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WCDT 2912 to 2916 (9-13 March 2015)
Rghfrgl:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 10 Mar 2015, 07:19 ---Gloomy Tai ? I have trouble to imagine that.
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Gloom!
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 10 Mar 2015, 10:34 ---Fail. See above. At best you can claim I have taken a biased position based on the reasoning that selflessness is impossible. And that's why "fixed that for you" is one of the dumbest things on the the internet.
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Alright, I'm not going to be dragged into another fight on this forum. I don't want the reputation for it.
--- Quote from: osaka on 10 Mar 2015, 10:39 ---
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 10 Mar 2015, 09:36 ---
--- Quote from: osaka on 10 Mar 2015, 00:37 ---Why not keep cliff's notes on the phone? A 200GB microSD has been announced not too long ago, surely that's enough to keep track of everything xD
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Sir, there are still terabytes of calculations required before an actual flight is attempted.
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That is the actual best setup for a highly distasteful pun on the Dora Bianchi International Airport.
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The Italian just checked the wind conditions. His short trip was eventful, and exploded catastrophically bare moments after takeoff.
(Bare moments. Heh.)
vidugavia:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 10 Mar 2015, 10:34 ---
--- Quote from: vidugavia on 10 Mar 2015, 10:29 ---But then there is no point in speaking about selfishness at all and even a worker-ant's death, when attacking a piece of bubble-gum, can be said to be "motivated by selfishness". It is full-filling it's preference for attacking.
Don't destroy language. We need it.
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Not destroying language dude. Look up the philosophy of the selfless act. (To expand, if selflessness is, indeed, impossible then "selfish" is actually an impediment to clear communication. "Selfish" would be the thing destroying language.)
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Nope.
First and foremost there is a difference between the descriptive philosophical concept of psychological egoism and the everyday normative concepts of selfishness. Using them as synonyms are just confusing.
Selfish in everyday language means being self-centred and only interested in your own well being. Psychological egoism says that all acts, even those made to benefit others, are rooted in fulfilling your own preferences. If psychological egoism is correct, in that there is no truly selfless acts, it doesn't necessarily mean that there are no acts that are more or less self-centered.
Tai is selfish in a normative everyday sense. She uses Marten as a tool without regard for his feelings. Everyday normative language is used in order to describe how people should and shouldn't act. The descriptive discussion regarding the possibility of selfless acts is something different and something that should be kept separately in order to avoid confusion. Otherwise I could destroy more or less ANY discussion by de-constructing the concept "self".
I have a masters degree in philosophy and history. I know the discussion. For years I waved the flag of psychological egoism in more of less every normative discussion I was part of. Then I realised how fruitless it was.
I do not have a masters degree i English. Please bare with my language...
Endellion:
--- Quote from: osaka on 10 Mar 2015, 10:39 ---
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 10 Mar 2015, 09:36 ---
--- Quote from: osaka on 10 Mar 2015, 00:37 ---Why not keep cliff's notes on the phone? A 200GB microSD has been announced not too long ago, surely that's enough to keep track of everything xD
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Sir, there are still terabytes of calculations required before an actual flight is attempted.
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That is the actual best setup for a highly distasteful pun on the Dora Bianchi International Airport.
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The airport has been officialy closed until the depressed Tai-phoon has blown over. :claireface:
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: Endellion on 10 Mar 2015, 11:29 ---
--- Quote from: osaka on 10 Mar 2015, 10:39 ---
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 10 Mar 2015, 09:36 ---
--- Quote from: osaka on 10 Mar 2015, 00:37 ---Why not keep cliff's notes on the phone? A 200GB microSD has been announced not too long ago, surely that's enough to keep track of everything xD
--- End quote ---
Sir, there are still terabytes of calculations required before an actual flight is attempted.
--- End quote ---
That is the actual best setup for a highly distasteful pun on the Dora Bianchi International Airport.
--- End quote ---
The airport has been officialy closed until the depressed Tai-phoon has blown over. :claireface:
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Question: Are you even aware of your 'blown over' double entendre?
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