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Re: Open Thread #344 » Philosophy in Action: NoodleFood

John P — Sun, 27 May 2012 15:53:15 -0000

A few comments to make.

1) Avengers and Battleship were both AWESOME! The latter had an utterly ridiculous story, as well as a generally unlikable protagonist, but it was still good. I have no complaints about Avengers.

2) Recently finished Robert Zubrin's new book "The Merchants of Despair", primarily about Malthusian and eugenics ideas in history and in contemporary American politics. I don't agree with everything, but his heart is clearly in the right place.

3) I REALLY wish that PJ Media had an Objectivist or two working for them. I really enjoy their videos and news articles, and it's great that they actually have Yaron Brook on their FrontPage videos sometimes (along with other fellows from the ARI); I just wish Alfonzo Rachel (especially him) and the Trifecta team were more at peace with the notion that atheism is not their enemy.

4) Re: new oil shale deposit in Colorado. Confirmed by USGS, 3 TRILLION barrel deposit, expected recovery of 50%. Ayn Rand has yet AGAIN been proven a stupendous prophetress.

5) Just turned 25 on the same day my nephew was born, and I start my new job on Tuesday. It's good to be alive.

Re: Breckenridge Brewery Versus Colorado

Paul Marks — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:30:15 -0000

It is absurd that States demand licenses and permits. It is not "progress" it is the collapse of Common Law freedom of contract (which is really part of freedom of association) and a move towards the statism of (for example) the late Roman Empire. The sort of redtape regime that has blighted Latin American for centuries.

Re: High Heels and Sex Appeal

Erik — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:58:01 -0000

Flats are unattractive on a woman. They look lazy and unfeminine. Like they belong to a communist womens league who despise beauty.

Re: Partisan Politics of Hate

DougFromOz — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:19:15 -0000

I remember encountering that attitude regarding Bill and subsequently, Hillary Clinton.

Re: Partisan Politics of Hate

christopolis — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:52:36 -0000

I have heard a lot of people with the same reaction to Stalin and Hitler and Mao. They should use more tact when discussing these men.

Re: Sleepy Doggy

Aaron Davies — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:31:31 -0000

Looks like me at a meeting....

Re: Fabulous Leg Press Torture at SuperSlow

Diana Hsieh — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:11:55 -0000

Yay! I'm so excited to return after doing SuperSlow for a year! Also, you'll notice that I'm wearing Vibrams -- and that's because I can't do the leg press in the "high heels" of standard running shoes. It makes a significant difference.

Re: Fabulous Leg Press Torture at SuperSlow

Doug McGuff, MD — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:08:08 -0000

Good Job. See you soon at Ultimate Exercise for more leg press torture. Perhaps we can have you do it in high heels (just joking)

Re: Link-O-Rama

William H. Stoddard — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:28:10 -0000

The thing that strikes me as curious about dogs using humans as tools is that our cats seem to grasp that they can get things done by getting our attention. Our older cat thinks water from the bathroom sink is the best of all possible water; and quite commonly, when one of us is in the bathroom, he'll jump onto the sink, cry at us, and even put out a forepaw and prod us repeatedly. I'm wondering how similar that is to what dogs can do—and how such an ability could exist in a species so much less social than dogs are. It would be interesting to see comparative research.

Re: Link-O-Rama

James — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:34:51 -0000

It's not surprising to me that dogs view humans that way. Dogs--that is, Canis familiarus, the dogs we know and love today--didn't actually evolve from wolves. Recent research shows that they evolved from an intermediate form, which was something like wild dogs today--a type of canine that existed on the edges of human groups, frequently as scavangers but often tolerated for their tendency to keep away even nastier beasts (I'd MUCH rather have a pack of dogs running around, even agressive ones, than, say, a short-faced bear or Smilidon fatalis!). The ones with traits humans liked (barking when wild animals showed up, fighting said wild animals, being able to eat scraps that humans don't like) faired better than those that had traits we didn't (eating our young, running from predators, starving if they weren't given the best bits of food). Over time, this lead to domesticated dogs. That's one reason I'm highly dubious about the "biologically correct" dog diets--they all seem to assume C. familiarus is merely a subgroup of C. lupus, which isn't true. It's also why humans and dogs tend to be able to understand one another: Our two species co-evolved, and dogs depend on humans for survival.

Re: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

Andrew — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:24:46 -0000

The other pictures look like they are trying to a study in a style. This one capture or creates the essence about the person.

Re: Doggie Conrad and His Bitch » Philosophy in Action

Mike Hardy — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:26:32 -0000

And is Paul reading a book called _How to Control Your Wife_?

Re: Open Thread #342 » Philosophy in Action

Mike Hardy — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:31:13 -0000

Privacy is a right in the way in which property is a right. To say that you have a right to property does not mean someone must provide you with property; it means they're forbidden to steal any property that you acquire.

The _government_ has an obligation to respect your privacy in the sense that it has no right to do spying and searching without grounds.

Re: Open Thread #342 » Philosophy in Action

Mike Hardy — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:27:58 -0000

Is George Takei God?

Re: Open Thread #342 » Philosophy in Action

eric m — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:37:26 -0000

Hi Diana,
In your 5/13/12 webcast you discussed privacy... a few things were not clear to me from the discussion. (1) in your opinion, is privacy a *right*? (2) if so, then how is the violation of privacy an initiation of physical force? (3) if not, then why should the government be involved with it?

Re: Lila Stalks Me » Philosophy in Action

Monica Hughes — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:14:17 -0000

Stinking funny!

Re: Obligatory Narcissism

DWRutter — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:24:38 -0000

What I wanna know is : who is this "Bob" of which you speak and why are you back to him???

Re: Webcast: Audio or Video? » Philosophy in Action

Diana Hsieh — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:03:49 -0000

I definitely need to think about all of those things, Jennifer! For me, the platform affects so much else that I do, so I have to figure that out first. After that, I can do all kinds of tinkering.

Re: Webcast: Audio or Video? » Philosophy in Action

Jennifer Snow — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:01:08 -0000

I find the BlogTalk is fine, but I think the format of the two shows could use some work, like, maybe you could use a co-host on the radio bit, so you have someone to talk with when you don't have a caller. Or, maybe you could encourage people to call in just to talk instead of just to ask questions--you answer questions in your webcast, so I think the radio show might be better for discussion or sharing experiences rather than just questions.

You might also consider switching the length of the two programs, so the webcast is shorter and the radio show longer, particularly if you were going to go to more of a discussion/share your experiences format with the radio show.

Of course all this depends on what kind of time you have and how expensive these things are to put together.

Re: Happy Anniversary » Philosophy in Action

Marie Wetmore — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:22:53 -0000

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Re: Happy Anniversary » Philosophy in Action

Kelly Elmore — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:49:28 -0000

You guys look so happy! I love these pictures! Congratulations and many happy returns!

Re: Happy Anniversary » Philosophy in Action

SteveD — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:12:25 -0000

Congratulations!

Re: Advertisement: Products I Like » Philosophy in Action

Diana Hsieh — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:45:24 -0000

Perhaps so... and I do talk about religion a fair amount, just not in a nice way!

Re: Advertisement: Products I Like » Philosophy in Action

Michael Hardy — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:38:35 -0000

I see that in addition to advertisements for products you like, you also have "random Google ads". One of them says:

"The End-Time is Here
2008 was God's last warning. 2012 is economic collapse & WW III
www.the-end.com"

Another says: "Earn a Bible degree [etc.]"

I've noticed that Google ads that I see when I read email on my gmail account seem somewhat adapted to the content of the emails (sometimes amusingly so). Do you suppose a frequent occurrence of the word "morality" on this site somehow caused Google's software to pick those topics?

Re: Oh Dear God » Philosophy in Action

John Pryce — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:50 -0000

Can you post this essay? I'd like to read it.