You need to learn what pillars are. You're saying "all life forms are equal but some life forms are more equal than others" Really? What's your logic?...
If it's a disaster to think dreams are real and we don't know if the material world we live isn't just another dream, it would be just as disastrous t...
Indeed, if we were to confuse reality with dreams, disaster is assured but, likewise, if we assume, for whatever reason, that this world is the only r...
Really? I'm not a historian but much of human struggle, which fits snugly within the framework of humanity's experience with morality, has been about ...
Well, to be honest, dreams entail a conclusion, a conclusion that has the power to throw a spanner in the works of a materialistic world view. One onl...
1. Equality is the main pillar of morality. Agreed? 2. If equality is the main pillar of morality then any attempt to establish differences that event...
Dennett is pretty vocal about his beliefs - he's a physicalist - but he's more of an acolyte than a high priest. Sam Harris is an affirmed atheist but...
I understand what I mean but what do a close examination of the dependency between the material world and the world of dreams. Take away the material ...
Status is a very complex concept as everything I've tried to get a handle on has turned out to be. Let's just say there are two aspects to status. One...
The observation O is real in the same sense that we consider, for instance, that the Eiffel tower is real and the observation O is not real in the sam...
@"bongo fury" What/who should be the first thing/person to think of when someone tries to explain consciousness with neuroscience? Ernest Nagel (1901 ...
I'm not ignoring anything. You're unable to crtique my claim in a way that sheds light on the issue. Sorry, if you feel that way because I responded t...
What do you mean by "that doesn't work"? In what sense doesn't work. There are three possibilities here: P(real) = probability that O is real 1. P(rea...
I'd prefer you stick to your lottery example because this new scenario with the die roll is identical to it. And I've already informed you that the pr...
What is the main issue here? Whether the observation O is real/not real, right? What model do you propose other than that which has to do with the pro...
I admire your spirit. All I wanted to do was inform you that death isn't the biggest threat there is. All things being equal, it is but, the notion of...
It you really look at it, we know almost next to nothing about dinosaurs. What can a group of scattered petrified bones tell us other than that they'r...
I understand your point. There's more to it than the 12.5% + 12.5% = 25%. However, remember that I'm only concerned about the principle of repeatabili...
I think I get it now. Yes, the statement, "some unicorns have owners" gets translated into predicate logic as Ex(Ux & Ox) but Ex(Ux & Ox) is false. 1....
My logic is a bit rusty so bear with me. You've made a distinction between: 1. Universal Statements: All F are G = Ax(Fx -> Gx) and 2. Universal quant...
Yes, "always an assumption they exist" but that's the issue here. The existential quantifier forces us to make an ontological commitment while ordinar...
Ok. Thanks for spotting the grammatical error but that doesn't have anything to do with the fact that "some aliens have legs" is expressed in logic as...
Great post! :up: We've wandered far enough into the forest of our minds, a forest populated by the beautiful, the exhilarating - objects that arouse w...
Well, at the risk of spoiling it for you - you seem to have found peace - I suggest you get your hands on a good book that chronicles torture, genocid...
You're talking experimental probability and it's a fallback measure when theoretical probability can't be calculated. In our case, theoretical probabi...
:up: I think the reason the modern interpretation of universal statements lack existential import is basically because of empty terms which seems to f...
If I recall correctly, the modern interpretation of universal statements don't make an existential claim for some reason I forgot. Aristotelian univer...
Well, as it turns out, if the logical equivalent of "some Dodos are brown" is Ex(Dx & Bx) then, it leads to a contradiction when I use it with "no Dod...
Yeah but with the caveat that fact and fiction, these terms understood in the conventional sense, don't overlap in a given argument, right? If I write...
Well, you'll have me repeat myself but for my own sake and yours, hopefully. here are two statements: 1. Real. Some dogs are good: Ex(Dx & Gx). Existe...
A fine observation. The word "exists" in the recommended translation of Ex as "there exists..." is not to be taken lightly. The word "exists" has a me...
I'm acquainted with Carl Jung's concept of synchroncity, defined as meaningful coincidences. Notice what Jung did there. He denies causality hence, co...
Four nucleotides: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine. 3-nucleotide codon, each codon codes a protein. Number of possible codons = 4 × 4 × 4 = 64. Doe...
It's a bit tricky, this issue. You made two statements: 1. Reality is independent of dreams and 2. Dreams are dependent on reality. A distinction need...
:ok: :up: Probability is all about working with limited information. It's not that hard. There are 3 possibilities: 1. Less than 50% 2. 50% 3. More th...
The gedanken experiment isn't so unrealistic. I have, on many occasions, seen people ask others to confirm their perceptions, especially when it's som...
Confirmation isn't useless. It is the lifeblood of the scientific method. I'm sure you already know this but just in case you don't allow me to explai...
if you're going to bring up the issue of one being something only in contrast to something else then it's alright with me but I remember falling from ...
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