Comments on: The problem of claims http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-claims/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:39:35 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-claims/#comment-109368 Mircea Popescu Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:16:16 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=57210#comment-109368 I guess im iiiignorant. I guess im iiiignorant.

]]> By: mike_c http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-claims/#comment-109367 mike_c Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:11:43 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=57210#comment-109367 How did this post get written without noting there is a famous trilemma involved! Munchhausen would be disappointed. How did this post get written without noting there is a famous trilemma involved! Munchhausen would be disappointed.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-claims/#comment-108895 Mircea Popescu Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:59:20 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=57210#comment-108895 What's wrong with "you're stupid, get lost" ? What's wrong with "you're stupid, get lost" ?

]]> By: chett http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-claims/#comment-108894 chett Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:31:04 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=57210#comment-108894 This appears to leave only the avenue of silence in the face of gross stupidity. I reject that since silence is often interpreted as assent. This appears to leave only the avenue of silence in the face of gross stupidity. I reject that since silence is often interpreted as assent.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-claims/#comment-108892 Mircea Popescu Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:43:18 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=57210#comment-108892 @<b>chett</b> Counterintuitively, I imagine it is functionally a question. Abridged from its full form, "If I point out now that this is stupid, which avenue of making a clown of yourself will you pick ?" Of course, depending on the author, it may just be anything. There's <a href=http://trilema.com/2014/no-you-dont-have-something-to-say-on-the-topic/ >no way to extract meaning out of text outside of considering its author</a>. @<b>pletzalcoatl</b> Something like that. If it comes from omniscience then it's a banal statement that one has no reason to make ; if it does not it's then necessarily broken. @chett Counterintuitively, I imagine it is functionally a question. Abridged from its full form, "If I point out now that this is stupid, which avenue of making a clown of yourself will you pick ?"

Of course, depending on the author, it may just be anything. There's no way to extract meaning out of text outside of considering its author.

@pletzalcoatl Something like that. If it comes from omniscience then it's a banal statement that one has no reason to make ; if it does not it's then necessarily broken.

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