(March 25, 2013 at 12:10 am)Psykhronic Wrote: Living for others is great.

So long as one does not lose himself in the process.

(March 24, 2013 at 11:59 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Have you ever been to a monastery before? I would recommend it.

Yep, there was a monk wearing sunglasses and what I can only describe as a pimp cane. There were lots of kittens too and some old women shouting at tourists for going into the wrong room. Quite hilarious.

My favorite place of magic would have to be the Stealthagogue in London its not actually called that but it looks like a normal tall office building but you go in and its a huge synagogue!

(March 24, 2013 at 11:16 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Universities are where they teach you that spending $200,000 on a fine arts degree makes you spiritual.

Or 180€ to actually learn something useful, like chemistry, biology, physics, history, geology etc.

(March 24, 2013 at 11:31 pm)jstrodel Wrote: The liberal thinks that to make something entertaining is a form of humility and to have good taste in music is virtue.

It's not too far off, a good taste in music is usually an indicator of a brilliant mind.

http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/musi...telligent/
http://www.science20.com/news_releases/d...says_study

Hofstadter Wrote:I have a great deal of experience with people who are smart but unbalanced, people who think they have found the key to the universe, etc.
It’s a sad thing, but there are many of them out there, and often they are extremely obsessive.

— Douglas Hofstadter, quoted in The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson

Christ in a sidecar, you were able to split off SEVEN pages of this stuff?

That's awesome.

(March 24, 2013 at 11:16 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Universities are where they teach you that spending $200,000 on a fine arts degree makes you spiritual.

The university administrator is the best at spirituality. He looks a bunch of stuff made for rich people and thinks "How are we going to get people to pay $200k for this stuff" and then he says

"Aha! The beauty of the human spirit as it apprehends the artistic and humanistic aesthethics of the story of our inner self"

He looks at his spreadsheet and says, "heh, best marketing ever"

I would reckon that fine arts graduates are more useful to society than say graduates in theology.

(March 25, 2013 at 6:34 am)Justtristo Wrote: I would reckon that fine arts graduates are more useful to society than say graduates in theology.

As a fine arts major, seconded.

I'm offended for my vinyl collection
What's so wrong with a medium that tends to last longer than others, produces a rich, full sound quality, and if purchased used, is dirt cheap?

I can't believe we've given 7 pages to strodel. This is an entire thread of fail on his part.

I wonder if he understands that the basis of critical thinking is to ask questions? I also wonder if he understands that, if questions about theology or philosophy are asked to multiple people, you're going to get multiple answers? I also wonder if he understands that not all people will answer those questions with "PraisebetoJebus!"?

I doubt it.

Regardless, my deal with any dieties out there still stands: show me you exist and I'll follow whatever religion you want me to . So far, no response, so I'm forced to assume God wants me to be an atheist.

(March 24, 2013 at 4:58 pm)Joel Wrote:

(March 24, 2013 at 4:51 pm)jstrodel Wrote: It is not fallacious to appeal to authority, people do it all the time.

This is a pretty catchy quote alright. The only way I see to improve on this would have been:

"It is not fallacious to appeal to popularity, people do it all the time."