T_Clark

I saw the English version, which was ok. I've been thinking I should read it. Just put the electronic version on hold from my library.

I think this is true of a lot of science fiction from the 40s, 50s, and 60s. "The Foundation" and it's two successors had a big impact on me, but rere...

I just figured you'd given up on or forgotten it and I didn't want my effort to go to waste.

Yes, I know. That's why I brought up coriander seeds. I suspected parsley and coriander are related, but I wasn't sure.

Philosophy is full of dozens, hundreds, thousands of points of view, metaphysical. It's not stubborn to pick one you find useful and apply it to your ...

No. I think your formulation is meaningless. It has no practical affect and no metaphysical importance.

No. Sorry. I think the difference you describe is meaningless. It certainly has no practical affect and provides no metaphysical insight.

Cilantro and parsley tastes like eating grass to me. I always wonder why people like it so much. I also don't like celery much, especially cooked. But...

For me, they are in different parts of the mouth. Sour is right up front but bitter is at the back of the throat.

The poem is right that the best part of watermelon is the seeds. Now most kinds you buy are seedless. What's the point? Yes, and watermelon rind pickl...

Your writing on religion is knowledgeable, respectful, humane. I find it much more convincing than my beating of drums. But then, we don't need to con...

My wife made that once. Everyone but me liked it, but I dreaded every bite. I had to eat at least half of it to be polite. That's testament to my devo...

But my religion requires the frequent and vigorous use of my tongue. Nah, that's too much like something you would write.

Seeing you posting here reminds me that we never got around to discussing "Ubik" by Phillip K. Dick. When we first talked about it, I read the book an...

Funny... As an engineer I saw my primary job as taking the multiplicity of the universe and simplifying it so it could be used to make decisions. I mi...

The text about the three-dimensional universe and differing content I took from the Wikipedia article linked in the OP.

Isn't this the same thing I wrote? If not, I don't understand what you're saying.

No. It all began with our love of New York City. And with the fact that, although we are not theists, we believe that religious believers, all other t...

As the article asks "Can we meaningfully discuss what is happening right now in a galaxy far, far away?" Answer - of course not.

I know it will alarm you to recognize you and I have a lot in common.

Agree with this.

You didn't answer my question.

Sounds very good except that I hate watermelon. Have since I was a kid. Perhaps that will help you understand my philosophy better.

Why would you imagine there are direct flights to Hell? They are all routed through La Guardia. Followers of The One True Faith go first class and don...

I think you're right, but that's not the discussion we're having.

Nunh unh. Please explain how "even the slightest movement of the head or offset in distance between observers can cause the three-dimensional universe...

Calling our society a patriarchy as that term is normally used includes an unstated assumption that it is a bad thing. It seems to me that would be tr...

But you can't, so I guess that's the end of the discussion.

Yes. I was surprised by how one-sided the distributions were in many cases. I think the data you linked to was for the UK. I wonder how different it w...

I think most people would probably agree with you. When I say that being an engineer is part of my identity and that for me this means I tend to be pr...

Of course they're not analytically valid. They're not analytical at all. What you consider valid philosophy appears to be different than what I do. I'...

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I don't think anyone expects perfection. Even if the only effect is to keep Marco out, it's a success.

I guess I missed it.

I don't think it suggests anything. The text from the Wikipedia article you includes more that you didn't include: The bolded text is certainly not tr...

If you had addressed your post to anyone else, I wouldn't have responded, but you didn't. So I did respond, but I was confused, I'm still confused, ab...

Yes, I overstated my case. All those instances are political. On the other hand, once all legal restrictions to equality are removed (and I acknowledg...

Thank you. I don't see those as "perfect explications of a masculinity." I see them as an explication of how I experience of the fact that I am a man....

Thank you.

More recent books I would recommend are the "Ancillary Sword" trilogy by Anne Leckie and the Murderbot books by Martha Wells. I wouldn't call them fem...

Thank you....Hey...Wait a minute!

Unlikely. There are a lot of Clarks around. I did like to wear paisley shirts in the 1960s. By the way, if you want to tag me, you have to write it @"...

The forum certainly has it's share. I am proud to count myself among them.

I found myself laughing at your post. I value your opinions and ideas when it comes to science, but in this particular situation, your opinion doesn't...

Yes, we've seen quite a bit of the "make of fool of themselves" from you, but little of the greatness. I can only suggest you keep trying.

I didn't write them, I only transcribed cut and paste them. Pasted? That doesn't sound right.

There are certain characteristics I have that I am confident about - that are part of how I think about myself, my identity. These include that I am m...

Just to prove my point, here are 50 fortunes written by Chat GPT. I haven't even read them yet, that's how confident I am. Your wit will charm even th...

This is a list of fortune cookie fortunes I posted about five years ago. I'd like to see Chat GPT come up with better ones. You have wasted your life....

Love Harper's Index: HARPER'S INDEX Percentage by which Democrats are more likely than Republicans to trust the Wall Street Journal: 36 To trust Natio...