Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
10-22-2007, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 86
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-09-2007, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 482
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
08-20-2007, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 486
Views: 2,502
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
08-20-2007, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 486
Views: 2,502
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-17-2007, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 189
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
08-17-2007, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 347
Re: Your favorite book......
My favorite book is usually the one I just finished reading. So I'll go with the Trial by Franz Kafka.
Chronicling the plight of modern man in the face of rampant beauracracy, not to mention the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-07-2007, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 38
Re: Knowledge of the human condition
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1) What's the closest one can come to "getting over" the human condition? Nietzsche talks about "overcoming man" frequently as a valuable ideal, and that seems to have a lot to do with...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-30-2007, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 114
Re: Ingmar Bergman opens the Seventh Seal
I probably shouldn't be surprised, this news comes after I just watched his trilogy of faith and came to accept him as my Lord and Savior of Cinema. His films are more sublime than any by other great...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-29-2007, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 85
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Forum: Politics
07-24-2007, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 56
Gravel and Economics
Tonight he claimed that America would be less wasteful if we eradicated the income taxed and jacked up sales taxes. I don't know much about economics, but wouldn't this kill our consumer-based...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-23-2007, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 215
Re: It\'ll Ruin your Appetite
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It is awkward, but she was asking him in such a passive, nice way.
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That's probably what got to him.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-22-2007, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 283
Re: The Best Reason Not To Put On Dog Fights
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Its not that dogs might be sentient. Because many disagree. Its not that it is an indication that you might be a sociopath or a sadist. Because many disagree. And its not because it is...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-22-2007, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 283
Re: The Best Reason Not To Put On Dog Fights
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Your reply is ambiguous. Taking it in one sense, we already have a thread covering that topic. Personally I find it distasteful.
In the sense of 'roosters,' from what I...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-22-2007, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 215
Re: It\'ll Ruin your Appetite
Because this is straight from a day in the life of my Italian uncle and his mother. He loves her but her constant bickering often unleashes in him an ugly, ugly monster.
I must admit, after being...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-22-2007, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 283
Re: The Best Reason Not To Put On Dog Fights
Your reply is ambiguous. Taking it in one sense, we already have a thread covering that topic. Personally I find it distasteful.
In the sense of 'roosters,' from what I understand chickens are...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-22-2007, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 215
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-22-2007, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 283
Re: The Best Reason Not To Put On Dog Fights
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There isn't much 'might' about it for experts on the subject. In fact, you have to be extremely biased to think dogs are not...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-22-2007, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 237
Re: There\'s Something About Mary
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I dunno. Matt Dillon was weak and he needed to carry the movie. I like Cameron Diaz as an actress and I like Ben Stiller. I did chuckle at the scene where the cop beats Stiller's head...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-20-2007, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 118
Views: 412
Re: inexplicable leading men
Klaus Kinski.
Using Dominic's logic, which isn't totally wrong in my opinion, Kinski should never be a leading man. Nonetheless he was perfect for Aguirre and Dracula. In Fitzcarraldo he was stiff...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-20-2007, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 85
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-19-2007, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 113
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-19-2007, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 137
Re: Ayn Rand thinks Similarly to Sklansky?
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It's funny how people who could never possibly amount to anything near who Ayn Rand was insult her on internet forums all day long. Her novels, written years ago, will continue to out...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-19-2007, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 118
Views: 412
Re: inexplicable leading men
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If it weren't for his parents, this guy would be working part-time at a car...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-19-2007, 01:28 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 113
Re: Is this a paradox?
In a discussion I recently had in a class that dealt with Zeno's paradox of infinity (or one of them, anyway) we seemed to discover something interesting. Or at least I did; perhaps others already...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-07-2007, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 133
Re: Are You into Time?
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From everything I've been reading, it's looking more and more like time might not actually exist. Clocks? They are simply devices that measure movement, not necessarily time. We construe...
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