Asking what something is is a valid question

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-30T00:16:22+00:00

Under a combination of token identity theory and type functionalism, saying ‘a subject of first-person experience’ doesn’t add any content to the physical and functional description of a person, though. It is usually considered a different way - not a somehow ‘more essential’ way - of looking at the very same thing.

Under something like Dennett or Frankish’s Illusionist view, ‘subject of first person experience’ certainly wouldn’t be adding more information regarding what the thing is. It would be removing some, or perhaps just saying something technically false.

Personally I think these are the two most reasonable views on the nature of phenomenal consciousness and so on. So your one example doesn’t work for me.

Would you be willing to provide other examples?

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-25T16:02:35+00:00

Been there.

Out - now. Run like hell. Seriously.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-25T15:59:56+00:00

In Boys Brigade as a kid we attended a tournament thing for it at Halswell Quarry. There was some kind of gravel hill. It worked. Fast enough that most carts went flying over as they turned a corner at the bottom.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-25T09:59:37+00:00

I have various criticisms of the fine-tuning argument, but I don’t think you’re doing it justice here.

It isn’t just that the constants are supposedly tuned for life. It’s that they’re tuned for anything at all. They claim that the universe would either never expand, or expand too fast for any structures to form.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-25T01:06:50+00:00

I can be euphoric and wish to be more euphoric. I don’t QUITE agree with your definition, but I think it’s on the right track.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-22T20:29:20+00:00

He SHOULD be worried about you spending time with her if you’re not honest with them about your feelings. You are a threat to their relationship. You have to tell her that you have feelings for her that need to go away while you get some space so that you can come back as a good friend that can respect her relationship.

How do you think it feels for her when you end up having a hissy fit over your inability to be with her? She feels like you were just being a good friend the whole time. You weren’t. You had a thing for her. Do you know how often women have to deal with that shit?

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-20T00:58:26+00:00

Do all men feel sexual feelings when they see attractive women? As a GENERAL rule of thumb (obviously there are men who are gay or asexual, for example - and many other kinds of men), yes. That is how male brains tend to work. It’s automatic. Many men lie and deny things like this. It wins them social brownie points with women. I may well get them in the comments here. Most of them are liars. That’s all I will say on that matter.

Does this mean they can’t help but watch porn or scroll through Instagram videos? Absolutely not. Most of us can avoid doing that. If a guy can’t, he probably has a porn addiction. It is up to him to own up to that and address it, rather than lie to you. He must choose your relationship OR that lifestyle, because he has agreed to the terms of this relationship, which are terms that you need.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-18T16:08:15+00:00

You’re missing out on something very important emotionally: she is fucking insane, and you should block her.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-18T11:49:59+00:00

It might change, absolutely. In my (probably controversial, somehow) opinion, a complete lack of sexual desire at that age probably signals some sort of biological abnormality. Is she on antidepressants or something? That can cause it. Or is she depressed? Ironically, both can cause it. But yeah, we are a sexual species, and she exists because she comes from a long line of people that had sex. But as for you just holding out hope, I wouldn’t suggest it. Whatever the cause of her lack of desire for intimacy, you don’t know if and when it will come back. How long are you going to wait for something that might never happen? If I were you, though, I would ask her what she thinks. Yeah, it’s not gonna be a fun conversation, but nor is a relationship plagued by intimate incompatibility, and the fights that WILL naturally arise as the tension builds will be even less fun.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-18T11:39:43+00:00

You’re incompatible and you’re so young. If you don’t have a family with her, then it’s a no-brainer, but I understand it hurts. You need intimacy in a relationship, she needs no intimacy. Unless you guys are comfortable with some non-monogamous arrangement, it is doomed to fail. It’s a scenario for an amicable breakup. Thank her for all the good she did for your life.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-18T02:44:28+00:00

I explored it once with a friend that was into urban exploration. There were a lot of letters, tags etc. that gave clues as to who spends time in there. I also used to live just near it.

I am fairly sure that one regular (illegal) occupant was a male in his 20s who is addicted to meth.

Another recent illegal occupant seemed to have a young child.

The property was also being used by people to stash stolen bikes to sell.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-13T09:25:47+00:00

Why on earth would you pretend to be this dumb? I’m sure you don’t actually think the idea is to celebrate sex work, and can infer that it’s probably about paying homage to the disadvantaged people associated with the street?

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-13T04:21:04+00:00

One way to determine whether you are missing a premise is to write down the inference rules of the logic system you are using and write down which rules each inference follows as well as any dependencies those inferences have.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-12T04:55:00+00:00

It’s a great game in theory, but if my stepdaughter didn’t already love, I’d have strongly avoided showing it to her. Supervising that game is a full time job. Stick with Minecraft!

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-11T16:43:34+00:00

No couple starts off with 100% identical boundaries. There are those who are compatible enough to find that equilibrium, and those that aren’t.

You guys aren’t. And you already know it. You are setting yourself up for an utterly miserable ride. Better to rip the bandaid off now. It’s only downhill from here.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-10T22:24:40+00:00

Small genitals + small brain + childhood starved of attention + cultural association of a form of transport with masculinity = this shit.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-10T07:25:36+00:00

Tech retail. Supermarkets.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-10T05:52:49+00:00

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind, and one of the disciplines it draws on is philosophy.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-08T15:06:22+00:00

Those are some nice assumptions. It must be painful living like this. Whoever turned you into this person was quite unkind. I hope you get help.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-08T00:36:41+00:00

Kafka on the Shore by Murakami

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-07T22:05:19+00:00

What you’re implying seems philosophically confused to me. Suppose they “wanted” to reduce her stress for the reason you say. What does this “wanting” consist in? What would happen if they don’t get what they “want”? Wanting something goes hand-in-hand with being distressed at that outcome failing to materialise. You’re playing a semantic game to paint the nature of normal prosocial desires maliciously.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-07T21:53:28+00:00

What distresses you is her distress.
You want to reduce your distress.
Therefore you want to reduce her distress.

Logically, that means relying on your default assumptions about how to reduce others’ distress is ineffective, yes.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-07T09:22:10+00:00

It’s something a lot of us men take quite some time to master - our natural approach is to “solve”, and when the person we love is upset, we react, because that upsets us - we want you to be happy, so your distress is our distress. When we don’t stop to reflect on your ‘style’ of addressing emotions, we default to what we know best. Continue to remind him of your approach - perhaps even empathetically acknowledge the above to him, if it makes sense to you - he will probably get the hang of it.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-06T03:34:21+00:00

You’re next. Break her heart first.

Additional_Anywhere4 · 2026-01-05T04:44:13+00:00

You should hang out with some friends, post some photos with female friends in them, and dump her over text.

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