John Searle on Ludwig Wittgenstein: Section 1

this is true, see my book, Witgenstein's Gods. The whole of Philosophical Investigations is a simplification of War and Peace.

Searle's mis-step occurs when he declares that this operation is only relative to "elementary sentences"; it occurs in every aspect of language, no matter how complex or simple. I would say it is interesting how Wittgenstein predates Derrida on this particular issue of language as a perpetually differing chain of signifiers, but Heidegger was already thinking the same thing and much much more.

U r a dam idiot. You know nothing about information theory or parsing, or compression algorithms. But that is OK, you are not claiming to be a world genius and to have solved all questions of philosophy. Wittgenstein is a goddam fool who understands nothing about compaction in language or computer algorithms. The man was best when beating little children or getting the cobb put to him. As to philosophraster, that is a Schopenhauer term. You have read the great man, so stick with him.

I apologize; I was not aware that you were an insecure teenager.

Now that you are aware you may dispense with the ad hominems, u dam fool, and get down to dealing with the intellectual asswhipping I have laid on your sorry, well laid ass. U fuk. You must love it when a beefy boy manhandles you. It is always that type which loves Wittgenstein. They have curly hair and unwashed penises, and a general smell of cheese. But to keep the conversation polite I would like you to ask you this. Tell me one way in which reading W. improved your life?

"They have curly hair and unwashed penises, and a general smell of cheese'

Well, I suppose you would know.

Right, and you would cloud Heidegger and Nietzsche under "mystical poets" as well. Perhaps instead of "Fanfardon" you should adopt "Philosophaster"?

Everyone here is pretending to discuss Witgenstein but really you are all eating packets of mustard in the back of Barney's car.

The Springfield Files.  Good episode.

Einstein's only distinction is that he was an accomplished sexual cheat. His so called ideas he stole from others. Relativity from Poincaree and Lorenz, as even the meanest of intellects knows. The photoelectric effect was a trifling discovery. General relativity was the work of Rieman and Einstein just dressed it up. He was an intellectual thief and master self aggrandizer. Pretty much like Wittgenstein. The two make a pretty pair.