Vérany and Lumír - Minutes from Question and Answer Session
Minutes from the Question and Answer session from Day 3 of the International SPQR2Gang Philosophical Conference: Miroslav Přemysl Lumír, author of Towards the Destruction of Narrative and A History of Czech Chess: The Essential Players and Games, and visiting Professor at the University of Bolton, and Jean-Philippe Vérany, notable scholar on canonical centralization and head of the Institute for Philosophical Enrichment of the French Governorate.
Attendees were allowed to submit motions for discussion by the two thinkers. The order of the questions was random and they are numbered according from 1 to 28, with 1 being the earliest question addressed in the session and 28 being the last. Not all questions could be addressed due to time considerations.
Prague, 28 Jan 2023.
Motion 1.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 2.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 3.
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 4.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 5.
Lumír: It is wise, but not recommended.
Motion 6.
Lumír: It depends.
Motion 7.
Vérany: I would prefer if you called me Jean-Philippe, miss.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 8.
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 9.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 10.
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 11.
Vérany: [coughs] Mreuygh...
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 12.
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 13.
Vérany: [bursts into laughter]
Lumír: It is... very unwise.
Motion 14.
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 15.
Vérany: I don't know anything about that. I don't think Miroslav does either.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 16.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 17.
Lumír: It is almost wise. Perhaps half-wise.
Motion 18.
Vérany: Look, Miroslav is a good friend of mine, and yes he got
fired from PUO, but it was only because they couldn't handle how much
his opinions were based on fact.
Motion 19.
Vérany: [sighs] Next.
Motion 20.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 21.
Lumír: It is wise.
Vérany: You think? I would call that-
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 22.
Lumír: [After hearing the question, asks for a piece of paper
and sketches for 10 minutes before responding]
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 23.
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 24.
Lumír: It is not wise enough.
Motion 25.
Lumír: It is wise.
Motion 26.
Vérany: [holds back laughter]
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 27.
Lumír: It is not wise.
Motion 28.
Vérany: Look, kid, have you even read Middleton? Do you even know
where you are? Why are you even here if you haven't read The Black
Forest? Did you get lost on the way to school? I don't
have time to talk to these [expletive] children. Goodbye.
[storms off, with Lumír following]
The meeting is called to an end.