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- Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:58 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
Happy that we are good buddies still. Maybe you don’t grok Jacob because you have never been in long term relationship or employment situation with extremely introverted dominant type? my grad school advisor was a deep thinker/philosopher guy of the european tradition who had studied at the highest...
- Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:17 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
@Alphaville: Don’t leave angry. Everybody can come off in a manner they don’t intend on the internet. For instance, I was flaming mad at you for a hot minute, because I initially “heard” your comments to me on ella’s thread as variety of slut-shaming, but then I realized that it was likely miscommu...
- Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:21 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
I'm not here for Jacob. I like his ideas but the forum on the whole is interesting to me and a place for me to get a kind of socializing I dont get anywhere else. I haven't put him on a pedestal. Some of your early posts (from what I remember, I didn't go digging through what you've written) make m...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:28 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:26 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
Yeah, but you were trying to shit on jacob on your way out the door. My post wasn't for your benefit anyway ... I wanted it on the record that some people disagree with your assessment of jacob's time and contributions. i don't pretend to be on the majority here, and this is his forum, and the reco...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:59 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
I don't think there's any obligation on jacob's part to make sure everyone understands is ideas. I'm just grateful that he shares them, and the fact that he's still here answering people's questions at all is a gift to anyone who wants to learn more about ERE, especially given all the shit he took ...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:48 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Lacto-Fermentation Log
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1471
Re: Lacto-Fermentation Log
hey, thanks for starting this. anyway i just wanted to log my first experiment, which was this: some time ago i bought a pricey jar of sauerkraut for "the party meats" (fake meats). bubbies brand, comes refrigerated, has live cultures? normally $8, but was on sale. after eating i kept the ...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
Sincerely please post less. I chose to unsubscribe from the forum RSS due to the volume of your writing. noted, thanks. will soon fix! I say unintentional because believing that one has an intuitive grasp of a discipline after listening to two experts discuss some scifi-applications is like believi...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
I'm sure you can think of many examples from your own life where you were having an advanced conversation of a subject with another person and a layman interlocutor took the completely wrong conclusions. well, in the first place i try not to have expert discussions in front of people who don't know...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:30 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
If I am not mistaken, Jacob (and others here) is willing to help people who help themselves. well, i don't know what it is for everyone but i didn't come here to ask @jacob for help. that is a very big assumption to make about someone and their motives. as far as i can tell none of us here is perfe...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:08 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
We do not do it by asking questions. We do it by answering them. I'm just slowly realizing that a forum is not the best format to do so. ok--for me, as a member of the western tradition, philosophy and science begin with questions--the answers come only later. and when the answer chafes under furth...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:49 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
It's more accurate to say not everyone wants to be Paul Krugman (and many would argue that having your name on the cover of an introductory economics textbook is not deeply serious technical work). Some people like to digest complex work to make it more accessible to the masses. Some people like to...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:17 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
Trying to reduce ERE to some kind of -ism is pointless. in didn't reduce it to an ism. i mentioned "ultimately anti-capitalist" as a characteristic i see in it. but when you said it's anticonsumerist: was it a reduction to a single point, and does that make you a simple? i get that your p...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:34 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
Not trying to trick anyone. Perhaps "trick questions" can be thought of as instructive lessons upon deliberation. instructive? but youre saying nothing and posing as zen master. what is it that you want to say about utility in the aggregate? just say it... then we can agree or disagree an...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:13 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
I mean.. what is utility in the aggregate anyway? eh, i dont answer trick questions anymore :D please state your idea as a positive statement? Any belief or reasoned action taken too literally can be framed as anti-anything.. context, context, context. is it too literal to say that ere proposes aff...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:29 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
Re: A Jacob Mention
It's anti-consumerist but not anti-capitalist. Capitalism need not necessarily be in the service of selling us stuff we don't know to impress people we don't care about. That's just how it ended up. I don't think you'll see me renouncing money or private ownership anytime soon. right, i said ultima...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:46 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: A Jacob Mention
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17403
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:44 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Can I retire with 4 children?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 7892
Re: Can I retire with 4 children?
big families, when they're good, are the best thing ever.
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:04 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Can I retire with 4 children?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 7892
Re: Can I retire with 4 children?
he didjennypenny wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:33 amSince you seem interested in aspects of ERE, why not read the book to see if it answers any of your questions?
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:40 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: The Road Goes on Forever--Sometimes in Circles
- Replies: 212
- Views: 29414
Re: The Road Goes on Forever--Sometimes in Circles
I am once again here to apologize for the mess that you have witnessed. i meant to say this the other day, but i didn't know how to say it right away and got sidetracked: please, no apologies... really, working on self-awareness is a worthy pursuit. sure, you might feel like you have to apologize a...