You know I wasn’t necessarily referring to that . Don’t be cute with me ;) MTV, Hollywood, hero worship, lack of a Monarchy (therefore the surrogate “...
Nope. The cultures are inherently different. Even if it is simply ‘mental health’ then we could perhaps say that such sick individuals merely represen...
I don’t think this is exactly the case regarding the ‘explanation’. The acts of lone gunmen is something about the nature of US culture. The recent, a...
What is termed “evil” is little more than ignorance gone rogue. Good is recognition of ignorance and the will to expand it with awe - meaning they mor...
I’m saying to myself as much as I am to you. Don’t rely so heavily on the text of others as it is not all that likely people here have read extensivel...
The general impression I have - as an outsider - is that people in the US live with a greater sense of paranoia than elsewhere. I’m not just saying th...
The social sciences are not exactly ‘scientific’ and would have more in relation with Anaximander than the hard scientific methodology of physics. Mod...
Thanks for the comments :) Yeah, I agree. If I’d spent some time early on talking about this in a historical sense it would’ve made the whole more com...
Does that mean you’re not interested in my proposed thread? Yes, you were stating the obvious. My comment was apparently not so obvious? I was pointin...
I’m just about done on rough draft of next ‘essay’. The vague subject is “Divergence of Emotion and Logic”. I will do Sushi next. I think I can have f...
If you conclude that looking after your offspring has meaning how so? If you want them to have “success” what does that mean? It appears that you’ve d...
So? Do you mea to say that the above cartoon is offensive but okay because it doesn’t include you? Are you bolstering my position on purpose or was it...
At the moment focusing attention on three books in combination: - Logical Investigations, Husserl - Naming and Necessity, Kripke - Phenomenology of Sp...
That is simply wrong. You’ve not explained anything regarding an understanding of musical composition, a trained ear, a broad appreciation and exposur...
No questions are answered by logic or science. That is not what science and logic are about tom. If a universal truth is questionable then it isn’t a ...
Rubbish. Apparently I don’t need nuance as you seem to regard nuance as “elitist” An argument from pure ignorance. Enough said ... no need for nuance ...
I did post a while back asking a simply question (not addressed to anyone in particular so no one bothered with it). Simply put is “existence” a “fact...
You’ve just proven my point. I know you cannot see it because you’ve obviously adopted a very ambiguous use of the term ‘true’. What is true in pure l...
Read any mystical text. The Tao Te Ching? From the outset it is riddled with analogy and metaphor presented in a contrary manner. Proverbs used such a...
This doesn’t make sense to me: You seem to be saying mystics are logisticians. That is simply not the case as they operate with contrary terms and con...
Of course. I was contrasting to make the point that art isn’t entirely a matter of subjectivity. Take a bunch of kids to a Michelin star restaurant an...
That sounds like a meaningless and disjointed argument. Are you suggesting that the value of football players to a club is completely arbitrary? I ass...
Counter my argument then. Show me how possessing knowledge of an area makes no difference to the value of the judgements made. Show me that someone wh...
I did say I wasn’t going to say anything, but you’ve forced my hand by insinuating I’ve made some claim I haven’t: I have no intention of doing so bec...
Eating imported foods is worse. There is enough food to feed everyone already. Advances in agriculture will no doubt expand our efficiency - as it is ...
Why can’t you see how some people can be experts? That is like saying I don’t see how someone can be better at something than another person. That doe...
Does the law of the excluded middle not count here? If not should we immediately stop saying “invent” and “discover” and instead say “disineventcover”...
Exactly. I said EXTREME not merely PC. You asked why in the OP and I said why ... that is because the extreme left push the narrative into law and ord...
Look, you’re guilty of the kind of thing I’m talking about. You want to make me the enemy and so read what I write as saying something I’ve not actual...
Note too that the recent EU elections show pretty much a 50-50 split between left wing and right wing positions. The extreme ends look quite balanced ...
How do you know? I’ve only talked about two points: the effect of the internet and extremists pushing PC speech. I certainly don’t regard these as the...
That depends on whether or not we’re dealing with ‘facts’ or ‘truths’. Logic is not reliant upon facts. Using logic doesn’t require understanding of l...
P1) All Flumps are Pink P2) Some Roops are Flumps C1) All Roops are Pink C2) Some Roops are Pink C1 is invalid and C2 is valid. What specifically is y...
I’m struggling to wade through the swamp of words you’ve out out here. Maybe if you stated your issue in terms of what is “fact” and what is a “truth”...
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