T_Clark

I agree with some of what you've written. As I noted in my response to 180 Proof, I'm getting out of this discussion.

As I noted previously, when I bring up an argument against you positions, you and @"Hello Human" just redefine the issue. I don't see that we're getti...

There's no contradiction there. You only need a good definition. Also, you've brought up circularity several times and I haven't responded. As far as ...

I was reluctant to get involved in this discussion. I only did because @"Athena" started it in response to a comment of mine. She seems to have bailed...

I think you and I are mostly in agreement except for this paragraph. It seems pretty clear to me that the math paradoxes we're talking about are trivi...

I have no idea.

I wonder if that's true. I'm guessing it's not. I know a lot of women, none of whom would characterize themselves as victims or survivors. At least tw...

This is true only if women, as a class, are victims. Is that what you think? I don't.

I am reluctant to get involved in this discussion. I think my sincerely held (and I think fair and humane) opinions will be taken as disrespectful. It...

As I remember, the ruling raised questions about who would have legal jurisdiction over the land for the purposes of civil and criminal law. That seem...

You already desecrated one recipe I sent you. Why would I send you another?

I agree with much of what you've written, although the idea of giving the Indians back what was, arguably is, theirs on a one to one basis will never ...

Back in 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that about half of Oklahoma was on land that belongs to the Muscogee tribe. Have you heard anything about how th...

That's just it. The liar's paradox only shows up when we are talking about sentences that we would never use in normal speech. They are grammatically ...

That's the heart of the argument. Many people, I guess some really great mathematicians and logicians, don't agree. I have a feeling it has something ...

This is what we Amuricans think of caviar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PBMCgxIuYI

As Tolstoy wrote "All happy meals are alike; each unhappy meal is unhappy in its own way.” I hadn't realized that McDonald's was around in his day.

Yes. And the Pope is more likely to be Catholic than Jewish. And: Staring at women's bodies Behaving in an overfamiliar manner Making unwanted advance...

Ah, yes. Indecorous. That's what I meant to say.

It's one of my favorite words. If I call someone an asshole, maybe they think I just can't handle their blunt talk. When I call someone creepy, there'...

Rittenhouse seems like a really creepy guy. I keep telling people we aren't supposed to put people in prison for being creepy.

Yes, this is off subject, but you keep going on, so I'll have my say just this once. And, yes, this is something I feel strongly about. Women who say ...

There are religions that describe gods creating the world so that they would have someone to play with. I remember @"Wayfarer" writing about it.

One of the things I value about the forum is that it has taught me to be more patient and not to respond, at least not as often, to provocation. I gue...

I'm interested what you and @"StreetlightX" have to say about the Russell paradox as opposed to the liar sentence. From what I have seen, mathematicia...

I'm fine with that. As a matter of interest, the one thing I do every day that I consider play is participating in the forum.

Aww... shucks.

You're right. I didn't read far enough. So, what if the bad guy wasn't trying to kill the other guy? What if he were just robbing him. Or beating him ...

This is all well and good, I guess, but what you call survival has a way of seeping out and attaching itself to people other than ourselves by evoluti...

I kind of get that, but it seems like a joke. A meaningless technicality. I can't see how it tells us anything useful about truth for any other propos...

I appreciate your input. I didn't start this discussion because I have a particular end in mind. I just want to see where it goes.

Yes. I think you're right. On the other hand, there may be a lot more to know and understand now, but there are also many more very, very smart people...

Tom Brady loves football, but when he goes out on the field, he's not playing. If you're trying to win, I don't see it as play. There's no need for us...

Don't forget T Clark's razor - When you are trying to decide which of two otherwise equal bottles of wine to purchase, buy the one with the twist-off ...

Yes, I am primarily talking about philosophy. I tried to be careful not to be too dismissive of self-reference. I had read that the kind of programing...

I like the way @"bert1" said it: All of the events you describe - the Steam Engine event, the archeological dig, etc. - could be play, but the events ...

No "e" on Clark. I jumped to no conclusions about his position. He was pretty clear on what he proposed - taking away people's assets and removing the...

I'm not sure what you mean in this context.

Who specifically was he speaking to?

Again. You just aren't willing to take responsibility for your own words. As I mentioned, the US had concentration camps for Japanese-Americans during...

You specifically and clearly propose taking away people's property and social position, apparently based on a half-baked judgement of whether or not y...

I don't really think so. I don't think that the average person living today understands how the world works better than Aristotle.

I don't find the definition of stupidity in your OP a very useful one. I don't have any additional comments about that, but I do about your prescripti...

When I read what people have written - 100 years ago, 500, 1,000, 2,500 - I'm usually amazed by how sophisticated they are. People in Athens, China, A...

One of my favorite philosophers.

Well argued.

One more thought - If you want to know what we can do to make things better, the answer is simple and obvious - vote Democratic.

There's another little tradition in American jurisprudence - members of the jury are supposed to be shown evidence before they make a judgement. I hav...

That's what's known as a distinction without a difference.

I didn't see my response as blaming anyone, it's just not as simple as you make it out to be. I have a lot of respect for our environmental laws and t...