Remember when it was the parent’s job to teach their children about sexuality? — NOS4A2

Yes, and often they did nothing.

I think the philosopher said that if we argued for everything, we'd fall into an infinite regress after the first step. — Tate

No, not what he said. But I forget his name.

What isn't? — Tate

Very little to nothing is self evident. As one philosopher said, if anything was self evident there would be no philosophy.

Some things need no argument. They're self evident. — Tate

If I do not agree it is not self evident. But, seriously, if you don't want a discussion it's fine.

To each his own. — Tate

Not really. Opining is not an argument.

All sunsets are beautiful.

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,
That is all ye know on earth,
and all ye need to know."
-Keats — Tate

I do not agree.

beauty and meaning are the same thing. — Noble Dust

A beautiful sunset is meaningful. But the next day an okay sunset has no meaning? Please explain.

What Graham Priest text do you refer to? — TonesInDeepFreeze

You are correct, he calls it dialetheism.

1. All beautiful things are art (say the heart). — Agent Smith

No; whatever "heart" is.

I see art as trying to record an experience, — T Clark

Yes, agree with that.

For folks who love to make visual art but lack the painter's touch and technique, it's a godsend. — ZzzoneiroCosm

Okay.

What that means: You can save your work as file1, then continue to work, save again as file2, then continue to work, save again as file3, etc. Then, if you decide you hate file3 you can reload file1 or file2. In contrast to painting, this gives you the odd power to retrace your steps, re-envision your work, go back to a variety drawing boards. — ZzzoneiroCosm

Oh, that's what sketches are for. I never lost my work.

Do some digital art. You can save iterations along the way. — Tate

I don't know what this means.

Where does that idea come from? — Tate

Comes from my sense of the world and how I think the world looks.

The question, "creation of what?" could be asking why you stop at a certain point. How do you know when to stop? How would you answer that? — Tate

I have an idea of what a painting should look like before i start.

Because science doesn't address the ought. — Hanover

Yes, the how but not why.

I think it's about creation. — Tate

Creation of what?

Meaning. Depends on the artform. Painting is about pictures and images.

What does beauty have to do with art? I've been a painter (artist) over 35 years and don't know why some obsess over beauty.

Not everyone is here to discuss. The forum makes a fine notebook — ZzzoneiroCosm

someone else to ignore

I will never read your posts again.

There is a general sense of self which underlies and ties all the different aspects of the self together in that they are all aspects of my self, even if some of them are in conflict. — Janus

I do not think the self which underlies is anything but all those aspects.

If I ask you what it's like to visit Las Vegas, would you understand what I'm asking? — Tate

Yes, I understand English.

If there were only one way shaping from the social unit to its bodies , there would be no need for the concept of ‘I’ in the first place, only a vast cultural we-self. — Joshs

I think the idea of the self is something of a fetish. Hume's critique of identity is accurate. There are multiple selves without there being an identity of all the selves.

Trump spoke to a crowd wearing military body armor that it was time to march on the Capitol.
Legal prosecution will show he was planning this.

Privacy is certainly an issue yes. When I burn my hand, you don't feel anything. There is something private about experience. — bert1

'Private language' means you have a language no else has.

This may not be a good comparison, but I think of Wittgenstein's notion of private language. You ask some how tall are you and the person puts his hand on the top of his head and says, "this tall."

Nagel's idea of experience seems to be a kind of solipsism.

"How does it feel to be a bat?" — bert1

Yes. How does it feel to be me? How does it feel to be the person in front of me at the grocery store? I have no idea and I do not think it is a real question.

Consider the northern expression "Does it heck as like". — bert1

Never heard that and do not know what it means.

It's not supposed to imply any comparison. — bert1

Says Nagel. But what else does the word "like" mean?

There is some possible world where a computer randomly puts words together and produces great works of literature. Is that artificial system intelligent? I don't think so. — RogueAI

Okay, I was thinking of deliberately constructed machines.

It would seemingly be intelligent, but it wouldn't really be intelligent. — RogueAI

What if an artificial system can be productive, isn't that real intelligence?

Further: The distinction between natural and artificial is the problem.

actually intelligent, as opposed to mimicring intelligence. — RogueAI

Can you further explain this? What is "mimicking" intelligence mean.

People should not be prosecuted, jailed or impeached for the sounds that come out of their mouths. But, as that era has proven, the bar has already been set. — NOS4A2

Do we jail people for burping?

Looking at the issue from a psychological point of view, I'd say that most people swallow hook, line and sinker of a narrative they are given and are completely unable to critically evaluate whether the facts support it. Be it about Trump, covid, climate change or whatever lunacy would come next. — M777

Well, I am much smarter than you, I guess.

The COVID pandemic proved who the fascists were, and it wasn’t Trump. Now they have all the power they need. — NOS4A2

ok

A FOX talking point would be why the democrats, that inspired BLM riots, aren't in jail? — M777

Stay on topic.

One could reply with "oh, that's just a CNN talking point." — M777

If CNN reported that Trump insurrectionists seriously injured 200 cops, then yes.

How many people did the violent Trump supporters kills? How many guns and rifles did they bring with them? — M777

FOX talking point. 200 cops seriously injured. Is this funny to you?

Why should he be? — M777

Attempted violent coup.