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Point taken.

I don't think Benkei is wrong in using that term. I mean all the more so when SS, VA, and Medicare get cut in 2018.

I agree; but, then what is the value of philosophy?

But, we only value or appreciate things like knowledge, justice, morality, and other things mostly when we need them. How do you explain that?

I just think his base is somewhat batshit.

He's actually a good politician. I don't think there have been people who have followed through with all their promises in office for a while.

Well, mcdoodle mentioned desire. So, I find it hard to imagine something I want without desire or instrumental value. I'm just playing devil's advocat...

So, how does one differentiate from what has instrumental value over intrinsic value? After all one could say reasonably that everything is of instrum...

It can have instrumental value, no?

Expressing masculinity and manhood on TPF should be banworthy. :D

What are your thoughts about the compactness theorem in logic and entailment of smaller sets by larger sets that obey the compression theorem. Would t...

I hate a sleepless night, the rest of the day I just feel like shit.

That sucks. Sorry to hear.

Cat...

I'm not sure if this is true; but, most business entrepreneurs aim for being a monopoly. Sometimes it's the most efficient means of resource allocatio...

This might interest you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem

Yeah, rational agents aren't all that rational. Too bad, or good, depending on whether you're a consumer or producer.

Warranted the person is an idiot.

Actually, it would be in your both interest to collude being the only two guys with the water, unless you two were like mortal enemies or something li...

That 'feeling' can only be established relative to a competitors product.

Yeah, and a guy who throws a ball for a living can make more than a brain surgeon. That's just how preferences work. But, you seem to have a very spec...

In the case you seem to be describing is a service that has an equlibrium set not by the market but by individuals. That would be a contradiction in t...

Supply and demand. If your the only guy in town then you can charge what a monopoly charges for their goods and or services. If your code is impeccabl...

Depends on many factors. How much you customer is willing to pay above market price and why would they do that, how your product or in this case servi...

Umm, service goods or products offered obey the same relationship a commodity good does based on supply and demand. There should be no confusion with ...

Yeah but your only talking about supply and demand. I really don't get what's the issue. Maybe you would prefer a econometric explanation but I can't ...

That would be my mom's bed and she seems to like the arrangement. I guess who needs a man nowadays?

Yeah, and that's what makes prices stable over time also, what you didn't mention. And that would be important in how a price gets determined not just...

How is arbitrage possible then?

But, you pay for the bread at a similar average amount every week, don't you?

Not if the set of axioms is entailed by another one which is also consistent with the lower domain set?

That's a pretty common theme not exclusive to some philosophers who criticise social structures for creating psychological distress. Im sure many soci...

It would seem that Plato and other philosophers* took the idea to heart and went to elaborate lengths to describe an ideal state that would let people...

I lost my cat. If you see her message me... :-( Someone stole her, I'm sure of it. We found her collar on the porch.

My understanding is that the incompleteness theorems that Godel postulated can be seen as emergent phenomena from underlying axioms, although unprovab...

May I ask of your thoughts on this thread, Mitchell? Would greatly appreciate your input on thoughts about what Plato or Aristotle had to say or other...

Typically the invisible hand does that for you.

Nice quote. I don't think I can comment on that without making a faux pas.

No, don't give up philosophy if it's something that brings you satisfaction and joy. I struggle with schizophrenia, depression, and ADD. Something to ...

I feel as though this is digressing into a talk about what criteria can be used to show and understand intentionality. Wittgenstein seems to have been...

Stop, your making Wittgenstein sound like a human! Sorry for being an apologetic Wittgensteinian, haha!

Different worldviews don't matter as long as we are both being ethical towards each other. In this case applying the golden rule. So differing worldvi...

What about the golden rule? It seems that most cultures with a long enough history of thought have some version of it in their moral or ethical works?...

Well a recent example is the Bitcoin fad. People tend to give value on things they think will be worth more in the future than its current worth. Im n...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LNTsle7UtM

Plato. Heavy name to throw out, and I often try not referencing him due to my limited readings of his Dialogues and The Republic. I would argue that t...

Great to see you mcdoodle. This seems to be a case where things cannot be described but shown in practice, like good behavior or acceptable behavior. ...

I don't understand how computer programs are related to entropy or the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. I suppose the issue is understanding how emergent pr...

A computer program occupies the logical space created by the hardware of a computer. So, it exists as an epiphenomenon if that makes any sense.

So, it might be that having a sound mental health goes together with being ethical. I don't know of any person who wasn't sane and concerned with ethi...