TheMadFool

Great question as far as I'm concerned. If you ask me, it's aesthetics or beauty and its opposite, ugliness, that pins the self to the physical. You m...

Whatever an x is, x has a set of finite properties, say Ax, Bx and Cx. If x is not x then one of the following will be true: ~Ax or ~Bx or ~Cx or all....

My two cents... Imagine x = God Then, by definition, x is all good, all powerful and all knowing If x is NOT = x then x is NOT God and so x is not all...

"Information" doesn't have as much theoretical baggage as "knowledge"

Addendum: It appears that antonyms have two different logical meanings and they are: 1. As contradictions. The antonym of truth is false and in classi...

I guess it's as futile as you make it out to be. Thanks.

Perhaps a noncommittal word like "information" is more suited then.

I think if one ignores practical limitations then we can rely on experiments. If it weren't that way we could never be sure of experimental results be...

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There is no contradiction in what I said. Also as far as I know I'm simply repeating the official line.

What exactly do you mean by context and that the meaning of words depend on it? Firstly, when I said, I was referring to a more general conception of ...

Firstly we seem to be on the same page. Secondly you didn't read my post but that's ok because there's nothing that isn't obvious in it.

True to what you're saying nothing, something, and everything, if quantified numerically then they can be interpreted in terms of an analog scale as f...

:up: Belief has to be true for it to count as knowledge. Right?

So, there's no truth in such beliefs - beliefs that there's a calamity waiting for humanity just round the corner? Geeks have it wrong then. I chanced...

Jokes aside, the 3.5 value is obtained because the probability of each outcome is 1/6.

Then why did you claim it?

I was expecting that but the math works out in my explanation. The law of large numbers does say that the experimental probability will approach the t...

A great plot for a video game or a movie but I think it's been done to death. Judging by the popularity of this genre I suspect it reflects the mainst...

As you can see, any interpretation, wave collapse or many worlds, is clearly born of the difficulty in accepting that one object can occupy different ...

I only used 4 properties to simplify the issue and the number 4, in and of itself, has no bearing on the critical aspects of identicalness which is, q...

What about the law of large numbers which says exactly the opposite of what you're saying? The law of large numbers states that the average of the val...

I accept that a point as defined is zero-dimensional and has neither width nor length. Your contention is that if the above statement is taken to true...

I agree but only partially because history isn't exact enough as the requirement that it's impossible for one object to be in more than one location a...

Thank you for the clarification. What I actually meant was just as after the search is actually conducted and the convict's location is discovered s/h...

This is reminiscent of the chicken and egg problem. Is it insight that leads to knowledge and if yes, why complicate matters with logic? If logic is u...

So, probability didn't exist before there was such a thing as mind, say 9 billion years ago when the earth hadn't even formed? Everything was determin...

As far as I understand the quantum wave is just the probability of where a particle is located. That there are two different locations in the probabil...

The scenarios A and B in my previous post was to explain that deterministic systems can behave probabilistically and I think it accomplished its purpo...

Correct. The presence of a difference precludes identicalness. Two objects are identical if and only if they both possess the exact same properties. T...

I think I get what you mean. Assuming that the die is a deterministic system two things are possible: A. The usual way we throw the die - randomly - w...

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c = condition non-condition is condition = condition is non-condition = condition is not condition = It is not the case that condition is condition = ...

I think I got it. 1. John is not John = it is not the case that John is John j = ~j is equivalent to ~(j = j) Similarly... 2. non-condition is a condi...

Could you explain the symbols a bit. Thanks.

There is no confusion at all. A die is deterministic and it behaves probabilistically. This probably needs further clarification. A die is a determini...

Harry, the author, takes great pains to draw some kind of boundary between lies, truths and bullshit and he does that on the basis of mental states wh...

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The reasoning for the above would require as a premise the following: 1. Conditions for love are: a. beauty = b b. good c. no conditions/unconditional...

This is what I've been saying all along. Deterministic systems can behave probabilistically. Let me get this straight. 1. In a deterministic system th...

These two statements seem to be contradicting each other or if not, it clearly asserts the preeminence of logic. Although we started off by associatin...

So, you foresee alienation from society via unemployment as an undesirable consequence of mechanization. Have you watched the animation wall-E? If you...

That's a great explanation. Thank you for your time and patience. However... In your definition of non-determinism you concede that there is something...

What are the following in your view? 1. Probability 2. Determinism 3. Non-determinism

Your solution is very seductive but will it work? If one looks to history for evidence, good ideas tend to effortlessly gain a foothold and then propa...

Well, what is the best way to model a die throw in your view? 1. Probability 2. Determinism Both right?

What on earth is a pattern anyway? One meaning that stares us in the face is repetition e.g. a bird motif on a fabric or carpet; a certain rule being ...

Tell me what is it that I didn't understand. Correct. Thanks.

I think ssu addressed your concern. One reason I didn't say "education is the solution" is because it's rather non-specific and also takes a lot of ti...