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The old six degrees of separation. But if you include your dyed blonde, that be seven degrees. Not my sis.
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Must be a different Ross in NZ she sent her love to.
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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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