T_Clark

As always, oh Wise One, we bow deeply in reverence for your judgment while we snicker and make obscene gestures behind your back.

All entries welcome, no matter how lame. Final decision by @"S" and @"Noble Dust".

All the philosophy that's fit to print (and that Baden will tolerate) Land of a Thousand Neuroses Graveyard of Forgotten Ideas Plato's Retreat Thus Fa...

Terrible, horrible, monstrous words. Why? Because I said so, that's why. Opt Gift (as a verb) Lifestyle Spot on Woo Woke (meaning opposed to prejudice...

Maybe it would be best for you if you avoided my threads from now on.

For me, it comes down to this - all philosophical arguments involve human values and preferences. Values and preferences mean emotions and feelings. I...

I'm guessing the numbers don't include the effects of climate change on population. I don't think anyone knows how to quantify that.

Maybe from therapy or meditation one could also hope for peace. I haven't seen that my philosophical skills have impressed anyone much. Luckily, at 67...

As I said in my post, I'm not sure what the information I provided means for the issues we are discussing and I don't know what we can or should do ab...

I don't intend this as point in favor any particular position - just some possibly relevant information. It is my understanding that demographers are ...

If things go well you: Know how to express your ideas clearly Understand what values are important to you Know what ways of thinking about things are ...

Similar ideas can be found in every philosophical, religious, spiritual, and mystical tradition. Is that what Teilhard is saying? I don't get that fro...

You don't have to be Archimedes to have a sense of the comprehensive experience of knowing. I don't think it's an issue of intelligence. It's an issue...

As you may have seen, I have a strong angry reaction to the anti-natalist argument. At the end, when both sides have laid out our positions and failed...

I don't want to be pedantic, so I'll let @"StreetlightX" do it for me. Here is a portion of the OP from a discussion he started a couple of years ago....

This response is ambiguous. I'll ask again. If you could, would you put restrictions on others being able to have children? Yes? No? You don't know?

Sure, and I acknowledged that. I also said that is not the normal way knowing works, at least not for me. It's not the important way that knowing work...

If you had the power, what restrictions would you put on people being able to have children?

I came across this in another thread. I think it provides a pretty good explanation of what you mean by "rational intuition." I've never really liked ...

This is the heart of the matter for your approach, isn't it? I don't know what a "rational intuition" is, or at least I don't know what you mean when ...

I think you are mixing two issues here - freedom of speech and information overload. I can see that they might seem to belong together, but I don't th...

Why in the name of Bullwinkle J. Moose would it be wrong to want to be loved unconditionally? It is the greatest gift any person can give another. I d...

Just to be clear, I have no idea whether TS has children or what their names are. I make up most of the stuff I write on this forum.

Anti-natalism isn't true or false. It isn't even right or wrong or good or bad. It is the argument as normally presented that is disgusting. It's the ...

It's sort of a little joke. @"Terrapin Station" loves the Grateful Dead. He named his three kids Jerry, Bob, and Phil. And Phil is a girl!

This is the anti-natalist argument, one that I find contemptible. Full of anger and bitter hatred for the world and people in it. Nothing is more mean...

@"Terrapin Station" understands.

What is your native language? Are there forums in that? Also, judging from what you've written so far, I think your voice would be welcome here. Bette...

I tell people I've gotten to a place where I'd finally make a fairly successful 17 year old. Which is good, since that's the place where my personalit...

I can see how it would be frustrating, and there are some grammar issues, but you expressed your ideas clearly and they made sense. I'm very verbal an...

Or a doorknob. Or a wall.

I'm not sure if you are proposing it, but I am extremely skeptical of evolutionary biology or sociobiology. Looking for correlates between specific ge...

Did you know that Jerry Garcia had four children? I'll bet you did.

By way of history - After signing the CRA in 1964, Lyndon Johnson said "We have just lost the South for a generation." Boy, was he wrong.

As a former psychology major (Back when therapy was accomplished by bleeding and trepanning) I have respect for the discipline but very little for "Ps...

In case there is any doubt, these are intended as serious contributions. Very stream of consciousness based on impressions from your list. Civil Right...

I think the things you mention are part of the fullness I was talking about.

"Old man" would be ok though, because, well, I am an old man.

This is a serious attempt to address the issue you've raised. Well, no, I guess it's really not. Maybe semi-serious. Pseudo-serious? Quasi-serious? Qu...

Yes, but I got to use "perspicaciously." And, in a paraphrase to Leslie Nielsen, don't call me "old chap." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2K7sV-K74

I like this, instead of expanding the point, you've redefined one of the main elements of the question. And that, my friends, is what we call "philoso...

Or, a tiny toothless cat with no arms or legs. I can keep this up all day, although that may not be fair to @"BeanutPutter".

Perspicacious - who cares what it means. It's fun to say. Better yet, imagine Sylvester the Cat saying it.

But a cat without arms is not. Unless it doesn't have legs either, in which case it is a snake, as Professor @"S" has so perspicaciously noted.

@"Baden" https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/322720 You are a hard ass. That's why we fear you, that's why we love you.

I hope this isn't just going to turn into just another anti-natalism thread. I like the way @"Matias" has framed the question and I'm hoping people wi...

"Much Ado About Free Willy," "Free Willy, the Bad, and the Ugly," "Free Willy Also Rises." That's it, I'm done.

See this: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/321588 I'd let @"Baden" respond, but he may just ban you without doing so.

Well, you know a little science, as do I. Together we can be dangerous, or at least ridiculous. Now @"StreetlightX", you stay out of this. It is my un...

Not sure if this is what you're talking about or not. I'm a smart guy, but there are a lot of people smarter than I am. Even one or two here on the fo...