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A Survey Of You, The Posters
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A Survey Of You, The Posters

sheps
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Posted 09/25/09 - 07:41 AM:	#21
1. Name - Paul 2. Gender - Male 3. Age - 18 4. Ethnicity - English/German 5. Sexual Orientation - Straight 6. Highest level of education - College 7. Degrees/Titles - None 8. Occupation - Student 9. Estimated Amount of Yearly Wages - Nowt 10. IQ - 120ish 11. Do you believe your education helps in your occupation - maybe if I was employed... 12. Do you believe your IQ helps in your occupation - I don't think much of "IQ." 13. If you went to a post High School system - Northampton College 14. Married? - No, single. 14a. Divorced? - Nope. 14b. Number of marriages - None 15. Number of offspring - None that I know of... 16. On average, how many books do you read in a year? - 40 17. Does philosophy help in your education/workplace? - Yes 18. Do you believe you are a constructive member of society? - Absolutely.
The Midnight Sun Never Sets.

pfred
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Posted 09/25/09 - 09:08 AM:	#22
1. Name pfred 2. Gender male 3. Age 47 4. Ethnicity white 5. Sexual Orientation (Straight/Gay/Bi) straight 6. Highest Level of Education MS Electical Engineering 7. Degrees (and/or) Titles decline to answer 8. Occupation decline to answer 9. Estimated Amount of Yearly Wages (Net) decline to answer 10. IQ decline to answer 11. Do you believe your education helps in your occupation? (as compared to your fellow worker) yes 12. Do you believe your IQ helps in your occupation? (as compared to your fellow worker) yes 13. If you went to a post-High School system; what school? decline to answer 14. Married no 14a. Divorced no 14b. Number of marriages 0 15. Number of offspring 0 16. On average, how many books do you read in a year? (Books, being literature, non-fiction, etc. that is roughly 'novel' size, use your own discretion). decline to answer 17. Does philosophy(ies) help you in your work place? yes 18. [Final] Do you believe you are a constructive member of society? decline to answer

Fractalist
Indulgent sceptic

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Posted 09/25/09 - 11:30 AM:	#23
1. Name: Jim 2. Gender: male 3. Age: 21 4. Ethnicity: white caucasian 5. (Straight/Gay/Bi): Predominantly heterosexual 6. Highest Level of Education: High school 7. Degrees (and/or) Titles: None 8. Occupation: Seasonally unemployed 9. Estimated Amount of Yearly Wages: N/A 10. IQ: Average 11. Do you believe your education helps in your occupation?: No 12. Do you believe your IQ helps in your occupation?: No 13. If you went to a post-High School system; what school?: Home schooled 14. Married: No 14a. Divorced: No 14b. Number of marriages: 0 15. Number of offspring: 0 16. On average, how many books do you read in a year?: 8 17. Does philosophy(ies) help you in your work place?: No 18. [Final] Do you believe you are a constructive member of society?: Hardly Edited by Fractalist on 09/26/09 - 04:20 PM
We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.- Arthur Eddington

Aetixintro
Concepts and descriptions

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Posted 09/25/09 - 12:04 PM:	#24
1. Name (if you wish instead of placing your name, you may instead use your user_name) John "Terje A. Lea" Doe 2. Gender Male 3. Age 34 yo. 4. Ethnicity Caucasian 5. Sexual Orientation (Straight/Gay/Bi) Straight 6. Highest Level of Education High School 7. Degrees (and/or) Titles None in particular 8. Occupation Insurance business and hobby-philosophy 9. Estimated Amount of Yearly Wages (Net) (Not supplied) 10. IQ 124 (last time I checked) 11. Do you believe your education helps in your occupation? (as compared to your fellow worker) Yes, both formal and informal 12. Do you believe your IQ helps in your occupation? (as compared to your fellow worker) Yes, the higher the better 13. If you went to a post-High School system; what school? University of Oslo (dropout) 14. Married No 14a. Divorced Also no 14b. Number of marriages None 15. Number of offspring 0 (as far as I know, dead or alive) 16. On average, how many books do you read in a year? (Books, being literature, non-fiction, etc. that is roughly 'novel' size, use your own discretion). I can't say, they come in bouts and mostly non-fiction. 17. Does philosophy(ies) help you in your work place? Yes! 18. [Final] Do you believe you are a constructive member of society? Yes, absolutely!
Efficacy of "for since it is at present manifest to me that even bodies are not properly known by the senses nor by the faculty of imagination, but by the understanding alone" - Descartes, Meditation II I'm always wanting more, Anything I haven't got, Everything, I want it all, I just can't stop - The Cure, Want

quickly
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Posted 09/25/09 - 09:49 PM:	#25
1. Name: Daniel 2. Gender: male 3. Age: 21 4. Ethnicity: (too) white 5. Sexual Orientation: are we using the Kinsey scale? check back in a few years. 6. Highest Level of Education: college 7. Degrees (and/or) Titles: none yet; working on my BA 8. Occupation: none (assorted nonprofessional: at dog races, serving rich people bad food, etc.) 9. Estimated Amount of Yearly Wages: whatever the government doles out, and my school refunds! 10. IQ: no clue (but I usually like linear scales of personal comparison!) 11. Do you believe your education helps in your occupation?: does "student" count as occupation? then probably. 12. Do you believe your IQ helps in your occupation? (as compared to your fellow worker): you wouldn't believe the shit some college students churn out. 13. If you went to a post-High School system; what school?: Portland State, Evergreen (Olympia, WA), University of Washington (I've moved around a lot) 14. Married: not to my knowledge 14a. Divorced: not to my knowledge 14b. Number of marriages: hopefully, none. 15. Number of offspring: ditto. 16. On average, how many books do you read in a year? (Books, being literature, non-fiction, etc. that is roughly 'novel' size, use your own discretion): no clue, but they're piling up. 17. Does philosophy(ies) help you in your work place?: only to annoy the political science majors. 18. [Final] Do you believe you are a constructive member of society?: at the moment, probably not...
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Banno
Old goat

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Posted 09/26/09 - 02:41 PM:	#26
This thread is speciesist. Name: Banno Gender: Male Age: over 100 Ethnicity: Old goat Sexual orientation: can't remember. Highest level of education: Wikipedia Degrees: 22 centigrade Occupation: eating Estimated wage: one bail of hay a week IQ: I'm a goat, you twit. Certainly what I have learned helps me enjoy my hay. What more could an old goat want but to stand in the shade munching and watching the kids? Married, with one kid. I don't read books, I devour them. Am I a constructive member of society? I'm a bloody goat.
Davidson: We make maximum sense of the words and thoughts of others when we interpret in a way that optimizes agreement. Russel Morris: There's a meaning there, but the meaning there doesn't really mean a thing... Ned: Such is life

Rypcord
Student

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Posted 09/27/09 - 09:01 AM:	#27
May I inquire as to why so many people's responses are "joke responses"? (and please no "oh but its not, I'm really 1) brain in a vat, or 2) an old goat, or 3) etc.).

Cadrache
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Posted 09/27/09 - 09:15 AM:	#28
??? My whole post was a joke. All of it was factual physicality. Means absolutely nothing in relationship to knowledge. Banno is most likely the least joking of us all. The closest person who resides within the shell is Talimar... if you must know. Yet he isn't Cadrache. The personality forms only loosely relate to public knowledge. Functional polls on the internet such as these are somewhat useless. Mmm... I attempted to defend Banno.... I feel like such an undergrad.. Edited by Cadrache on 09/27/09 - 09:22 AM
"...There was a writer who asked why it was that when we find positive experiences we say that only the physical facts are real, but in negative experiences we believe that reality is subjective. He made an example of those who say that in birth only the pain is real, the joy a subjective point of view, but that in death it is the emotional loss that is the reality." - Tony Ballantyne, Recursion. _____________________________________________ Truth is want. - The internal state of matters. Truth is Need. - The external state of affairs.

Relief
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Posted 09/27/09 - 09:39 AM:	#29
1. Name - Matthew 2. Gender - Male 3. Age - 18 4. Ethnicity - White Canadian, European ancestry 5. Sexual Orientation - Straight 6. Highest Level of Education - Highschool 7. Degrees (and/or) Titles - none 8. Occupation - NA 9. Estimated Amount of Yearly Wages (Net) - NA 10. IQ - approx. 110 11. Do you believe your education helps in your occupation? (as compared to your fellow worker) - NA 12. Do you believe your IQ helps in your occupation? (as compared to your fellow worker) - NA 13. If you went to a post-High School system; what school? - NA 14. Married - nope 14a. Divorced - nope 14b. Number of marriages - none 15. Number of offspring - none 16. On average, how many books do you read in a year? (Books, being literature, non-fiction, etc. that is roughly 'novel' size, use your own discretion). - 5 - 15 17. Does philosophy(ies) help you in your work place? - NI 18. [Final] Do you believe you are a constructive member of society? - no Edited by Relief on 09/27/09 - 09:54 AM
"As being is to becoming, so is truth to belief. If then, Socrates, amid the many opinions about the gods and the generation of the universe, we are not able to give notions which are altogether and in every respect exact and consistent with one another, do not be surprised. Enough, if we adduce probabilities as likely as any others; for we must remember that I who am the speaker, and you who are the judges, are only mortal men" Plato

Banno
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Posted 09/27/09 - 12:39 PM:	#30
Rypcord wrote: May I inquire as to why so many people's responses are "joke responses"? (and please no "oh but its not, I'm really 1) brain in a vat, or 2) an old goat, or 3) etc.). Because they are fun.
Davidson: We make maximum sense of the words and thoughts of others when we interpret in a way that optimizes agreement. Russel Morris: There's a meaning there, but the meaning there doesn't really mean a thing... Ned: Such is life

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