The story was reported nationally. There's nothing factually false about the story regardless of the source. You could google her name and get a hundred other accounts. She got fired. Were they only reacting to a tabloid too? — fishfry

So what if it went viral? This isn’t evidence about the true motives of this lady.

Perhaps I'm not understanding your point. I didn't threaten her and I am not the nationally known accounting firm that fired her. Perhaps your beef is with them. What does the source of the story have to do with it? You can watch her original TikTok video and see whether she strikes you as a Harvard grad you'd be proud to employ to work with your corporate clients. — fishfry

My point is that your taking sensationalized TikTok videos way too seriously.

You said this:

My only point is that the current unrest is the opposite of grass roots. It's top down. If you disagree that's ok, I won't stab you like this Hahvahd grad would for disagreeing with her. — fishfry

You might want to point to a more serious source of information to support that conclusion.

The story was reported nationally — fishfry

Did the lamestreem (mainstream) media even bother to report it. I'm just curious. :lol:

Are you really going to draw conclusions from a tabloid??

She was obviously joking.

read your Chomsky. — fishfry

Let's go fly a kite. — Nils Loc

reference postmodernism with respect to aesthetics and culture. — Adam's Off Ox

From what I understand postmodernism is a cultural phenomenon. Yet there are some people (I am not going to name names) who claim that postmodernist philosophers are unethical and want to destroy society, families, and religion.


Postmodernism is an antichristian,[3] far-left, 20th century worldview and academic movement characterized by denial of objective truth, and which asserts that assertions of objective knowledge are essentially impossible.

Alan Sokal famously exposed postmodernism as deeply flawed in 1996 by successfully publishing nonsense in a postmodern journal.[10] Since then, postmodernism has largely been considered a laughingstock among all but the most liberal academics.

https://www.conservapedia.com/Postmodernism

You can't make this shit up.
:rofl: :rofl: :starstruck:

I don't have a dog in this fight. I'm just attempting to understand postmodernism, that's all. Thanks for that correction.

A confusion - itself confused - of a distinction between postmodernity and post-structuralism, a la Wheatley. — StreetlightX

Not me.

Lyotard’s philosophy exhibits many of the major themes common to post-structuralist and postmodernist thought.
https://www.iep.utm.edu/lyotard/#SH4b

Also, what are the consequences of engaging in an unhealthy skeptical tradition? — Adam's Off Ox

Most of the time it is harmless.

suspect you do not believe all doubt is unhealthy. You point out a few examples of what you find to be unhealthy traditions, but I wonder what you believe makes them unhealthy. Is there some boundary, where a philosopher may remain confident that their question is in the healthy realm, without engaging in the sins of the unhealthy traditions? — Adam's Off Ox

It all depends on your tolerance for anxiety. Anyone with an anxiety disorder will do well to stay away from those philosophers.

Your choice between postmodernism and not, is very much like a choice between Zizek and Chomsky.

It's really a matter of aesthetics, imo.

Chomsky on postmodernism:

That's a difficult question. There's a whole philosophical tradition of unhealthy doubt from Sextus Empiricus and his Pyrrhonism, to modern philosophers such as Descartes and Hume.

If anyone wants to know a what postmodernism is actually about i suggest you look up 20th century French philosopher Lyotard. He actually coined the expression.

The link between psychology and postmodern ideas of concepts, language and perspectives of reality makes for some truth values in their conclusions. — Christoffer

You might be confusing postmodernism with Post Structralism.

I bet that's where all this confusion originates. :rofl:

Postmodernism is modernism on LSD.

I personally prefer modernism.

From an artistic perspective postmodernism doesn't seem that bad.

Have a problem that you can't solve on your own? — Wheatley

No social skills.

writing a good quality pop song is pretty fucking hard. So no, there's a shit ton of effort that goes into a good pop song; and that's a good pop song we're talking about, not a mediocre one (which is very easy to write). — Noble Dust

It's interesting you should mention pop songs. When I think of pop music, I automatically think of Madonna. I have no idea in how much effort went into her making her songs. All I know is her songs were heavily commercialized, and a lot of people are fans of her. (There's also a lot of people who hate her.)

Yay!

I think what makes many popular songs shitty is that it's designed to be easy for everyone to listen to. (More people listening = more money)

There's barely any effort required. As a result you get a whole lot of very similar music. (I'm not sure about this part).

I say all this not really knowing anything about music. :lol:

The emotional earnestness is refreshing, even if I wouldn't choose the production choices that were made on the track. — Noble Dust

I tend to listen to a lot of popular music, and I get the feeling that a lot of music is churned out of the music industry who's main focus is to make money. It's like factory food (processed food). Am I making any sense?

I think I understand.

Nice. You should basically disregard everything I just said. None of this shit matters. I'm just indulging in the nihilistic viewpoint that is easy and makes immediate sense. — Noble Dust

I listen to music mainly for their emotional impact.



I have no idea if this is good in any technical sense.

@Noble Dust

You ever heard of Epic Rap Battles of History?

I know that one.

That's an awesome ability!

It's shit, there's no hook. — Noble Dust

They're all shit, imo. I watch them for their comedic value.

Speaking of pastors:

My favorite from schmoyoho:



I'm convinced it has philosophical implications.

@Noble Dust

Doubt can only take place against a background of certainty. — Banno

An important outcome is Wittgenstein's claim that all doubt is embedded in underlying beliefs and therefore the most radical forms of doubt must be rejected since they form a contradiction within the system that expressed them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Certainty

I practically live on the internet.

The existence of China's never inhabited ghost cities may indicate that the promise of economic growth to lift populations out of extreme poverty may be somewhat overrated, or at least shortsighted. — praxis

It's definitely more complicated than that. China's Ghost cities are an indirect result of their significant gender imbalance.

It seems to me there's a great confusion, at least a great divergence of opinion, about what the difference is. — jamalrob

I'm not really sure what you mean. Do you mean that mental illness is often stigmatized? Because it is. Psychology Today

There's also the debate about insanity as defense.

I believe that debate is more about brain abnormalities vs character flaws, than about mental illness. It’s all very relevant about deciding how we punish criminals. If you're interested here’s an article about it. The Atlantic

Mental illness is also brought up in legal cases.

@Donald Trump

I would say yes. Some of them can even be changed for the better.

Might have missed the question though.