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voralfred
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by voralfred Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:14 am
Isn't platonism the ultimate form of nihilism?
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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by mccormack44 Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:02 pm
May I emulate Lord Peter Whimsey and explain that I am deaf to philosophers?
clong
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by clong Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:38 pm
Would that make you whimsical?
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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by mccormack44 Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:19 pm
Wouldn't I rather be whimsical than staid? (but NOT a Whimsical Christian!)
daetara
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by daetara Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:35 pm
why would anyone want to be staid?
blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused.
mccormack44
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by mccormack44 Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:42 pm
Could we assume that staid people wish to be that way?
daetara
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by daetara Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:51 pm
isn't it bad policy to assume things about other people?
blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused.
voralfred
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by voralfred Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:43 pm
Is it possible to take any action at all unless one makes assumptions about other people?
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
clong
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by clong Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:31 pm
What kind of assumptions were you making about us when you posted that?
nzilla
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by nzilla Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:06 am
Are you assuming assumptions?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
voralfred
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by voralfred Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:29 pm
Can't anyone guess what assumptions I made when I posted what I did?
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
mccormack44
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by mccormack44 Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:24 pm
Why would anyone care to guess; wouldn't that be making assumptions about making assumptions about assumptions?
voralfred
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by voralfred Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:54 am
Do you assume that there is anything wrong about that?
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
mccormack44
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by mccormack44 Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:30 pm
Why am I beginning to feel confused?
ausfi
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by ausfi Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:36 am
Why am I even more confused and perplexed than you
Prograstination is the grave of opportunity.
voralfred
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by voralfred Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:26 am
How would I know?
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
Archaic
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by Archaic Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:00 pm
Why would assume you are more confused and perplexed?
voralfred
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by voralfred Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:19 pm
Does the previous sentence make sense in english?
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
Kilgore Trout
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by Kilgore Trout Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:51 pm
Haven't you merely assumed it is in English?
"Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters; united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels." -- Francisco Goya: Epigraph to Los Caprichos , 1970
mccormack44
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by mccormack44 Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:05 am
Do you think it was a bit of dialog from Most Happy Fellow "in a funny broken English?
Hunter B
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by Hunter B Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:01 pm
What do you consider "funny broken English"?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
mccormack44
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by mccormack44 Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:03 am
Would you believe "a genuine amethyst tie pin?"
Hunter B
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by Hunter B Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:42 pm
Why would you have an amethyst tie pin when it could be made of aluminium?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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by mccormack44 Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:28 am
Wouldn't an aluminum tie pin be too blunt to be efficient?
Hunter B
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by Hunter B Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:32 am
Erm.... maybe you could use it as a hammer?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
