T_Clark

The Simpsons - the most philosophical of animated TV shows.

I don't think I'm what you call a "neuro-reductionist," although maybe you would disagree. I made the following comment earlier in this thread: Do you...

As I said, I didn't question the decision, but I often found his posts interesting.

Your OP made me think of a discussion @"frank" started a while ago - Occam's razor is unjustified, so why accept it? I disagreed with him in the discu...

I hadn't seen that link. The article looks interesting. Thanks.

As I said, I enjoy your travel stories.

Maybe it's that you and I have a different approach to philosophy. Now that you've started actively participating in discussions again, it seems to me...

Reading your post, I couldn't remember how we got on this point. Going back and looking didn't help. So we can leave it there, as long as we agree tha...

Unlikely I'll ever get up that way, but I like having you to scramble around the old Soviet republics and tell us what they're really like. I probably...

Amazing!

As I've said before, I find Central Asia fascinating. Did I mention about the apples?

I'll let the moderators make the judgements about banning, but I strongly disagree with your judgement about the quality of his philosophy. I think he...

I knew that some Afghani are Persian, but I didn't know Tajiks are.

A certain amount of tedious work is required for most jobs, and I think that's a good thing. As an engineer, there is a tendency to computerize data m...

Aren't Uyghurs Turkic like all the ...stans?

Hey! I resemble that remark.

Thank you, thank you. Did I mention that I did it myself with no help?

You're welcome. Did I mention that I did it all myself, with no help. I wrote it all. I really mean it. I did it. Me.

As one of those who might be characterized as demanding definitions, I have some thoughts. The first is one I've expressed here often - many, I would ...

Here, I wrote you my analysis of your story. I did it all by myself. With no help. I did it:

Here's how Wikipedia defines "property." "In logic and philosophy (especially metaphysics), a property is a characteristic of an object; a red object ...

The ultimate psychological malady of modern life - sneeze performance anxiety.

That's a bit of an overstatement. Enlarged relative brain size might contribute to increased intelligence, but what that does is provide a new trait f...

I remember an essay by Stephen Jay Gould. In it he described what happens when animals get larger. Their brains tend to get larger at a faster rate th...

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I think it's the shell.

Bread, pasta, matzo, saltines, pancakes, Ritz Crackers, popovers, pie crust, cookies, cakes.... Add a little flour to water and a few other ingredient...

Always tasteless. Not often as dry as in this case.

Tomorrow is our Easter party. My wife is serving matzo with salmon & sour cream dip. I tried it, the tastes go together well and the crunch is nice.

Perhaps it is my luck that is remarkable. Actually, I've only eaten them a few times. So, not so remarkable.

Ordinary hot cross buns are dry and tasteless. I hope yours lived up to that tradition.

Sorry to take so long to respond. I didn't get a notice. There's a long history in evolutionary biology of people off-handedly assigning evolutionary ...

As Bear Bryant said, "Victory is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration." Wait, no, he said "When the going gets tough, the tough get going," or was tha...

I would like to formally protest. I, the universally sometimes respected; often very rarely admired; and sometimes never venerated have been reduced t...

Nice to meet you @"Paul".

As I noted, I don't think you and @"Mikie" are arguing fairly. You just keep throwing out rhetorical obstacles to try to trip me up rather than trying...

Thanks for the summary. I don't think it's a quibble, it's metaphysics. One way or the other I'm ready to be done with it.

And third, don't call me Shirley.

:snort: I have no objections to the version you provided. It doesn't change the meaning of the verse. There is this commentary at the end of it: Note ...

This is really pitiful. You just keep restating your conclusion over and over as if it were an argument. Nuff said. I'm done.

He said "In the following paper I wish, first, to maintain that the word is so inextricably bound up with misleading associations as to make its compl...

Here is Thomas Merton's version of the story. I've hidden it because it's long:

If Lao Tzu lived in accordance with the Tao, then, no, no plans or intention were requried. According to the Tao Te Ching, it did. Again, you are usin...

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I'm sure there are many of us.

I usually thank the AI when I am done. I have two reasons 1) I feel uncomfortable when I don't and 2) I want to keep on the good side of our future ma...

It's true, the Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, and other Taoist texts are ambiguous. That's considered, as the cliche goes, a feature, not a bug. I don't cl...

The correct solution would be for me to give both my tickets to two children. If they wouldn't let me do that, I would refuse to go and tell them to g...

Thanks. When I pointed out to you that your claims were just as vague as mine, I hoped that would be the end of the discussion. Now you've put in the ...

Thanks for the link. Interesting article. A couple of thought about this 1) "Delusion" seems more accurate than "hallucination," but I won't argue the...