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 Topic: Should the Zelda games use voice-acting? |
Declension
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 Forum: Games and Video Games Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 6:05 pm Subject: Should the Zelda games use voice-acting? |
The advantage of voice acting is that it gives you an insight into a character's personality / emotional state.
The advantage of text-based dialogue is that it prompts you to clearly focus on what ... |
| Topic: Misogyny/MRA is a sign of weakness |
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 3:30 am Subject: Misogyny/MRA is a sign of weakness |
It's a nasty way of putting it, but you might be onto something.
I think we need to add a couple of caviats:
(1.) Lots of men are "losers" in the "game" but they don't blame feminism for it. May ... |
| Topic: Quining qualia. |
Declension
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:13 am Subject: Quining qualia. |
He even describes, in his book, the mental experiences that make him feel like he "knows" what Qualia is - only to criticize his own pretheoretic intuitions.
It's not "pretheoretic intuition", it's ... |
| Topic: Pat Condell: "Transcend This" |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 12:12 am Subject: Pat Condell: "Transcend This" |
| I'm willing to accept the idea that there are things we can only experience, and we can't say anything sensible or specific about. I'm even willing to accept that "God" might be such a thing. But it's ... |
| Topic: Chess! |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:32 pm Subject: Chess! |
This is where you randomly shuffle the pieces on the back row, so that opening theory is useless and only the player's skill determines his performance.
Well actually it just means that becoming an ... |
| Topic: Quining qualia. |
Declension
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:25 pm Subject: Quining qualia. |
| I know that qualia exist. And I'm pretty sure that Dan Dennett does too. In fact, if Dan Dennett doesn't experience qualia, that would remove the main reason that killing him would be immoral. So he m ... |
| Topic: Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 5:35 pm Subject: Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel |
if it was up to me, people like Stephen Hawking would be in charge.
See, this is the scary phenomenon that I was referring to as "Einstein quotes syndrome". Why exactly do you think Stephen Hawking ... |
| Topic: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 1:37 am Subject: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
| Well yeah, but didn't you say that the mere fact that it is a cartoon would be "determinative of the question"? In your example, other factors are essential ingredients, such as who created the cartoo ... |
| Topic: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 7:36 am Subject: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
So a person who possesses a cartoon, which was created by the possessor, for the possessor's personal use, the prohibition against possession of child pornography would not apply.
Well yeah, but di ... |
| Topic: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:23 pm Subject: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
| But I do not believe that the fact that the work is a cartoon and a work of pure imagination is necessarily determinative of the question. It would be in Canada, but New Zealand law may well be differ ... |
| Topic: Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:20 pm Subject: Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel |
| It's nice and all, but I am a little bit suspicious of the "Einstein quotes" syndrome here. Just because you are a very clever mathematical thinker doesn't make you a reliable source on world politics ... |
| Topic: Richard Dawkins voted #1 thinker in world |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:42 am Subject: Richard Dawkins voted #1 thinker in world |
Being clever with a quick tongue does not make one a good thinker, wise, or intelligent.
Craig is definitely not a "quick tongue" kind of guy. Actually, he's the opposite. Everything about his pres ... |
| Topic: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 7:21 am Subject: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
They need to go after the actual predators that hurt people, not people who have done nothing wrong besides own a few racy drawings.
Well, this guy was both. Actually, I get the feeling that this w ... |
| Topic: Richard Dawkins voted #1 thinker in world |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 3:35 am Subject: Richard Dawkins voted #1 thinker in world |
Yikes. That's a bit embarrassing.
He might be a strong contender for "World's Best Explainer" though. His biology books are great. |
| Topic: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 3:15 am Subject: In New Zealand, drawings deserve more justice than humans |
It only makes sense if you think the state imposing moral standards on drawings through force of law is legitimate. Many of us don't.
Situation D is stupid, like situations A, B, and C.
It's im ... |
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