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Now Japanese is something I can deal with. There is no conflict here that I can see. Semiotics allows us to understand local phenomenon. Because we ha...

Sorry TimeLine, my Spanish is a little rusty and Google tells me you said 'What's up.' The sky?

By what? So how is it that the result is a screaming baby pops out? Fuzzy noise seems to create a whole bunch of interesting stuff and the more we run...

In the lounge. Ok, thanks Sapientia.

Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure of your argument here Jake. Are you saying that because we are able to understand a lot of embryology locally thro...

It's not important at this point. They were more of an experiment and I have moved on. There was one on the future of science and one on the existence...

Hey Baden, Can you explain the purpose of the poll? I tried to use it before to get information on the opinions of people toward certain topics and bo...

I see truth as a mental scaffolding that allows me to redraw the world the way it really is. The greater the truth I can find, the more my conception ...

Hi Wosret, it's an interesting question. I think these days laws have been layered upon laws to such an extent that rather than being a moral guardrai...

Very expressive Praxis. You are tapping into something pretty deep and powerful there by the looks of it.

I like the top bath house photo. It leads you in. There is a theme of manufactured complexity between the 3 photos- with life trapped inside (2nd phot...

I like the second one from the top with the two pairs of legs walking over the reluctant symmetry. It has a commentary about it.

Hi Mad Fool, I think the OP deals with the limits of your imagination rather than the existence of God. It may be that I can't imagine anything tastie...

There are 3 truths you are talking about. Two are local and one is global. The global truth you are asking about, is whether anti-dumping laws will ha...

I think that infinite regress pre-supposes increasing complexity. It may not be the case. In which case regress would not be infinite and we can close...

That would be fine. Conceptually, I have no problem with the idea that life might have originated through random patterning. The point though is that ...

Thanks t0m, we look forward to hearing your ideas.

Hi t0m, welcome to the forum. You are in good company. A lot of people on here love to do nothing more than talk about that exact type of thing.

Sure, this is similar thinking to Wayfarer when he said: Without order, science and reasoned inference couldn't even get out of bed. It is our own sen...

I agree Rich. My brother made an interesting point only yesterday when he talked about the dots on a butterfly's wings. He said science looks at the d...

Hey Rich, is this an argument of the telos as the fundamental element, arranging itself into surprising and unpredicted states as it emergences? As a ...

Well said. We are all aware that there is a reason we don't walk off cliffs- to preserve our life. That the same 'life preservative' force pervades li...

Hi Jorndoe, I don't think teleological evolution is synonymous with pre-destination. Knowing the attributes of the elements in a system does not mean ...

I am rushing a little now and can't read thoroughly the full comments people are making - although I will go back to them and read. On the surface we ...

Yes, precisely my thoughts, Jake. To say effect without cause is to chop off the bush at the base and swing it around as if you have the entire thing ...

Hi Srap Tasmaner. Thanks for your reply. The point you put forward is that we, at present, have so many variants and instances of life that at least s...

Sorry guys, I'm getting a bit pulled about at the moment, so haven't had time to sit down and respond. My OP suggests large stretches of chaos until t...

Hi Jake, I can be happy with an explanation that it is 'just random' by understanding the mechanism of the random number generator from which it arise...

Simple regular repeated geometry

Jokes aside, you may have answered it. Regular geometry.

Have you seen this, Sam? About consciousness, death and brain activity. I'm only skimming, but I think you might find it interesting.

Thanks for coming Jeremiah. Always a pleasure.

Again with the big words Jeremiah. You should learn to articulate a little better. My OP is about Rubix cubes. I want to know how we can go about veri...

Get out of here! So I guess they solved the problem afterall. You should ask them to get Aristotle on Philosophy Forum.

Why are you asking me about God when I'm asking you about rubix cubes Jeremiah. It sounds to me like maybe you want to be a believer and just need a b...

Well, I'm talking to you aint I? :) And you haven't answered my question, but if it's too hard for you I understand. It's too hard for me too.

You wouldn't think so, but there was this weird storm that blew up out of nowhere and a cargo ship carrying Rubix cubes headed straight into it. The f...

No trap Jeremiah, you just can't answer it. There's a difference.

Are you sure about that? I saw a cube shaped rock once. Sharp edges and all Fault-lines and erosion. And just for the record, its not me that's confus...

Don't forget the cubes washed up on the shore.

Well, prove it to me.

What about man-made, in the case of the rubix cube? How does the backward logic bare out for you?

I am very curious if it's possible to prove something is man-made, if you've never seen it before. It sounds easy, but it's actually pretty hard.

Not at all.

Yeah, I'm not following you there. I never was the best student. You talking about narcisism? I can't find anything else.

Back in Egyptian days it was neither, which is why I chose that era. But now we're getting somewhere with our analysis. What else?

You're a funny guy Jeremiah. Any suggestions on the cubes?

Oh I see, well in this particular case of the rubix cube, what would you suggest?

About the talking rabbits?

A strawman fallacy is when you deliberately create a weaker form of the argument so you can attack it. I am trying to build a framework so I can build...