Noble Dust

Only one brah!

Actually, never mind.

But if you had read the whole exchange with Baden and Hanover, you'd be aware that the whole exchange was sarcastic. Slow down buddy!

It takes the oomph out of the joke, though.

Do I have to fill my posts up with copious amounts of emoji's for you to detect sarcasm? :roll: :rofl: :razz: :nerd: He wasn't talking to you, but act...

Ah yes, money; I've heard of that.

Hmmm, you're right.

In NYC; miraculously, I do have a shower. I had to sell my banjo for rent money, though. This month the washboard has to go. It's all worth it, though...

It's a nice sentiment; maybe you could expand more on your own personal views on the subject?

I disagree; to presume that a bird's experience of aesthetics is the same, or even similar to ours seem just as inappropriate. What leads you think th...

Peoria on steroids is only real when it comes to Jim Thome. Come to the city and I'll show you days worth of cheap-ass food that is miles better.

There's probably more intestines available to consume at fine dining spots and local hole-in-the-walls alike in NYC to make this statement equally tru...

Actually, the main issue is that NYC has so many other things that make it the best city in the world. Manhattan Chowder is literally the last thing o...

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and no. I'm sorry. I really am.

Dear Buddha, why?

The belief that it cannot is similar to soft atheism, for instance. There's no apparent evidence that science can answer any moral questions, for inst...

It's funny that Peterson doesn't even explicitly take political sides; he contends that his views are more "religious" than political. Of course, that...

I've never encountered Manhattan chowder in Manhattan.

I guess it's pejorative because a religious belief in science is no better than a religious belief in religion. And science, of course, can't lead you...

You seem to have answered you own question; "what is scientism"? It's your own belief system.

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Perhaps the participation of players makes the game real, despite lack of knowledge or game structure.

The problem is that no one is even knowingly playing. Is the game that's being played even real?...

Don't forget about: https://youtu.be/OYjZK_6i37M

Derdogatory?

Indeed, I’d say you’re the prime purveyor of persiflage around these parts as it is. Happy to make the introduction. Now, bandinage is nice, but what ...

This looks like a lot of Panglossian persiflage to me.

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@"Pierre-Normand" Use the @ sign in the list of buttons at the top.

Oh wow, real talk, I was just thinking of that tune recently, because I witnessed a soul-crushing cover version of that at a show I worked recently by...

What do you think about the idea that music is higher than wisdom and philosophy?

I think the best art (real art, really) is "confessional" in the way you describe it. What do you think? I'm not sure I follow your line of reasoning ...

I would still worry that it would be an anthropomorphization. It just seems so obviously, intuitively, absurd to me, to imagine birds experiencing the...

I agree. But Jeff Koons and co represent what art has become; that art is a direct result of the art that we love. The ever-increasing experimentation...

Haven't you used that joke before?

It's The Band, but I can't actually remember the song title, now that I think about it.

Vaginas and penises are a start.

:up: We find this to be beautiful; we know nothing yet, epistemologically, starting with this anecdote, about the experience of the bird itself. So fa...

Indeed; who said anything about that?

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I hope you do become wise.

Indeed. Not only that, but it's easy to judge others as "unwise".

But, that said, what do you mean by "confessional"?

I meant "when has it" as in "when has it in history". I'm asking you for specific, real life examples, not theory.

I appreciate the referee-ism, but I think @"StreetlightX" and I are only talking past one another in the sense that I'm trying to illicit specific aes...

Eh, what pseudo-pyschology? Where did you make this complaint? And the evidence you offered was insufficient, as I've said too many times now. We're g...

It's a good axiom. It doesn't mean you and I can't have original thoughts. You're better than that; you have some interesting thoughts of your own ins...

Yup, I asked for quotes on art for the sake of "contemplation and discussion". You apparently don't do well when your offered quotes get scrutinized w...

Fascinating! We're the opposite. I wouldn't do my own intuition such a dis-service as to deny it it's natural function. Of course my aesthetics are in...

The problem is that you've provided quotes, but no quotes that actually depict that evidence. I would assume it would be easy for you to do so, but so...