That's because IT departments don't hire advertisers. The advertising industry knows pretty well that it's possible to change consumer behavior. That's the whole point of their job. See: De Beers.
You say: "Reality is 'the Seen.' That's all reality is, and all it could possibly be."
Really? If reality were NOT only 'the Seen,' then how would you know if you were wrong? If it's true that reality is more than just the empirical, then you would have NO WAY of knowing you are wrong, would you now, except by your FAITH that there is no reality outside the lab-testable empirical evidence.
You define "reality" as that which is empirically verified, and then pronounce your smugly inane assertion that non-empirical truths aren't a part of reality as if it were actually an argument, instead of an idiot appeal to your unproven assumption of what constitutes reality.
Again, how would someone who only accepts empirical evidence as that which corresponds to reality ever find out that he's wrong about reality if he immediately rejects all non-empirical evidence?
Damn. It's like you've never read Nietzsche or even heard of postmodernism. There's a reason why it's called POST-modernism, modernism being the faith-based idea that humans can know what reality is based on "objective" evidence like "empirical" data: wikipedia Francis Bacon to actually understand what you believe.
An easy example to demonstrate my point is this: does human life have value? That's not an "objective" empirically-based truth. But it is true and therefore a part of reality. But you can't do an experiment to tell you that. Nor can you do gather any empirical evidence--ever--that will tell you if something has purpose. To which you will predictably respond by saying "WELL THAT MEANS THERE IS NO PURPOSE. PURPOSE ISN'T A PART OF REALITY. JUST LIKE VALUE ISN'T A PART OF REALITY." Except it is, but it's impossible to know it with merely empirical evidence without resorting to faith-based ideas that are real.
So please, read Nietzsche and stop hanging out with people who believe pretty much that same thing you do all the time. And try to figure out what this "postmodern" thing is, and how it eviscerates your "REALITY IS WHAT YOU SEE" nonsense. It's been done and been found wanting as inevitably leading to nihilism and physical determinism.
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That's because IT departments don't hire advertisers. The advertising industry knows pretty well that it's possible to change consumer behavior. That's the whole point of their job. See: De Beers.
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Never, in any context is it ok to write incorrect information.
Does punctuation count?
The correct figure is: 52.22 kWh.
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Yawn. Another ignorant "science > religion" rant.
You say: "Reality is 'the Seen.' That's all reality is, and all it could possibly be."
Really? If reality were NOT only 'the Seen,' then how would you know if you were wrong? If it's true that reality is more than just the empirical, then you would have NO WAY of knowing you are wrong, would you now, except by your FAITH that there is no reality outside the lab-testable empirical evidence.
You define "reality" as that which is empirically verified, and then pronounce your smugly inane assertion that non-empirical truths aren't a part of reality as if it were actually an argument, instead of an idiot appeal to your unproven assumption of what constitutes reality.
Again, how would someone who only accepts empirical evidence as that which corresponds to reality ever find out that he's wrong about reality if he immediately rejects all non-empirical evidence?
Damn. It's like you've never read Nietzsche or even heard of postmodernism. There's a reason why it's called POST-modernism, modernism being the faith-based idea that humans can know what reality is based on "objective" evidence like "empirical" data: wikipedia Francis Bacon to actually understand what you believe.
An easy example to demonstrate my point is this: does human life have value? That's not an "objective" empirically-based truth. But it is true and therefore a part of reality. But you can't do an experiment to tell you that. Nor can you do gather any empirical evidence--ever--that will tell you if something has purpose. To which you will predictably respond by saying "WELL THAT MEANS THERE IS NO PURPOSE. PURPOSE ISN'T A PART OF REALITY. JUST LIKE VALUE ISN'T A PART OF REALITY." Except it is, but it's impossible to know it with merely empirical evidence without resorting to faith-based ideas that are real.
So please, read Nietzsche and stop hanging out with people who believe pretty much that same thing you do all the time. And try to figure out what this "postmodern" thing is, and how it eviscerates your "REALITY IS WHAT YOU SEE" nonsense. It's been done and been found wanting as inevitably leading to nihilism and physical determinism.