnt equal to it.
August 07, 2020 at 21:01
Yes, its all very hard to take seriously.
August 05, 2020 at 02:13
Well I wouldnt say the end is near...we functioned as a species for a long time on just emotion and tribalism. Even with reason dead, humans will be a...
August 02, 2020 at 15:54
Its not just science, its the death of reason. Feelings and agenda over facts.
August 02, 2020 at 15:18
Ok ignoring the fact you havent refuted my counter points, Why would that be absurd? When they talk about what they see they are talking about the col...
July 29, 2020 at 23:38
Its still just words. Its not restrictive (which is what you need it to be for your argument to work) because anyone can use shared vocabulary to add ...
July 29, 2020 at 23:20
Its just normal vocabulary, nothing about the vocabulary used for brain states is special. Its just words, with meanings, that some people know and so...
July 29, 2020 at 23:03
Nobody can communicate about anything without shared vocabulary, this is a red herring and your whole argument depends upon it. Further, it is false t...
July 29, 2020 at 22:48
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Alright, fair point I should have used a less strong word than “force”. What I had in mind is when someone wants to end their suffering by ending thei...
July 29, 2020 at 18:55
I did respond to the substance of what you are saying excepting where the substance was based off of a misunderstanding or error. You are the one tryi...
July 29, 2020 at 16:34
Well you had offered an example of what I was talking about so I pointed it out. Im not backing down, like I said I think you were functioning that wa...
July 29, 2020 at 16:21
Its grounded in evolutionary psychology, its part of being human. It becomes a problem when people fail to recognise it for what it is, just like when...
July 29, 2020 at 16:06
No, I prefaced my use of “us vs them” with other words that exclude such a simplistic point. Its not just “us vs them” i was speaking about, I tied th...
July 29, 2020 at 15:16
Mercy and justice are only mutually exclusive in the same instance. One can still possess both attributes and use one or the other at different times ...
July 29, 2020 at 15:02
I find it very difficult to associate innocence with creatures who eat their own children alive, specifically target the young and vulnerable to kill ...
July 29, 2020 at 14:58
Well said, its nearly impossible for discussion because of the minefield of words, ideas and specific opinions that trigger attack mode in one side or...
July 29, 2020 at 14:47
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No, i wasnt making a general statement about some unrelated example of being self centred. Also, you didnt say “sometimes”. The words you used were “t...
July 29, 2020 at 14:31