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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #60 on: September 12, 2008, 05:57:53 PM »
Cheers  :)
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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #61 on: September 12, 2008, 08:19:26 PM »
Which are amplifiers of humor, not providers thereof. You still need a little to kick it off.

Also, lol.
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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #62 on: September 12, 2008, 08:19:57 PM »
Which are amplifiers of humor, not providers thereof. You still need a little to kick it off.
Says you.

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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #63 on: September 12, 2008, 08:20:21 PM »
Which are amplifiers of humor, not providers thereof. You still need a little to kick it off.
Says you.

Damn right.
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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #64 on: September 12, 2008, 08:27:56 PM »
Well, that's not true in all cases.

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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #65 on: September 12, 2008, 08:44:58 PM »
Well, that's not true in all cases.

Elaborate.
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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #66 on: September 13, 2008, 08:45:03 AM »
I've had fun with booze alone.

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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #67 on: September 15, 2008, 09:51:25 PM »

i say the dog is self aware, just unable to express it in a way we are able to appreciate.
and i do expect morality from the dog. it knows as much about right and wrong as i do.
 that is to say, there is no right and wrong.

Just re-read the whole thread, starting at post #12, with this ~picture in your mind:
"The dog is humping a chair leg."

It starts to get good on page 3.

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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #68 on: September 16, 2008, 03:59:02 AM »
Anyone wanna paraphrase this for me?

It looks really interesting, but I am far too tired and/or lazy to read it in full.

Tagging in case I feel motivated later.  :P

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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #69 on: September 16, 2008, 12:50:26 PM »
in summation


someone said : blah blah
i said : nuh uh
someone said :yeah but uh huh
i said : nun uh

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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #70 on: September 16, 2008, 03:08:20 PM »
Anyone wanna paraphrase this for me?
Philosophers are wasting their time trying to explain things with imperfect languages. The study of philosophy has to change - we need to move away from treating what ancient philosphers said as gospel.
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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #71 on: September 16, 2008, 03:45:48 PM »
the old guys are the shoulders for the next great to stand on... and with out an understanding of what has been done before you will have a hard time finding unexplored territory...

the greek roman, hebrews, arab, and asain works are only the core material needed to begin the philosophical journey..

the great trick of philosophy is being able to make a living at it..
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Re: Jesus Christ This Blew My Mind.
« Reply #72 on: September 17, 2008, 09:06:47 PM »
It's just semantics.  :smirk
Heh, I had a Senior/Grad level class on that with:
http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/justine/
And to tangent, if you are heading toward 50, that's some good nerd stuff right there.

Unfortunately, my reaction to Semantics, was the same as PI's reaction to what Tsuyo posted.
Quote from: paul graham
... it's still reeling from the unexpected breakdown of words.
Semantics deals with the attempt to find the meaning of words.
Philosophy functions badly when it attempts to do Philosophy AND Semantics at the same time.

Expanding the "blowing" ...
Noam Chomsky in Linguistics, triggered a revolution in Syntax.
'Chomsky's Revolution in Linguistics', by John R. Searle (The New York Review of Books, June 29, 1972)
He had one competing idea in Syntax.
Now-a-days, both are pitched in the garbage can.
Doesn't mean it wasn't good stuff for the time.
When you use Google's el-cheapo Translator program, it uses the oft ignored syntax idea number 3.
And so it wins (syntax idea #3), because of volume.

Similarly, Semantics is gonna go through a computer based grinding.
Philosophy with Semantics excised off of it totally, will be in better steading.

I find it strange when two different fields use the same terminology, to refer to something completely different.
"Singularity" is something computer geeks know.
And when the SingularityA starts ~talking about SingularityB,
that's when we will all know the sign of the apocalypse is upon us (like what Sports Illustrated does).

jesus christ - actually yeah. Some of philosophy can not be talked about without going there.
No prostelitizing on my part. And that's not just semantics.