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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Hitler trying to breed a race of super aspies? |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2009, 2:46 pm
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| What is it about the post that indicates parody or irony? How extreme it is, how completely devoid of sense it is. The way he links phrases like 'as we all know' & 'it is very possible' to statements that are simply absurd & ludicrous. I don't think it really counts as a parody though, more... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Irish blasphemy law |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 4:58 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Its a really strange phenomena, something like if you go far enough left on the polical spectrum the snake seems to eat its tail. People would have to either be ignorant of, not care that, or even like the idea that this ultimately gives the most power to the least common denominator in setting the... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Irish blasphemy law |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 3:30 pm
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| It makes me wonder which gods one is permitted to violate. What the law says is that if enough religious people are offended by something you say, then it's blasphemy. How many is enough is kinda vague, but it seems clear that it's only the big religions that will be able to prosecute under this la... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is your purpose? |
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Posted: 12 May 2009, 3:07 pm
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Replies: 70
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| do you think it is possible to say something that is not true? 1 + 1 = 3 In some mathematics 1+1 = 10 . Math is very flexible and when you are counting clouds or holes, 1+1=1 That's a pretty good example of how belief works, because language is even more flexible than maths. "Truth" in language is ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is your purpose? |
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Posted: 12 May 2009, 2:36 pm
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| That seems pretty untrue to me! But if someone said they felt 1 + 1 = 3 worked for them, would ouinon say that means it is true? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is your purpose? |
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Posted: 12 May 2009, 2:25 pm
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| Is there such a thing as a lie? That's when you tell someone something that you do not yourself believe, generally with the intention to deceive, isn't it? I'm going to be presumptuous & say that I think when Sand asked 'is there such a thing as a lie?', the word 'lie' of course having strong c... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Socialism made simple, why it doesn't work |
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Posted: 11 May 2009, 3:17 pm
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| [ooooo yeaaaah?!?!?!?!?!?!??! THEN WHY most if not All of the countries before USA in the list of human development index are socialists (already for like the last 60 years or more) and have better life standards than america. Rank Country HDI 2006 data[3][nb 1] Change compared to 2005 data[nb 1][3... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How exactly do you tell that a girl is interested in you? |
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Posted: 11 May 2009, 2:08 pm
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Replies: 27
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alex wrote: I assume every girl I talk to is interested in me.
I always start from this assumption & become rapidly confused.
Also,
CrinklyCrustacean wrote: exposing their wrists
is a sign of interest?
What does that even mean? |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Hugs or Kisses |
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Posted: 11 May 2009, 1:54 pm
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Replies: 23
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UncleWoodstock wrote: Personally i prefer hugs, of course its better when you being given one instead of you giving a hug to someone, also known as a glomp
I'm not into either, but I want to hear more about glomping? |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "You're so quiet..." |
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Posted: 11 May 2009, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 38
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| I usually pretend I'm very tired, unless I'm actually tired in which case I'm too slow-witted to say anything other than 'yes, I'm quiet'. I don't have any long-term excuse that will explain why I'm tired on successive times I meet the same people, I just assume that after a while they'll all think,... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is your purpose? |
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Posted: 11 May 2009, 12:42 pm
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| Again in reverse order, for some reason: Way off. Like all belief, whatever its foundations, belief in god is subjective. Correct me if I'm wrong but in fact it seems to be you that think belief is objective, based on external proof, probabilities, etc. :wink: Belief in god is subjective, but god it... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is your purpose? |
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Posted: 11 May 2009, 7:06 am
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| To take your points/questions in reverse order Just wondering; do you do this in the context of belief in god, or in the context of a random universe, because I understand it being "enough" when believing in god, but know that it was never quite enough for me when I didn't. Or if you don't believe i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do I really have full asperger's? |
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Posted: 10 May 2009, 9:27 am
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| As I understand it the diagnostic criteria & the various tests are primarily designed for diagnosing children, & the problem with diagnosing adults is that by then they will have worked out ways around the worst aspects of their aspergers. So, perhaps at 9 or 10 your aspergers was more notic... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is your purpose? |
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Posted: 10 May 2009, 9:17 am
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| ^ ouinon, I find your comments to be very exasperating. I can't get a handle on what, if anything, you actually believe in. Why did life seem "oppressive, paralysing, terrifying, depressing, in its meaninglessness" when you thought this life was all we had, & how has your position actually chang... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Buckminster Fuller |
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Posted: 09 May 2009, 6:22 pm
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| Buckyballs are named after him because their structure resembles his Geodesic Domes.. He's a fascinating guy. I don't know that it's possible to retroactively diagnose people, but he did have some odd obsessive traits. He updated his diary (which he called the 'Dymaxion Chronofile') every 15 minutes... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Buckminster Fuller |
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Posted: 09 May 2009, 6:16 pm
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Replies: 8
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| edit: whoops, double post. |
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