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I was quoting almost verbatim what Rummy said in one of his memo's or more explicitly in a documentary he starred in called 'The Unknown Known' (2013)...

There is also one last case, which I think resolves the issue. An unknown known is something that you thought you knew was the case but was not in rea...

X can be a proposition or statement of any sort. X can also be an existential quantifier or again a statement of any sort. Well, it can be some causal...

Deviating from the OP, I was wondering how does one arrive at knowledge or certainty given known knowns, known unknowns, and the seemingly metaphysica...

That may be true during the nomination phase; but, when the cards are down most Republicans will fall in line with whoever is the candidate, either a ...

I thought believing in small government was a sine qua non nowadays to being a Republican.

The same neoliberal policies have been pushed for a while already, with negative effects on the middle class and poor, much to the benefit of the rich...

You can't do anything about a fanatic base who view the government as an evil entity that needs to be drained.

I was hoping the political pendulum would swing pretty hard to the left after Trump, but his base cannot be persuaded that big government isn't always...

The fish taco lover strikes again!

Biggus D*ckus.

That's one from Tarkovsky's favorite sayings. Are you a fan?

Well, I guess it's a mystery then. Paul gave some info a while ago about losing a wager/bet and the outcome was supposedly someone behind ModBot's pos...

Sounds of the dialogues of Plato and Socrates in here. May I interject so rudely.

I think it's closer to admitting to making a mistake for humans. Elaborate process.

Stop Dave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgkyrW2NiwM

AI will kill us all.

There was a person behind the posting of ModBot. I think there were pre-made quotes, but someone was posting behind ModBot. Paul said so here some tim...

Sure miss the old PF. We used to have tons of fun banning people there.

After a while, nothing can be taken seriously in philosophy apart from ethics.

Gonna take a break from this forum. See you guys and gals whenever I come by again.

Just repeat to yourself, 'It is what it is' and your current life with gain meaning.

In terms of efficiency, it would be fascism. Not joking.

I changed my pic back to Thomas the Train Engine. He has such a Posty McPostface, does he not?

Wigga. But, seriously, what a man-child.

The issue isn't Shkreli. The issue is that the same shit he did goes on every day in the pharma world. He just got into the spotlight and seems to lik...

Interesting read. It doesn't seem that Wittgenstein was ready to accept pragmatism on the whole of it and what I make out of the text. Do you know why...

Sounds like the story of the ubermensch, Zarathustra.

So, is it society that sublimates said ego ideal insane or the character who realizes it? Nietzsche would call him the most rational and sane of all h...

So, there's a classic part of the movie where Tyler is talking to the main character and point out that he's insane. Who's insane in the said instance...

I'd ask, since understanding the true import of Fight Club, a rather cult book, and movie... Why is it hard to see what Tyler says as a satire? I know...

If you repeat a lie enough it eventually becomes the truth. Then Mark Twain said something about lying that also is true.

Look at what it does to you. Get's you elected to be Governor of California, the sixth or now seventh largest economy in the world. Hell, it can almos...

I never made that leap, because everyone does what he practically says. On face value, it IS true to a large extent.

What T does to ya.

That's from Pumping Iron, isn't it? I remember Arnie saying weight lifting is like cumming all the time. Gotta take it from Arnie, self-improvement IS...

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

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

It is what it is. I guess self-improvement isn't masturbation in some form or another. I'm the real Captain Kirk!1! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b...

The fact that your taking offense means you treat the concept with more regard than I do, snowflake.

But, there's truth in being a snowflake, snowflake! My propositional attitude formed by years of being brainwashed tells me so!

Masturbation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikY0fs94U-M

It is what it is.

I don't take it as a formula because 1 will always be limited by 2 and 3. Certainty then becomes a pipe dream and knowing that one knows, in reality, ...

So, to borrow one of my favorite sayings; There are; 1) Known knowns 2) Known unknowns and, 3) Unknown unknowns. It is what it is applied to all three...

Yes, but in a dialectical search for meaning, the ontological preposition to your position has to be asserted first.

But, really I think the saying signifies that there's something deeper than what it is. By stating that it is what it is either affirms that there is ...

It is what it is.

Yeah, the bull does most of the fighting though, so gotta praise or commend the bull for being the real fighter.

I felt like McGregor was playing with Mayweather from round 1-5 until Mayweather just saw that it was a chance to end it after McGregor got tired afte...