Bear with me but I still think there's a problem. 1. For reals less than base-ten 1 you'll get something like 0.xyz... 2. Suppose you take base-ten 0....
0.1 would be 1/2 to the right and 1/2 to the left to give us 1/4 1.1 would be 1/2 to the right and again 1/2 to the right to give us, again, 1/4 Both ...
0.1 would be 1/2 to the right and 1/2 to the left to give us 1/4 1.1 would be 1/2 to the right and again 1/2 to the right to give us, again, 1/4 Both ...
It would've been easier to say 0 maps to 0 but that would break your rule or demands tweaking it a little bit. If you graph your rule the output of th...
Maybe I've got it wrong but here's what my understanding is 1. You convert all reals into binary so that we have only 1's and 0's 2. You need directio...
I would say so but there are types who consider the very comprehensibility of our world a miracle which of course is leaning uncomfortably towards an ...
But then zero would be mapped to -(1/2) and -1 too would be mapped to -(1/2) which would result in a failure of the necessary bijection. There would b...
@"Brett" I want to achieve two things here: 1 Understand the meaning of simplicity and complexity 2. Understand whether the accepted wisdom that compl...
Even if miracles are logic-based conclusions I think it is fundamentally flawed because it involves the false dichotomy of either natural or supernatu...
I think the aim is to prevent the jump from unexplained event to the supernatural. So I don't believe "work of magical faeries" counts as good reasoni...
It's a bit odd that the Delphic Oracular maxim "gnothi seauton/know thyself" goes hand in hand with what was said of Socrates, the man singled out by ...
It seems natural that "teach" and "preach" rhyme but there's a fundamental difference which may be relevant to this discussion. A teacher usually, not...
I think a word like "consumerism" kinda misses the point. Wanting and buying goods and services per se isn't the problem. The real job seems to be the...
Thanks. I missed that distinction. Important. Look at how wikipedia describes chaos theory: The impression I get is that chaos theory, as a mathematic...
Truth value is not equivalent to truth. That would mean things can be true but have no truth value or vice versa. 1. ~(is truth <-> has truth value) 2...
A contradiction can't be true and the liar sentence leads to a contradiction meaning that the liar statement has to be false, but that means it is tru...
You rightly pointed out: "Thinking, observation, experiment is carried out by all people, not just by mainstream scientists.". I'm going just a little...
Unfortunately, although I'd love to believe it, social entities, despite appearing distinct from the individual, is still structured around the basic ...
Great introduction to what is probably a very complex subject. Thanks. I remember watching a TED talk on statistics where the speaker brings a contrap...
Yes, I know. Computers win at chess games not because they're intelligent but because they can find checkmates through brute force techniques. This ra...
Venerating science? I don't venerate science but the word "venerate" is a big hint as to what science is NOT, a religion and unlike religion, which is...
Order is a more unlikely event than disorder for the simple reason that there are more ways to be in the latter state than the former. I have taken th...
I don't know how far this is true but a Buddhist acquaintance once told me that shunyata, despite it's obvious meaning - the denial of everything - do...
This (shunyata) is a concept that has always been to me what a flame has been to a moth - a light by which I may find a way to truth but alas the moth...
As a growing teenager I was attracted to science AND math. I'm trying to figure out why because the same can be said of various other disciplines and ...
All I'm saying is that the simple fact that humans, endowed with intelligence + creativity which you'll agree are advantages when it comes to creating...
Which is easier, evolving creativity or creating evolution? At present the arrow of truth seems to be pointing toward the former, evolving creativity....
Well, I think the fact of the matter is that our intuition on morality is black, white and grey in between. We have no problem in declaring genocide t...
1. Everyone doesn't know Yahweh 2. If everyone doesn't know Yahweh then either Yahweh is fictional or Yahweh doesn't wish everyone to know of him So, ...
You'e given us a broad outline of what you want to do with logic. I've agreed in principle that logic, in fact all knowledge, requires the existence o...
I agree that my definition is incomplete but it does reflect a general view or even intuition on the subject of simplicity and complexity. You listed ...
Another problem I see is that limics if foundational as in it's the big strong rock on which you want to build your castle on then it leads to an infi...
Let me get a few words in. No one really bothers that there are two distinct kinds of knowledge viz. inductive and deductive. The difference between t...
In what way is your limics different to the law of non contradiction. A problem I see with limics is that it appears to be synonymous with uncertainty...
Agreed but no art is more complex than the artist him/herself. That's what I mean. There is a difference between creativity and evolution but if one s...
Although I didn't consider such a scenario specifically, I also think it doesn't need to be mentioned explicitly that there is a moral calculus involv...
I'll take another shot at it. This time I'll use change. Imagine a person walking and an ice cube stationary in a cup. The person walking changes posi...
That's a good strategy. Answer the easy questions first and then attempt the tough ones is a good technique. It has worked so far right? The world is ...
What a strange coincidence. A few days ago I was in my bedroom when my nephew came in, saw a badge lying on the table that read "everything's possible...
There is left to doubt when censorship is bad - an oppressive regime is usually lurking in the shadows. That leaves us with what is viewed as "good" c...
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