Many students at university simply copy from textbooks and paraphrase without much thought. They are just fooling themselves though. You studied somet...
Have ever read any Schiller? If not check out Letter 24 from “On the Aesthetic Education of Man”. I’m sure you can find it online (trust me, you’ll ap...
Why are you talking rubbish? Are all students up in arms or just a few idiots with a perverse agenda? It is clear enough what she meant so perhaps you...
“Tactic”? Nah, I’m not here to partake in some obscure pat-a-cake debate. You misrepresented what she said based on a clip under 2 mins long from an i...
I think it’s absurd to pretend that the logic is identical to the physical. Rules have meaning only within a set. To presume a set of all sets is noth...
I’m only willing to split hairs so much on this topic. If people want to stop others from speaking they can do so. There will be a lash back and thing...
Crap! I missed a “n’t” out! Sorry Isaac, I meant: “I believe that literally everyone who wishes to be heard shouldn’t be heard simply because they bel...
I’ve never considered ‘ambiguity’ as a kind of mythical beast to avoid before ... I guess the Greeks did though with the Chimera. For some reason the ...
Currently reading the entrails of a dead goat .., the future looks gruff! Seriously, main three I’m focused on atm: - Aion by Carl Jung (a bit of a sl...
Nope. “You’re both,” consider both myself and Isaac were tagged in that post can only mean BOTH of us NOT both of the things he said. I didn’t misread...
I don’t really see the negative point here? I believe that literally everyone who wishes to be heard should be heard simply because they believe what ...
Has anyone read “The Bottom Billion” ? Interesting book. Easy reading economics book where the author looks at the factors which play into a countries...
I don’t see this as a problem really? We’re all different with different opportunities taken and missed, so it ends up with some people more able - an...
Wtf? No, I was pointing out evasion and misrepresentation. Frank has done this and you backed him up a little by saying his words were “consistent” wi...
Just ask frank to watch the full interview rather than the 1:39 clip he deems as the whole of what Paglia said. I did actually watch the full intervie...
Without any hard evidence ... it makes perfect sense. If there was video evidence of the rape and/or other mitigating circumstances do you think Pagli...
Fair dos! :) The contradictory nature of language and communication at least gives us something in a negative sense. It just reminds me of what Kant t...
Depends what specific vid you’re talking about. I have watched various talks she’s given and read some of her articles here and there enough to unders...
This question is irrelevant. If there is an ‘effect’ that isn’t ‘caused’ then it isn’t an ‘effect’ - that is the semantic problem. Putting that aside ...
First off you’d have to examine what ‘interesting’ means and the kinds of features present in ‘theorems’ that are tells of interest. From there you co...
I do wonder about the benefits of what we call “trauma”? Is all “abuse” necessarily unavoidable in life? Does abuse leave some people in a better posi...
If we look through history we can find a long string of individuals commenting about the rise of anti-intellectualism. I think the problem has always ...
Paglia says what she says because she believes women are strong and able to deal with the situation. If reported to the police quickly something can b...
That is an example ;) I simply meant that I’d rather condition myself to write more clearly the first time around. If I make too many mistakes then I ...
Never! I’d rather suffer the consequences and force myself to write more carefully. If it’s an OP I do skim over what I’ve written though. Trust me, m...
Haha! Old, and bad, habits die hard! I get pissed having to correct US spelling. Sorry, colour is always colour for me. I have autocorrect turned off,...
People are generally against Sharia Law. For good reason. The rest of the rhetoric is irrelevant. Any Muslim adhering to Sharia Law is my enemy becaus...
Was it that you never did anything wrong? I don’t quite understand. Maybe I took the threat to be more subtle. I cannot honestly say a remember an ins...
0? How is that possible? I ask because of this: Are you saying you never felt a threat of being slapped? My friend was tied to a chair by his mum and ...
My bad! Confusing this forum with another one I used to visit. Probably because this is a better version of the skeletal post you made: https://thephi...
I wouldn’t worry about it. Reiteration of another's ideas is a skill in and of itself. It is asking a lot to expect young students to come up with fre...
Because it wasn’t a proof I expect? Plus you seem to be starting to spam the same gibberish I’ve seen elsewhere. I’d recommend taking a different appr...
Looks like this has turned into the usual nonsense. The OP was asking about the sacking of someone based on claims of “Islamophobia” and “Anti-semitis...
Evidence and counter evidence please? Anyone can make a sweeping claim about anything, but without actually presenting evidence for this why should I ...
There are good aspects to bad ideas as always. Let us leave it that :) My little jibe was more or less about the benefits of listening to who most str...
I’m not tryin to burst your bubble. We all have bubbles. My argument is in the title of the thread. I am posing the use of hypotheticals - the key poi...
Maybe I haven’t emphasized the social discourse involved that shapes our utterances well enough? I cannot remember the quote and I’m not 100% it was R...
If you understand what have you found in relation to ‘aesthetics’ (personal tastes) and ‘moral conviction’? When all else fails do we turn, with a las...
Thank you. It is psychological projection for sure. That is part of what I am talking about AND more importantly the societal norms that we live by an...
Not in the slightest. Either retract the “persuading others” line or point out what you disagree with in the text. Again, if you stand by your first p...
Why is it “daft”? That is the point you’re not making clear. Point out something specifically that is “daft”. This: Need amending. If you insist it do...
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