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[wombat]

Being a rationalist is no obstacle to experiencing joy.

But people, come on, do you really give a fuck if people say Daylight Savings instead of Daylight Saving?  Even nitpicking pedants need to pick their battles.

[pmcd9]

But people, come on, do you really give a fuck if people say Daylight Savings instead of Daylight Saving?  Even nitpicking pedants need to pick their battles.

Choose their battles.

~Paul

[AlohaDawg]

Didn't say it does.  But a strong rationist could have issues with wonder (due to explaining or seeking explanations for everything), faith (needing reasons to believe or trust) and miracles (again with the explanation).

These things have led me to joy but are happily not the only way to get there.

[Mite]

Thanks for the clarification, Jough. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to the store where I will get a buggy and load it up with pop.

God I love American regionalism.

[wombat]

Choose their battles.

Pick their noses.

Why can't a beautiful explanation be a source of joy?

[smick]

Thanks for the clarification, Jough. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to the store where I will get a buggy and load it up with pop.

God I love American regionalism.

Up here in the PNW we don't seem to have many quirks like that.  Though our ladies may speak with "Creaky Voice" and you might find a "Can Foods" aisle at the QFC.

[Mite]

I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?

[misterqueue]

I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?

Well to toss salad is...


Oh you meant.


Uh, nevermind.

[pmcd9]

Well to toss salad is...

Finally we're getting somewhere.

~Paul

[CortJstr]

I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?

Clearly we all need to take a page from Infinite Jest* and carry around little stickers that say "fewer" to correct the express lane signs at grocery stores.


*Actually  take two or three. There's plenty to choose from.

[wombat]

I really don't get the "can foods" or "process cheese" or "toss salad", all of which I see a lot. I mean, fine, take your greengrocer's apostrophe. I'll get over that someday. Just remember tenses, please?

Does 'ice cream' bother you?  Of course not.  All the people who know it used to be 'iced cream' are dead. This is a natural language change process.  Take a deep breath and forget about it.

[Hobot]

Does 'ice cream' bother you?  Of course not.  All the people who know it used to be 'iced cream' are dead. This is a natural language change process.  Take a deep breath and forget about it.

"I feel like such a free spirit, and I'm really enjoying this so-called 'iced cream.'"


C. Montgomery Burns is not dead!

[CortJstr]

"I feel like such a free spirit, and I'm really enjoying this so-called 'iced cream.'"


C. Montgomery Burns is not dead!

Well he was. But then he was taken to a better hospital where his condition was upgraded to "alive."

Also, for lunch today I got 6 kinds of nasty on some frenched fried potatoes.

[V-Adore]

Why can't a beautiful explanation be a source of joy?

This is a lovely way to put it. A truly good explanation is beautiful; the human mind, for example, is a structure that gives me much more joy now that I understand it, even the paltry bit I can understand. Explanations are beautiful, and the search for explanations is beautiful.

(The other example that comes to mind is technology. I rather prefer actually understanding how my computer works to, say, declaring that my computer is unknowable or just assuming my computer runs on tiny gnomes extracted from the Earth's core; that, and it allows me secondary benefits like, say, being able to fix my computer when something goes wrong.)

[miles]

Does 'ice cream' bother you?  Of course not.  All the people who know it used to be 'iced cream' are dead. This is a natural language change process.  Take a deep breath and forget about it.

The world may not need academics, but academia needs you, Wombat.