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I Like Jell-O
May 19, 2004
I really do.

Goodpancakes posted:

But animals aren't mindless and humans are animals?

Philosophically speaking, animals are mindless because they are incapable of reason. By that same token, humans aren't animals because we are capable of reason. I guess you can disagree with that, but it will put you into a pretty small minority. And being in a small minority is an uncomfortable position for most people to be in because, as you know, we humans are herd animals.

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hailthefish
Oct 24, 2010

:greencube:chain

Tokamak
Dec 22, 2004

UCS Hellmaker posted:

https://twitter.com/ButtCoin/status/1013101265474252800

So Iota the coin of one of our resident altcoins is taking peoples coins and putting them in a wallet to be reclaimed. This is good for bitcoin?

funds are safe???

Satchel and Trunk
Nov 4, 2008
Suck the shitcoins right out of my rear end in a top hat.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

I Like Jell-O posted:

Philosophically speaking, animals are mindless because they are incapable of reason. By that same token, humans aren't animals because we are capable of reason. I guess you can disagree with that, but it will put you into a pretty small minority. And being in a small minority is an uncomfortable position for most people to be in because, as you know, we humans are herd animals.

Man you got reeeally mad about an insult to libertarianism huh?

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Also humans are mammals you donk

COMRADES
Apr 3, 2017

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

I Like Jell-O posted:

for example forcing someone to realize that they just implied that whole groups of people (or possibly all people, I don't really care) are mindless herd animals, unable to make independent decisions.

That's what I said definitely.

:rolleyes:


Humans are social/group/herd animals that's a biological fact sorry if it doesn't jibe with Ayn Rand's fanfic. It doesn't mean you're incapable of making independent decisions and it doesn't mean some offense is meant as if I'm insulting your Immortal Soul by comparing homo sapiens to other apes.

COMRADES fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Jul 1, 2018

Risc1911
Mar 1, 2016

https://twitter.com/FUD_Buddy/status/1013341031218208771

ballistics statistics
Nov 27, 2003

:shepface:God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title:shepface:


All those videocards, lost to gamers.

Like tears in the rain.

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry

ballistics statistics posted:

All those videocards, lost to gamers.

Like tears in the rain.

When you put it that way, buttmining doesn’t seem so bad

Strawman
Feb 9, 2008

Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.


I Like Jell-O posted:

Philosophically speaking, animals are mindless because they are incapable of reason. By that same token, humans aren't animals because we are capable of reason. I guess you can disagree with that, but it will put you into a pretty small minority. And being in a small minority is an uncomfortable position for most people to be in because, as you know, we humans are herd animals.

So you're redefining the word 'animal' because being one makes you uncomfortable and pretending that you're in the majority without backing it up? Normally the classic rebuttal to libertarian arguments is all of recorded history, but this time it's high school level biology.

Moridin920 posted:

humans are mammals you donk

Strawman fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Jul 1, 2018

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
you and me baby ain’t nothing but mammals
so let’s hash it like they hash it in Tether’s crypto channel

a_gelatinous_cube
Feb 13, 2005

I just casually follow bitcoin prices, but it seems like this is the first time in a while where the price didn't spike up after a big pump and is just slowly deflating back down again.

Rectal Death Adept
Jun 20, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

Zyklon B Zombie posted:

I just casually follow bitcoin prices, but it seems like this is the first time in a while where the price didn't spike up after a big pump and is just slowly deflating back down again.

That's just wishful thinking on your part. Bitcoin's entire history is a series of pumps followed by slow deflation. So far in history the stupidity fueling the pumps hits faster than the deflation so the price ends up higher at each low.

This time next year when everyone is trading Cardano, for some reason, we will be able to predict the market better because PHDs designed it.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

I Like Jell-O posted:

Philosophically speaking, animals are mindless because they are incapable of reason. By that same token, humans aren't animals because we are capable of reason.
Is this the libertarian version of young earth creationism.


I Like Jell-O
May 19, 2004
I really do.

COMRADES posted:

That's what I said definitely.

:rolleyes:


Humans are social/group/herd animals that's a biological fact sorry if it doesn't jibe with Ayn Rand's fanfic. It doesn't mean you're incapable of making independent decisions and it doesn't mean some offense is meant as if I'm insulting your Immortal Soul by comparing homo sapiens to other apes.

Its not what you said, but it is what you (unintentionally) implied. I'm also amused that you are making all sorts of assumptions about my beliefs based on my replies in this thread. I really appreciate you dropping these :biotruths: on me, it has been really helpful.

Strawman posted:

So you're redefining the word 'animal' because being one makes you uncomfortable and pretending that you're in the majority without backing it up? Normally the classic rebuttal to libertarian arguments is all of recorded history, but this time it's high school level biology.

Words have different meanings in different contexts, and something can be both accurate and meaningless at the same time. As an example, calling bitcoin a currency is accurate (to a degree), but meaningless when discussing bitcoin speculation. Also, calling speculating on bitcoin an investment, implying an equivalency with stocks and bonds that does not exist. Just like calling humans animals in the context of a philosophical discussion.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

Who are these philosophers who assert homo sapiens is not part of the animal kingdom.

Name, like, four.

Rufio
Feb 6, 2003

I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!
Somebody just got their BA

Relevant Tangent
Nov 18, 2016

Tangentially Relevant

Nah, this is 100 level course thinking at best.

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry

Rectal Death Adept
Jun 20, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
Is CineD leaking?

"Words can mean anything. Humans aren't animals. Bitcoins are ice cream. All you have to do is admit that anything can mean anything else with enough semantics and philosophy"

Weaponized Intellect 101

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

Bitcoin threads have a magical way of bringing out the faux intellects types :allears:

YOLOsubmarine
Oct 19, 2004

When asked which Pokemon he evolved into, Kamara pauses.

"Motherfucking, what's that big dragon shit? That orange motherfucker. Charizard."

I Like Jell-O posted:

Philosophically speaking, animals are mindless because they are incapable of reason. By that same token, humans aren't animals because we are capable of reason. I guess you can disagree with that, but it will put you into a pretty small minority. And being in a small minority is an uncomfortable position for most people to be in because, as you know, we humans are herd animals.

Animals can reason you muppet.

Roargasm
Oct 21, 2010

Hate to sound sleazy
But tease me
I don't want it if it's that easy
animals are governed by stimulus => reaction => response, but humans have a unique ability to delay response while they think about their action (to buy the dip)

The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax
My cat poops in a box of rocks like a big idiot

Roargasm
Oct 21, 2010

Hate to sound sleazy
But tease me
I don't want it if it's that easy

Jimmy Hats posted:

My cat poops in a box of rocks like a big idiot

u clean it up

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



I Like Jell-O posted:

Philosophically speaking, animals are mindless because they are incapable of reason. By that same token, humans aren't animals because we are capable of reason. I guess you can disagree with that, but it will put you into a pretty small minority. And being in a small minority is an uncomfortable position for most people to be in because, as you know, we humans are herd animals.
You seem as though something is haunting you. Some kind of... spectre.

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.


I Like Jell-O posted:

And socialism is what you get when you actually treat humans like herd animals.

Then everyone dies broke, except for the elites.

This conversation has been fun, and really nuanced and insightful. I'm glad we all learned something.


I Like Jell-O posted:

Its not what you said, but it is what you (unintentionally) implied. I'm also amused that you are making all sorts of assumptions about my beliefs based on my replies in this thread. I really appreciate you dropping these :biotruths: on me, it has been really helpful.


Words have different meanings in different contexts, and something can be both accurate and meaningless at the same time. As an example, calling bitcoin a currency is accurate (to a degree), but meaningless when discussing bitcoin speculation. Also, calling speculating on bitcoin an investment, implying an equivalency with stocks and bonds that does not exist. Just like calling humans animals in the context of a philosophical discussion.

Oh my god you weird corncobbing meltdown, please shut up lol

Pro PRC Laowai
Jun 14, 2018

Roargasm posted:

animals are governed by stimulus => reaction => response, but humans have a unique ability to delay response while they think about their action (to buy the dip)

Ehhh it’s not that simple


https://youtu.be/ZerUbHmuY04

You might say this isn’t using reason, but I’d argue the same for your posting

jimmyjams
Jan 10, 2001


King Kong of Megadongs
Gobblin' them mega schlongs
Makin' sure they mega long
Stroke' 'em if they mega strong
shitcoin

Kobayashi
Aug 13, 2004

by Nyc_Tattoo
Somebody do phrenology next!!

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.
If humans are herd animals, why is there no humancoin?
Instead, there is the deercoin. The real (stupid) herd animal.

https://foundico.com/ico/deercoin.html

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.
E: I was wrong. there is a humancoin

https://www.humancoin.net/



Am I the deer(coin)? :ohdear:

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

EorayMel posted:

E: I was wrong. there is a humancoin

https://www.humancoin.net/



Am I the deer(coin)? :ohdear:

Scamming the rubes with buzz word salad and guilt.

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Bitcoin = Good

DerekSmartymans
Feb 14, 2005

The
Copacetic
Ascetic

Not as good as a big meaty poo poo

Refried Noodle
Feb 23, 2012

Yes, let’s scam people giving to charities. Why the gently caress not. The good thing I suppose it’s only speculating assholes and libertarians donating their poo poo anymore.

jimmyjams
Jan 10, 2001


King Kong of Megadongs
Gobblin' them mega schlongs
Makin' sure they mega long
Stroke' 'em if they mega strong

DerekSmartymans posted:

Not as good as a big meaty poo poo

big meaty shits: good for bitcoin?

Marketing New Brain
Apr 26, 2008

Rectal Death Adept posted:

Is CineD leaking?

"Words can mean anything. Humans aren't animals. Bitcoins are ice cream. All you have to do is admit that anything can mean anything else with enough semantics and philosophy"

Weaponized Intellect 101

Tell me Socrates, what is Bitcoin, and can number only go up? The answer to that is in the white paper for my new ICO, MenoCoin.

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Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Kobayashi posted:

Somebody do phrenology next!!

i see you have sausagey fingers. they indicate someone... who has bit coins

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