T_Clark

In a previous answer to one of my posts you wrote: As I replied to that comment, I think you were right. The only way you can sell panpsychism is to l...

Sliced cabbage, mayonnaise, vinegar - best coleslaw ever. Celery seed or minced raw onion if your wife says you have to. Never, never, never carrots. ...

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True. That makes sense. Now I guess you're going to show us how what we experience as awareness can be observed in rocks.

Not being a panpsychist, looking for consciousness in inanimate objects is not something I would normally do, but since you brought it up... It seems ...

I think I like your riff on my thumbs up tclemoji better than the tclemoji itself.

I didn't think it was pretentious, but it was definitely a one joke routine. Perhaps a short story.

Yeah. I just gave up on "Last Days of New Paris." It had that Mieville tornado of words and I could tell it was well put together, but it just didn't ...

I flip a coin and it comes up tails. If I said "It could have been heads," that would be a true statement. Is that what you mean?

As I understand it, the big bang theory with inflation is the current consensus cosmological theory. I'm sure that will change over time as we learn m...

The currently accepted cosmology - big bang, inflation. It's plausible but incomplete. Infinite wasn't right. The right word is "unlimited." Humans la...

I didn't see that as a comment on @"Skalidris". I was just curious about how Chat GPT would handle a long post in logic format. All in all, it was les...

Not in my experience, but you can. Keep in mind, in situations where it is possible to be wrong, current versions very often are.

Here's what Chat GPT says:

Your original post and this thread have nothing to do with God and nothing to do with probability. You're just playing around with pseudo-logic. You c...

Sorry to be so obvious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdCuWzlM5E8

Nomination as the greatest post in the history of the Shoutbox can be made by anyone, but selection can only be made by The Voice of the Spirit of Phi...

Just to be clear, I plan, ironically enough, to nominate my original "ironically enough" post as the greatest post in the history of the Shoutbox.

I am, ironically enough, very proud of the previous post.

Using a Fonzie-derived meme is itself, ironically enough, jumping the shark. As is, ironically enough, using the term "meme." As is, ironically enough...

Agree that American cheese is the right one for cheeseburger. Thumbs down on caramelized onions - raw. Pickles are ok, but I remove them and eat separ...

I think this is an oversimplification. Your "algorithmic" action we would probably call either instinct or habit, depending on whether it is inborn or...

Mmmm. Just the way my mother used to take it out of the can. https://www.tasteofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TOH.com19_4295_CannedCranberry_11_...

Too bad. He didn't show up often, but when he did, he usually had interesting things to say.

I have no problem with that. I was just curious.

We've been reading text in physical form for more than 5,000 years. A little regret is reasonable.

I'll say to you what I said to @"Baden" - This all seems plausible. Is there justification that it's true, or is it just a general sense of history, s...

This all seems plausible. Is there justification that it's true, or is it just a general sense of history, society, and culture?

So, show us how smart you are. Give us something to work with.

I didn't know there were any outside the US.

Here's my town's Carnegie library: /uploads/files/l7/8ps7tql6upa6tdan.png

I grew up in a small town in Delaware. I remember going to New York City with my mother when I was a kid. She took me to the Doubleday Bookstore. This...

Me and my family's. I also have a couple of free-standing bookshelves.

I read almost entirely on my cell phone using Kindle, but I still feel the loss of what paper books meant to me.

I was talking about lending them to or borrowing them from friends, but you're right. The best of all is Libby. If your library is a member, you can d...

Agreed. That's something you can't get from a Kindle - that feeling of hoarding a pile of gold. My precious. Looking at the book listing on my compute...

Real books: /uploads/files/84/vgmndf1nlcpcncee.jpg

I deeply resent that my smirky little poke at Ronnie D has been turned into a substantive discussion.

@"universeness" is very ecumenical. He hates all religion.

Come on Uni, you know you're only looking for another opportunity to rag on Christians and rub their noses in your lack of belief.

I never saw it. Is there drag in it?

Sure, but there's something beautiful about a wall full of paper books. It feels like you're rich. Like money in the bank. Also, you can't loan or bor...

No, not sad. I still love books and used to love reading them. Now, when I do, I find myself tapping on the page to look up the word. I'm pretty lazy....

Thinking about it again, I should probably leave "The Crying Game" off the list. We can add "Hairspray" to make up for that.

I wouldn't want to read a Mieville book on paper. I need Kindle so I can look up all the words. His vocabulary is incredible but it never feels artifi...

I don't think so. It's dense, long, and pretty bleak. The writing is great, but it took me two tries. The Mieville book I like best is "Railsea." Yes,...

I also thought of "Boys Don't Cry," but decided I only want to include movies that would generally be considered inoffensive in order to underline the...

Here's the movie listing for the Ron DeSantis film festival: Mrs. Doubtfire Mulan I was a Male War Bride Tootsie The Crying Game Some Like it Hot

Often I am not so wise.

When this kind of thing comes up in a thread, I generally make my case once or twice and then bow out. I don't see any reason to disrupt the conversat...