MeTa comment:
"...since Leibniz so freely admits to the relationship in the Ask.Me, it seems like he either didn't read or doesn't quite grasp the spirit of the guidelines.
His problem is actually that his grasp of symbolic logic is lacking. You see, Leibniz..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by lia, Kid Charlemagne, jb, fourcheesemac, Blazecock Pileon
12 days ago
MeTa comment:
"My wife just got the awesomest spam that I've seen in at least two days.
"dont' be sad about badboner!!"
For some reason, the use of "badboner" as a way of getting past filters is at once ingenious, comedic, and poignant...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Sys Rq, Dillonlikescookies
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Very interesting, I wonder how this will affect the charitable organizations dedicated to fighting AIDS. Also...
Dr De Cock, an epidemiologist who has spent much of his career leading the battle against the disease...
How droll...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by vbfg, Reverend John
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Constructivism is not the same as relativism, and certainly not the same as the absolute form of relativism outlined in the clip.
Namely, constructivism is rad, relativism is not...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by regicide is good for you
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The flaw here is that the same logic would apply to those things that virtually everyone agrees are relative.
Terrible example. Use ice cream flavors instead, next time...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, weapons-grade pandemonium
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The Jeanette Winterson link was interesting, ninebelow. It would be really excellent if these sites also included, on each book's page, a paypal link that could be used to make donations to the author.
It's a fascinating thing to watch, the way..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Monster's Den is an amusing little game, but calling it even close to the best dungeon crawl on the web is, uh, a bit much. If you're looking for more substance I'd recommend any of the following...
You recognize, I hope, that every single one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chuckdarwin
Last month
MeFi comment:
"FTA:
I think the experiment had only limited relevance to our understanding of the actions of the German people under Nazi rule. In the experiment, the professor had no power to enforce his orders. In Nazi Germany, the enforcement powers went from..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Right, so this is a very watered-down distinction between valid and invalid forms of argument. Something like what you'd learn in a first-year logic course. Of course, if you've ever been in such courses, you know that making the distinction is the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Robin Kestrel
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is still mysticism, disguised as science. Mathematics describes nature. Music is part of nature.
I don't see why it's mysticism rather than the science it appears to be. If your point is just against the pervasive sense of "the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by autodidact
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hincandenza, you've certainly hit the central problem the movie poses -- and I haven't seen it, but reading the synopsis of it at wikipedia got me thinking.
We, as audience, seem to be pushed to follow the action from the torturer Paul's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Elsa
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'll never forget the time my friend Brian (baphomet), some other friends, and I went to see Chuck Palahniuk speak at a bookstore in St. Paul. He brought his copy of the 2nd ed D&D player's handbook for Palahniuk to sign. If you've never met..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by baphomet, EarBucket
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm no physicist, but I seem to remember that hidden variables have been ruled out. (The author puts it this way: "in QM there exist rigorous no-hidden-variable theorems. ... However, each theorem has assumptions. ... Thus, what these theorems..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, Henry C. Mabuse
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Quine's textbook, Methods of Logic, is one of the best textbook introductions to formal logic.
It is not, however, the best guide to the applications of logic in daily life. I think that the best, and certainly most succinct, text in that area is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Cods
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Thanks for posting this -- though I had hoped for him to add a bit of analysis in addition to the commentary.
I still feel something like cognitive dissonance about this issue. One the one hand, censorship. On the other hand, that.
It's not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You actually think mefites give a damn? That they possibly have existential, meaning of life moments?
Fuck no.
They're getting serious internet snark whenever and however they want it. You think they want a conversation? (and that goes for..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by jlbartosa, jeremy b, oaf, RedEmma, LeeJay, Belle O'Cosity, vorpal bunny, loquacious, kigpig, gummi, suckerpunch
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Comic Sans is extremely useful in deciding who you want to talk to. You don't want to talk to anyone who uses Comic Sans." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grubi
10 months ago
Ask comment:
"There wouldn't generally be much use in such comparisons, so I don't think there's much discussion of such things in most sciences. However, in computer science and mathematics, this kind of question does come up.
If you consider more abstract..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Rumple, klangklangston
Last year
Ask comment:
"Ugly is probably lack of beauty, which is much more definable.
I disagree with this idea, that ugliness is just the absence of beauty. There is a point, though not an entirely clear one, at which ugliness becomes an almost tangible quality. If..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by milestogo
Last year
Ask comment:
"I am not a dog owner, but this sort of criticism of your plans:
"Some have also questioned our sanity, and have gently suggested that we might be trying to fill some sort of "hole" in our lives not filled by work/relationships/etc...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jayder
Last year
MeFi comment:
"There's an old joke about two flies who lived benath the rim of a toilet in an outhouse. ...
Sigh. You could have used the Nietzsche quote about gazing into the abyss instead, you know?
To each their own, I keep telling myself...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by 31d1, bardic
Last year
MeTa comment:
"I thought he was just a very clever actor, who always remains in character.
Pardon me, I've been looking for a new pair of rose-colored glasses...yours look very nice. May I ask where you got them?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shmegegge
Last year
MeFi comment:
""Hands rove from chicken wings to breasts, from chips to hips, from guac to cock. One couple grind by the sink and feed each other meatballs."
I can't tell if the author is a horrible writer or a great one. Rhyming "guac" with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by soda pop
Last year
MeFi comment:
"'That saying of the Teacher is a far-famed one, which says, "Except ye eat my flesh and drink my blood, ye have no life in yourselves." Truly this saying is not merely beast-like and absurd, but is more absurd than any absurdity, and more..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by muymuy, baphomet, Faint of Butt
Last year
MeFi comment:
"i do think there is something that differentiates the sexes chemically inside the brain. Why would it be the only part of our makeup that is immune from hormonal delegation?
Yes, I'm inclined to agree with you, but I think you've missed the main..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by liquorice, Squid Voltaire
Last year
MeFi comment:
"The irony is that they needed to anthropomorphize the planets to garner sympathy for the cause." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blacklite
Two years ago
