Sex, More Sex, and Even More Sex
August 12, 2008
This is overdue. I should have published this two hours ago if I wish to be consistent in keeping to one post a day. =|
I had a most exhaustive discussion with my friend today. Exhaustive discussion, from my experience, often centers around controversial topics. (Obviously! What am I thinking? =\) The one today dealt with the title of this post, on a topic related to sex, more sex, and even more sex. More insightfully, exhuastive discussions often boil down to issues of semantics, formal logic, and factual agreement. (is this insightful?)
We realized towards the end we had shared the same position. The major point of contention was on the precise definition of terms such as “desirability”, “good”, “bad”, and “value”.
I want to keep to my intention of preserving the opinion-free nature of this blog as far as I can. My apologies for not divulging the precise topic of our discussion except that it touched on sex – [and] a purely academic one at that.
It was a 3 hour chat online, on topic with minimal breaks in between, really tiring, but a fruitful discussion nonetheless. Even then, we have yet to settle on the relationship between “rightness” and “desirability”. One implication of our discussion was the discovery – or rather, reminder – that formal logic and linguistics may not be that bad as fields of study. As always, if only all of us have enough time in our lives for these pursuits.
[I leave] you guessing the topic of the discussion. But to the person who had indirectly inspired this discussion, I am really curious what your opinion is. But I can’t ask, can I?
