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 | | OhioChessFan: I think <domdaniel> shares your love for the French. |
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| Jul-26-11 | | Big Pawn: Thanks for letting me know. I love the french for some damn reason. |
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| Jul-26-11 | | TheFocus: The French has been my main opening against 1.e4 for 30 years. Whenever I want to try something new, my e-pawn wakes me up in the middle of the night and threatens me in a gentle, persuasive way. I then come to my senses and play my French again. |
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| Jul-27-11 | | Big Pawn: @<The Focus>
I'm the same way. I included the Sicilian in my opening rep about 15 years ago, but have since gone back to just playing the French. I love how nimzovich, petrosian and korchnoi played it. They each had their own style and contributed to the development of the opening in significant ways. What are some of your favorite variations in the French? |
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| Jul-27-11 | | TheFocus: One of my favorite variations is 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 (or ...b6), following Petrosian's lead. I never minded anyone playing the Exchange or Advanced variations against me. Tarrasch was never a problem for me. I like 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5, again following Petrosian's lead. |
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| Jul-07-13 | | Big Pawn: Thought for the day:
People quote Nietzsche to try to appear clever, but they have no idea what Nietzsche is ever talking about. (Helpful Hint: remember people, the ego is the stupid part of your brain. It makes you say and do stupid things) Take Nihilism for instance. Nietzsche proclaimed famously, via the madman and the death of God, that sans God nihilism is true. Yet, when liberal secularists realize what this means they try to deny that this is what Nietzsche really meant. Of course, real philosophers and educated amateurs know better and can live with nihilism - like Dawkins. Liberal secularists love to quote Nietzsche because he was the greatest and smartest atheist of the late 19th century. They feel intellectually comforted and vindicated when they can quote Nietzsche and rail against Theism. But as soon as a liberal secularist finds out what Nietzsche really meant (sans God nihilism is true) they want to deny this is what Nietzsche meant. This you can not do because it's overwhelming clear that this IS what Nietzsche meant - and I agree with Nietzsche; If there is no God then nihilism is true. Nietzsche thought that philosophy could and should point us in the right direction on how to live, but it's not clear how to substantiate these claims. How should we live if nihilism is true? This is where all the debate rages on after Nietzsche. So you can deny nihilims is true sans God, but you can't deny that that is what Nietzsche meant. |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open question up for discussion:
What is harm?
Open question up for debate:
Why should we believe harm is immoral? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Deductive Moral Argument for Theism
1. If God does not exist then objective moral values do not exist. 2. Objective moral values exist.
3. Therefore God exists.
1 and 2 are the premises and 3 is the conclusion. Since the argument is in deductive form the conclusion is *necessarily* true if both premises are true. Have fun:) |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open Question:
Is it better to be wealthy or wise? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open Question:
Which has more value: knowledge or wisdom? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open Question:
Can we derive an ought from an is?
Ought-Is problem - Hume.
Implications: science only tells us about "what is" and can therefore never tell us what we "ought" to do. |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open Question:
Do abstract objects exist? Some abstract objects are numbers and sets. For instance, does the number 4 actually exist? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open Question:
Is poverty necessarily a bad thing? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: 1. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was generous? 2. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was thoughtful, polite and kind. 3. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person) was honest? 4. What would the world be like if everyone (down to the very last person) was happy? 5. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person on the face of the earth) only practiced homosexuality? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open Question:
Is it possible that God exists? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: What does the word "moral" mean? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Open Question:
Is equality always good? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | boz: <Big Pawn: 1. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was generous?
2. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was thoughtful, polite and kind. 3. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person) was honest? 4. What would the world be like if everyone (down to the very last person) was happy? 5. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person on the face of the earth) only practiced homosexuality?> Gay? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: Gay means happy.
Thank you for sharing your valuable insight. |
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Jul-08-13
| | OhioChessFan: <Is poverty necessarily a bad thing?> No. Poverty is a lack of wealth, and sometimes exactly what a person deserves in life. Just as obesity is what an overeating exercise adverse couch potato deserves. If the fat guy looks at someone with some self control and sleek body, he might be persuaded to change his ways. Likewise a person with no initiative might look at a person of success and wealth and be persuaded to leave behind the life he's chosen and led to the poverty he is mired in. |
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| Jul-08-13 | | thebert: <Big Pawn: 1. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was generous? 2. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was thoughtful, polite and kind.
3. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person) was honest? 4. What would the world be like if everyone (down to the very last person) was happy? 5. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person on the face of the earth) only practiced homosexuality?> Considering that nobody would be reproducing, rid of human life in at most 122 years. |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: <OCF> I like your take on this. It's interesting. I think I agree. Sometimes we need pain to learn. Pain is not always a bad thing. Poverty is like pain in that it can teach us things. Poverty may build good character and since good character is worth more than money (is it?) poverty is not necessarily bad. Poverty can teach us to appreciate the small things in life. Poverty can teach us that it's bad to be a sluggard. Poverty can teach us not to have children out of wedlock. Experiencing poverty may bring wisdom indeed. |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: <thebert: <Big Pawn: 1. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was generous? 2. What would the world be like if everyone (and I mean *everyone*) was thoughtful, polite and kind. 3. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person) was honest? 4. What would the world be like if everyone (down to the very last person) was happy? 5. What would the world be like if everyone (every last person on the face of the earth) only practiced homosexuality?> Considering that nobody would be reproducing, rid of human life in at most 122 years.> <thebert> I agree with you 100%. Is this evidence, by way of reason, that engaging in homosexual behavior is immoral? |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Tiggler: <OhioChessFan: <Is poverty necessarily a bad thing?>
No. Poverty is a lack of wealth, and sometimes exactly what a person deserves in life.> President Johnson launched the War on Poverty. That did not do so good, so President Obama launched the War on Wealth. Good luck with that. |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Big Pawn: <Tiggler> war on wealth - I love it. Good call. |
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