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To my knowledge, they are; from behind a computer screen, where intellect can flourish. Not every bright young man or woman wants to join the astronaut corps or become a foreman or an inventor. Some would rather make headway in mathematics, computer science, or physics; others would rather be...

(time to use that user title of yours for fun! :D ) Milo's been giving physics some 'trouble' in the "Are there any philosophers that deal with time thread," so I'd likes ya to make 'im have a little 'accident,' capice? :D -Duxwing

@Architect Perhaps he can sort this out? -Duxwing

Re: Not sure where to put this... I was called evil??? What egoism? You're not presenting any proof of egoism, and the proof that you have presented is riddled with holes. You don't want me to stop being an egoist, want me to trust your judgment. As I've stated before, no. -Duxwing

Re: Not sure where to put this... I was called evil??? You just want me to accept what you say as true without proof, then? Especially in the face of what you said being manifestly unrelated to what I actually said, and in the face of your considerable ignorance of me? You realize that you...

Re: Not sure where to put this... I was called evil??? Objectively how? Explain. -Duxwing

You and Dove are not the same person. Moral position? What leap of logic brings ethics into this discussion? Thus far, you haven't understood my point or applied logic to yours. I levy the same unto you. So somehow your sufferings make you an expert on a person and subject of which we...

I'll further Hayyel's main point. While the article makes a logically valid point, its conclusion is trivial, and the article itself seems to be little more than a vehicle for Luddite doom-saying and (lest I be unclear) Luddite fear mongering, along with a bizarre blend of religion and Social...

The love of sport that I've seen in my days in the U16 league, even on the D team, have been great. And when we had practice with all the teams, A, B, C, and D? Their faces lit up when they saw the ball, and they were off, faces, stern and eager. So yes, one can play U16 at a 'pretty serious'...

Hahaha! :) -Duxwing

Oh, now I see how you meant "met". I'm glad that you didn't end up hoist by your own petard, though. :) -Duxwing

Pssst: By definition, you've met yourself at birth. :D -Duxwing

Overcoming it was easy when I realized that my sadness resulted from an expectation of meaning and knowledge, an expectation that I could not justify by any means and therefore dropped. -Duxwing

Oh, OK. In that case, I have no quarrel. Jung is simply recounting his experiences and comparing them to those of other mental health professionals. It's not science, but it's not out-and-out witchcraft and sorcery, either. Nevertheless, I'm not particularly interested in reading it because...

You're making a red herring argument. Either Jung provided data, or he didn't. If these readers are laypeople, then logically, they ought to. Outside the ivory tower, where research is instantaneous and cost-free, the opinions of experts in a given field carry weight among the lay. Among...

I don't mean to say that he subjected his views onto the subject, but rather that he improved Socrates' arguments: for example, "And, uh, you're saying two things at once here. Which am I supposed to believe?" into "And furthermore, your charges contradict themselves; I beseech this court, let...

From the dark days of anime I have emerged... to become a fanboy once more. Oh, the irony. :D That man had heavy metal in his mind. Namely, Five Finger Death Punch's cover of Bad Company and Disturbed's Indestructible. I think that he knew that he was going to die soon, one way or another...

A difference exists between a conceit and an empirical claim; to my knowledge, Jung made the latter, and must therefore provide evidence. Like I've said, I use the MBTI much like I use memetic theory: a rough approximation of a phenomenon too complex to be modelled fully in those moments where...

Dear Forum, I've just finished reading a fraction of the Wikipedia article on Socrates' Apology, and almost everything that Socrates said resonated with me; I realize that I, in so stating, compare myself with this hero, but I will post my reaction and generalization nonetheless. Note that...

Interesting, huh. I always thought that only the latter of the two was permanent. Now if it's a chemical imbalance, then wouldn't proper medicine restore balance? Forgive my ignorance. As far as I know, mental illness is typically defined as the inability to cope, so being psychologically...

Perhaps geneaology and development? Ecology is much of biology, and it rests on geology and meteorology, not information science. Copy Architect actual, continuing existence operations on planet earth. Standing by for further orders, out. :D Epigenetics is a huge field indeed! :)...

Oof! What's your prognosis? Some of them were not crazy--albeit, those who were not crazy were also quite young. My greatest difficulty lay in them thinking that my problem was caused by some sort of emotion that simply needed to be pressed on to remove. I understood my logic perfectly...

Do they have real, scientific reasoning and evidence? Controlled, double-blind studies with random samples, etc.? If so, then my curiosity is piqued as well, for currently I simply use the MBTI as a rough archetype system for the purpose of understanding others at a glance; of course, if I...

O.O Holy head-shrink, batman; you are excited! I suppose that you've just encountered Jung, then, eh? Remember that we haven't any empirical validation of his hypothesis. -Duxwing

Perhaps our stands are the result of Si? That one little function gives ISTJs their apparently iron will, so I wouldn't be surprised if a tertiary placement gives someone the ability to almost instantaneously grow a spine of steel to defend their beliefs. -Duxwing

Why are you there? If you want some humorous perspective on the situation, then you might want to read my poem about my time there; it's called Home For The Strange. -Duxwing

Sure, willpower is important, but there's no sense in wasting it on something that could be done more easily. If you want to use more willpower, then just do more things--but always as efficiently as possible. -Duxwing

So you're an ISXP? I feel the same way. Oh yes. Oh yes. Me too. I wish that we could be secure enough in ourselves to just say "I love you" without having to 'demonstrate' our love by alienating resources from ourselves. Whenever it happens, I can almost see the social network of...

At least your overlords are benevolent. :) A problem arises when the suggestions are no longer carried out, as has disturbingly become true in some Southern and Midwestern states; religious fundamentalism can drive the people to bend the laws that they've created, to subvert the ideals for...

I am a skinflint par excellence. I love my money so much that I miss the actual bill form of the thousand dollar fortune that I'd saved up during my earlier years. And yes, the money is exactly for the purpose of "just in case," and I will suffer almost anything to preserve it in case I have...

Or, instead of dealing in categorical imperatives, see a professional. The evidence points to our psyches being epiphenomena of our brains, which we know are responsive to medication for all sorts of disorders. And many mental disorders are simply beyond controlling through willpower alone...

Alright, keep it up! I was actually wondering whether this comic would ever come back again. I can see the conflict building, and I'm excited! :) -Duxwing

And not even electrical power, either. Just ATP. -Duxwing

You could extract useful work from that heat: send the Goliath's heat into your home heating system and the thermostat will adjust your burner's output automatically, thereby preventing overheating. An example of a similar technique applying this principle can be found in the four public heated...

Two Questions: 1.) What if you've built The Goliath? I know that you won't, but the hypothetical awesomeness is just too alluring. 2.) What if you've built your computer yourself and have room to expand within its tower? -Duxwing

Dear Forum, I HATE THIS BOOK EVEN MORE THAN I HATED PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. IT LITERALLY MAKES ME SICK! Greene is approximately the sum of everything that I despise in a thinker, author, and debater: a ruthless emotional manipulator manically dedicated to his illogical ideas, a screaming...

I practice my architecture by thinking and debating about anything and with anything that moves, respectively. -Duxwing

I've written my reply and posted almost all of it--my parents turned the Internet for the night. I hope that I can cure him of this plague upon his mind. Good night, Etheri. -Duxwing

I'm engaged in a titanic battle with a religious fellow--a former atheist, no less--on Redwall Abbey forum. His fallacies are so deeply hidden among layers of sound and intuitive reasoning that untangling one of his abominations has taken me three whole days, and each post is pages long. I'm...

Cool! I never knew that. Did you mean to equate these two terms? :confused: Doubtlessly so. -Duxwing P.S. You needn't so many commas: "...you're just playing catch-up, in the marriage stakes" can be "you're just playing catch up in the marriage stakes". Also, "per se" means "for...

Re: Giggling, Jiggling, Boobies Heck, they have SIX boobs. Humans ain't got nothin' on that. :D -Duxwing

Hayyel, I've put your point more concisely: Is all love just projection? :) -Duxwing

Awww, thanks! :) Perhaps we ought to stop using the word "love" and start saying "delusional projection as a basis for attraction". We'd certainly be more precise. And besides, redefining a word to suit a need defeats the purpose of using that word in the first place. -Duxwing

Hey, wait a minute. You just said that you'd outgrown such silly superstitions. :p -Duxwing

Your argument seems quite solid. Perhaps you ought to perform a study! :) -Duxwing

The study's conclusion about neurotic projection not being a stable basis for marriage is so obvious as to be trivial: mental diseases cause problems. It is, however, not without triumph. Proving that most American marriages are based on attraction to projections tears the cloak of romantic...

Deep theoretical problem, ages of study and research, repaid by a permanent footnote in the annals? An INTP in his element: every function online. -Duxwing

Could you send me the links? That sounds interesting. Eh? -Duxwing

In English, lists of people and things are considered to be lists of things, just like 'ils,' the masculine 'they' in French is used for groups of males and females, while 'elles,' the feminine 'they' can only be used for exclusively female groups. -Duxwing