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The knowledge of evil is good because with that knowledge then one knows that one is serving the wiley evil that so cleverly disguised itself as good. So, if you store the text containing the knowledge on a computer, not only will the text itself be "good", but now the computer is also &q...

sequential on/off switches create patterns

some are artificial, some are biological

10011101 is "interpreted" (as the "machine" - mechanical or biological - is programmed to do)

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hopefully the site is working now

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frostbitten toes come to mind... (I know, gradual warming...)

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even if each bit of memory represented one number in the infinite chain, there are a finite number of bits

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are these pro Hamas protestors thinking it through?

We love Hamas!! Throw homosexuals from the rooftops!!!

From the river to the sea, we want Muslim tyranny!!

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strings are more free?

if there are a finite number of memory spaces created (as huge a number as that is) within all the connected computing devices, how could a number that is infinite actually fit?

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do glasses enhance your vision or help quench your thirst?

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promethean75 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:22 pm PN members should consider paying homage to Kant by taking a philosophers walk today. Legend has it the time and place of Kant's daily walks were so consistent that neighbors would set their clocks by his passing.

a touch morbid don't you think?

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card catalogs in libraries (libraries themselves)

believe what google tells you

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the event is not the description of the event

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there are degrees of bachelors...

would synthesizer a priori be sheet music of an unheard piece?

yeah, Kant has his "goggles" through which the outer world exists (space/time)

universal moral- avoid the universally bullshit (but even that doesn't fly...)

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Alexiev wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:41 pm Do you think we should give North America back to the Indians?

yes

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monad envy

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how do you "make" anything?

a question of forcing your will on everything/one else...

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