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It's not clear to me if the universe contains things that are causations mixed with things that are not causations. Is it the case that whatever is no...

The infinite causal chain equals members populating a set? Is first cause a member of the causal chain? At this point, you have evaluated down to two ...

Am I correct in understanding you to be saying the procedure for comprehending the value of an infinite causal chain entails looking at the infinite c...

What I presented comes from Deacon. I thought I'd try to articulate an important chain of causation: non-life to life. As for everyday causation: Here...

Given a first cause, is it correct to say the next thing following the first cause -- the first thing caused by the first cause -- appears as the firs...

What does Y stand for in your equation?

I'm recalling from memory you citing Hume re: causation. The gist of your point is that causation, in his view, is an inference from observed patterns...

So, it's correct to say your core proposition within this conversation goes as follows:

By making a small change to your last sentence, I get a proposition: Logically, a universe cannot exist that does not inevitably arrive at a first cau...

There is the question whether a first cause, lacking a precedent, must be eternal. Also, there is the question whether or not an eternal existence is ...

:up: :100: My thanks to you for this persuasive argument.

The Set Theory Argument “When we say that a set is finite or infinite, we are referring to the number of elements in the set, not to the "extent" (put...

I don't accept the claim: "Something from nothing" declared without explanation proves logical necessity of a first cause. Generally, I accept all of ...

"Nothing" in this context can be read in multiple ways: a) nothing as in no cause of space; b) nothing as in nothingness, a something that caused spac...

You accuse me of intentionally quoting you out of context for the purpose of fatally distorting your intended meaning, all of this towards setting up ...

Along one line of reasoning -- eternal existence -- there seems to be a conditional logical preclusion of a first cause: If we imagine a structure of ...

Is there anything time is connected to?

I'm asking if work towards finding a proof is more appropriate for the philosopher than for the scientist.

Although Minkowski writes about time without gravity in special relativity, in general relativity time is tied to mass through gravity. In the everyda...

Do you assess this lack of proof as a metaphysical issue?

I've learned that the concept of relativistic mass is deemed troublesome and dubious by some. Can you elaborate how it falsifies E=mc^2?

Wrong. Both Vincent Emery and Robert Shuler use calculations derived from E=mc^2 to support their conclusions. This is what scientists do. Either the ...

That's why you've been working your ass off with this conversation for months running? And by the way, who says "What is is not important?" Just becau...

Describe a situation in nature wherein necessity is important apart from sentients.

You and Hume characterize causation as deduction?

As you say, I indirectly raised a question about the truth content of: and E=mc^2 considered in conjunction with each other. Yes. I want us to conside...

The full form of the equation: E=p^2c^2+m^2c^4 clarifies its inclusion of time dilation: Einstein’s equation may be combined with Planck’s to give a r...

Okay. How much time does it take for two + two to equal four? An attack on answering this question can be made through the lens of the Idealization ve...

If time doesn't inhabit the material-physicality of our phenomenal universe, then e = mc^2 is false?

Perhaps now you can better appreciate my efforts towards independent inferential thinking in response to what you write. You did okay in your exam of ...

After going to the doctor with mild symptoms, you're told your spinal column is infected with pneumococci bacteria. Since it's believed this infection...

Do a priori deductions take time to be true? How much time does it take for two + two to equal four? Are we thinking through something already there, ...

If you are physical, and your mind, being connected to your physical brain, is likewise physical, how do you connect with non-physical math? Another q...

Agree Agree Agree Disagree, unless I distort your intended meaning Agree

Premise: "If the effect hasn't happened yet, its not there." -- Philosophim ? Effects only propagate in time. Counter Premise: A priori deduction ? a ...

Show me how you will determine the calculation of input values and a binary operator after you die; show me how the universe will determine the calcul...

Non-existence is an abstract concept which has an empty content. Non-physical things abstract things have cause and effect relations via the support o...

The existence of the cause implies the contemporaneous existence of the effect. Example: Clouds saturated with water cause rain.

Handshakes across the aisle.

I'm taking serious note of these links to additional thinking on some implications of the thesis. In my acknowledgment above, I'm only addressing the ...

Yesterday, I attacked this claim thus: After writing this, I thought it a pretty good argument. However, proceeding with caution, I decided to ask 180...

If it's true that: "before first cause, nothing," then a justification of this premise with a supporting premise that employs the material things of o...

You have said: "... before first cause, nothing." How do your descriptions of the inception of first cause have anything to work with other than nothi...

Here are the pertinent things you wrote: In the first statement above in bold -- yours -- you ask for an explanation of my question: Your first quote ...

You think thought and communication are divorced from brain activity? Have you read the book linked below? Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Ma...

I commend you on your durable patience with me. My intention here is to understand that a first of all first causes, if it happens, holds no special s...

My mistake. I should've written: So, you're saying that even though a first cause is logically necessary, that doesn't necessarily imply the necessity...

So, you're saying that even though a first cause is logically necessary, that doesn't necessarily imply the necessity of a first cause of all first ca...

Okay: You're saying: Okay: You're saying: So, First Cause is an abstract entity that inhabits the realm of mind. Okay: You're saying: So, Prime Cause ...

You've let me know you won't dialogue with me further. Okay. I'm posting the following responses for the record; I try to always respond to counter-na...