Gregg R Thomas

Yes, here is some beachfront property Trump should invest in.

Regarding the article on entropy, there is a real question whether time is really directional and yet the entire concept of entropy hangs its hat on the assumption that time is directional. Am I wrong?

Regarding Brian Cox’s collab with watchmaker IWC, I’m a big fan of mechanical (clockwork-based) watches. I always feel a little sad for someone wearing a “smart” watch.

I find it amazing that mankind can make a tiny machine you can wear on your wrist, held together by screws about the size of coffee grounds, which can keep time with an accuracy…[Read more]

Regarding rising oceans, Trump quips that rising oceans will mean more beachfront property.

No, idiot: It will shrink the landmass and thus the total shoreline in the world will decrease, not increase.

Have a great week everybody!

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

David Hume.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
What traits make someone morally exceptional?

From the original paper:

Across three studies, there was strong subjective consensus on who is morally exceptional: those who are empathetic and prone to guilt, those  who reflect on moral issues and identify with morality, those who have  self-control and actually e…

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Hey Popey that was magnificent!  The only sad bit is where the video ends and I have to hit replay.

Thanks for sharing!

It’s a form of love, hero worship and a sense of belonging. It’s not a comparison of policies between candidates.  Trump built this with the MAGA movement.

This is why the sorts of things that might make them reconsider, are emotionally based. His crowd is too small. He’s losing his marbles. And finally, he’s boring. He has nothing new to say t…[Read more]

I just cannot see how a person articulate and intelligent enough to ask such a question cannot decide the pros and cons of voting for Trump or Harris.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I would like to ask both of you “Given the current inflationary pressures, how do you plan to balance the need for tighter monetary policy to control inflation with the potential risks to economic growth and employment? Specifically, what fiscal measures will your government adopt to mitigate the impact of rising c…

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
OK, tell me why we should not?

We’re all a self-generating source of flourishing and meaning.  The need to flourish generates goals; goals generate meaning.  Without goals, we just languish, which is what happened to a lot of people in the pandemic.

Unseen wrote:
I also find a lot of ethical truth in Sartre’s existentialism.

I like the way the French do things, and probably Freud also contributed to their philosophies.  Not everything is amenable to machine-like analysis of minutiae.  Sometimes you need broad human strokes.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I cannot figure out how some voters are still undecided. How is the difference in choice not obvious to them?

I saw a poll (CNN? can’t remember) that covered that question. About half of the undecideds answered that they were undecided because, while everybody knows Trump, they didn’t feel familiar enough with Harris…[Read more]

I cannot figure out how some voters are still undecided. How is the difference in choice not obvious to them? They are waiting upon the finer details of certain policies or something?

Gee….I know one is a conspiracy riddled bats in his head liar and the other is an educated person with a calm and logical mind but first I would like to ask both…[Read more]

The illegals are eating our cat and dogs. That little diatribe was priceless.

Apparently it’s true cos he saw it on TV.

In the end, we can always commit suicide.

Whenever someone in a group setting asks about the purpose of life I always consider suggesting that we should all go outside now and commit suicide. Depending on the maturity of the company of course. When I get told “that is a horrible thing to suggest”, I ask, OK, tell me why we should not?

I doubt today’s analytical philosophers are so rigid as if they walk around thinking like Spock or something.

Maybe they would confuse Spock by asking him what he means exactly by the term “live long” and if he could outline his definition of “prosper” in terms of the cultural differences between them and the Klingons?

Captain, its the Engines h…[Read more]

While I regard myself as a linguistic philosopher (and am thus more closely allied to the Northern/British analysts), I also find a lot of ethical truth in Sartre’s existentialism.

Some key concepts.

Existence precedes essence: The meaning of a life is only established when all is said and done. It is like a painting which isn’t finished until…[Read more]