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Moderator nomination

You've been nominated in the upcoming moderator elections. See the nomination at RationalWiki:Moderator elections/Nominations. Rabbitseatcarrots (talk) 20:10, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh thanks! I guess I accept the nomination? I am not entirely sure how this works. Running for mod makes sense for me since I am constantly checking the recent changes tab even while I am at work. Here is hoping I can appeal to the mob when voting comes around. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 21:54, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

desiderata

I hope that you are feeling alright these days. I wanted to mention that I read your article on W.V. Quine and as far as I understand it, it's a quality piece of writing. I recently bought a collection of essays by Quine, Theories and Things, and I did not find it easy going. Presumably there is more to say on the topic of his work.

I also want to apologize for my rude exchanges with you on the "Shoe" talk page. We were both very frosty, but I could have tried to settle down the discussion, and I didn't. I must say I don't feel good about it. You are certainly wrong to think that others don't respect you. In short, I want you to do more article work if you can find the time.Ariel31459 (talk) 20:51, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. I think I should apologize to you as well for my absolutely rudeness and cynical exchanges. I am so used to engaging in bad faith actors with dishonest intent I think I sometimes overapply it as an assumption, which is no excuse for my behavior. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 21:25, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

yo dill pickle

you got a board nomination Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 19:44, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Philosophy subfields

FYI, I came across this unusual (perhaps unique) subfield of philosophy while reading Science News today: "philosopher of microbiology".[1] Bongolian (talk) 18:48, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Oh, that’s interesting. I knew of philosophy of biology and even read a few books on the subject. I think one of the faculty members in my department also specializes in philosophy of biology but more so specializes in moral philosophy. I didn’t suspect that sub-displines in science would have their own distinct fields. Like I knew of philosophy of physics, philosophy of cognitive science, biology, economics, etc. In that, there is barely a discipline at all for something like philosophy of chemistry. In fact, of the works I looked at, even within volumes of essays, there is always an explicit argument for why we should create a philosophy of chemistry. I didn’t suspect that philosophy of microbiology would be a distinct sub-field worthy of its own SEP page seperate from the larger Phil of Bio. Thanks for sharing! - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 17:00, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for speaking up

As you have just discovered in the discussion of the Nudity article, some topics cannot be addressed rationally, or even civilly, on RW. I did not LANCB, but was cast out by the mob. I did not say "nudity is never sexual" and certainly did not accuse anyone of being a perv. In the tradition of authoritarianism, some defend their preconceptions at any cost.

Your reference to life drawing is appropriate, since that is where I learned to appreciate other aspects of the human body beyond sex.

I only had a few weeks invested, so I went back to editing Wikipedia. If anyone follows the advice to look to WP for content, they will be using my work since I wrote 90% of the articles on this topic. Sadly, the article here may have begun its slide back to being the mess I found when I started, the new section "Do ya think I'm sexy?" being a bad omen.--WriterArtistDC (talk) 14:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Moderator nomination 2024

You've been nominated in the upcoming moderator elections. See the nomination at RationalWiki:Moderator elections/Nominations.

Bongolian (talk) 03:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

If am not too late to make an acceptance, I guess I will accept it. God knows I have the time now given I am out of school and out of a job. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 19:21, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Essay on socialism

Hi, I came across your essay responding to the "Criticism of socialism" article. While it was deleted, you said "I am scrapping the essay to reuse the content in an APA style essay that is less 'targeted'" in the "author request". I was just wondering if this new essay has been scrapped much like the old one or if it's still being made, as I'm curious to read it. I'm still new, so I'm not sure if this was answered somewhere else. -- LunaAHHHHH 23:41, 20 November 2024 (UTC)