Figs in Winter
1 min readFeb 2, 2025

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> So as a reasoned "enlightened" individual do you propose that state borders cause geology? Certainly that would be an absurd conclusion. <

Agreed.

> Is self evident true and sacred false? Is self evident a sacred phrase and sacred is an idiot phrase? <

Something that is self-evident is true if we accept that it is, in fact, self-evident. As for sacred, I find the term to be meaningless rather than idiotic.

> I agree with Wittgenstein it's all a language game with little rational going on at all. <

So what you just wrote in your comment has no rational meaning? It was gibberish?

> A line that does not exist 1700 years ago is causing geology, or one writ 250 years ago is the identical line. It does not exist except between the ears. It's actually bad science to even pretend it exists. This should be self evident. <

Sorry but I honestly have no idea what this is about. Can you rephrase?

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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