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In Reply to: You're a philosophy major who never got over science. Deductive logic posted by tinear on September 15, 2020 at 06:17:40:
The core of my interest in philosophy is in the disciplines surrounding AI and cognitive science. But the notion that the claims that Pinker is making here are supported by a consensus of his peers is laughable. Maybe you should put more thought into your ripostes.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - tinear 08:14:52 09/14/20 (61)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - pictureguy 12:14:18 09/16/20 (15)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 13:09:46 09/16/20 (14)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - pictureguy 17:32:37 09/16/20 (13)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 17:46:38 09/16/20 (12)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - pictureguy 18:33:00 09/16/20 (11)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 19:05:29 09/16/20 (10)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - pictureguy 19:49:08 09/16/20 (9)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 20:29:56 09/16/20 (8)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - pictureguy 11:22:28 09/17/20 (7)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 11:34:30 09/17/20 (6)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - pictureguy 13:27:50 09/17/20 (5)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 14:35:15 09/17/20 (4)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - pictureguy 21:54:29 09/17/20 (1)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 07:41:35 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - Inmate51 15:24:52 09/17/20 (1)
- RE: "The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of - rivervalley817 15:58:35 09/17/20 (0)
- the salient (if lone) thing being turn of a positive leaf, good on ya' keep it up - bjh 18:56:59 09/14/20 (0)
- Interesting but... - rwiley 17:23:04 09/14/20 (0)
- "negativity bias" - Yup, Schopenhauer pointed this out in the 19th century - Chris from Lafayette 11:35:56 09/14/20 (0)
- "why do we all feel this way, today?" - srdavis2000 10:11:37 09/14/20 (22)
- RE: Yo 2000 - tweaker456 17:01:01 09/15/20 (1)
- I have eaten possum and racoon. - srdavis2000 05:22:56 09/16/20 (0)
- You never went to public school. Drove on a public road. Enjoyed relative - tinear 11:58:37 09/15/20 (0)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - LtMandella 15:18:37 09/14/20 (18)
- Why Do You Feel That Way? - Inmate51 05:48:22 09/16/20 (1)
- RE: Why Do You Feel That Way? - LtMandella 06:53:37 09/16/20 (0)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - Krav Maga 04:15:35 09/16/20 (1)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - LtMandella 07:28:49 09/16/20 (0)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - rivervalley817 10:06:08 09/15/20 (8)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - LtMandella 10:09:19 09/15/20 (7)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - rivervalley817 14:04:23 09/15/20 (1)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - LtMandella 15:06:39 09/15/20 (0)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - rivervalley817 10:44:52 09/15/20 (2)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - LtMandella 11:03:30 09/15/20 (1)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - rivervalley817 11:12:27 09/15/20 (0)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - Inmate51 10:17:32 09/15/20 (1)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - LtMandella 10:25:37 09/15/20 (0)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - dee eye why 09:14:53 09/15/20 (0)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - srdavis2000 07:37:02 09/15/20 (3)
- RE: "why do we all feel this way, today?" - LtMandella 07:40:26 09/15/20 (2)
- And i wont continue to argue with you about then... - srdavis2000 12:02:20 09/15/20 (0)
- And i wont continue to argue with you about then... - srdavis2000 08:12:14 09/15/20 (0)
- I think so much of "well being" - E-Stat 09:11:07 09/14/20 (2)
- I used to argue with my mom alla time... - ghost of olddude55 10:03:25 09/14/20 (1)
- RE: I used to argue with my mom alla time... - Inmate51 11:50:48 09/14/20 (0)
- Follow that with "Beginning of Infinity" by Deutsch, and forget all this noise. nt - free.ranger 09:00:34 09/14/20 (0)
- All it means is that we have more STUFF than ever before - jedrider 08:37:31 09/14/20 (0)
- this is an old Pinker thesis... - Jim Pearce 08:36:11 09/14/20 (13)
- If Pinker is, it's in a tradition of thinkers who write, isn't it? It's not like - tinear 10:49:36 09/14/20 (12)
- RE: If Pinker is, it's in a tradition of thinkers who write, isn't it? It's not like - Jim Pearce 12:10:43 09/14/20 (10)
- Scientists are the reason we know of the climate crisis--- they analyze data. - tinear 13:49:48 09/14/20 (6)
- you don't get science at all... - Jim Pearce 14:09:29 09/14/20 (5)
- You're a philosophy major who never got over science. Deductive logic - tinear 06:17:40 09/15/20 (1)
- nothing could be further from the truth tin... - Jim Pearce 12:12:04 09/15/20 (0)
- RE: you don't get science at all... - rivervalley817 14:28:34 09/14/20 (2)
- now that is funny rivervalley! - Jim Pearce 14:44:42 09/14/20 (1)
- RE: now that is funny rivervalley! - rivervalley817 15:21:27 09/14/20 (0)
- RE: If Pinker is, it's in a tradition of thinkers who write, isn't it? It's not like - rivervalley817 12:22:39 09/14/20 (2)
- I'm not stating that progress can't be measured... - Jim Pearce 13:06:58 09/14/20 (1)
- RE: I'm not stating that progress can't be measured... - rivervalley817 13:28:40 09/14/20 (0)
- The jury's still out on Fukushima - it's still going on [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 11:38:35 09/14/20 (0)
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- nothing could be further from the truth tin... - Jim Pearce 12:12:04 09/15/20 (0)