Winter Lily

HELLO! I asked a couple posts back and even private messaged Reg to ask and no answer so far.

What happened to the forums? Were they wiped out during an update? When will they be restored? When will we be able to post there again? Or will we?

What happened to the Forums space? I wanted to post in Small Talk and I get “Page Not Found.”

WTH?!!!

Thank you, Reg!!

jakelafort wrote:
If Lefty ideologue listens what does she say in response to this Iranian?

That video is from a UK “right wing dingbat” channel like Fox News: it’s an outrage machine.

Thanks, Reg 🙂

I’m so glad she has recovered enough to post again. She was one of my favorites back when she was posting regularly.

It looks like the disease took its toll. One hopes she will bloom back into a full recovery in coming months.

Thanks, Reg!!

Have you seen this Reg?

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70223461/constant-universe-time/

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
How do some people go against the moral grain?

The article talks about wanting to please a “moral audience”, and this could be one way that we choose our moral principles.  Maybe this is true.  What about an audience of one – me?

I think this comes down to “subjective endorsement” – i.e., moral principles carry n…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Only men. Women get a pass? Chimps, Kangaroos? Same deal?

“Men” = “people”.  We’re all men.

Thanks, Reg!

“Lol is another mindless utterance. What sort of laugh is silent?”

Priceless comment, Jake!

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Do you see “now” as a real moving present sweeping along the line or a a point of access within a fixed structure.

I understand it to mean “now” is local to you. But that doesn’t mean it moves. It just means your current brain state only has access to one region of your worldline. “Now” is real as perspective b…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
In all fairness, any prediction could be considered true if the prognosticator talks nebulously enough, moves the goalposts, and, above all, talks a lot. Astrologers, psychics, and self-proclaimed “prophets” do it all the time.

They could, and they do, but this was different.  She went around telling people their futu…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
“Now” is not a universal property spread across space. The universe doesn’t care where the time zone line is drawn. Only humans do. Our segmentation of our experience of time flow is just a convention. The feeling that clock time reflects a moving reality is mistaken.

OK, true, the clock isn’t evidence of anyth…[Read more]

@Reg reminds me of a bloke I had lunch with, who claimed he could tell me the exact time any place anywhere, so I asked him what time it was on the moon.  It seemed to perturb him.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
So yes, we do experience a “present” but not “now”. Experience is a perspective from one region of spacetime, not evidence that reality contains a moving “now”. A camera records one frame at a time, but the film does not move through the camera — the whole reel exists.

I don’t know what it proves.  I’m not saying it…[Read more]

Hahaha Reg brilliant memories