Comments on: On modes of reasoning http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/ Temporarily Torontonian Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Defining science http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-48928 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Defining science Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:19:00 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-48928 [...] On modes of reasoning [...] [...] On modes of reasoning [...]

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-34754 . Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:53:59 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-34754 "As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something." -Hagar the Horrible “As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something.”

-Hagar the Horrible

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-33516 . Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:15:05 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-33516 The best way to make money in residential real estate is to buy the worst home on the best street. The moon covers half a degree of sky. When digging a grave by hand, haul away 17 wheelbarrow loads of dirt and pile the rest by the hole. You will have just the right amount to backfill. For marketing purposes, elderly consumers think they are 15 years younger than they actually are. The price of a telescope increases proportionately to the cube of the lens diameter. Recovering an unused physical skill takes one month for each year of layoff. If you walk into a bar where a lot of people wear baseball caps, it's a good place to sell lottery tickets. Eclipses often come in pairs. A lunar eclipse is followed frequently by a solar eclipse two weeks later, and vice versa. If the cats aren't sleeping on the radiators, turn down the heat. One chemical toilet serves 15 employees per week. It takes two minutes for the sun to drop out of sight once it touches the horizon. If a woman can walk around during contractions, she is not fully dilated. When you are working in the vicinity of high voltage, keep 1 foot of distance between you and the power source for each 1,000 volts. For instance, stay 13 feet away from a 13,000 volt power source. The best way to make money in residential real estate is to buy the worst home on the best street.

The moon covers half a degree of sky.

When digging a grave by hand, haul away 17 wheelbarrow loads of dirt and pile the rest by the hole. You will have just the right amount to backfill.

For marketing purposes, elderly consumers think they are 15 years younger than they actually are.

The price of a telescope increases proportionately to the cube of the lens diameter.

Recovering an unused physical skill takes one month for each year of layoff.

If you walk into a bar where a lot of people wear baseball caps, it’s a good place to sell lottery tickets.

Eclipses often come in pairs. A lunar eclipse is followed frequently by a solar eclipse two weeks later, and vice versa.

If the cats aren’t sleeping on the radiators, turn down the heat.

One chemical toilet serves 15 employees per week.

It takes two minutes for the sun to drop out of sight once it touches the horizon.

If a woman can walk around during contractions, she is not fully dilated.

When you are working in the vicinity of high voltage, keep 1 foot of distance between you and the power source for each 1,000 volts. For instance, stay 13 feet away from a 13,000 volt power source.

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Ever upwards http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-7950 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Ever upwards Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:29:54 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-7950 [...] 2.0.4 [...] [...] 2.0.4 [...]

]]> By: Rob http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3181 Rob Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:43:27 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3181 Milan, ignore Rorty-style ironic anything. If, as Rorty claims, the truth doesn't matter, or is inaccessible, or whatever, it doesn't matter if our moral beliefs aren't true. If that's the case, then there is no reason to endorse moral skepticism, and hence there is no reason to express our moral beliefs in the ironic fashion Rorty demands that we do. The man is virtually a parody of himself. Milan,

ignore Rorty-style ironic anything. If, as Rorty claims, the truth doesn’t matter, or is inaccessible, or whatever, it doesn’t matter if our moral beliefs aren’t true. If that’s the case, then there is no reason to endorse moral skepticism, and hence there is no reason to express our moral beliefs in the ironic fashion Rorty demands that we do. The man is virtually a parody of himself.

]]> By: Mike Kushnir http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3177 Mike Kushnir Fri, 04 Aug 2006 03:38:55 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3177 i have one foot out the door, but i will (try to) comment later. very interesting. m. ps. i'm happy about your camera. pps. the macbook arrived. it's a thrill to steal the wireless connections of others. all i need now is a fictional application that will "swing" the NIC from one network to another smoothly, therefore allowing me to steal internet along a densely populated corridor while in motion, such as on skytrain. i have one foot out the door, but i will (try to) comment later.

very interesting.

m.

ps. i’m happy about your camera.

pps. the macbook arrived. it’s a thrill to steal the wireless connections of others. all i need now is a fictional application that will “swing” the NIC from one network to another smoothly, therefore allowing me to steal internet along a densely populated corridor while in motion, such as on skytrain.

]]> By: R.K. http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3170 R.K. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:50:20 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3170 From all I can see, the upgrade worked. Shame about the spam comments. I think the one above is one of them. From all I can see, the upgrade worked. Shame about the spam comments. I think the one above is one of them.

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3174 Milan Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:08:08 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3174 B, Kathy Baylis, David Green, Robert Gateman, <i>et al</i> would have been terribly disappointed with me if I ignored all their lectures on inflection points, curves, and optimization. B,

Kathy Baylis, David Green, Robert Gateman, et al would have been terribly disappointed with me if I ignored all their lectures on inflection points, curves, and optimization.

]]> By: B http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3173 B Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:59:36 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3173 It should be noted that when you played just such a game as part of an experiment, <a href="http://www.sindark.com/2005/10/10/an-afternoon-game/" rel="nofollow">you chose the selfish bastard option</a>. Too many econ classes... It should be noted that when you played just such a game as part of an experiment, you chose the selfish bastard option.

Too many econ classes…

]]> By: Ben http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3172 Ben Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:55:30 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3172 Funny you should bring up that stuff about ultimatum games and such, I've been reading about them this week - only this afternoon I read something about how few people behave 'rationally' unless 'trained' to do so, and how economists are less likely to give to public goods and tend to be more selfish as a result. Funny you should bring up that stuff about ultimatum games and such, I’ve been reading about them this week – only this afternoon I read something about how few people behave ‘rationally’ unless ‘trained’ to do so, and how economists are less likely to give to public goods and tend to be more selfish as a result.

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3171 Milan Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:52:20 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2006/08/03/on-modes-of-reasoning/#comment-3171 Thanks for pointing the spam comment out. It's some kind of attack based on the creation of hundreds of phony blogs which then post snippets of your posts and links back to your site. If the Buddhists are right, these people should come back as intestinal parasites. It probably won't be too much of an adjustment, really. Thanks for pointing the spam comment out. It’s some kind of attack based on the creation of hundreds of phony blogs which then post snippets of your posts and links back to your site.

If the Buddhists are right, these people should come back as intestinal parasites. It probably won’t be too much of an adjustment, really.

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