in thread "To be an Alpinist": If you want to admire explorers and adventurers, pick those who returned with new materials or information. Scaling a barren peak is a simulacra of the real thing, purely a training activity. It would be different if he'd been searching for new life forms ... 6d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.1 If you want to admir (view hidden) log in to judge received 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.1 Some of you in this thread seem to think that we should revere Leclerc, with op suggesting he be canonized. Based on the achievements on his Wikipedia page, I hold him in the same regard as many Olympians, but lower than the likes of Roger Bannister, Edmun... 5d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.9 0.9 Some of you in this (view hidden) log in to judge received 0.9 0.9 No; it is a simulacra not because it doesn’t require traits that we normally call virtues, but because it does not attain desirable ends. You may say that we should admire “virtue” wherever we seem to find it, but that would require a great deal of p... 4d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.5 2.5 No; it is a simulacr (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.5 2.5