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Comment on What are some good entry points for getting into poetry? in ~books
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Comment on What are some good entry points for getting into poetry? in ~books
Taler Link ParentThanks for the help! The course looks interesting, though a bit limited. But that comes with in-depth courses, I suppose.Thanks for the help! The course looks interesting, though a bit limited. But that comes with in-depth courses, I suppose.
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Comment on What are some good entry points for getting into poetry? in ~books
Taler LinkHey, the youtube channel TED-ED has a playlist where they animate and read poems plus an additional video where they give context for the poem. It is short, but it may be an entertaining...Hey, the youtube channel TED-ED has a playlist where they animate and read poems plus an additional video where they give context for the poem.
It is short, but it may be an entertaining entrypoint for poetry. I know I enjoyed it.
The first video of their playlist: The road not taken by Robert Frost
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Comment on What are some good entry points for getting into poetry? in ~books
Taler Link ParentWhat would be good resources for the history of poetry? That sounds interesting.What would be good resources for the history of poetry? That sounds interesting.
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Comment on Tildistas, do you read or have you read any webcomics? in ~comics
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Comment on Tildistas, do you read or have you read any webcomics? in ~comics
Taler (edited )LinkDer Shing makes two webcomics, and both are some of the best webcomics have to offer. The meek is an ongoing fantasy story, with the world seeming teetering to war, while a nude girl (Though her...Der Shing makes two webcomics, and both are some of the best webcomics have to offer.
The meek is an ongoing fantasy story, with the world seeming teetering to war, while a nude girl (Though her nudity is never sexualized, and she will wear pants after a while) and a depressive alcoholic journeying to the center of the world. It has a large cast, and it follows at this moment three storylines, that probably will converge sometime.
Mare Internum is an ongoing science fiction comic. The setting is in the future on Mars. Two explorers stumble in undiscovered caves and get stuck. In that strange subterranean world they are confronted with their demons. It is more somber of tone than The Meek, and has a smaller scope, there are no world politics, just two people struggling to reach the surface again.
The one downside is that both are currently on hiatus, but they should start this year sometime again. Der Shing has stated Mare Internum is almost completed.
If you are disappointed by the hiatus, then I have a complete comic to recommend to you: Narbonic
It is a short gagcomic, you can read it in one setting if you make time for it. It is a tale of mad science and one normal guy trying to live in a world populated with regular world domination attempts and unethical experiments.
Now, the first arcs are rough, with shoddy art and sometimes unreadable lettering. But it gets good quickly, and the cast of characters, for all their evil deeds, are well written.
The most strong part of Narbonic though is the end. It manages to tie almost all storylines together in the climax in a surprisingly emotional way.One caveat: The comic is provided with author commentary, but that is very spoilery, so I advise you to, unless you don't mind spoilers, to turn the commentary off. Turn it on if you are rereading it later, though, it is an interesting read.
It starts here: http://narbonic.com/comic/july-31-august-5-2000/For turning the commentary off: click on the yellow box right above.
Edit: I tried to convert the webcomic titles in text links, but I failed. Can somebody tell me what I did wrong?
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Comment on Tildistas, do you read or have you read any webcomics? in ~comics
Taler Link ParentI agree with your recommendation. I read quite a few webcomics, and KBSD has been the most consistently impressive of them.I agree with your recommendation. I read quite a few webcomics, and KBSD has been the most consistently impressive of them.
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Comment on How alt-right is Nietzsche really? in ~humanities
Taler Link Parent"or you're pushing this to the point of self-destruction. " Which maybe happened with Nietzsche. It is not like humans never had self-destructive behaviours. But yeah, I agree most, if not all,..."or you're pushing this to the point of self-destruction. "
Which maybe happened with Nietzsche.
It is not like humans never had self-destructive behaviours. But yeah, I agree most, if not all, people have a "weakness" in one or another way. To hate the weakness within, is to hate yourself, and that leads to the inner annihilation. Unless...
you do doublethinking. Your "weakness" doesn't count, or you hide it for everyone, even for yourself. So you can from that superior position judge on others.
But yeah, to say that weakness is to be eradicated, is to say "weak" (or better said less fit) humans are to be eradicated which then leads to fascism.I agree with you that it does not make sense.
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Comment on How alt-right is Nietzsche really? in ~humanities
Taler Link Parent"Also striking how the hatred for "the weak" often comes from the weakest people in society." Well, if you live in a society that regards strength as one of the most important and noble things..."Also striking how the hatred for "the weak" often comes from the weakest people in society."
Well, if you live in a society that regards strength as one of the most important and noble things (and of course that goes together with disregard for those who are weak and sickly) it is hard to escape that notion, to not internalize that poisonous idea. Even if you fit the image of "weak".
I want to add that this hatred does not seem to especially come of "weak" people to me. I suspect many of the "strong" people in Nietzsche's time shared that disdain.
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Comment on How alt-right is Nietzsche really? in ~humanities
Taler Link ParentYeah. Oh well, you can still make clear enough tags with them.Yeah. Oh well, you can still make clear enough tags with them.
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Comment on How alt-right is Nietzsche really? in ~humanities
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Comment on How alt-right is Nietzsche really? in ~humanities
Taler LinkA comparison between the idea's of Nietzsche and of the alt-right, and of course also of the role Nietzsche's life played in the forming of his idea's. I found it quite interesting. Edit: How do I...A comparison between the idea's of Nietzsche and of the alt-right, and of course also of the role Nietzsche's life played in the forming of his idea's.
I found it quite interesting.Edit: How do I add the tags?
I tried: Nietzsche, alt-right, philosophy, Übermensch, pity but I get the message: invalid tags. What do I wrong here? -
How alt-right is Nietzsche really?
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Comment on In your opinion, why is there something instead of nothing? in ~talk
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Comment on In your opinion, why is there something instead of nothing? in ~talk
Taler Link ParentThose two "nopes" seem contradictory, though. if there is no law that something has to exist out of nothing, then "nothings" are possible. But I agree with you, we are currently too ignorant to...Those two "nopes" seem contradictory, though. if there is no law that something has to exist out of nothing, then "nothings" are possible.
But I agree with you, we are currently too ignorant to find an answer to that. "There is as yet unsufficient data for a meaningful answer"
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Comment on In your opinion, why is there something instead of nothing? in ~talk
Taler Link ParentLooks like you gave an answer to the question I just asked to you. So "nothing" is a vacuum spontaneously and randomly producing virtual particles. (What do you mean with "virtual partices?) I...Looks like you gave an answer to the question I just asked to you.
So "nothing" is a vacuum spontaneously and randomly producing virtual particles. (What do you mean with "virtual partices?) I would say that even those particles exist, are something. Unless we define "something" as a universe in which the particles are more than the sum of their parts.
Looks like we constantly stumble on the impossibility to define nothing, that alien idea of non-existence. I think that stumble is a hint that nothing cannot exist. Nothing cannot be nothing.
I fear "nothing" is outside the realm of definitions, maybe because definitions are in the realm of existence?Sorry if I am rambling.
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Comment on In your opinion, why is there something instead of nothing? in ~talk
Taler Link ParentDoes not mean a literal answer is the only answer we need to have to this question, though. It is such a huge question. (or small, depends on how you look to it) Do you believe that there is a...Does not mean a literal answer is the only answer we need to have to this question, though. It is such a huge question. (or small, depends on how you look to it)
Do you believe that there is a "law" that something has to exist out of nothing or not? If not, are you saying there are "nothings" out there then in a weird multi-verse way?
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Comment on In your opinion, why is there something instead of nothing? in ~talk
Taler Link ParentDo you mean a positive in return? Because if two negatives mutipled results in a negative, is then not the square root of -1 perfectly possible? I don't think it is matter of accepting whether it...(that two negatives multiplied together give you a negative in return).
Do you mean a positive in return? Because if two negatives mutipled results in a negative, is then not the square root of -1 perfectly possible?
If we accept that it's impossible for an integer to go over 1000, then we would have an answer for the Collatz conjecture, infinity would no longer exist, there would be a fixed amount of prime numbers, etc. So you can see, these mathematical concepts and entities aren't immutable at all; change the assumptions, and you change the outcome.
I don't think it is matter of accepting whether it is possible or impossible for an integer to go over 1000. I could, with difficulty, but I could, gather 1001 coconuts. So we need an number that goes beyond 1000 to account for that. Seems immutable to me.
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Comment on In your opinion, why is there something instead of nothing? in ~talk
Taler Link ParentYou are taking a metaphor literally. A metaphor can assign motives to things that (maybe) cannot have motives. I don't know enough of the universe to answer such a question literally. (Does...You are taking a metaphor literally. A metaphor can assign motives to things that (maybe) cannot have motives.
I don't know enough of the universe to answer such a question literally. (Does anyone?) And tales or metaphors are useful tools for questions like that.For me, to give an example, the wish of the first particle of matter to wish itself into existence before thinking (by the way, we cannot be sure if having a brain is necessary to be able to think. Brain is in itself, as far as I know, just matter with electricity) is a metaphor for my belief that there is a law or something, a, I repeat, a natural tendency for something to rise out of nothing.
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Comment on In your opinion, why is there something instead of nothing? in ~talk
Taler (edited )Link ParentWell, maybe "everythingness" does exist? I mean, every object in the universe that is there does exist. And we all relate to each other. I relate to you now, by talking and typing, by sharing...Well, maybe "everythingness" does exist? I mean, every object in the universe that is there does exist. And we all relate to each other. I relate to you now, by talking and typing, by sharing ideas. The sun relates to our earth, our earth relates to other planets. Our own galaxy relates to other galaxies by gravity as I understand it, and so on. So each object in a galaxy relates in a certain way to other objects in other galaxies.
Or maybe I am wrong, and "everythingness" is like the universe so fully crammed that there is no space to live? (Maybe that is also an answer why there is no "everythingness") (Hmm, second thought: maybe the "everythingness" was the cause of this universe? The singularity before time and space? I don't know)I also have no idea. Maybe "nothing" is impossible as how we think it is. Thanks for your answer!
Never heard of that one, thanks!