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by Impenitent
Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: About this Forum
Topic: Slow Connection or Slow Server?
Replies: 24
Views: 767

Re: Slow Connection or Slow Server?

hopefully the site is working now

-Imp
by Impenitent
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: When to Hold Your Friends’ Feet to the Fire
Replies: 2
Views: 94

Re: When to Hold Your Friends’ Feet to the Fire

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

-Imp
by Impenitent
Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: ∞ is a free variable
Replies: 4
Views: 203

Re: ∞ is a free variable

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

-Imp
by Impenitent
Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:40 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: True Story of the Day
Replies: 1179
Views: 98217

Re: True Story of the Day

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!!

-Imp
by Impenitent
Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: ∞ is a free variable
Replies: 4
Views: 203

Re: ∞ is a free variable

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?

-Imp
by Impenitent
Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: The Soundness [???] of Godel's Argument for God
Replies: 46
Views: 829

Re: The Soundness [???] of Godel's Argument for God

do glasses enhance your vision or help quench your thirst?

-Imp
by Impenitent
Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: KANT BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Replies: 10
Views: 253

Re: KANT BIRTHDAY PARTY!

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?

-Imp
by Impenitent
Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:28 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Technology and Human Flourishing
Replies: 5
Views: 146

Re: Technology and Human Flourishing

card catalogs in libraries (libraries themselves)

believe what google tells you

-Imp
by Impenitent
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: Philosophy of Language
Topic: Nihilistic Semiotics
Replies: 6
Views: 231

Re: Nihilistic Semiotics

the event is not the description of the event

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:09 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: CH 3: a priori categories of moral understanding.
Replies: 4
Views: 137

Re: CH 3: a priori categories of moral understanding.

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...)

-Imp
by Impenitent
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Christian Civilization -- The Central Issue
Replies: 633
Views: 32748

Re: Christian Civilization -- The Central Issue

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

-Imp
by Impenitent
Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: How do we make peace?
Replies: 17
Views: 417

Re: How do we make peace?

how do you "make" anything?

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

-Imp
by Impenitent
Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Science
Topic: Let's talk about parallel universe...
Replies: 18
Views: 441

Re: Let's talk about parallel universe...

if independent parallel parking is simply stopping in the middle of the road, no one will get anywhere fairly soon

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Faith: Difficult but Necessary?
Replies: 75
Views: 1062

Re: Faith: Difficult but Necessary?

deserve has nothing to do with anything

"deserve" never has

superior firepower in the hands of a capable commander is the key

-Imp