Alkis Piskas

This is just criticism, @Banno. You only present characterizations (names and adjectives). No argumentation. If you want to disprove my statement-posi...

Is this a kind of preaching? This is a philosophical medium, not a religious one. And the above statement does not sound at all like a philosophical o...

Of course. I think it is quite evident. My experence with dozens of discussions I have had related to the the material/physical vs immaterial/non-phys...

I think calling something an "unknown truth" is a fallacy or just wrong, since truth is that which is in accordance with fact or reality. So, either w...

Thank you for your acknowledgment of my response to your thread. And yes, it is quite frustrating indeed to see that some members do not get the point...

What/who's idea is this? You must present some identification for this idea. Except of course if it is yours, which I will have to assume. Which agree...

I know. The official language of the Catholic Church is Latin. In the Orthodox Church on the other hand we find Greek, Arabic, Russian, Georgian, Roma...

I didn't know that. The official religion in my country (Greece) is Orthodoxy. It is the hard-core form of Christianity. The most radical and fanatic....

Who's choosing Christianity and from what beginning? Anyway. In the West, people choose Christianity --of any of its variations-- because it is the pr...

Even if drugs were producing insight, would someone mess up with his head and health to obtains such questionable insight? Forget about enlightenment....

What proof? It is us who have invented God!

This is true. Not only for education but for the whole society, starting from its smallest economic entity that is the family. This is inhuman! That's...

OK, thanks. I think that you have both complicated unnecessarily the subject of experience (experiencing) and perception (perceiving). But this is my ...

The definitions you offered are fine (with me) and you did well to bring them up. Few do that. Now about the proof: I believe we know well God’s laws ...

I followed a little this recent exchange of yours with @NOS4A2. I'm not sure what tou both mean by or undestand with "direct connection". Is it a phys...

As I can see, you didn't deserve my reply to your topic. Well, it's the last one. You are a tired thinker afterall ...

This is very true. We do not treat lack of intelligence well. In fact, the opposite. People are often punished, invalidated, demeaned, frowned upon et...

Fortunately, the video was only about 5 min long. It could be longer and it would add nothing to the subject, which in my opinion is very simple (see ...

I know about this story. Only that I read that the engineer was fired, not just going "on leave", as the title of the video says. Anyway, I don't know...

Indeed, this is quite incomplete. What is missing here is not a translation, but rather something from the translator's mind! :grin: I am a profession...

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Well, maybe some. But they are mainly created --as already said- for entertainment. They are commercial products. I don't think that the average perso...

No, not at all. My "such things" refer to statements like "Cartesian Dualism is a conceptual illusion", "Cybernetic systems came along, which describe...

Basic intelligence is not a criterion, since animals have intelligence too, yet to a much lower degree. Same goes with language and other mental facul...

Do you mean that it might be that physical universe (external world) would not exist if you or I or the entire human species did not exist?

I can see this, and it's fine with me, "exotic" or not. But I was talkng about common terms, like "information". Well, once more, although I find all ...

Yes, I know this description in Wiki. And I agree with it. But please, don't bring up examples/images from sci-fi movies, like the one from "Ex Machin...

Nicely put! Yet, when someone "hears" such things, he can't take them seriously, can he? Esp. when he meets more stuff like this in the thesis in ques...

Yes, I think this is evident. I can accept it. No problem. :smile:

I thought of that too, but it was not so evident. So, it has to do with the use of language then ...

Wow! This is the most "exotic" definition of "information" I could ever expect! And for a word people use everyday! It looks like it is created in a w...

Nowhere. It was I who used this word, as a response to your "Authority is one of the essential criteria for a sound philosophy", Well, this looks like...

I see. This then is about the same with what I hypothetized, "Maybe this 'apparent' or 'initial' chaos contained a kind of order in itself", if you re...

First of all, it is very good that you brougt in definitions from standards sources at start of your topic. :up: This is quite rare in here, and it is...

The PDF you refer to doesn't mention mind at all. On what basis are you involving it in the Big Bang? I also can't see how a mind could be involved in...

You said "If you quote someone then a source must be given", didn't you? Well, I said this is not the point of the topic. What part of it you don't ge...

I don't find it essential at all. In fact, rather ineffective. One may bring up an authority for debating purposes, but it is not OK to do that as a s...

I don't think that this is the point here. When you cite someone, you normally also include the source. I think that the point is why does one have to...

But then, why do yourself bring up an idea from someone else? :chin:

I fully agree! :up: I have brought up this issue a lot of times. It seems that these people are not able to formulate their own position or they think...

First of all, sorry about the long delay of my response. I was not near my PC for the last two days ... I agree. Good point. I never thought about tha...

I see. So you simply mean, "I have a nice conversation ..." :grin: OK, I see that you don't care about semantics and/or grammar, which is of secondary...

You mean, simply, "I had a fantastic discussion ..." :smile: Besides being a pleonasm and a circular question, knowledge is acquired, not known. Knowl...

From the human mind. No law whatsoever --legal, scientific or other-- exist by itself. As rules do not exist by themselves. As theories, systems, axio...

I meant a link of a comment of yours! Anyway, thanks. So, I'm assuming that you meant "comply with fate" or "comply with everything" ...

Comply with what? If this is your conclusion, can you elaborate it a little or provide me with a link? Thanks.

Are you still stuck with "free will"? Or you have reached a conclusion? I would like to hear about it ...

This is an interesting subject. But why do you have to bring in "-isms", schools of philosophy, etc.? Wouldn't it be more interesting to present your ...

i That's a new one: Dictionaries and encyclopedias are for losers! So, you say that I am a loser, since I value a lot dictionaries and encyclopaedias....

Nothingness: "The absence or cessation of life or existence." (Offord LEXICO) "'Nothingness' is a philosophical term for the general state of nonexist...