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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:54 am You definitely said you are white.

Am I 'white' ?

I mean I am certainly more tanned than a Brit. I could get mistaken for a Mexican in America.

On the other hand - there are indians who are far more pale than me. Are they white?

*shrug*

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:55 am

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:54 am You definitely said you are white.

Am I 'white' ?

I mean I am certainly more tanned than a Brit. I could get mistaken for a Mexican in America.

It was your word pumpkin.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:56 am It was your word pumpkin.

Used for your advantage, pumpkin.

Because you seem to like labels and dislike confusion

There is no English word for my genetic composition.

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:57 am

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:56 am It was your word pumpkin.

Used for your advantage, pumpkin.

Because you seem to like labels and dislike confusion

There is no English word for my genetic composition.

'Jerk'?

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:59 am 'Jerk'?

No good!

I've met jerks who aren't my skin color.

Wow look at this; a thread dedicated to me. i am honored. Already four pages long, but i still have not received an invite the party.

surreptitious57 wrote:

Veritas Aequitas wrote:
If you do not want to use that name [ JTB ] for the rose do you disagree with the concept and
real thinking mental processes I had described and named as belief and justified true belief ?

Since I do not do belief of any kind then I cannot accept the Gettier definition of knowledge
My own definition would therefore be not justified true belief but justified objective truth

Because of the problem of induction not everything thought to be knowledge actually is
So I therefore think a better more accurate definition would be justified probable truth

surreptitious57 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 1:15 pm

surreptitious57 wrote:

Veritas Aequitas wrote:
If you do not want to use that name [ JTB ] for the rose do you disagree with the concept and
real thinking mental processes I had described and named as belief and justified true belief ?

Since I do not do belief of any kind then I cannot accept the Gettier definition of knowledge
My own definition would therefore be not justified true belief but justified objective truth

Because of the problem of induction not everything thought to be knowledge actually is
So I therefore think a better more accurate definition would be justified probable truth

Note we are not chasing after absolute knowledge.
JTB comes in degrees [confidence level*] depending on the reliability of the Framework and System used.
* Note your confidence level re that of religious doctrines [JTB] versus Scientific knowledge [JTB]. Surely a priest or pastor will insist the doctrine he preached is JTB based on God's existence.

Re: Age: "I do NOT have any beliefs"

Yeah, right. :/

Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:56 pm Re: Age: "I do NOT have any beliefs"

Yeah, right. :/

So, you do agree then?

Age wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:13 pm

Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:56 pm Re: Age: "I do NOT have any beliefs"

Yeah, right. :/

So, you do agree then?

That there is anyone without beliefs? No. To believe one way or another proves it false.

Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:22 pm

Age wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:13 pm

Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:56 pm Re: Age: "I do NOT have any beliefs"

Yeah, right. :/

So, you do agree then?

That there is anyone without beliefs? No. To believe one way or another proves it false.

Well that is only if one was to believe one way or another.

This one neither believes nor disbelieves one way nor another.

Unless, of course, you can prove otherwise.

Can you prove that I believe anything, anyway?

Age wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:29 pm

Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:22 pm

Age wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:13 pm

So, you do agree then?

That there is anyone without beliefs? No. To believe one way or another proves it false.

Well that is only if one was to believe one way or another.

This one neither believes nor disbelieves one way nor another.

Unless, of course, you can prove otherwise.

Can you prove that I believe anything, anyway?

Okay, you have no beliefs. No sweat off my back.

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:57 am

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:56 am It was your word pumpkin.

Used for your advantage, pumpkin.

Because you seem to like labels and dislike confusion

There is no English word for my genetic composition.

Mixed.

Age wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:06 am Wow look at this; a thread dedicated to me. i am honored. Already four pages long, but i still have not received an invite the party.

You really believe this is about you? Or that you should get an invite?