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Universalist OR Anti-Essentialist? 3 Replies

Taken from: http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/universalist-orMany of the posts on the front page right now are teetering…Continue

Tags: Universalism, Skepticism, Moralist, Anti-Essentialism

Started by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer!. Last reply by Paul Gurns Jul 28, 2010.

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Comment by rik on June 5, 2013 at 6:48am

The unexamined bike is not worth riding

Comment by rik on June 5, 2013 at 6:33am

I RIDE; therefore I am.

Comment by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on October 1, 2010 at 1:53pm
This is something I think many of you would enjoy, The Zen Tour of Chicago, http://www.thechainlink.org/xn/detail/2211490:Event:240859.
Comment by Audrey Crescenti on July 30, 2010 at 9:41pm
[below]=cultural variation of ethical relativism... Though it's not too "velo" related. Also a bit eery since I recently had this on the brain --> http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-taste-of-human-flesh-witho...
Comment by mike w. on July 30, 2010 at 8:55pm
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. -Samuel Butler, writer (1835-1902)
Comment by Paul Gurns on July 28, 2010 at 9:48am
Statistical:
Almost every bike ride less than one hour is done riding my mountain bike in proportion to my hybrid. I never ride less than one hour on the weekends. Therefore my mountain bike gets little to no use on the weekends.
Comment by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on July 27, 2010 at 7:46pm
Correction just in case,

Deductive: I cannot both bike on my fixie and my hybrid at the same time. I am not on my hybrid right now [but I am biking], so I must therefore be riding on my fixie.
Comment by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on July 27, 2010 at 7:44pm
Bob, correct me if I am wrong but a Deductive Syllogism require no real world rational to make it correct all they need is to be logically recursive.
Comment by Bob Kastigar on July 27, 2010 at 3:40pm
From Spencer: "Deductive: I cannot both ride my fixie and my hybrid at the same time. I am not riding on my hybrid right now now, so I must therefore be riding on my fixie. "

Inconsistent. There's no statement that you're riding ANYTHING. Alternately, you may be RIDING in a car instead of DRIVING a bicycle.
Comment by Audrey Crescenti on July 27, 2010 at 3:18pm
brilliant!

If cycling is exhilarating and good for one's mental/physical health, then it is both fun and practical, respectively.
If cycling is both fun and practical, then it is a desired mode of transportation.
Cycling is exhilarating.
Cycling is conducive to one's mental/physical health.
Ergo, cycling is a desired mode of transportation.
 

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