Silliness Question Everything? - Page 856

pdurrant · 02-10-2020, 04:22 AM

Does a bear suffering from alopecia universalis stop being a bear?

doubleshuffle · 02-10-2020, 04:48 AM

Could he be a protypical example for explaining prototype semantics?

pdurrant · 02-10-2020, 05:09 AM

Did anyone understand that?

doubleshuffle · 02-10-2020, 05:28 AM

Would you like me to explain?

pdurrant · 02-10-2020, 05:30 AM

Will I understand the explanation?

doubleshuffle · 02-10-2020, 05:35 AM

What if our brain doesn't categorize objects by a simple yes/no criterium, but by prototypical properties, so that a robin is a prototypical bird and a penguin not so much? Isn't then a hairless bear still a bear, but not quite as good an example for one as a grizzly in all his hairy glory?

pdurrant · 02-10-2020, 06:00 AM

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?

doubleshuffle · 02-10-2020, 06:10 AM

And would anyone dare tell him that he was just a sorry specimen of a bear?

pdurrant · 02-10-2020, 06:22 AM

Perhaps Fuzzy Wuzzy is a pacifist?

drjd · 02-10-2020, 07:03 AM

Am I feeling dizzy?

pdurrant · 02-10-2020, 08:22 AM

Aren't you the only one who can answer that?

trichobezoar · 02-10-2020, 02:49 PM

I was referring to hairy, manly bears?

Solitaire1 · 02-10-2020, 02:58 PM

Would a manly man have a barely bare bear?

trichobezoar · 02-10-2020, 05:15 PM

Should we ask a manly man? Are there any manly men out there?

doubleshuffle · 02-10-2020, 05:39 PM

Does anyone need a Dragonly Dragon?

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02-10-2020, 04:22 AM	#12826
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,671 Karma: 318206216 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Does a bear suffering from alopecia universalis stop being a bear?

02-10-2020, 04:48 AM	#12827
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Could he be a protypical example for explaining prototype semantics?

02-10-2020, 05:09 AM	#12828
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,671 Karma: 318206216 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Did anyone understand that?

02-10-2020, 05:28 AM	#12829
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Would you like me to explain?

02-10-2020, 05:30 AM	#12830
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,671 Karma: 318206216 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Will I understand the explanation?

02-10-2020, 05:35 AM	#12831
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	What if our brain doesn't categorize objects by a simple yes/no criterium, but by prototypical properties, so that a robin is a prototypical bird and a penguin not so much? Isn't then a hairless bear still a bear, but not quite as good an example for one as a grizzly in all his hairy glory?

02-10-2020, 06:00 AM	#12832
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,671 Karma: 318206216 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?

02-10-2020, 06:10 AM	#12833
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	And would anyone dare tell him that he was just a sorry specimen of a bear?

02-10-2020, 06:22 AM	#12834
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,671 Karma: 318206216 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Perhaps Fuzzy Wuzzy is a pacifist?

02-10-2020, 07:03 AM	#12835
drjd The Couch Potato Posts: 34,509 Karma: 230999999 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Archos 9, Onyx Boox C67ML Carta	Am I feeling dizzy?

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02-10-2020, 02:49 PM	#12837
trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	I was referring to hairy, manly bears?

02-10-2020, 08:22 AM	#12836
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,671 Karma: 318206216 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Aren't you the only one who can answer that?

02-10-2020, 02:58 PM	#12838
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 15,053 Karma: 70503010 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Would a manly man have a barely bare bear?

02-10-2020, 05:15 PM	#12839
trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	Should we ask a manly man? Are there any manly men out there?

02-10-2020, 05:39 PM	#12840
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Does anyone need a Dragonly Dragon?