Comments on: Alone Together http://aaeblog.com/2008/08/06/alone-together/ "Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy. Fri, 25 May 2012 10:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dennis http://aaeblog.com/2008/08/06/alone-together/comment-page-1/#comment-197324 Dennis Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:48:26 +0000 http://praxeology.net/blog/2008/08/06/alone-together/#comment-197324 As told in George H. Smith's "Atheism: The Case Against God," quoting Russell: "As against solipsism, it is to be said, in the first place, that it is psychologically impossible to believe, and is rejected in fact even by those who mean to accept it. I once received a letter from an eminent logician, Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin, saying that she was a solipsist, and was surprised that there were no others. Coming from a logician, this surprise surprised me." As told in George H. Smith’s “Atheism: The Case Against God,” quoting Russell:

“As against solipsism, it is to be said, in the first place, that it is psychologically impossible to believe, and is rejected in fact even by those who mean to accept it. I once received a letter from an eminent logician, Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin, saying that she was a solipsist, and was surprised that there were no others. Coming from a logician, this surprise surprised me.”

]]> By: Administrator http://aaeblog.com/2008/08/06/alone-together/comment-page-1/#comment-197283 Administrator Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:46:53 +0000 http://praxeology.net/blog/2008/08/06/alone-together/#comment-197283 Someone once supposedly said to Bertrand Russell, non-jokingly, "I'm a solipsist, and I've always been surprised there aren't more of us." Someone once supposedly said to Bertrand Russell, non-jokingly, “I’m a solipsist, and I’ve always been surprised there aren’t more of us.”

]]> By: Less Antman http://aaeblog.com/2008/08/06/alone-together/comment-page-1/#comment-197138 Less Antman Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:31:21 +0000 http://praxeology.net/blog/2008/08/06/alone-together/#comment-197138 I was thinking of starting a Union of Solipsists, but I thought I'd delegate the task. I was thinking of starting a Union of Solipsists, but I thought I’d delegate the task.

]]> By: Administrator http://aaeblog.com/2008/08/06/alone-together/comment-page-1/#comment-196955 Administrator Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:53:24 +0000 http://praxeology.net/blog/2008/08/06/alone-together/#comment-196955 I was thinking of that too! I was thinking of that too!

]]> By: Clyde Adams III http://aaeblog.com/2008/08/06/alone-together/comment-page-1/#comment-196611 Clyde Adams III Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:46:55 +0000 http://praxeology.net/blog/2008/08/06/alone-together/#comment-196611 BRIAN: Look. You've got it all wrong. You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves. You're all individuals! FOLLOWERS: [in perfect unison] Yes, we're all individuals! BRIAN: You're all different! FOLLOWERS: Yes, we are all different! DENNIS: I'm not. ARTHUR: Shhhh. FOLLOWERS: Shh. Shhhh. Shhh. Monty Python's Life of Brian, scene 19 http://mwscomp.com/movies/brian/brian-19.htm BRIAN:
Look. You’ve got it all wrong.
You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody!
You’ve got to think for yourselves. You’re all individuals!

FOLLOWERS: [in perfect unison]
Yes, we’re all individuals!

BRIAN:
You’re all different!

FOLLOWERS:
Yes, we are all different!

DENNIS:
I’m not.

ARTHUR:
Shhhh.

FOLLOWERS:
Shh. Shhhh. Shhh.

Monty Python’s Life of Brian, scene 19
http://mwscomp.com/movies/brian/brian-19.htm

]]> By: Natasha http://aaeblog.com/2008/08/06/alone-together/comment-page-1/#comment-196181 Natasha Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:24:25 +0000 http://praxeology.net/blog/2008/08/06/alone-together/#comment-196181 Wow! I never knew drinking Dr. Pepper was such an act of individualist rebellion ( : ( : Wow! I never knew drinking Dr. Pepper was such an act of individualist rebellion ( : ( :

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