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Infinite Jest... in 3 days.

I've read 26. Disappointed not to see "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino on there.

Very tricky question. Coming from a consequentialist perspective, I think that notions of personal freedom are ultimately subsumed by more general appeals to the consequences of these laws.

WRT...

As someone pointed out earlier, individuals hold different meanings of God, and it affects the answer to your question.

If by God you simply mean some extremely powerful being responsible for the...

I haven't tried many of those. The creme brule looks pretty interesting. I do like Aventinus, but if you've never had it, you need to try founders breakfast stout, which I've pictured above. It is...

Wait... so its still on with her?

I've never found these arguments particularly compelling. You're already accepting the premise that god is omnipotent therefore it can do anything. Anything that you perceive as pointless or immoral...

I don't know if this was intentional or not, but if it wasn't, saying "my dear" in this context is typically seen as condescending.

Why do people divert the thread?

Various reasons I suppose....

Hey Scher, I don't know if you can amend the rule in particular instances, but I don't mind if there are perceived or real personal attacks launched against me. These neither offend me, nor make it...

Young dbl chocolate is pretty good and I really like sammy smith oatmeal stout, but really they can't go toe to toe with the likes of this
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I'm in. So far:

1) A Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Adams) - 3.5/5
2) God is Not Great (Hitchens) - 3.5/5
3) A Game of Thrones (Martin) ...

You gave her Lolita didn't you.

Sorry to hear it Darcy. But I think the irrational rush / rushing is the most fun part of any relationship (and the sex of course). You got to have some fun, with...

Mortal Terror...

No "Moon" for 2009

No "There Will Be Blood" for 2007

Shame on you.

Sorry I really do like to try and respond when most people address me, but I really don't know what your saying here.

I mean I think I understand the first thing ur saying. You're asking why would...

This is already done in psychological studies. You simply ask the person about their subjective state.



The qualification that it is "improbable" is to buffer against anyone giving our...

I think ur really best sticking to short stuff. I mean whatever you give her she is gonna feel obligated to finish.

St lukes suggestions I think are good. Here are some that got me into...

You misunderstand me. I’m not saying that the net positive state can currently be quantified. The most positive states should be our goal. Incomplete knowledge doesn’t mean that we can say nothing...

Breakfast of Champions... in some ways I actually thought it was better than Slaughterhouse.... I definitely haven't laughed at any other book so hard as I laughed at this one.

Hmm I didn't understand this to be the sense of "why" that the poster was positing.

I've never really understood this view. Why does there have to be a why?

It is possible that we are here for no "reason" in the teleological sense. I mean if your coffee cup falls off of your...

I didn't make this assumption, I didn't even really think we were having an argument.

Thanks for all the sources Varenne.

What is your avatar a picture of?

Of course. This would run the same way as a euthanasia argument. This only seems like a problem to most people because of moral intuitions and an inability to empathize with wanting to be eaten...

I guess I don't buy that you can't explain it to me. Can you try to explain it to me, or give me a few more examples or a rough approximation. If this view is true I'd be interested to know about it,...

I am very vaguely familiar with this view, I will add him to my amazon :). I do have a book entitled Godel, Escher, Bach, which I have not had time to read.

I've also been somewhat enchanted by...