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Joseph

['Member']Joined: July 23, 2017 at 21:17Last active: July 29, 2017 at 07:501 discussions18 comments

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With that interpretation, your argument can be translated as such: A) Each fool a friend of someone S1 B) Each fool is a foe of someone S2 C) No foes ...
July 26, 2017 at 17:29
It isn't true that C) No friends are foes. I'm a friend to some people and I'm a foe to others. The premise is false and therefore any conclusions dra...
July 26, 2017 at 13:03
I don't think you realize how absolutely massive and hot the sun is compared to anything we could lob into it. Even if it was done for the specific pu...
July 25, 2017 at 19:36
Then my mistake; 'can' is an ambiguous word.
July 25, 2017 at 19:29
I think this is what tim wood referred to so I'll leave him as the accepted answer. It's true that ejecting directly opposite from base gets you there...
July 25, 2017 at 16:12
If depression is caused in part by guilt as you seem to say it is, then it isn't hard to think of a guilty thing one could do intentionally which woul...
July 25, 2017 at 15:58
Right, brain disorders are in another league.
July 25, 2017 at 05:26
Right about chronic conditions. There may be a component of morality to some depression and anxiety though. I overcame my chronic depression and anxie...
July 25, 2017 at 05:25
You do not have to be on medication forever to recover from disorders. For example, the standard treatment for anxiety disorder is to put the patient ...
July 25, 2017 at 04:54
The fool can be a good friend, or he can be a good foe. That doesn't mean he is either of them. Since he need not be either of them in your scenario, ...
July 25, 2017 at 03:37
Actually, I just did the math and it looks like by ejecting perpendicularly your final velocity ends up being 4x, compared to if you just cancel out y...
July 25, 2017 at 03:21
The question only asked how to get to base the quickest. Maybe home base has a circular magnet that slows you down as you go through it. :) Or you can...
July 25, 2017 at 03:05
@Sir2u Good job. This way you never negate any component of your velocity vector at any time. Each ejection turns you (roughly over) 45 degrees toward...
July 25, 2017 at 02:37
Sorry but this is trivial, comparable to concern about scratching yourself in the presence of oxygen-producing green plants since it will contaminate ...
July 24, 2017 at 19:59
How about if you wanted to state that a set contains at least one member? The only sensible way to write it is ?x?S. That is a case of a standalone qu...
July 23, 2017 at 23:34
Existence is a predicate because this statement makes complete sense: ?x?S The universal quantifier does not require existence. This statement says th...
July 23, 2017 at 22:54
It's only contradictory if you choose both simultaneously. The reason for each choice is the same: you have the upper hand around the fool, whether fr...
July 23, 2017 at 21:40
In both cases the genius is the worse pick because he has the upper hand. However, if we pick the fool we have the upper hand - in that case, we becom...
July 23, 2017 at 21:21