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Re: My New Philosophy Website

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post #4

The dialog page reminds me of Crito

It seems to attempt the same style, but it's less of a pleasure to read through because neither character sounds particularly interested in what he's saying, and much of it reads like a script instead of an actual conversation.

The 'John' character is especially frustrating, because he must know that he's operating from an unfair definition of "happiness" (Do whatever you want whenever you want it).

And the worst part is that instead of an enlightening payoff at the end, it's a 21st-century punchline.

I'm not trying to be mean - I was just hoping for an interesting read. I would suggest having an actual conversation with someone about education, children, and happiness - and then posting that with some edits for readability. And if that's what you did for this piece, then I would suggest refining your own thoughts more clearly before the next conversation and then choosing another dialogue parter.

Re: My New Philosophy Website

#12

This would be far more interesting if you kept the premises to yourself and got busy with the applications. Delete your essay about why capitalism is good, and replace it with an essay extolling the virtues of price gouging during natural disasters. (Price gouging during natural disasters is a good thing, because it encourages the accumulation of excess gougable goods. If a hurricane means you can rent your $500 chai…

"This would be far more interesting if you kept the premises to yourself and got busy with the applications."

That's actually the exact opposite of philosophy.

Re: My New Philosophy Website

#14

I suggest adding a tag. Currently my browser is just displaying the URL as the title in its tab.

I've added titles. Also increased the font size a bit. Thanks.

Font size is huuuuge for me: http://i50.tinypic.com/cp06h.jpg

Or at least, not the most readable. Pressing ctrl+- from that is much better.

On a side note, I feel the front page lacks structure. What are the links? Do they follow on from each other? Or can I just read each "block". Why are they separated into blocks?

Re: My New Philosophy Website

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've added titles. Also increased the font size a bit. Thanks.

Font size is huuuuge for me: http://i50.tinypic.com/cp06h.jpg Or at least, not the most readable. Pressing ctrl+- from that is much better. On a side note, I feel the front page lacks structure. What are the links? Do they follow on from each other? Or can I just read each "block". Why are they separated into blocks?

The text in your jpg picture doesn't look huge to me. I think people have widely varying taste in font size. I don't really know what I should set the default as. Anyone got general advice?

About the structure, they are vaguely intended to be read in order, and they are grouped into related topics, but it's not especially important which is why I didn't emphasize it more.

Re: My New Philosophy Website

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This would be far more interesting if you kept the premises to yourself and got busy with the applications. Delete your essay about why capitalism is good, and replace it with an essay extolling the virtues of price gouging during natural disasters. (Price gouging during natural disasters is a good thing, because it encourages the accumulation of excess gougable goods. If a hurricane means you can rent your $500 chai…

Shameless self promotion:

I started a blog to deal with some applications (it only has one essay so far (on consciousness) though): http://wsessays.blogspot.com/

Re: My New Philosophy Website

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This would be far more interesting if you kept the premises to yourself and got busy with the applications. Delete your essay about why capitalism is good, and replace it with an essay extolling the virtues of price gouging during natural disasters. (Price gouging during natural disasters is a good thing, because it encourages the accumulation of excess gougable goods. If a hurricane means you can rent your $500 chai…

Of course, gouging may also attract social opprobrium or worse, get you killed.

Re: My New Philosophy Website

#20
post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Font size is huuuuge for me: http://i50.tinypic.com/cp06h.jpg Or at least, not the most readable. Pressing ctrl+- from that is much better. On a side note, I feel the front page lacks structure. What are the links? Do they follow on from each other? Or can I just read each "block". Why are they separated into blocks?

The text in your jpg picture doesn't look huge to me. I think people have widely varying taste in font size. I don't really know what I should set the default as. Anyone got general advice? About the structure, they are vaguely intended to be read in order, and they are grouped into related topics, but it's not especially important which is why I didn't emphasize it more.

I think how it looked in his screenshot is quite good, actually.

It also looks quite good in my browser, for what it's worth. I don't mean to argue for argument's sake, but I wouldn't change it.

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