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- Sun May 26, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Ship of Theseus Paradox
- Replies: 7
- Views: 25869
Re: Ship of Theseus Paradox
My attitude with these sorts of problems has kind of been influenced more by the late Wittgenstein (of Philosophical Investigations fame). Language is largely a social game of interaction and shared meaning through repetitive actions. The idea there is some kind of 'essence' to words largely misses ...
- Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:02 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 1076
- Views: 553694
Re: What are you listening to?
It's funny to think 23 years ago when this was released the song amounted to an arch joke rather than a herald of the madness that is 2023.
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:52 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 1076
- Views: 553694
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Science Microthreads
- Replies: 82
- Views: 217395
Re: Science Microthreads
I think a lot of maths education is quite rigidly focused around certain essential tools, which is understandable as these tend to be what you actually need for certain subjects. Recently though I've been finding myself interested in topics which are off-piste from the modern syllabus, like spherica...
- Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:14 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Run-up to WW3
- Replies: 431
- Views: 370990
- Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:43 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Run-up to WW3
- Replies: 431
- Views: 370990
Re: Run-up to WW3
I Idefinitely think that the current world order is one of elites plundering regions of the globe to nobody's benefit but their own in the short term. Right so you want to return to a paleolithic hunter-gatherer tribal system without elites or power struggles. Except in Russia for some reason. Than...
- Sun Oct 16, 2022 10:57 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Run-up to WW3
- Replies: 431
- Views: 370990
Re: Run-up to WW3
Not sure the subjugation would be peaceful. Prolonged guerilla war seems more likely.
- Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:26 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Run-up to WW3
- Replies: 431
- Views: 370990
Re: Run-up to WW3
Yes, of course the people of Britain had an incentive to peaceful resolution, but by that point they had already been forced between a rock and a hard place by their imperialist war-gaming leaders. British people just trying to live their lives found themselves forced into conflict with German peop...
- Sat Oct 15, 2022 10:47 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Run-up to WW3
- Replies: 431
- Views: 370990
Re: Run-up to WW3
When you say "Ukraine" who do you mean? I think the people living there have a lot of incentives for a peaceful resolution. The ones with no incentive to surrender are the same ones conscripting those people and not allowing them to leave. Ah yes, just as people in Britain in 1940 had an incentive ...
- Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:21 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Run-up to WW3
- Replies: 431
- Views: 370990
Re: Run-up to WW3
But the most important thing that's said in this episode is this: This is meant to be another forever war, just like Afghanistan. That's what USA wants, it's why they'll sabotage any peace attempts in this proxy war. They see it as, we make a killing selling weapons and gas to Europe, they spend th...