A bit of irony and sarcasm there, Jakob? I don’t want to presume what you actually meant by that.
You certainly cannot be saying that philosophers are anti-social creatures, can you?
Can you elaborate on that. What odd conversation and what decision?
We are talking arent we? So no. What I said is that we come here because we love philosophy. Obviously we would not go into a forum if we actually thought of it as “non-philosophical chat”.
This is reductive. A site dedicated to philosophy, that attracts people who love philosophy, can still have an area dedicated to non-philosophical chat. Academics go to bars, politicians take up painting, sports players read books. None of this is at all inconsistent. We are a forum for philosophers, but philosophy cannot be all of a philosopher’s life.
I like “Down Time” too. Maybe that addresses Jakob’s concerns as well.
Um, I disagree. Every part of my life is basically philosophy. Even when I’m chatting non-philosophically, I’m still being philosophical. I wake up every morning and piss philosophy.
Same here. I had figured that outlook for more or less universal among ILP posters. But then Carleas hasnt been posting for a good while.
Carleas, or another mod; a request then to move some of my threads to the Philosophy forum. Please transfer this one as soon as you get the chance… viewtopic.php?f=2&t=188756
I’ll put up most of my threads for transfer. I am beyond wanting to post my thoughts in a “non-philosophical chat” forum.
It has a ring to it.
Everything is better than “non philosophical”.
Sorry if Im cranky. When you changed the name I had just invested a couple of hundred hours in a thread called “the philosophers” there.
Since Mr R steps up m gonna give him the credit he’s deserved all along;
Mr R is a bona fide philosopher, maybe the most important one on this site.
If he’d not write here, that would genuinely suck.
He was absent for a few months a few years back and instantly KTS swarmed in. They cant stand the standards he sets, the standard that life is good and you need to be powerful to handle that.