T_Clark

@"Aurora", @"Michael Ossipoff", and I were having a discussion on another thread about opinion vs. fact. It seems to me this is the same issue. Every ...

Thank you.

I think you should expand on your comment/question. Why is subjectivity a problem? I don't think you can have objectivity without it. Can you give an ...

This is a public forum and you're welcome to poke your nose anywhere you want. As I said before, if you don't use quotes and links it's really hard to...

What a bunch of bullshit. You guys should have the nuts to take responsibility for what you say and not hide behind that sorry excuse. Be that as it m...

Here's what I got my brother for Christmas this year: /uploads/resized/files/bj/d7tcujuqktxryyiv.jpg It's called "Singapore Bird" and it was the patte...

Please explain the difference between these two statements: Statement 1 - Frank Smith is an asshole Statement 2 - In my opinion, Frank Smith is an ass...

I wasn't suggesting you shouldn't post, only that I am less likely to back off on this thread than I might be on others because of my personal interes...

This happens from time to time. I find myself at odds with another forum member on what I consider pretty fundamental philosophical issues. What I gen...

I didn't say anything about you. I said something about what you said. I attacked your statements and ideas, not you. If you're going to make statemen...

Please point out anywhere I have attacked you. I have tried hard to change my way of arguing to take out all personal attacks and to focus on the argu...

I'm not angry or upset. I stated a fact - you are telling billions of people that they are wrong and you are right about the most important thing ther...

Well, your opinion isn't really humble at all, is it. You are telling billions of people who worship Jehovah, Allah, Vishnu, and all the rest that the...

I'm not sure that works. Let's go back to the marbles. I know there are 1,000 marbles in the bag. In reality there are 999 white marbles and one black...

The whole "what is science" discussion has been had many times on this forum and I'm not really interested in picking it up again. I'll just record my...

Now I'm lost. The probability of rolling two dice with a maximum number of pips on any face of six and getting a total greater than 12 is 0, no matter...

I really like this description. The image I use is of a spring - water bubbling up to the surface through the rock from an underground source. Just ab...

Of course, there are people who, apparently, remember everything in detail.

If you guys really decide to go ahead with this, please do it in a separate thread or debate so we can all follow along and cheer, or more likely, wha...

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say, but some things came to mind as I read. Where do forgotten things go? I'll speak in terms of my e...

I like the way you've put his all together. Some of the internal experiences you describe I have felt also. A lot I have not. Generally, yours seem mo...

Here's a song that makes me wish I were a gay woman.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZki0PkSgAs

Here's T Clark's formulation - In any enterprise; soccer team, engineering office; factory floor; hospital; McDonalds; 25 % of the people are competen...

I think I'll let Christians tell me what their fundamental truths are. I'm pretty sure you're not qualified. From my perspective outside all recognize...

As I said, it's not a war crime if you win.

Also, babies get eaten by dingoes; the toilets flush backwards; their greatest actor is Paul Hogan; the national anthem is "Waltzing Matilda" which, b...

About the same number of people were killed in the firebombing of Tokyo and Dresden as were killed in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima - a...

Let's say we have an opaque bag of marbles. All are the same shape and size. They are of two possible shades - white and black. We reach in without lo...

I was thinking how I would respond to AngleWyrm's post. I like the way you have, so now I don't have to. I see what we call universal laws of nature a...

Some more thoughts on rereading your posts Looking at my own experience of awareness, I think there is something between the animal's "wordlessly plug...

@"apokrisis" I've thought a lot about the things you've written as part of this thread. I went back and reread your posts. I'm working on putting what...

I guess "sick him" is an alternative spelling used by high falutin leaders and such, i.e. by my betters.

As I said, I am a technological singularity skeptic. On the other hand, a lot of smart people take it seriously. I believe the term "singularity" come...

I agree with Jupiter Jess. If you make goofy claims, you undermine the credibility of everything you say. That's not inappropriate. Of course, most cl...

It seems to me your characterization has some truth if you change "intellectual" to "academic." I think that is a symptom of the sad state of those id...

I disagree with this characterization. I'd say 90% of the intellectual life everywhere is focused on advancing technology and making money. I think th...

In this post, I used the term "technological singularity" every time I referred to it. I don't understand this comment. The technological singularity ...

It's "sic em."

The technological singularity has not happened yet and may never. Other species on earth are not technological or sentient, although I guess they will...

I don't disagree, but if very, very bad things are coming in the not too distant future, people I love very much, people whose lives I consider more i...

That was a tongue in cheek comment. As I indicated, there are a lot of smart people who disagree with you. I'm a skeptic, but I'm not at all certain. ...

We've determined that we need a working pump. Please lay out some specific deductions that will be made to identify a solution to the problem.

I grew up in southern Delaware, a pretty flat place. As a young adult, I moved to New England and I've spent a little time out west. When I've been in...

All you've done is described the process of pump repair and then put the word "logic", "logical", or "logically" in front of everything. Please descri...

I'd like to hear some examples of highly educated elites who keep things running. I can't think of any. How about the highly educated elites who almos...

It would be helpful if you can give me an example of logic being used to apply human values, identify problems and goals, decide the appropriate metho...

I'd say the solutions to the problems are not logical or illogical. Logic applies to propositions - statements of fact. It doesn't address applying hu...

Sorry. I didn't think this was aimed at me. I do have a response. I recognize a whole range of problems in our political, economic, and international ...

I often avoid long posts, but I read all of yours and liked it very much. I don't really disagree with anything you say and you added a lot of depth t...

On a non-mathematical, personal basis, I have not found this to be true. When I talk to people across the political spectrum, even those with very dif...