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by Melchior
Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:26 am
Forum: Philosophy of Science
Topic: How does time work?
Replies: 74
Views: 20669

Re: How does time work?

First comes now, then comes now, then comes now, etc.
by Melchior
Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:05 am
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: Is 0.9999... really the same as 1?
Replies: 117
Views: 35732

Re: Is 0.9999... really the same as 1?

A_Seagull wrote:An intuitive way of understanding why 0.99999999...... = 1 is that it is not possible to create a number between the two.. i.e. there is no way of having a number that is larger than 0.99999999.... and yet smaller than 1. So the two descriptions must be of the same number.
Nonsense!
by Melchior
Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Has religion been a boon or a bane to mankind?
Replies: 234
Views: 47931

Re: Has religion been a boon or a bane to mankind?

More like a baboon....
by Melchior
Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:46 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Is the US President supposed to represent all the people?
Replies: 180
Views: 39317

Re: Is the US President supposed to represent all the people?

Charity is not the job of government, dumbass.
by Melchior
Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:21 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Has religion been a boon or a bane to mankind?
Replies: 234
Views: 47931

Re: Has religion been a boon or a bane to mankind?

How can you even ask such a question?
by Melchior
Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:20 pm
Forum: Applied Ethics
Topic: Trumpery - or how to be a Demagogue
Replies: 121
Views: 26570

Re: Trumpery - or how to be a Demagogue

You don't know what a demagogue is, dumbass.
by Melchior
Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:15 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Why are some people leaders and some are followers?
Replies: 4
Views: 2083

Re: Why are some people leaders and some are followers?

Philosophy Explorer wrote:
Melchior wrote:I don't know, you tell me.
I think the answer lies in the genes, but I've never seen a study on it and it's only a guess.

PhilX
I'll go along with whatever you say. LOL
by Melchior
Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:06 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Favourite movie scenes
Replies: 908
Views: 170735

Re: Favourite movie scenes

The scene in Seven Beauties where the protagonist is moving a dead body, and it is passing gas.
by Melchior
Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:04 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Is transgender something to get upset about?
Replies: 503
Views: 95400

Re: the root of things

Joe, a white man, sez he's black, sez he 'feels' like a black man, sez he's a black man in a white man's body. He darkens his skin, flattens his nose, crimps his hair. Is Joe black or deluded? Stan, a black man, sez he's white, sez he 'feels' like a white man, sez he's a white man in a black man's ...
by Melchior
Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:19 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: How much wealth is it ethical to have when the person next to you does not even have enough to eat?
Replies: 110
Views: 27962

Re: How much wealth is it ethical to have when the person next to you does not even have enough to eat?

Completely. How ethical is it for lions to prey upon the weak, old, and young? They gotta eat!
by Melchior
Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:53 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Is transgender something to get upset about?
Replies: 503
Views: 95400

Re: Is transgender something to get upset about?

Philosophy Explorer wrote:
Melchior wrote:There is no such thing.
Prove it.

PhilX

Pink unicorns. Prove they don't exist!