Devastating Put-DownsAmorous Badger says: I once saw a former manager of mine being asked to 'sit down and let your mouth have a chance to speak' by his senior. What's the best heckle/putdown/riposte you've ever seen? (Hint: Recycled 'Your mum' jokes does not make an answer)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 15:15)
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I can't remember it - if I ever knew (or at least recognised) it; he was talking about mind and language stuff, and that's not my field. I only turned up because it was a sort of expected.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 18:57,
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Steven Pinker?(, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 0:41, closed)
No.A Big Name in philosophy doesn't - barring a few exceptions - imply being a Big Name generally...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 10:38,
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Was itStrawson, Hawthorne or David Lewis?
Although I suspect that picking a fight with Lewis would have garnered a much more robust response/violence.
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I honestly have no idea.It was a long time ago, and, like I said, I was attending mainly out of a sense of obligation. Mind and language stuff generally leaves me cold, and always has.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 11:32,
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