↪Wheatley If memory serves it's in the first few pages of the Open Society and its Enemies. — Olivier5

From the little that I know, some ancient languages (Egyptian and the Semitic language family), the written words generally are missing vowels. — TheMadFool

Clear, as defined by Popper himself, is equivalent to 'not using more complex a language than the problem at hand requires'. — Olivier5

Life is too short, and I tend to find SEP unreliable. — Olivier5

I like the businessman in political power, perhaps he'll do a good job. — Varde

we're emotional on a topic — Manuel

No I mean, read the four words prior — Manuel

That is emphatically not what I said. — Manuel

I'm not saying EU is ALL bad. Not having to carry passports over borders, being able to move freely and having a common currency is comfortable and good. — Manuel

What about the pandemic, did the member states help each other out? — Manuel

Did the EU function well in the 2009 crisis? — Manuel

At the end of the day, the EU functioned way better than the UK — Benkei

EU functioned way better than the UK — Benkei

Flawed democracies in the EU:
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia — Benkei

You are much, much, much too kind to and understanding of most philosophers. — T Clark

Yes, you listed these so I added this one. — Tom Storm

Not necessarily dishonest, just easily misunderstood or unhelpfully veiled. — Tom Storm

there is still the matter of writing which is lucid versus writing which is convoluted. — Tom Storm

The constitution should be updated though. It's not as if it were God's word or something. — Manuel

I think there should be a law that says that opinion or preference can't be given as fact. — Manuel

Not that NATO is much better. I mean yes, the US is somewhat democratic, more than the EU now, I'd argue, but it doesn't matter, I mean they can just bombard you with propaganda and people go wild and want to go to war. — Manuel

I don't what you are talking about with the fascist question. — Manuel

Sanction the US or get out of NATO? They rely on NATO for defense. — Manuel

So I think it is about the EU — Apollodorus

Which option should the EU go for? A divided world dominated by fascist China or a united world keeping Chinese expansionism under control? — Apollodorus

Trump is less fascist than Xi. — Apollodorus

Yeah, but they were a bit hawkish — Hanover

Trump, despite his many many many flaws is dovish — Hanover

How should other countries react to the fascist douche being elected? — Benkei

A minority of members, who are less prideful or more willing to take risks, take a messier approach. They change their mind mid-discussion and fire out half-formed ideas. That can be good, but not always. — jamalrob

know what you mean, but I think it's unavoidable in philosophy. The ideas are what's important, not the style, although that in itself is probably debated within philosophy. — jamalrob

Maybe you're describing something that's more often used in creative writing. Can you write philosophy in the style of Ulysses? — jamalrob

Did you go "yuck" when you read this? — jamalrob