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the philosophical point of this discussion: it is unreasonable to posit a single viable response to a complex issue. The rational response is to try m...

nothing here says that geothermal is the best solution for Siberia.

Demonstrably false. Tasmania exports renewable energy to continental Australia. There is also a project to export Australian solar energy to Indonesia...

Sol Invictus! The sun has been beating down for days, reaching 40º on the front deck. So I've been investigating solar panels. What's odd is @"counter...

Indeed.

Ah.

Well, one of us might not.

SO... you are vehemently agreeing with me?

Well, yes and no. See this thread; Causality, Determination and such stuff.

Well, no. Something exists necessarily if it exists in all possible worlds. Something exists possibly if it exists in some, but not all, possible worl...

Let's try to make sense of this using possible world semantics. Contingent things exist. That is, there are things that exist in some, but not all, po...

Still committing the Naturalistic fallacy, I see; confusing what is the case with what we ought do about it. That's the issue that underpins the error...

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I've known about it for years. Still enjoy Carrol. Isn't it obvious form his writing that he was a bit odd? Can't see as it makes a difference.

What's the difference? From what I understand, the Islamic girls will be wearing expensive Western clothing under the Chador. https://www.abc.net.au/c...

Yeah, being an island helps. But it's not the sole explanation. Melbourne had amongst the hardest, longest lockdowns; 110 days. That was its second lo...

That's what happened. Ideology is the greatest danger; in this case individualism preventing folk taking personal care and faith in the free market pr...

I'm thinking Machiavelli and Nietzsche use the same conceit: that they can tell folk what to do while pretending not to be moralising.

Anatomy of our battle against COVID-19 This is a graphical representation of the progress of the disease in Australia. FOlk may find it interesting. L...

Ask the obvious question: is he telling the Prince what to do? If so, it's a moral document.

Sure, a pretence of being amoral as a rhetorical ploy. Are you taken in by that? Surely not.

Looks a bit contrived. Isn't he talking about what the Prince should do?

Indeed; my apologies.

From SEP: Seems he was making normative claims.

Happiness? What's that got to do with it? Why such an eccentric question?

How obtuse of you. Your individualistic ideology prevents you from seeing the decrepitude of your position. That'll by now be obvious to everyone here...

The conspiracy, It's interesting how quickly you drop the "Empirical data" when it contradicts you, calling it fear mongering. Who is Dr Scott Atlas a...

I just wanted to mention Žižek. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxvOFeexgU4

Here's some more... COVID-19 (coronavirus): Long-term effects Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Younger Adults Are at Risk, Too What are the long-lasting ...

Gee, it's almost like you didn't read the link...

...no... ...never...

Again, you show that you view the world through ideological glasses.

...and the data shows Malthus to be wrong, productivity grows exponentially. Further, most of those who are fed by the economic miracle live in such b...

No. What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19

See, that's were you lose folk. You made the claim that growth was linear, I showed evidence that it wasn't. You claimed the evidence was irrelevant. ...

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gdp-world.jpg That don't look linear to me. But then, you don't need facts when you have y...

The Messiah speaks. Zarathustra descends from the mountain.

I'v a very dark roast imported from Palestine that quite comfortably meets my needs. I bring four teaspoons of coffee and four of sugar in one cup of ...

@"fhorrest", see? :rofl:

Žižek's explanation of ideology as the stuff we all know but which we don't talk about fits with this nicely, I think. @"counterpunch" has taken the i...

Yes, indeed, you commit the naturalistic fallacy. It's been pointed out before, by myself and others. Odd, that you think calling play "childish" was ...

I'm not looking for finesse in my coffee. Quite the opposite.

:grin: So long as you are happy. I've Turkish coffee and enough eggs for an omelet.

Help me out here, @"Ciceronianus the White" - would it be "Argumant nomen vocatio"?

Fair call.

And that will happen until you try parsing your argument in terms of use. But I'm beginning to get a bit worried about you. This is becoming a but obs...

There's something very childish about this. Musk finds folk handing him money so he chooses to use it to play with rockets. And he makes them land on ...

Goodness, I find myself wanting to reply "What would Nietzsche say?"

Jack, that's what meaning is. All meaning is attributed. It's just the use to which we put stuff. So @"Mtl4life098" is in effect asking what to do nex...