T_Clark

Democracy won't work without expecting a lot from citizens.

I don't think that's necessarily true. A lot of conservative gun owners I know have no trouble with what they consider reasonable gun control. On the ...

I doubt that's true. I'll think about it some more. As I see it, the criticism of "them" I've seen in this thread hasn't constituted critical thinking...

That makes this whole exercise beside the point except as a hell-in-a-handbasket kvetch. Oh, good. Thanks for that enthusiastic endorsement. As I note...

I appreciate that you have started using the suspension prior to banning in some cases.

Thanks Javi. There is a lot of mean spiritedness here and It's good to see you pointing it out.

Funny you should ask that. Here's a conversation I had with Chat GPT several weeks ago: Me How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could ...

I am working on a program that will automatically pick out recent posts from the forum and respond to them using Chat GPT. That way I won't have to wa...

T Clark: What are the hardest phrases to say in the English language? ChatGPT The difficulty of phrases can vary depending on factors such as pronunci...

To check this out, I asked Chat GPT for a list of condiments. Here are 100, hidden so they won't take up too much space: Ketchup Mustard Mayonnaise BB...

I've been hanging around with other people for more than 70 years. We have much more in common than we do in conflict. Question - I get the impression...

You haven't told us how to go about accomplishing the whole critical thinking, rationality thing. Why do I have to come up with a plan for the why can...

No, I don't, but I think changing our attitudes toward each other would be easier than somehow creating a nation of so-called critical thinkers. As I ...

One of the advantages of being old is that you've heard everything at least twice. We've been going to hell in a handbasket at least since I was born....

I've been meaning to try provolone on a cheeseburger. As I noted, it melts well. My son, who is a former bartender and butcher and cares about this st...

What strikes me is that all of the responses so far except @"Joshs" show contempt for our fellow citizens. Certainly this is not a sign of reason. We'...

I like provolone a lot on breakfast sandwiches. It melts really nicely. Try sticking your sandwich with the top off in the toaster oven for a couple o...

Not animosity: disdain contempt distaste scorn malice hate hostility hatefulness despite contemptuousness resentment misprision despisement spite loat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2zJOryHKQ

"The Song That Never Ends" - You must know that.

During the period you missed, there were two and a half pages dedicated to how to pronounce the word "dance." No, I'm not kidding. You picked a good t...

I think the basis for this is primarily aesthetic. It just seems like it aught to be that way.

This is from about a year ago: Amazingly, it's still an accurate summary.

@"javi2541997" Hey, Javi. I'm reading "Killing Commendatori." I'm enjoying it.

I don't know, but I have the feeling that if we somehow got rid of the quantum vacuum, there'd be another turtle waiting in the wings. As a sometime p...

This, from the internet: I bring this up for two reasons: I was sure @"Hanover" would want to know I want to complain that they didn't show a picture ...

Ugly Looks uncomfortable Impossible to keep clean Difficult for us old folks to get up from I don't like marshmallows.

The forum is a bastion of anti-religious prejudice. I was going to warn you when you first came on, but looks like you found out for yourself.

Weird Al is amusing mostly for the fact that he exists rather than for anything he does. I think it has something to do with quantum mechanics. Yankov...

@"unenlightened" - I'm not sure, but I think maybe @"Baden" wants me to invite you to meet him in that paved area out back.

I have no trouble with the idea of something coming out of nothing, but there is a problem. You'll find here on the forum, and I assume elsewhere, tha...

I am very impressed with the quality of the last several pages of discourse. Farting as a Marxist metaphor for the evils of capitalism - philosophy at...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSg_6T8HrRg

Now I'll have to go read Hegel to figure out what you're talking about... Not.

Not knowing anything about Hegel, I wasn't sure whether it was a complement or an insult.

Thank you very much, or go fuck yourself, whichever is appropriate.

My problem with rich people doesn't have anything to do with all their money and the silly things they spend it on. I'm certainly not rich, but I have...

As you know, my comment was ironic, actually doubly so. First, it was ironic in the obvious way - using a trivial, silly conversation as an example of...

This is something I think about whenever a discussion of morality takes place. It seems to me there is a fundamental difference between behaviors that...

PSJ

@"Jamal" See the last few posts between @"Baden" and me. This is the kind of quality discussion I think really belongs here in the Shoutbox.

@"Baden", please explain it. I can't, for obvious reasons.

In the OP, you wrote: I was agreeing with you. Perhaps I've misunderstood what you mean by "moral intuition." I was taking it to mean:

@"Baden" can set you straight.

By George, he's got it. Seems to me you've pissed off Chat GPT. These next years may be quite difficult for you.

I thought that was clever. I'm going to do that from now on - find amusing ways to refer to that location without actually using the commonly used ter...

I see conventional morality as a social phenomenon - it's imposed by a community, not by an individual - and not to shut down arguments but to control...

Come on. Let's go out to that location where our automobiles are stored.

To start, I acknowledge I misunderstood what you were trying to say. I looked at your profile page and read what you wrote about necessary suffering v...

I thought you would appreciate more of my pompous summary judgements (PSJs).