Cancer Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 If we know who it was, can we also know where he was? Yes, but then you don't know when he was there, or with whom, or what color his pants were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yes, but then you don't know when he was there, or with whom, or what color his pants were. if he has no pants, then He is Enforer84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Utilikilt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 you mean "fancy skirt". http://theoatmeal.com/blog/utilikilt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Just looked through Quentin Tarantino discography. Still don't feel I have missed anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not even K-Billy's Super Sounds Of The Seventies? Hooga-chaga, hooga-chaga, hooga-hooga-hooga-chaga ... Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Huh? English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Well then don't understand your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Just looked through Quentin Tarantino discography. Still don't feel I have missed anything. I don't believe I've ever seen a Tarantino film. I'm strangely okay with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Well then don't understand your post. Watch the GotG trailer again; pay close attention to the soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Watch the GotG trailer again; pay close attention to the soundtrack. yes i get the second part but that first sentence above it? nope. edit: you might be referring to that song's use in one of QT's previous films? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I don't believe I've ever seen a Tarantino film. I'm strangely okay with that. maybe we should start a club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Came across this old post of Cancer's while looking up Logical Positivism as I was sure that we had discussed it at some point before. Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well, every now and then I need to be reminded what the difference is between positivism and logical positivism. You certainly can't figure it out from the terms. Happy to oblige, that is to remind you the meaning of the two terms (from book 100 Essential Thinkers by Philip Stokes): Positivism The theory introduced by Auguste Comte that limits knowledge to what can be derived from observation and comprehended within the bounds of science. Logical Positivism The view that philosophy should be based on observation and testing and that propositions are only meaningful to the extent that they can be verified empirically. It is opposed to any type of metaphysical speculation. So how does logical positivists define empirical? would a logical proof count, or is just restricted to the scientific method? From same book on metaphysics since it is included in the definition above: Metaphysics The branch of philosophy concerned with first principles, particularly being (ontology) and knowing (epistemology), as well as with the ultimate nature of what exists. Central to metaphysical speculation are all the traditional questions of philosophy, such as: the origin of life, the nature of mind and of reality, and the meaning of concepts such as time, space, causation and free will, among others. Wow. I guess I'm an anti-logical positivist as I like the origin of life; the nature of mind and reality; and derive meaning from time and space, causation and free will (a non-being of future events). The flip side: Verifiability The property of a statement or proposition that allows us to test, using empirical evidence, whether it is true or false. In the 20th century, many Logical Positivists and Empiricists made verification a requirement of knowledge. However, since few statements or even scientific laws are verifiable, there were others who argued against verifiability as a theory of proof and meaning. And to be fair I can't see origin of life, the nature of mind and reality and meaning from time and space, causation and free will ever to be adequately verifiable. This definition struck me as funny: Utilitarianism The ethical theory sketched out by Bentham and elaborated by J.S. Mill, which argues for a morality based on actions that lead to happiness. In this framework, an action that leads to unhappiness would be morally wrong. What follows from this is the view that society should aim for the happiness of the greatest number. Did either of them, like, read Aristotle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Did either of them, like, read Aristotle? That includes me, so... But reading a bit more i have found that Utilitarianism is different in approach to ethical approach of Aristotle. Utilitarianism being a modern revival -- in spirit -- of Epicureanism. That is to say that an Utilitarian might find Epicureanism quite compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 maybe we should start a club? Let's make the dues cheap. I'm living on a schoolteacher's salary here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Let's make the dues cheap. I'm living on a schoolteacher's salary here. lol. okay. will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I'm a poor, penniless student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 well i'm unemployed... so *blows raspberry* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I work as an orderly on weekends ... But not last weekend. Visited parents and siblings -- big bro has a new house, and his latest kid is my god-daughter. She hates sleeping, but I managed to put her under in five minutes flat. Either she trusts me, or she finds me incredibly boring, and I don't think it's the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Nice to be trusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I return, with sunburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 The Promised One returns from the Sea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Yeah, it was fun, hangin' with Cthlhu down in R'lyeh. The black crabs were a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Weren't they supposed to be black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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