T_Clark

Love it. Thank you.

Well, I've read some of your posts ..... Or did you want a serious answer?

I think you and I come from different places. I have lived my life in fear of what people think of me. To me, the feeling of responsibility is cold an...

I posted that for three reasons: I wanted you guys to have a chance to gloat and ridicule me. Don't say I never do anything for you. I wanted to post ...

This is my 500th post.

Let's not forget the Chinese - Lao Tzu for example. Roughly from the same time period as the Greeks.

That joke is a bit philosophier than I aspire to. There, that's more like it.

That's what she said.

No one ever mistook you for anything but a person with a will of iron.

Joke of the day - October 6, 2017 An idealist, a linguist, a pragmatist, and Frank are sitting in a bar talking about philosophical stuff. Frank asks,...

Well, first off, it's not true. Science does not get closer and closer to some objective reality. But back to your metaphor. If science is the asympto...

The University of Delaware Institute for Finding Out Things did a study. On average, it takes 1.09 Americans to screw in a light bulb.

Nice pun, but explaining jokes is the Jay Leno fallacy.

I will not comment on that. My favorite lightbulb joke is political and is specific to the US: Q: How many Democrats does it take to screw in a lightb...

I'll go with one.

Well written, thoughtful, and responsive to S1.

Perhaps you are not aware of how insulting and degrading your words are.

A very humane and well-expressed post.

I think this is relevant, not sure - So, One of the Hindu gods was sitting around, lonely. For company, he made himself forget he was god, and split h...

I didn't see your original post, so I can't judge whether or not it should have been deleted. My typical response to deletions is - "My God, it's Moos...

I really like the forum. I have been skeptical that western philosophy has anything useful to tell us about how to live our lives or see the world, bu...

Speaking just for the US, yes, it is very different. I have my troubles with feminism, and even more with men's rights, so I don't want to get any fur...

I went on the SPLC's web page. They have a list of hate groups. I sorted by "men's rights." There were 24 hits. None of them were mainstream organizat...

I said it was a logical fallacy, not that it might not be effective and feel good.

You should be proud. Now you have a logical fallacy named after you.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this and trying to learn how to deal with the many mistakes I've made that hurt someone. Taking responsibility...

I am amused and deeply moved.

This probably isn't Platonist: No repentance or apology. Acknowledge your failure, make things right to the extent you can, and do your best not to do...

Since we're being ironic, how about "because I said so."

Perhaps a new logical fallacy - appeal to irony.

Just to clarify - You don't think using the phrase "Well, that's how we do it in Australia" is a logical fallacy because that's how you do it in Austr...

Geez - I quote Lao Tzu a couple of times and now I'm Taoist sagey. Actually, I see it as a rejiggering of the Golden Rule I don't disagree, but treati...

Thanks. I'll look them up.

I have always rejected most of what I have read in philosophy. I figure - I'm a smart guy, I can figure this out for myself. I mean, the world is just...

I think the US is probably a bad case to cite. In other parts of the world, often incompatible nationalities have been jammed together by fiat of some...

I don't understand your example. Unless you really want to lecture to the kindergarten, we can leave it there.

Sorry, no. I was having trouble following your explanation and was hoping an image would help.

Is this supposed to be an image?

Joke of the day - I posted my magnum opus of philosophy jokes a few weeks ago and nobody noticed. I was disappointed because they were, well..., brill...

I've read a little Plato. I must admit it seemed pretty klunky. I guess that's true of a lot of really old things. It seems klunky now, but it set the...

From my ignorance, what does it mean to be a Plato fan? What does it take to be a Platonist?

I'll tell you what inspires me, but that's not the same as what motivates me. Inspiration for me brings a sense of peace, pleasure. A feeling that the...

So... Tell us something. Say something we can disagree or, if you must, agree with.

I watched the first few minutes of the video and went on the web to look up Fresco. My first thought was 'Hey, XtG, do you know about 'The Whole Earth...

When I raise concerns about the moderators, I try hard to be friendly because, lord knows, I don't want the job and I know they are needed. Makes me t...

Admittedly, my friend was 16 in the 1960s and our conversation took place about 10 years ago, but, as I said, she is very wise and knows her daughter ...

You're just saying this to try to provoke Timeline. Kinda creepy.

When her daughter was 16, a friend of mine remembered when she was that age. She told me she was naïve, unaware about sex. When she first got involved...

I think the quote isn't true, although I have not thought that claim through. I'll think about it.

Your pugnacity is immoderate. I always love to have a chance to use "pugnacity."