Messing with people's headsTheophilous Thunderwulf says: What have you done to fuck with people? Was it a long, carefully planned piece of psychological warfare, or do you favour quick, off-the-cuff comments that confuse the terminally gullible? Have you been dicked with, and only realised many years later? Are you being dicked right now? Tell us everything.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:25)
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He's the one who married that peasant woman.But that aside - I'm yet to see this "mighty beat down using your scientific realism stick".
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 14:40,
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Meh.This was a lot more fun when I suspected you were kidding. Now I realise I've ended up bickering about the nature of truth on a comedy website, my heart's not really in it anymore.
Besides, as you've pointed out, mutual confirmation bias means neither of us will ever concede anyway.
If you're interested, I'd recommend Stathis Psilios' book on Scientific Realism. While some of his own ideas are a bit of a stretch, it's a totally non-masturbatory, very fair minded, and a good overview of the various arguments in the philosophy of science.
Even if you're not interested, you should definitely get a copy of Paul Boghossian's Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism. It is 100 pages of pure gold, and the best demolition of an argument I have ever seen.
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I mean,phwoar, I'll show you my mighty stick if you show me yours. Fnarr.
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