In order to survive, all you really need to know is that thinking is man's method of survival. All
it takes is the same as the old joke -- "Q: How do you get to Carnegie hall? Ans. Practice, practice." The rest is merely esoteric devised so that wordsmiths and will have something to talk about.
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lol

Besides inductive reasoning, let us not dismiss the other kids: deductive, reductive, seductive....

LOL!

the Bill Clinton definition?

This was best summed up by the statement "Is is is"?

disagree completely :)

um...picture....

He's playing with his brio track wearing a knitted sweater with a deer on it that my mom made...keeping warm. Yes, I dont pretend to be an expert on anything...I am, however, a great question asker.

Intetesting

Ayn Rand

me either! it's like british with irish thrown in. but he's canadian!

do not hide the pieces from the littlest's one's brain, which I know you are not. He might be an inventor! yes, this Robin is very different from the dead poet society Robin. But that Robin is also very important to how our generation understands romanticism. Food for our brains. For me, I never believed Mr. Grapenuts that his "food" was the best. but I am no expert on food. I have to gain knowledge and categorize it after I vet it for truth. This is complicated. You may decide to defer to experts who meet your criteria.

And hmmmmp I don't think I've ever heard his voice.

Yeah. When I have time to work on other things I'll listen to it :)

Who? Robin or Socrates?

Ah, very good. Makes perfect sense... and that's where I get hung up. The need to explain (over explain... not you, Robin) how reality makes sense. The duct tape and tubes (or whatever) was the obvious choice to fix problem A because it's what they had that they could fashion to best solve the problem at hand. They understood the problem, they gathered materials and formulated a plan, they didn't just throw their hands in the air and hope for a miracle. Omg.. I'm making brain popcorn... Mr potatohead can't talk... I hid his mouth...up on the counter...he can't reach it but he can see it up there, with his eye-nose.

have it playing in the background while you're working on other things. He has a unique voice.

robbie's

yes, emptiness. no lifeline there..

well your faculties are just fine. and when you've read a significant passage in AR's non-fiction and want to discuss it, it's clearly clear to you. :) crystal. She was singular in her ability to reduce concepts to their essence. give the guy a break :)

yes, reality is the foundation for everything whether people choose to recognize the axiom or not. You will always come back to that logic. I always used Apollo 13 (the movie) to explain to my kids the transition from A is A to epistemology. The astronaut who stays behind who has to figure out how to re-power up the LEM.(I might not have that right) and the box of "stuff" thrown on the desk in front of the engineers. (insert: because A is A), and the engineers had to apply how they know what they knew. They used their inductive/deductive reasoning (logic) to define, categorize, calculate...A is A is the starting point, not the end point. One day in TSHTF, it may be very important to put an eye in Mr. Potato Head's ear hole...as a matter of fact, Hank Rangar might steal that :)

Wait, what I meant was, I can't grasp the idea of non reality. Because there's nothing to grasp about it.

May I purchase some time, Alex?