Alkis Piskas

Don't worry about spoiling Agent Smith's (not Banno's) topic ... It gets more replies => more popular! :smile: But we got already far astray. Better c...

I am a retired programmer too, well among other retirements! :grin:

In my language, saying "This is nonsense" is clearly impolite, if said publicly or between two people who are not familiar with each other. I believe ...

To you. But it applies to both of us. :smile: You are right, sorry. I missed the word "us". (I initially had typed "Reality wins") :up: At least someo...

This exchange was a waste of time. I am out of here.

I can accept "making no sense", althought it is not so appropriate in here. But what I cannot accept is "being noonsense", which is an offence and tot...

Yes, I have heard about that expression-term, also a very long time ago. It seems that it has faded away! :grin: Yes, figuratively. And in your mind. ...

I have already responded to your topic (See https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/643002) I the meantime, always within this thread, I con...

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I'm bad in Physics but I think I see what you mean. However, time is not a process. Change is. A process is a series of actions, steps, movements, cha...

Right. Time may exist and be real in a lot of different ways. But not as physical.

Good logical analysis. However, we know already --or can easily find out-- that time is not real. (The word "real", of course, considered as something...

Whose else beliefs are properties of? :smile: Even if you mean society's, doesn't a society consist of individuals? And even if we try to describe wha...

I think that you are talking about another kind of beliefs, since you involve society. I'm talking simply about "belief" as a concept and referring to...

Nothing like that. It says that belief and truth are so closely connected that one implies the other. You have maybe forgotten that all this discussio...

I don't know what exactly you mean by discovering en masse, i.e. what are they discovering, but whatever they are discovering doesn't change the fact ...

Of course, as concepts! But they are closely connected: Isn't what I believe, true for me? That is not true for whom? Based on what? Again, being true...

Glad you agree! :smile:

I didn't get that. Something missing?

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/640824

No. In such a case this discussion would just have not taken place. Have you ever seen in movies any two zombies discussing? :grin:

This is true, e.g. hitting someone who is threatening you, i.e. as self-defence. Well, this may be necessary, as you say, and also justified and not c...

Violence is a behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. How can it be ethical???

Change is not a property. It is a process. Property is an attribute, a quality, a characteristic.

Don't pay attention to rumors! :grin: Oh, come on, if consciousness, thinking, etc. were an illusion, then this discussion would be also an illusion!

The article subtitle - legend says "Either science is right or there is a spiritual realm. They can't both be true." This is so irrational that I need...

Empty objects: they contain nothing! OK, this is self-defeating (language deficiency). But what about a "written page containing ideas, information, e...

All this is well put and quite interesting! I believe that you should post it as a major note and in big letters! :grin: (Just joking ...) Information...

Because, in the subject of consciousness, it is better and more exact to speak about "non-physical" than "non-substance", which can mean anything, phy...

No, it's a flow of energy. (If you refer to "'substance - non-substance' dualism" that I mentioned, it was just to differentiate from your "'substance...

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Thanks :smile:

Consciousness is not a substance (Re: Substance is a particular kind of matter with uniform properties.). Yes, as far as the senses --i.e. the physica...

I don't get that ... Example? No, no. I am referring to the limits/restictions selected and applied by ourselves. Hence, free will. Example: I set a l...

:up: Excellent description -- or should I say "essay"?. The only problem is that it is useless to connect consciousness with the brain directly, i.e. ...

Right, as far as time and cost are concerned. But we may want the opposite --increase the criterion to a maximum-- as in the example of "quality" and ...

Thanks for reminding me of this term! It's quite a long time since it has disappeared from my view ... Well, who knows, there may be some analogy betw...

The shortest route between A and B is not always the most efficient. There may be other factors that can be applied to evaluate efficiency. One of the...

I have read most of the article your link leads to. Among other things it talks about "non-mathematician mathematicians" which can be only taken figur...

This is a surprising statement for someone who has started a discussion about good will!! :grin: And it would be also surprising for me if I were invo...

I'm not talking about writing in a scientific style or sophisticated manner. I'm talking about inconsistencies. If I say that I am the only child and ...

You just pinpointed one of the many inconsistencies existing in the Bible! :smile: Do this kind of stories ring a bell? To me yes. It reminds me of sc...

I agree.

I see. In that case, I was wrong to respond to your topic. Sorry. (BTW, I have read some works of Schopenhauer a very long time ago. I have grown up a...

From Oxford LEXICO: A principle is "a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chai...

Well, try to change the left and right hands in a human body! :grin: (Just a joke, but still, it defeats the above statement.) BTW, referring to the t...

Of course there are a lot. Simply put: Will is the power with which we can decide on and initiate an action. Intention is a condition of the mind or f...

Who is advising for or applies isolation of the healthy immune population??? Then, the mosquito example you gave supports the isolation illusion princ...

First of all, I'm sorry, I gave you the wrong link to look at: The right one, which was my response too your topic is https://thephilosophyforum.com/d...

I have enumerated my questions! You can read them (again) if you like at https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/633623 OK. Thanks. I didn't...