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carda · Post by **carda** » Jul 17, 2020 4:32 am

im new here and like reading philosophical books in free time.

BlackBart · Post by **BlackBart** » Jul 17, 2020 8:54 am

Hello.

Post by **Ironclad** » Jul 17, 2020 11:53 am

Hello there

felltoearth · Post by **felltoearth** » Jul 17, 2020 11:56 am

Hey and have fun.

Just a heads up. There is a lot of hostility to philosophy on this forum, especially philosophy that is poorly formed.

aufbahrung · Post by **aufbahrung** » Jul 17, 2020 4:57 pm

tolerant enough, science is their only religion so don't introduce wool that questions it

BlackBart · Post by **BlackBart** » Jul 17, 2020 5:17 pm

You can question science all you like here - that's the whole point of science in the first place. Science isn't anyone's religion -it's an iterative process of experiment and observation. And as aufbahrung doesn't come with sub-titles, I'm not sure what he means by 'introduce wool that questions it'

newolder · Post by **newolder** » Jul 17, 2020 5:31 pm

If anyone uses "science" or "the science" in a post to you, excepting idiomatic adages, Journal/name references and the like, simply replace with "Our current best understanding of the workings of Nature" and check that their sentence remains coherent.

'wool that questions' could be Shaun the Sheep, who knows?

Howdy.

Edited because the rule has exceptions and it should not be applied religiously.

BlackBart · Post by **BlackBart** » Jul 17, 2020 5:45 pm

She blinded me with our current best understanding of the workings of Nature.

Evolving · Post by **Evolving** » Jul 17, 2020 5:48 pm

I’m used to answering questions by small children, but I’m worried that I won’t know the answers if the wool I’m wearing asks me anything. What sort of questions is wool likely to ask? How can I prepare?

aufbahrung · Post by **aufbahrung** » Jul 17, 2020 5:53 pm

See what I mean. Didn't even question their weltanschauung, only had to hint it could be questioned and it got them started.

felltoearth · Post by **felltoearth** » Jul 17, 2020 5:57 pm

[quote="aufbahrung";p="2753524"]See what I mean. Didn't even question their weltanschauung, only had to hint it could be questioned and it got them started.[/quote]
You questioned nothing. You made an ambiguous statement that amounts to zilch. Per usual.

aufbahrung · Post by **aufbahrung** » Jul 17, 2020 6:08 pm

[quote="felltoearth";p="2753525"][quote="aufbahrung";p="2753524"]See what I mean. Didn't even question their weltanschauung, only had to hint it could be questioned and it got them started.[/quote]
You questioned nothing. You made an ambiguous statement that amounts to zilch. Per usual.[/quote]

Ambiguity betrays my lack of confidence in science. It's a method, a algorithm, a blind robot in your control but gone bad on occasion. And you can't shut it down or find a viable alternative in spite of it destroying the planet whilst collecting data on the destruction. Wool, my yarn.

Post by **campermon** » Jul 17, 2020 6:24 pm

[quote="aufbahrung";p="2753528"][quote="felltoearth";p="2753525"][quote="aufbahrung";p="2753524"]See what I mean. Didn't even question their weltanschauung, only had to hint it could be questioned and it got them started.[/quote]
You questioned nothing. You made an ambiguous statement that amounts to zilch. Per usual.[/quote]

Ambiguity betrays my lack of confidence in science. It's a method, a algorithm, a blind robot in your control but gone bad on occasion. And you can't shut it down or find a viable alternative in spite of it destroying the planet whilst collecting data on the destruction. Wool, my yarn.

[/quote]

Do you have a viable alternative

Post by **campermon** » Jul 17, 2020 6:29 pm

[quote="carda";p="2753399"]im new here and like reading philosophical books in free time.[/quote]

Hello

aufbahrung · Post by **aufbahrung** » Jul 17, 2020 7:01 pm

I've some ideas, will jot them down in the margins sometime.

BlackBart · Post by **BlackBart** » Jul 17, 2020 7:18 pm

[quote="aufbahrung";p="2753528"][quote="felltoearth";p="2753525"][quote="aufbahrung";p="2753524"]See what I mean. Didn't even question their weltanschauung, only had to hint it could be questioned and it got them started.[/quote]
You questioned nothing. You made an ambiguous statement that amounts to zilch. Per usual.[/quote]

Ambiguity betrays my lack of confidence in science. It's a method, a algorithm, a blind robot in your control but gone bad on occasion. And you can't shut it down or find a viable alternative in spite of it destroying the planet whilst collecting data on the destruction. Wool, my yarn.

[/quote]
Authentic Internet gibberish.

Evolving · Post by **Evolving** » Jul 17, 2020 7:55 pm

Aufbahrung has a Joni Mitchell quote in his signature. He can’t be all bad.

JustStarDust · Post by **JustStarDust** » Jul 19, 2020 7:36 pm

Welcome to the forum! It's great fun.

Post by **Blackadder** » Jul 20, 2020 5:35 pm

Hello Carda. Please collect your baseball bat at the door and join the Ratskep whack-a-mole game. You’ll soon figure out who are the moles and who are the whackers. Strangely, some of the moles seem to enjoy getting whacked as they keep coming back for more. Which I guess is the whole point of the game.

Anyway, welcome.

Hermit · Post by **Hermit** » Jul 20, 2020 6:06 pm

[quote="Blackadder";p="2753907"]Hello Carda. Please collect your baseball bat at the door and join the Ratskep whack-a-mole game.[/quote]
Carda has collected their baseball bat and left Ratskep two minutes after submitting their initial - and so far only - post.

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