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Systematic wrote:We know that Q false means P false if P ONLY IMPLIES Q. If P implies Q or R and if Q is false, then we don't yet know whether P is false.

what the f... are you saying? Where did that R come from? Are you joking, say the truth...

Wooo, should I read all this stuff? too much for saturday night

. I believe your association to me as being monk-like is spot-on, in a modern type of way. I appreciate your perspective in that regard. As you say, I am not lazy. It's just that I have reached a point in my life, because of the present circumstances that I find myself in and because of my proclivi...

Hi David, well, to be more precise and to put simply, ‘thinking’ is not possible, but ‘experiencing thoughts’ are. Thinking (the ability to knowingly construct one’s own thoughts to then experience) is not logically possible due to ‘infinite regression’. Where do my thoughts come from? Do I actuall...

RG1, as you well stated thinking and thought are the same thing, there is no thought without thinking, and there's no thinking without something thought. But if our thoughts cannot dictate what we think, our thinking is to dictate our thoughts, as if I don't think of "X", how could "X...

Ah, here's the gif...

where's the gif?

V is an anarchist.

We all have seen them. They are all over. In government, in military, in business, in the citizenry at large and even on forums. So why did 'god' create so many idiots? Damn if I know. I ask myself this question every single day. Never any answer, only more and more idiots! :cry: Especially on the ...

Had, ok, I got it.

Well, ancient Chinese, Indian people, had a great and advanced culture even if they never were romanized.

No, I don't agree Mel, sorry. We have nothing of them. Roman law, names of the months, and many, many customs, quite a few directly or indirectly through the church. Our debt to Rome is enormous, but you don't see it because it's part of our daily lives. Yes, I'm not saying you are wrong, for these...

No, I don't agree Mel, sorry. We have nothing of them.

Wyman wrote: Now stop placing complexities into an otherwise simplistic worldview; facts always seem to ruin a good narrative.

To say the truth I didn't read all that narrative, just the title

Ned wrote:Skip, you will have to explain to gary why capitalism (as an economic system) is responsible for all the pain and misery in third world countries.

Perhaps you meant Skip to explain to you. Or gary. The same.