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How have you not been discussing ideals? You just seem to throw around words like "reality," "objective," "subjective," seemingly without any concern as to what they mean. No. I mean to say that I am having difficulty understanding what your stance is and if you are being consistent or not...

Here's some fun distinctions: Another fun identity paradox is Theseus' ship:

@Teax You're masquerading a metaphysical proposition on the problem of universals as an argument. There's nothing wrong with subscribing to any particular philosophical school of thought, but it doesn't really make for a compelling argument. You acknowledge historical context and...

True, which is why I think deflationary and redundancy theories go a bit too far. They do make an interesting point in demonstrating how 'truth' is a meta-statement about other statements or sometimes self-referentially which can make it redundant: It is true that this sentence is a true...

I am a compatibilist. I believe in both a deterministic universe and the concept of a free will. I would, however, redefine free will as the ability to imagine alternatives rather than the typical definition that is more akin or even synonymous with autonomy: One cannot be both informed and...

I love steak. Medium rare. :D

Every human has to make assumptions to even begin to reason including Einstein. We all make assumptions in order to reason. The best we can do is adapt, reassess, modify, reformulate, and continue to take in new information. [/INDENT] [/INDENT]

You acknowledge there is no single set of axioms that makes Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory complete, yet you seem intent on believing that there is one singular set of axioms applicable to all people under the broad category of 'mathematics' or possibly that mathematics is the solely accurate...

It seems there's a few different theories of truth being floated around in this thread. I think the OP is using either a deflationary theory of truth or a redundancy theory of truth. Both are used to demonstrate that the 'truth' of any statement is merely the assertion of the statement and...

The psychological insecurities of a young, white, middle-class male with issues regarding the feelings of impotency.

I'd like to see them protest at professional wrestling events.

They are just waiting for this thread to die.....and it shall rise again!!

"They make a reasonable argument." /said nobody ever.

higs There are many very educational videos on youtube that can give introductory lessons on basically any topic you want. Here's one with Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Topology, and Infinite Series introductions: http://www.youtube.com/user/MyWhyU?feature=pvchclk

In no particular order (More than 5, but I try to keep to the most influential): You'll notice I highly enjoy self-reference (the mathematics of recursion, infinity, and fractals) mythological reference and Campbellian monomyth (I'll stick to listing the most novel uses though, i.e. no Matrix or...

Completely agree. I still enjoy MIB 2 though, just not as much.

True, but it has historically been subject to the same problem of self-reference. You can doubt your very existence, but then you'd still be asserting something about yourself. Have you heard of the Ship of Theseus paradox before? Or the paradox of one stepping into the same river? Does...

wonkavision Yes, you are at least half-correct. A B.S. artist, a con-artist, or a philosopher are all enganged in the arts. The differences are merely subjective valuations of their aesthetics, i.e. the only difference between a B.S. artist and a philosopher is the connotation implicit in...

snafupants Yes and no. Doubting doubt is self-referential. Like the liar sentence it becomes paradoxical, "This sentence is false." So yes, you can call him out on stopping there, but then you delve into absurdity and meaninglessness which makes your refutation meaningless on it's own...

Yes, Socrates, upon being declared the wisest of the Greeks by the Oracle at Delphi, is said to have stated that he knew only that he knew nothing at all. Descartes also related to doubting everything to it's foundation, "Cogito ergo sum." There is a foundation of course, it is paradoxical...

Definitely the alpha male. Beastly roar!

As the old saying goes, "It's not what one says, but how one says it that matters." As you pointed out, epistemological justification is and has been a problem throughout history. The rhetorical method of logos is one of 'carrying weight' with other people. Isn't it ironic that those so...

No, it is a form of eschatology that I do not personally support (depending on specific definition, but in most I either disagree or find semantically trivial in interpretation).

As far as I'm aware, Montresor, your only concern should be having an airtight hose to maintain vacuum pressure to get the fluid to flow upwards. The spigot may or may not be airtight. I think placing the tube through the opening in the top into the water would work better, then apply some...

Are you looking for the wikipage on Siphoning? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphon I don't know if it has all the specifics to your questions though. I haven't read through it all yet.

As a religious scholar, I enjoy an interesting discussion on mysticism. The problem with Da Blob was that he always held a condescending attitude in his social interactions. His "on the hill above the village [looking down on the peasantry]" seemed to be his modus operandi. He was passively...

I'm not entirely sure about the intentions of the creators, but I think there is an expressed ambiguity about what 'creativity' means. In that it tends to be one of those buzzwords thrown around without much meaning. Did you know that Ed Gein used to exhume corpses to make all sorts of macabre...

Yeah, it looks very familiar.

Is that the Hobgoblin?

Also Jenova Chen gave a fantastic presentation to the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' 2013 DICE Conference talking about the development and theory behind Journey: [SPOILER] Now that their 3 game contract is finished with Sony, they've secured independent financing and can develop...

thatgamecompany did flOw, Flower, and Journey as part of a 3 game deal with Sony. flOw was originally released as part of Jenova Chen's master's thesis and was reworked for their first release for Sony. This unfortunately means they are likely to remain exclusive to the Playstation3 platform for...

Go, I believe, is of Chinese origin. You can play at Yahoo games under the board games category. I think all you need is a free Yahoo account to play. ;)

Have you played or heard of Shadow of the Colossus or Ico before? They were influences on the making of Journey for the artistic focus on simplicity.

It seems to me to be a game about the simple things so fundamental and central to the human journey that we tend to just take them for granted; the universal human experience of living. All those first-person, competition-induced, shooting sexual metaphors that seem to dominate the gaming...

Absolutely. It's like trying to explain the experience of drinking a fresh glass of water after journeying through the desert to someone who hasn't. It's all in the context. From what I've seen, but I cannot confirm it, the artistic style seems to me to have a Shinto-esque inspiration to it...

I've been reading a bit about Journey, but I can't play because I don't own a PS3. I do think it looks beautiful and from what I've heard about it it seems like a fantastic work of art. I actually feel saddened hearing others talk it down comparing it to the latest first person shooter or...

Models, hmm....:confused: Kate Upton, Jessica Alba, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Monica Belluci, Natalie Portman....Oh god, the list goes on and on. :D

Oh, it's quite alright. I'm often easily distracted myself, and not because of anything of any priority either. I was hoping not to derail the thread away from the broader subject and towards the more specific subject, but I was very interested in the movie after you introduced me to it...

The scientific method is a refined method of approximating complex processes with limited or incomplete information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_Trilemma

Being pissed off about the inherent nature of arbitrariness and blaming others for their use is childish and immature. GodOfOrder I applaud your effort at remaining civil.

Her later documentary film, Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti, begins with Papa Legba and the central importance of crossroads in vodoun mythology. This reaffirms my hypothesis that Hekate had an unspoken, yet significant symbolic presence upon her earlier film Meshes of the Afternoon...

Puffy Following the suicide theme, I came across some interesting information. Did you know that Hekate, the triple goddess in Greek mythology, was associated with keys and a dagger as well as with crossroads? Did you also know that Maya Deren was interested in, wrote about, and studied...

Fo shizzle.

Ha! :p I'll try translating to another medium... Yo dawg! That film is unrealz, yo. Noboy can figure that shit out because it be cray-cray.

Puffy I read a bit about and watched the film after reading your post and have an interesting analysis that I'm still mentally sorting and organizing. I'd be very interested in reading your own analysis if you feel so inclined. As far as your feelings regarding the topic, I both agree and...

After the fact depending on how 'potent' and how long it lasts. If you had a delusional episode something akin to Neo exiting the matrix and vomiting from profound shock, you'd realize it as soon as it ended given the circumstances, i.e. that red pill must've been a powerful hallucinogen. If...

Technically, a system incorporating all points is absurd due to the principle of explosion because it incorporates every contradiction. Not that I'm disagreeing. I am a dialetheist. I am saying that it is incredibly deep and complex. Technically, it can be absurd and also not absurd...

@Milo Love can be a very vague and ambiguous term. Sometimes I see people throw the phrase 'unconditional love' around while describing how heartbroken they are that the person they are referring to didn't meet their expectations in return. There is a very jealous sort of love that would...

I think our loop is pretty well set by ourselves with our shadow function of Fi which may be why it's difficult for us to alter. Our Fe interactions with others when we share in discussing a topic of importance (under consideration by our Ni+Ti loop tinged with Fi) will determine our current...