T_Clark

Such contempt. Condescension. Are you looking for someone who treats others as arrogantly as you do? You may not like them when you find them. Then ag...

Agustino is going all Zen on us. Acting without acting. I think the fact that it aggravates you so much is just icing on the cake. Maybe that is the c...

I tried to write my post in a way that didn't contradict, but added to, the comment you made. I just wanted CE to know that different things work for ...

Well, first off, as you indicate, the law of non-contradiction applies to propositions, not the world outside our heads. Not knowing the difference be...

Also, if you want to be cheered up, read the Joke of the Day thread. Brilliant jokes, really funny. And then there's stuff by @"Nils Loc" too.

Speaking from personal experience, this is not true for many people, including myself. It can also be self-defeating if controlling yourself means bei...

Well, I don't know you, but, yes, if you say things to people you meet like what you said above, they'd want to stay out of gunshot range. If you said...

Very sad, but very well written.

/uploads/resized/files/sz/fv100z87n9xf5ppv.jpg No, we don't think you're arrogant. And we love you too.

Joke of the Day - October 25, 2017 Niels Bohr dies and goes to heaven. When he gets there, he finds Albert Einstein waiting to show him around. After ...

Yeah, BC, that'll cheer him up.

The thing that disturbs me most about this thread is the extent to which some of us feel contempt, anger toward those who don't share our values or fo...

In my capacity as the bringer of philosophical sweetness and light, I would say it has made me happier. I've never really been alienated, but I've bee...

Joke of the Day - October 24, 2017 Q: How many mathematicians does it take to screw in a lightbulb. A: >= X!^2 + (i^2 + X)^3, where X = 1 I'm almost o...

Which man? The human man who worked to translate one set of symbols into the other or the intelligent system as a whole which included the first man?

Bonus Comedy Not a joke, but wonderful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gJamguN04

I think I'm missing the point. Why would I pick a statement known to be true as an example of one that is not falsifiable?

Joke of the Day - October 23, 2017 A different mathematician and a different priest are having lunch at a different restaurant. The mathematician asks...

Really, is that the best you got? Also, both are acceptable.

Frank and I used to be pretty good friends. Then he started hanging around with Descartes in bars. You can only take so much "ge pensh donk ge schwee....

Frank knows better than to read philosophy or to introduce his daughter to philosophers. Also, her name is Ellen, not Sophia.

Frank is always amused, which provides incontrovertible evidence he is not a philosopher.

That's a reasonable question if you are asking about your own behavior. You can decide it for yourself. If you are asking when it is ok to call others...

Joke of the Day - October 22, 2017 DesCartes and his buddy Frank were sitting at the bar. Frank says “you look really thirsty, Renee.” DesCartes says ...

In addition to a "flag" tag, there should be a "TL flag" that goes directly to TimeLine so she can come and kick your ass.

Why am I not surprised? There has never been any doubt you are smart. Given that you'd rather have the sandwich, you might even be smarter than I.

We engineers would rather pitch them out windows or slit their throats.

You're not imagining yourself with no body, you're imagining yourself imagining yourself with no body.

Now some smart person will respond "I don't want to be happy, I want to be wise." Which is like saying "I don't want to breathe, but I would really li...

I'm a smart guy. There are things I get the first time around. There are other things I've gotten only after beating my head against the wall for year...

Here's a little scene I act out when I'm trying to be funny. I'm not sure it will translate well in words: Intelligence vs. Wisdom: Intelligence - Man...

I think you are right. That is part of the belief system I was describing. That doesn't change the fact that many companies operate differently. There...

It's not my logic, it is what I understand many people feel is necessary.

I have worked for a couple of companies in my life which continued to seek growth and grow to the point where they 1) collapsed or 2) lost their ident...

I think you and I have had this conversation before. As envisioned by Lao Tzu et. al., It is we humans who bring the universe into being out of non-be...

I was going back to the irony pointed out in MMs original post on this subject.

This doesn't seem very plausible to me. What anthropological or archeological knowledge do you have that makes you think this is how the gathering of ...

I assumed it was built to house the language departments.

Are we complaining that the person who, more than any other person, precipitated the most important social change, the best thing that has ever happen...

I went to high school in Martinsville. We moved there when I was 15. I don't really belong in the south.

Up north here we say "you guys."

This is a very funny caricature of what most people think philosophy is about. I don't see any sign that you intend it to be ironic.

Has anyone ever claimed that MSNBC is unbiased? Even though I'm liberal, I like Fox News better. I'd rather watch the bad guys being boneheads than th...

All philosophy only works in theory. Everything we know only works in theory. Is that a pragmatic view?

Disagree with the opinion, love the phrase.

Clearly from what I have written, I disagree. I have not been happy much in my life, but I've always known that the world is good and I belong here. E...

I have met a few people who are completely not perfect but I think are good. These are not people whose goodness is obvious. Typically I've seen it wh...

I think you and I have disagreed about this before. You can be content while you are suffering or identifying with the suffering of others. Contentmen...

Intentionally fictional substances: Upsidasium (Rocky & Bullwinkle) Hushaboom – mumble, mumble, mumble, and a pinch of salt (R&B) Kryptonite – all col...

Joke of the Day - October 21, 2017 Q: How many pragmatists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: Why would it take more than one?