I've been thinking about this more. I think you asked the wrong question. The right one is "Is discussing metaphysics useful." The answer is "yes, ver...
I don't judge people by whether they are black or white. I'm white and I don't feel guilty about it. I try not to judge people at all, with variable s...
That's very convenient. Let's be fair now that fairness helps the people in power. Same as it ever was. It also ignores the on-going treatment of blac...
This is not a scientific discussion. The rules of justification are not the same. That wasn't really seen as a problem for the past 400 years. It's on...
I've been playing both sides of the net in this discussion. It angers me how facilely white people can shrug off 400 years of brutality. At the same t...
This is not aimed at you. I don't know who you are or where you came from. Saying that we shouldn't look at race is what people who don't remember tha...
I think you meant "can't." If not, you'll be getting a lot of visitors in Minnesota soon. Sure, but the position of blacks is different, at least in t...
I like this idea. Let's make a list of statements that would/should/could be included in hate speech. We'll delete specifics. I don't think the modera...
Of course, but I don't see how that changes anything I said. As I've said, I'm coming around to the position that focusing on money rather than race w...
I am not a systematic student of either philosophy in general or the philosophers you reference specifically, so maybe my take is naive. But that's ne...
It's not what scientists find useful that's important. It's what makes good science, and that's not just for scientists to decide. People, non-scienti...
@"Bitter Crank" has said explicitly elsewhere that he considers class (i.e. money) more important than race. It is not true that "past injustices ... ...
You are a tough cookie. That's not a bad thing. I think I understand the limitations of my abilities, and I do the best I can. It's something people d...
Of course people have different experiences, but we're all people. There is a lot of common ground. It's not exact, not necessarily accurate. And it's...
Yes, you are correct. Still arrogant. Still laughable. As I've said numerous times now, I'm not interested in going any further with this discussion. ...
Forgot to respond to this comment. I'm not familiar with the science or philosophy of language, so I don't really know what you mean by "language game...
Saying that my arguments are flawed because they failed to convince you is ....arrogant certainly. I'll go further - laughable. I made my best effort ...
In response to your request for me to respond to your examples I've thought about time a lot. So, I guess the questions is - is it real. Yes, I think ...
I assume we are talking about the issue with Newton's Laws. It's fine to give references to smart people who are familiar with the subject. I can find...
They are not flawed in the sense you are describing. It has been acknowledged that they are not applicable in some situations, e.g. when the speed of ...
Well, if Wikipedia disagrees with you, you must be wrong. More importantly, I disagree with you. I don't really care what we call it. There are intell...
I think you're saying that metaphysics is clearly not a science. I agree that metaphysics is not a science by itself, but there are a lot of smart peo...
Who are you to tell @"Teller" what he feels or should feel or what is suitable for him to feel. Also, as you can see below, he acknowledged his gratit...
It is neither nonsensical nor racist. It's what it is. White people, in general, on average, have more money than black people, in general, on average...
Maybe that would be true if metaphysical questions had true or false answers. They don't. Metaphysics is a matter of agreement, consensus. It's the ru...
In my experience that isn't true. It's certainly true that many Jews maintain a close relationship with their traditions, probably to a greater extent...
It's not a matter of what they want or don't want. Many ethnic groups maintain cultural and traditional attachments to their ethnic heritage, but stil...
It also has genetic disadvantages. Marriage of first cousins is generally allowed in the US. I have no problem with that, but if it became widespread,...
I think the same is true for other minorities in America - Irish, Hispanic, Italian, Jewish. It seems to me the difference is that those other minorit...
First, a small irony - "Is discussing metaphysics meaningful ?" is a metaphysical question. Rather than answer your specific examples, I'll make three...
To some extent, in the US it's the other way around. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Republican Party started an effective and self-aware progr...
Maybe, but I don't think that applies to black people, Hispanics, and other unpopular minorities. White American society defined black people as black...
In many ways, you and I are very similar. I often start out to write something only to find you have already done so. On the other hand, I envy you yo...
Although, as I said elsewhere in this thread, I do think that money does probably make the biggest difference, it bothers me to ignore race. Black peo...
I was trying to do two things 1) Avoid the confusion I may have caused in the past by lumping epistemology in with metaphysics. That's why I called it...
The irony is that the political problems we are having right now reflect the fact that political parties have lost their authority and coherence. In t...
Well, for one particularly egregious example of a bad reaction to mass violence, following September 11, 2001, blind outrage and indignation ultimatel...
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