Three thousand years of Western philosophy would all be worth it, if this was their only contribution:
Like Toothpaste for Dinner with a deeper bent.
DrTdaxp
Because I say so
Recent Comments
- Variation, Within and Between (2)
- > tdaxp: I hope so
- > Steve French: Did you coin the term “Dixie Ceiling”?
- > tdaxp: I hope so
- Science is Real. Measurement is Real. Improvement Is Real (3)
- > biz: And boring.
- > tdaxp: Thanks for the link! There’s a lot of cool stuff about the video, #1 being they built a time machine and...
- > biz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ty33v7UYYbw
- Should you go to graduate school? (2)
- > tdaxp: Hey Annemarie, Thanks so much for your comment. One of the great parts of the internet is all the different people...
- > Annemarie Perez: Famous? Really? Anyway, thanks for the link. I agree with almost all of your questions except for this...
- The Language of Theory, or, How to Escape the Humanities Ghetto (4)
- > tdaxp: Hey Dan Nexon, Thanks a lot for the comment! Sorry for the delay but I’ve been thinking about it a lot I...
- > Dan Nexon: Hey, Dan. Thanks for the close read. I think you’ve misunderstood the purpose of the ideal-typical...
- > tdaxp: Hey Dan Nexon, Thanks a lot for the comment! Sorry for the delay but I’ve been thinking about it a lot
- Overqualification and Elite Employers (3)
- > tdaxp: Hey Michael, Not many. This is a lottery, and the humanities are a ghetto. [1] Fred, He certainly bailed before the...
- > Fred Zimmerman: A lot going on in these articles, but I’m not sure I see how Ferenstain is overqualified for...
- > Michael: So how many Liberal Arts grad schools are able to find and effectively train the students capable of making the...
- Science, Paradigms, and the Old Boy Network (9)
- > tdaxp: Hey LFC, Thanks for the comment! I’m aware of the way that “pardigm” is used within political...
- > LFC: Re the highlighted passage about “paradigmatic research is declining.” I don’t really get your...
- Progress, Science, and Exemplars — or — when it sucks to be young (11)
- > tdaxp: Hey Deichmans, Thanks for the comment! I want to step in to defend Kuhn somewhat: one amazing thing about him is...
- > deichmans: Dan, I agree with your disdain for Kuhn’s model. Tightly coupling the notion of “Revolutionary...
- Acquiring Network Address (290)
- Cliometrics and Cliodynamics (2)
- > tdaxp: CLI-o-MEH-trix or cli-OM-eh-TRIX?;-)
- > biz: I’m pretty sure there is no quicker way to get made fun of than to say the words ‘cliometrics’ and...
- UnAmerican (9)
- > tdaxp: Tangurena, if you don’t have an understanding of the difference between political speech and publishing opsec...
- > Tangurena: The flunkies said it because they got away with it in regards to censoring Wikileaks. The media was willing to...
- > tdaxp: Curtis, An insightful comment. Thanks for sharing. Google has their terms of use. I have my policy on trolling....
- > Curtis Gale weeks: Censorship feels good, dudn’t it?
- > tdaxp: Curtis, You’re smarter than the stupid forced dichotomy that characterizes your first comment, and too good...
- > TMLutas: One of my items on my “the republic is over” checklist is normally sober people starting to signal...
- > tdaxp: Adam, Hah! I can’t recall a similar episode of the military or security services attempting to silence a...
- > Adam: I promise this won’t become a habit, but I agree with you here too. The possibility that this person might be...
- > Purpleslog: Well said.
- Thugs and Intolerance (11)
- > tdaxp: Hey Adam, Certain interpretations of quantum mechanics hold that, whenever a set of behaviors is possible, all...
- > Adam: I don’t think vandalizing a poster is *necessarily* anti-free speech. http://io9.com/5813447/bulg...
- > Steve French: I would love to hear your thoughts on Jonathan Haidt’s last book (largely on this topic).
- > Sean Meade: ok. subscribing.
- > Purpleslog: “CNN anchor who was fawning over the thug” The thugs had also occasionally worked as at CNN and...
- > larrydunbar: Isn’t a liberal or conservative just someone who lost his/her last argument, so who wouldn’t be full of...
- > tdaxp: Thanks everyone for the thoughts and time you spent commenting. Sean, I like your comment, I’ll respond more...
- > dnexon: PS: I realize the last question might come across as a incipient “No True Scotsman” remark. It...
- > dnexon: I’m with Sean. The claim that many liberals and conservatives are intolerant of dissenting views: true. The...
- > MarcC: Typo? “So why are so many liberals hate field”? Should that be “hate-filled”?
- > Sean Meade: interesting post, Dan. i disagree mildly with your hypothesis, but not with the idea that liberals can be...
- Land Subsidies in Education (1)
- We Don’t Know What To Do (6)
- > Eddie: Jay & Dan, “For example, the WIC program should include not only nutritional subsidies but also...
- Impression of “Life of Muhammad” Trailer (27)
- > tdaxp: Curtis, I think I generally agree. Prosecturial discretion is as integral to the Common Law as, say, the power of...
- > Curtis Gale weeks: Dan, prosecutors have discretion, and I’m not altogether sure how you will change that fact....
- > tdaxp: Curtis, Reading the comments you are responding to might ease a good deal of your confusion. Prosecutors have...
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: Or do you mean to say that I or you or your neighbor can commit any crime we wish and then publish...
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: How about State Violence ™ in response to fraud and other assorted crimes?
- > tdaxp: Curtis, I’m not sure what private parties might be against him, nor particularly interested in that....
- > Carina: “The filmmaker’s idea was to give the film a title that would draw in “hardcore Muslims”...
- > Curtis Gale weeks: Questions remained about whether Nakoula’s filmmaking and Internet distribution activities might...
- > Carina: No, that isn’t why I thought that. I could see why you interpreted it that way, though. I just meant that...
- > Adam: To clarify, I’m AGAINST censoring the film or punishing Nakoula. I don’t want Dan to go all Mitt Romney...
- > Adam: I’ve got to be honest — if I were an executive producer who gave money to this guy to make me a film and...
- > catholicgauze: The Coptic-angle on the film’s background seems to be made up by the Muslim Brotherhood and the one...
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: While abusing taxing authority may be a genuinely terrifying prospect, I do wonder if the...
- > tdaxp: CG, Interesting point. I wonder if Coptic hostility to the Greek Orthodox/Latin Catholic churches still exist. PS,...
- > Brendan: Forgive me Carina, but what you describe is a horrible thing that begs to be abused. Sure, we finally got Al...
- > Purpleslog: Re the Life of video… I thought it was going to be a comedy at first given the interaction between young...
- > Carina: Free speech, sure, but I legitimately hope they investigate this guy for tax evasion, etc. Looks to me like the...
- > Catholicgauze: Note the priest talking to the woman during the Mohammad & donkey scene. The priest (of the unified...
- > tdaxp: Curtis, A friend of mine is a Copt, who mentioned to me since Mubarrak fell, Copts have fallen from 2nd class...
Best laugh I had so far today — thanks, man.
ROTFLMAO! And to think I once wanted to major in philosophy (thanks, John Searle
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