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You are absolutely right - there are absolutely not any absolutes, and you can absolutely always quote me in absolute terms on that. :p I already made that joke earlier to day in the economics forum... a pity you will never understand it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan

Well, in paraconsistent logic you can have A = A and at the same time A = not A. Besides, you should understand the Schrödinger's Cat problem. Now go study... :p

Buttman, you need to understand about validity of an argument - RELATIVE to a logic model. It can be perfectly valid within the logic model - but still wrong ... For a logic to work it most be sound and complete etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_premise

I am trying to educate you - work with me, little Timmy. Look, you can study a field - and the science of that field will be expanding with knowledge. You shed the old models and you put in new ones... An example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_reentry#Shock_layer_gas_physics...

You just mentioned that the axiom is relative to propositional logic ... Dude, take a look at the attempts to formulate ALL mathematics - ZFC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFC The look into cardinality and large cardinality, self-similarity ...

Gimme your best intellectual shot ... Try me... :p

Bah! Propositional logic is the simplest and weakest of them all with regards to expressive power. And you even dragging bivalence into something ... that is just so WEAK! Your attempts to define ANYTHING in a modern context when we know so much is simply astounding that you go back to...

ScottD, sure she socialized .. how about the next step - love life and family? Just making a point - I know the history details. Also, sure they are all some type of individualists - some force, alienated by their surroundings - others are stronger intellectually, like my Objectivist...

DUDE! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_of_truth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativism Tell me ANYTHING that you call "absolute"... give it your best shot, really! I will debunk it for you... :p I have already been through the complete epistemology of Objectivism and know it...

LOL, you know - the funny thing is that those right-wing NRA people and anti-government recluses in the upper midwest are the ones best equipped to deal with any REAL crisis... hehehehehe - what a movie concept. :D

Cancerous corruption - the greedy people grabbing what they can before it is too late... You certainly got enough of them, along with monkeys promising castles-in-the-sky... You should read what Neocon Charles Murray has to say about welfare and any social initiatives... he does his research...

Honest people do not belong to the elitist top in the managerial state or cognitive elite of the Neocon priesthood. "Hecklers" like they are called become marginalized, ridiculed, censored and silenced by those chanting in unison "USA! USA! USA!". Sustainable systems is all what it is...

And Donald Rumsfeld's speech on "global war of ideas" - including the Internet... http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=1206

True, and every broken clock is right at least two times a day... When it comes down to it - nobody is perfect, that is why we have something called adaptation and evolution to help us along. Like I pointed out, I find the Objectivists more akin to cult-followers than anything else...

Fiscal conservativeness is similar to sustainable development... That's where Greenspan tilted the US... Sure the USD unpegging from gold was the premise for all the misery - and greed-is-good wealth.

Well, the biggest criticism from everyone about Ayn Rand is that she was a miserable creature with stumped social skills, certainly little interpersonal insight. That also reflects in her writing somewhat. See www.personalitypage.com/relationships.html for some insight. And...

You guys better buy some comfy thick mattresses, if your home is safe that is... Home security and safes will be skyrocketing... get your phony bark-device today, and alarm to notify your GSM phone. :D

Chill!

What you are doing is called backbone, guts and perseverance. Some might even throw in integrity and trust ...

LMFAO! One link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_of_faith