praxis

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the mountains - My Fair Lady You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find ...

I guess the example is unclear because it lacks specificity. The unknown critter is referred to as both an experience-based prediction and also an inf...

Me too, hence my nickname: Eggheadovitch.

Beliefs are ‘held to be true’, which means that experience or evidence that may disprove a belief is resisted. We don’t necessarily resist new informa...

You asked: “If one then moves away from one’s position so as to avoid the possibility of contact with a small animal, how can this activity be account...

Queso fresco is mucho blando. :down:

Prediction, to put it succinctly. This happens whether we like it or not. Our minds are constantly looking for patterns and making predictions. Maybe ...

I occasionally make what I call Mexican Breakfast. Kind of racist I guess, but it's torn up corn tortillas sauteed in butter until slightly crispy, th...

TRUTH!

I like a short story but that's redic. Okay though.

Somewhere under your profile there’s a link for drafts.

I’m suggesting that it’s not a personal foundation but a group foundation. We don’t need to believe ourselves, do we???

Not mystical, I was just goofing. It was an interesting experience though.

Rather, I think the question is how can you build who we are without some kind of foundational beliefs.

If I accept or trust or think or estimate or conclude or predict that you're telling the truth does that mean that I believe (hold to be true) you're ...

I think you're wrong about this. If we're uncertain about something do we need to confirm this uncertainty, or 'hold it to be true', to ourselves? No....

First, you say that believing expresses uncertainty and knowing expresses certainty, but then say that believing can express certainty. There is also ...

Wow, that’s heavy, and I thought Trump supporters were a bad enough exemplar to justify the condemnation of belief.

:love:

Non-fossil energy is only a fantasy if you're demanding that our current way of life (hollow materialism) remains the same.

I've noticed recently that I prefer heavy flatware, and once I feel the delicious weight of a heaver ware I can't go back to a lighter ware. I suppose...

If I accept or trust or think or estimate or conclude or predict that you're telling the truth does that mean that I believe (hold to be true) you're ...

Oh, right, oops. We have the same style Fiestaware only in orange.

Good color coordination between the flatware and jammies.

I’m not sure how to answer because I’m not sure what you mean by ‘hold to be true’. What exactly do you mean by that?

We’re all sailing on an ocean of liquid hot magma. Kinda freaky when you think about it.

My dad was a half-Norwegian from North Dakota and I’m pretty sure that I’ve inherited much stodge from him.

Not at all, much of what I do is subconscious. Also, my dog never declares his beliefs to anyone and yet he seems to manage just fine. I act according...

What difference does it make?

Well, whatever the case, I didn't make it much further than the first paragraph.

Rather, I'm confident that I can put thoughts together, speak English, and type out a message that can be shared online. I also have reasons to think ...

You misspelled weaponsing but I kinda like it. Sounds more whimsical.

Ah, that explains why there are no white male patriarchs on the left side of the aisle, and why some speech is PC, even though all speech is only vali...

If you’re referring to postmodernism I think the intended target is straight white males, like Mr. Depp. Hay, we’ve gone full circle! :party:

I take it you’ve been reading Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens)? That’s all well and good as far as I know, but you seem to be applying those ideas with far...

Actually, the work of Robert Cialdini is backed up by numerous empirical studies.

*what are you guys talking about*

@"NOS4A2" be ghost'n. :razz:

Saw an ad for the new season the other day. Now if I can just get my damn Amazon Prime app to work.

That's not really how things played out as I understand it. In Western society, for example, it's theorized that religion was instrumental in state-bu...

I appreciate it, thanks.

Maybe just a quick refresher on how political correctness is based in postmodernism, if you don't mind.

How about Antifaman or Marxman?

An amphibious superhero played by a Hawaiin dude. His wife will likely sue for abuse one day also because rumor has it that he's an asshat.

She plays Aquaman's girlfriend or something but they lack chemistry, as though that matters in an Aquaman movie.

We partake of all sorts of fictions in social life. They're called institutional or social facts, though they are anything but facts. Why get so hung ...

So there I was, nervously entering the floatation tank like a virgin bride on her wedding night. I know that simile doesn't make sense but bear with m...

Correct me if I’m wrong but you seem to be the only one who’s making a fuss about my convictions, and this place is PC as fuck.

I’m about half convinced by the evidence. https://78.media.tumblr.com/9be763968e8080eee1c8924642ba886d/tumblr_pehygkZSnX1rglixoo5_1280.jpg

People will obey some words but not others, so obedience is certainly partly determined by the words.