T_Clark

Let's leave it at that for now. I think we've painted ourselves into a corner. Next time we pick this up maybe we'll be able to carry it further.

I'm not an expert on King and what he believed, but I'll take him at his word - equality was, and is, a dream. You know - "I have a dream." A dream fo...

If you're writing about the things I've said, I never called anyone racist. I never do. I don't find racism to be a useful concept. It also sets off a...

Mine or someone else's?

You didn't misquote him, you misappropriated his beliefs. And no, I didn't "insult your person." I didn't say anything bad about you. I said something...

I can't think of any response to this. I'm just shaking my head. I'm sure you're a nice person, trying to do what you think is right, but it makes me ...

I'm 67 years old. I have friends who had to ride in the back of a bus. I graduated from high school in a town in southern Virginia in 1969, which is t...

I don't read a lot of philosophy, but when I do, I've found that the writing that helps me most is something I can fit into my current understanding. ...

I'm comfortable that others understood what I was saying, even if you didn't.

Hey, I thought you liked me.

Yes, petty squabbles such as slavery, disenfranchisement, violence, police brutality, inequitable court systems, generalized suspicion and distrust, j...

From a Steve Martin Saturday Night Live monologue: You.. can be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes! You can be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes! Y...

The government, society has a responsibility to address the consequences of it's past and present actions. "Tough toenails" is not a very satisfactory...

Some reasons: It's not 200 years ago, it's happening every day. Do you really believe that the brutality shown to black people went away with emancipa...

@"Baden" is an Irishman living in Southeast Asia. Not much chance of extradition. I, on the other hand, am duly chastened and beg forgiveness and merc...

I don't mind the metaphorical use, although Governor Gerry might.

Americans use it as both a noun and a verb, but I've never heard it used to refer to anything other than establishing inequitable voting districts. Th...

There is something good and beneficial about not restricting what people say. There is something good and beneficial about letting people decide wheth...

I've never seen that word used that way. Not a complaint. Maybe I'll use it too. That's how language changes.

I agree with that.

Makes sense to me.

I wasn't trying to open up the question of whether or not race has a physical, genetic basis, although I recognize that the way I wrote it did just th...

I don't know and I don't see why it matters. Either I don't understand this, I don't agree with it, or both. If you really don't think that a televisi...

So, the light from my flashlight is identical with the flashlight.

I watched the linked interview and really enjoyed it. The way they described it, Schopenhauer's view of the world has a lot in common with mine. I gue...

I've been saying that throughout this discussion. It's two separate issues - How things are. What we do about them. What are the benefits of knowing h...

Well, clearly the brain can exist without the mind. People die or sink into a permanent vegetative state. The mind is gone, but the brain continues. A...

Actually, I agree with you, but science does study the shadows of objective reality on the cave walls. I don't disagree with you here either, but I do...

Now you're opening a new can of worms. Thems fiten words. Some other time, I guess.

You and I have gone back and forth on this a bit. As I see it, much of what makes up the philosophy of science is epistemology. Science is fundamental...

Then I guess you despise me. When push comes to shove, what matters is what works best to make things better. As I've acknowledged, I've come to belie...

It's clear to me that the mind is different from the brain. I guess I'd say "obvious," although I acknowledge that what's obvious to one person isn't ...

I think I probably wasn't clear. We know the mind - what it is and how it works - the same way we know other things, by observing the world, in this c...

That's why I wrote "in this context." I also wrote:

Oh, no... Judaka thinks I'm a racist. Boo hoo. And, of course you can have rules for people based on their race. We've had them ever since one group o...

It's true, and also irrelevant, that race has no anatomical or genetic basis. That it's an artificial construct. Fact is, race in this context was inv...

You are correct. I don't see it that way. On the other hand, now is probably a good time for me to stop. I'll give you the last word if you'd like it.

The "huge cost" you are talking about are incurred no matter who's doing the talking and what they're saying. Who paid for the police costs for the Wo...

I don't see it that way. I can keep this up all day.

I think they mean something different when they say "exist" than I, and apparently you, do.

I don't see it that way. And, yes, I am being passive-aggressive.

I'm also a reader. It is a part of who I am, part of how I think of myself. I agree with much of what you say about non-readers, but I think there's m...

I don't see it that way.

I think it's important to make the distinction between what is allowed by society and what is allowed by the government. The term "freedom of speech" ...

In the past, the forum has had active members who could speak to difficult scientific subjects knowledgeably. That has been missing for a while. I hop...

You express your opinion, I give a lecture. Our society "views things racially." People in power "view things racially. People in power - Those who do...

King said - I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by...

I hadn't heard the term "eliminative materialism" so I looked in Wikipedia: Eliminative materialism (also called eliminativism) is the claim that peop...

If I say "This centants is speld rite in stantert inglitch," that don't make it so.

Yes, although to be fair, he has defined "metaphysics" differently that we have.