not for ppl who didnt finish highschool yet ;D But still one would think Einsteins relativity theory should be known to anyone who hasnt lived in a cave O_o
Stop being condescending :hmph: No one has any difficulty grasping what you’re saying. We’re just disagreeing with you.
Im pretty sure the portal team had a little joke thing going on, on how appeture science started, and that appeture science was competing with black mesa on who could build a teleporting device the fastest, in the end of the time line it said that the events of half life took place in 1998, not 2000, I also have no Idea where you got your “2020” date, I would have thought it would have been soon after that half life two takes place.
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HL took place in 200X. Approximately 20 years passed between HL and HL2. Gordon was in stasis the whole time, and therefore did not age.
It’s pretty fucking obvious.
Time is relative and the definition of ‘age’ is subjective…
The argument can go nowhere.
For the love of all things fluffy, you’re all essentially sticking your fingers in your ears shouting equally non-sensical and contradictory statements.
The definition of ‘age’ is not subjective. It’s called language.
That’s glory for you.
Age IS A PHILOSOPHICAL concept, related to time (which is relative) and thus is still subjective. Equally as language is constantly evolving you cannot pin down any one definitions, this is Etymology. My point stands Wibble wibble.
Edited to add : Burbinator…FAIL> Nothing is sure, check out some Descartes and Nietzsche amongst others…Definitions of words are the least of your problems…One of which must be Belgium…Really?
Age is philosophical? Where did you go to school? Oh, and ‘my point stands Wibble wibble’ is not the way to win an argument.
Gordon is about 47, if you measure it by time. But if you measure it by his physical state, he is about 27.
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language changes, but that doesn’t change the fact that at this point in time the word age has a set definition in the standard English language. And I’m familiar with Descartes and Nietzsche, thank you very much mr. smartypants.
If language was subjective there would be great trouble in communicating.
Since you’re trying to sound smart by mentioning some random philosophers, there’s a pioneering linguist (can’t remember the name, cba to look it up) that stated that ones view of the world follows language, and not the other way around.
The best example of this is colours: every language (or language group at least) has its own distinct definitions for colours.
Some languages differentiate between a different number of colours than others, and the distinction between different colours isn’t the same for every language. For example, there’s an indian tribe that only has two words for colours, one for dark ones and one for bright ones.
Another example is that in French there’s only one word for sheep (mouton), while in English there’s a word for sheep (sheep) and a word for the meat of a sheep (mutton).
tl;dr: words have a set definition in one certain language at one certain point in time (excluding dialects and such)
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Firstly the ‘wibble wibble’ reference is to Blackadder which forms Mr.Burbinators avatar. .I am aware that it is not directly related to that series but infact the last series Blackadder goes forth. At that point I wasn’t being a smart arse rather comlimenting his choice of comedy in a subtle way. Wibble and indeed Wibble good sir.
Secondly I wasn’t naming random philosophers, I could have quoted Cicero or that New Zealand chap whose name escapes but is principly know to me (as is Cicero) for ethical treatsies.(?) I named Descartes beacause of ‘nausea’ (I think) and Nietzsche because I was forced to read ‘beyond good and evil’ and it fucking tortured me and the fact he apparently deconstructed the famous ‘I think therefore i am’ to prove that nothing is certain.
However I stand by my point, Sub.Ject.Ive.
Consideer the different meanings that could be hidden behind a simple statement –
I like her.
i like her.
I LIIIIKKKEEE her.
I like HER.
and so. Thus the same word can be seen to have different meanings…Therefore subjective…
I’m enjoying this so please disprove me…
I’m essentially a skeptical virtue ethicist but still please sir continue.
Edited to add – One’s world view is affected by one’s language or not? Interesting, can you dig up that guys name for me?
That’s an entirely different matter though. It’s one combination of words (sentence) that has the same meaning with different nuances depending on emphasis of words.
The words “I”, “like” and “her” all still have a set definition in the standard modern English language.
de Saussure
We learned about him at university.
Basically, the distinction between concepts and objects is determined by language, and not the other way around.
You people are over thinking this…
Gordon has been alive for roughly 47 years which, regardless of his physical appearance, makes him 47 years old.
Except he’s been alive for roughly 27 years. Being suspended in time is not being alive.
How do you guys take a simple question and turn it into a full-blown philosophical discussion?
Welcome to the internet.