COVID-19: Chapter 8 - Ongoing source of viral information, and a little fun

By definition (if you think about it) God is the Devil.

Deplorables back out there Herman Caining themselves.

https://twitter.com/kyunglahcnn/status/1418985323145613312?s=21

O/u on number of people that die as a direct result of that event has to be set at 0.5, and we hammer the over, right?

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Depends. Are there more than 50 people attending?

https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1419059780350525441?s=21

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Jeez, I’m stressing about the most recent rise in cases here, but the total number in Japan is just a fraction of that in Florida alone.

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Most Christians version of God is a massive ahole.

Mine is chill though.

Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

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This MFer solved the forum. Lock it up.

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Nah.

Some Big Questions are unknowable and unknown.
Some Big Questions are knowable but unknown.
Some formerly Big Questions are knowable and known.

Philosophy gets a bad wrap for never solving anything. But that’s a misunderstanding of the history of philosophy. When a knowable Big Question becomes known or more known, it usually becomes a science. Philosophers make progress by putting themselves out of business.

“Why Isn’t There More Progress in Philosophy?” by David Chalmers.

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Damn your questions are serious.

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Kinda seems like there should be a bullet point list of philosophical progress to back up that claim rather than a rambling 25 page essay. Did I skim too fast or are there no actual examples presented by Chalmers?

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Getting back to a nominee per day pace

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https://twitter.com/pgatour/status/1419124251135721476?s=21

Presume he is a douche? What about his replacement?

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Both mega-douches.

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Lolololol mister science is unvaccinated, chefs kiss

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Bryson is the old guy on the porch from Westworld S1 who is totally convinced he is smarter than Einstein.

4 out of 5 philosophers agree there is an external world, but the 5th doesn’t believe the other 4 exist.

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Might want to get a colonoscopy if they want to absolutely rule out celiac spruce.

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