The distinction can be as blurry or as narrow as you like between "good despite the bad" or "good in the bad". It still holds. — schopenhauer1
What I'm particularly concerned about is why both goodness and knowledge are necessary. Doesn't this mean that knowledge, even omniscience, can't find reasons to be good. — TheMadFool
I hope it is clear from my last that I think this is the wrong answer. — Banno
I can't imagine who would believe the pledges of the Tory party now, they have no credibility left. It will go down as the worst Tory conference in history I think, they really have lost the plot. — Punshhh
"All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth." — frank
But shouldn't the truth, by virtue of being the truth, exert some power of its own? We can only reside in fiction for so long, right? — frank
Or not? Maybe we're always in a fictional world even when the shit hits the fan. — frank
To what extent does truth have power? — frank
Next thing they'll want to change the name of the site. — Bitter Crank
The Worthless Pseudo-Intellectual Nerousis Waste Of Time Trivial Folly Inconclusive Incoherent Play Dumb Charade Pathetic Morons I Hate You All Die Mother Fuckers Forum. — S
I can't be the first person you've run into where that doesn't work. It would probably be a good idea to learn how to let that go if it's causing you frustration. — Terrapin Station
I suppose it's some sort of psychological thing where you figure you can always get folks to come around to your thinking if you just try hard enough? — Terrapin Station
When that's one's assessment, why wouldn't one simply move on and not bother with the person in question? Wouldn't that be a simple solution that wouldn't cause one so much apparent strife? — Terrapin Station
You don't see an ethical issue with removing any protection children would have against psychological abuse from their parents?
— Benkei
Correct. — Terrapin Station
Can we change the color every day? I think that would be fun. — StreetlightX
Psychological abuse is a real problem and it's not just limited to child abuse but that's an example where the State can (and will) step in by separating the children from abusive parents. — Benkei
Here's an escrow company I've used:
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Is that okay with you? — Terrapin Station
Yesterday Trump tweeted the following:
As I learn more and more each day, I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP, intended to take away the Power of the....
....People, their VOTE, their Freedoms, their Second Amendment, Religion, Military, Border Wall, and their God-given rights as a Citizen of The United States of America! — Fooloso4
A minute ago you didn't have $10k — Terrapin Station
Sure. How much are we wagering? — Terrapin Station
If you put up enough--say at least 10k US, I'll come to Australia or wherever you are (for some reason I was thinking it's Australia) and we can do the study there, so you're present every step of the way. — Terrapin Station
Yes, that you're a bullshitter. — Terrapin Station
You put the money in escrow. You draw up a contract specifying the terms. There's zero risk unless you're talking shit. — Terrapin Station
Which means that you're talking shit. — Terrapin Station
I'm not talking metaphorically. If you're sure you'd win, I wouldn't be getting any money from you, right? You'd only be getting money from me. — Terrapin Station
Okay, so the wager? — Terrapin Station
What? You don't believe that you'd win the wager? (I'm trying to confirm that that's what you're saying.) — Terrapin Station
I don't know why the other posts were deleted. Anyway, again, yeah, obviously I have unusual views, including unusual ethical views. I've stated this many times. As I said, with my political views, I've yet to run into a single other person who agrees with them overall. — Terrapin Station
Would you like to make a wager on whether a large majority (say >85%) of people assign a normative connotation to the word "correct" in various contexts? I'll put up any amount of money you'd like. We'll put it in escrow. Then we'll set up a research project to check whether people assign a normative connotation to that term.
You use the term normatively all the time. The only time you try to not do that is when it's pointed out that you do. I don't know why you don't want to admit that you use the term that way. — Terrapin Station
The "should" is in saying that it's correct to say that it's 7" and that it's correct to use a particular standard. — Terrapin Station
"Correct" is the term that has a normative connotation to the vast majority of people. — Terrapin Station
A measurement can be in accordance with some standard, but it would be difficult to argue for a usage of "correct" that doesn't have a normative connotation. You'd have to keep pointing out that you're using a non-normative "correct," because it would be read with a normative connotation in the vast majority of cases. — Terrapin Station
The problem is that there's no should to being in accordance with some standard, aside from one personally feeling that way. — Terrapin Station
However, while figures show that illegal border crossings into the US have seen an overall decline since 2000, they have been rising again since Mr Trump took office.
The current financial year has so far seen more than 800,000 people detained on the southern US border - already twice the total for 2018. — BBC News
What would determine who it includes? — Terrapin Station
What would be an example of a performative contradiction of mine, then? — Terrapin Station
Do you get warnings? Ive went off a few times and no ones said anything, just curious. — DingoJones