Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 27 2019 03:17pm)

when the outcome of a situation is unknowable both outcomes can be assumed until the situation becomes knowable.

such as, is Biden Trump's opponent? since we dont know what the primary will bring but either outcome can happen he both is and isn't. but he definitely isn't one outright.

note: this is using the definition for "opponent" you laid out, not Webster's.



i agree, technicalities are useful for eluding potential crimes.

Quote (krackprophet @ Dec 27 2019 05:13pm)

He's using corruption as a vehicle for retribution I don't disagree. It also muddies the waters on whether this was initiated for retribution for 2016 with Biden's 2020 run being incidental. Its been a mistake for the Dems to say all of this is solely focused on 2020 for that reason imo.

Technicalities are pretty useful in situations such as this I think.

Quote (proccy @ Dec 27 2019 05:17pm)

using a quantum physics thought experiment to make a point about politics is just............. retarded

Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 27 2019 03:19pm)

oh man, im really sorry now. i didnt mean to expose you so badly.

Schrodinger's thought experiment has had philosophical context for maybe 5 decades. as in, literally every 101 level law, philosophy, sociology, etc class teach it. it's not a "quantum physics experiment" any more than Trump is a "human infant". things arent locked into what they begin as.

again, sorry for using that example. didnt mean to trip you up so bad.

Quote (proccy @ Dec 27 2019 05:20pm)

it's okay, i've been ignoring it as irrelevant to the actual contextual matters we were previously discussing

Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 27 2019 03:22pm)

people tend to ignore a lot of things they dont understand.

again, sorry, i thought Schrodinger was required PARD reading. but i forgot that many pard users can hardly read.

Quote (proccy @ Dec 27 2019 05:27pm)

Read between the lines bro. I don't see it as relevant in any way to what we were discussing.

Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 27 2019 03:28pm)

you dont see it as relevant because it shows pretty basically how you're wrong. you haven't explained how it's not relevant outside of saying it's a quantum experiment, which it isn't, inherently.

its ok tho, i realize you wont engage on this because you'd have to research beyond the first line of the Wiki page.

Quote (proccy @ Dec 27 2019 05:30pm)

No I don't wish to discuss schrodinger's cat right now we were talking about other things lol

Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 27 2019 03:31pm)

"Schrodinger's cat" is just code for "unknowable situation". which a yet to be voted on primary is.

i only had to reach out for more examples because when i called you out you resorted to "my definitions are better than the dictionary's". so i had to get more philosophical. id prefer to use actual definitions and facts, but here we are.