My problem with determinism

Is how it's supposed existence is demonstrated, right? They usually use this binary prompt-response scenario. Like "Think of a city. Now did you pick the the specific city or was it random?" And I think that's the wrong way to conceptualize it.

Hym "So, my problem with determinism (at least in this example of determinism) is that although I don't choose the specific city, I still activate the 'mode' that searches for city and I can choose not to do it and prevent a city from coming to mind OR I can misfire. It's like a hat with with slips of paper in it and, on the slips of paper, are the names of cities. Now, you can prompt me to think of 'city.' I can choose to reach into the hat. And only then do I get a random city. But what I DON'T get is 'Nissan' or 'helicopter' or 'banana' or 'dog.' I activate the mode that searches for city and I reach into the hat. See, as I have it conceptualized, thought exists in this nebulous, un-articulated format. So, to get language I need to activate some kind of process. And prompt response ISN'T THE SAME as what I'm doing when I'm monologing. I'm running that nebulous, un-articulated thought-matter through a lexicon that corresponds with my native language. But I am that which activates modes. I can can turn it on or off like a switch. It can also misfire while I'm not paying attention. So, yeah... I think it's a failure to properly conceptualize and a failure to compartmentalize."

by Hym Iam December 2, 2023

problem

jewels sobriety.

you have a problem

by khubkprubhj May 20, 2021

Problem

Again that's only an assertion.

Hym "There's more evidence that you're a retarded bitch than there is that I'm an actual problem."

by Hym Iam August 5, 2023

Problem Child

Slimmy B's album

Problem Child is fire as fuck!

by lolguy21 March 13, 2019

google problem

An unflattering Google search result when one's name is used.
Coined by Jon Stewart of the "Daily Show", when referring to former conservative Republican Senator from PA, and Presidential hopeful, Rick Santorum and the definition that appears in the #2 spot of a Google search entering his name. Google Santorum, or use the Urban Dictionary, undoubtedly this could cause embarrassment when prospective voters research his name.

If I had, " The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the product of anal sex ", associated with my name, that would be a Google problem.

by vladdycat June 7, 2011

Not my problem

You know what, I'm going to take a different route with this one. I was going to say something else (Which you likely saw) but I'm going to pivot and say this instead: If Forrest Gump is "real" in the same way that the bible is "real" then there is is no REAL moral significance to the moral presuppositions. Additionally, if the book needs to be interpret by someone who doesn't believe in the underlying axioms for people draw accurate conclusions... Then the book itself is not an accurate lens through with to view the world. His entire case for the bible is literally just "What? The glasses your wearing have ink all over them? Don't worry. I'll just tell what's happening." And then he reaches into you wallet and takes your money and then he guides you straight into a wall and walks away.

Hym "Not my problem he says. You just want the moral authority of God for yourself and if you amswer the question honestly you lose it immediately. So you obfuscate the nature of 'truth' and 'real' to appease your own conscience."

by Hym Iam May 28, 2024

Rhea problem

1. Anything negative involving current female WWE superstar Rhea Ripley. The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson) have used this phrase on Raw several times as part of their rivalry with The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio, and, of course, Rhea Ripley).

2. When your ass is about to burst and you cannot piss first.

1.

AJ Styles (to Gallows and Anderson): Guys, I think we got a Rhea problem on our hands.
Karl Anderson: Wait, what? Are you saying you got the tummy bug?
AJ Styles: I was talking about Rhea Ripley, dumbass.

by ManiacBrainiac7500 November 12, 2022