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Old 25th November 2012, 10:49 AM   #80
tsig
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Originally Posted by dafydd View Post
''Just guessing'' is a very good description of philosophy.
You mean "Making an assessment of the probabilities of ethical activities leading to the desired result rather than an unformed chaos of Bayesian events eventuating in a very unpleasant scent in a confined but moving space"?

Rules of Philosophy:

1. Never use a naked noun, always clothe it in many adjectives, the longer and more Latin sounding the better.


2. Banish brevity.

3. When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
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