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I'll pass it on . I'm sure I know that one
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They worship you as if you are a god.
Are you a god?
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If I was, I'd have to disbelieve in myself.
And without belief, gods are nothing.
Which would make my position rather precarious...
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Yes.
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That seems to be a true answer!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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You're lucky we can't downvote anymore, because in the past you'd certainly get them
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Even 13 or more
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You assume, then, that a vote is a "like" ?
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Perhaps asking for up-votes would have been as if I was begging to get reputation points.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Somebody has stolen one of them.
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I also received a "spam" flag on this one, so I might be going on an hourly vacation soon.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Oh dear, who have you upset?
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There's a place for people who'll post any kind of crap just to get 'likes'.
It's called Facebook.
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Yesterday I wished for world peace, and an end to suffering and hunger.
Is this too much to wish for?
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Yes.
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You're so negative!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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I'm positively charged by your comments
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There is a type of empty thinking in which a word is defined by using an inflected form of itself.
I believe that this is called a "Circular Definition" (anybody correct me).
There is a word (maybe it's a phrase) which means exactly the opposite of that.
I thought the word was "empirical" but after checking three dictionaries, looks like I'm wrong.
What is the word (or phrase) which means the opposite of "Circular Definition" ?
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C-P-User-3 wrote: I believe that this is called a "Circular Definition" (anybody correct me). If the word is inflected then it is more likely to be a tautology wikityclickety[^]. Although the difference is so subtle that I may be splitting hairs here.
C-P-User-3 wrote: What is the word (or phrase) which means the opposite of "Circular Definition" ? I would just use the words "valid definition" - as my understanding is that, logically, it is only possible to prove an argument/definition as incorrect, which is why there may not be(to my knowledge) a term for a correct argument.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The lexicographic definition is given here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_definition[^]. It is also called a "recursive definition": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition[^].
What do you mean exactly by:
which means exactly the opposite of that , a "non-recursive definition"?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
modified 23-May-15 4:32am.
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I think the noun "definition," appears to mean, in, and of, itself, that "definition" is not self-referential.
But, that meaning may disappear when I do not think about the meaning of "definition," or vary when I use, or hear, or see, the word with other words.
The most satisfying conversation I ever had consisted (entirely) of the other person saying the word, "definition," to which I replied, "definition," after which, we both committed suicide because we both knew it would never be as good as this, again.
Well, "empirical:" that's a religion, and we can't go there in the Lounge.
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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It is possible for an imperial definition to be based on empirical evidence, but it's not likely.
Similarly, it is possible for empirical evidence to be backed by imperial authority, but again it's not likely.
This is also know as the Psalm 146, verse 3, addendum to the description of the scientific method. Also see the Internal Revenue Service tax code, volume 34, page 692, section 3, paragraph 17.a.
Software Zen: delete this;
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