Talk:Bertrand Russell

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Why can't we have a "philospophers" category, Mr. Bean? humanbe in 17:27, 13 September 2007 (MDT)

Oh, we can, sorry, I just was trying to clear out the list, but I have no objection to it's existence. Locke User is Vandal/sysop Always Watching...... 17:33, 13 September 2007 (MDT)

How about an "Honorary RationalWikians" one, too? (tree, for) humanbe in 19:34, 24 September 2007 (EDT)

Considering he was a JFK conspiracy theorist (he did not believe Oswald was the killer), he does not deserve such an "honor". It's actually surprising it isn't mention in his page. 24.62.177.40 (talk) 03:29, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


Bertrand "Bertie" Russell did not write anything for popular "consumption". Consumption is not the right word so it must be changed to something more apropriate.

Any suggestions? -- Nx talk 07:47, 6 January 2009 (EST)
Technically, you might be correct, but we're not trying to be an encyclopedia so the colloquial use of the word is OK. Frohlich 08:02, 6 January 2009 (EST)
Actually, I ate a copy of Why I am Not a Christian (and Other Snarky Essays), so... ħumanUser talk:Human 14:33, 6 January 2009 (EST)


Human: I agree with two out of the three edits you made to my edit of 1/7/11. I missed the use of "attempts", and while I knew that "base" was wrong, somehow I couldn't come up with the obvious correction to "basic". However, I think the word "that" should be reinstated. Otherwise there's a sentence with two main verbs. However, I defer to your vastly greater experience here. JosPinkfoot (talk) 01:04, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

It's a parenthetical, it is allowed to be its own sentence within a sentence. Also, just to be lamely pedantic, to overcome dating conventions across our various oceans and other boundaries, it is best to mention the month ("1 July 2011"), because I was wondering what I did back in January for a bit there! PS, I prefer the system I don't use, and I prefer more the 2011.07.01 format. ħumanUser talk:Human 06:45, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
"It's a parenthetical". Well, maybe, if marked as such, perhaps by quotation marks. At the risk of invoking Godwin's Law, I offer for your consideration the parallel sentence "Hitler was a monster is beyond reasonable doubt". As for the date format: I live in the US and I've mostly gotten used to the local conventions, but sometimes I slip up. Mea culpa. JosPinkfoot (talk) 09:50, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
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