I don't know. Sounds complicated to me. Does the soldier who shot your enemy for you deserve respect? I know it's not that simple but if you believe s...
Inter arma enim silent l?g?s In times of war, laws fall silent Which is telling, don't you think? A war is a state in which we break, if I'm not mista...
You must not give up on human ingenuity. I find the iron maiden torture device especially inspiring. If we could do that to another human being, surel...
I understand your point but notice it doesn't matter whether the aboriginal society is advanced or a European society is advanced. The labels "future"...
That's when you do a comparison, in this case quantitatively. Yes 1 year is half of 2 years Yes 1 year is 1/50 of 50 years But 1 year is still time 1 ...
I think we need to look at the definition of a lie carefully. Merriam Webster definition: :rofl: Lie = to make an untrue statement with intent to dece...
What makes me? Hard to say. Can't be the physical body because we have twins, triplets, etc. Can't be the thoughts because more than one person is Chr...
I think the whole concept of freedom is nothing more than an artifact of circumstances. I mean it has meaning only in a context which itself was simpl...
I don't know much but here's what I think... The mind is one of the least understood things in the world. So, confusion is inevitable. The division be...
:chin: Every instance of the laws being verified is part of the proof isn't it? The OP is not as concerned with the meaning of "proof" as he is concer...
Numbers are infinitely divisible. A line is infinitely divisible??? Zeno's paradox That illustrates what I mean by the model being inadequate for the ...
I noticed something interesting and would like your views on it. SPEED. A very basic concept. Some are fast, some are slow and some don't move at all....
If you've read my other posts then you know that the Theory of Relativity was derived from measurements from instruments that followed Newtonian laws....
There's an even bigger point here which the OP is hinting at - that the theory of relativity which has supplanted Newton's was proven by instruments t...
Your post was great but I don't think it would've satisfied the OP who said: Actually I think your answer was the best by saying scientific claims are...
Let's not get too technical. The problem for the OP is how an instrument that is Newtonian can ever prove that some other event is NOT Newtonian in na...
I think what he's trying to say is that argument is circular. Newton's laws proving Newton's laws. If the instruments obey Newton then Newton would be...
Every white swan you see is evidence that swans are white. However, this doesn't mean ALL swans are white. If the chornometer is following the Newton'...
1) Life-Death 2) Work-Life Therefore 3) Work = Death Well, I think the substitution you made makes sense. The maxim "Work-Life balance" suggest that 1...
This is news to me. I don't know where you're coming from so excuse me if I make any silly mistakes. I read a book on logic a couple of years ago and ...
I don't know how to respond to this. I'm asking you to look at morality in terms of cause-effect and not simply as a rational project. The two are rel...
I'm toeing the official line. I keep an open mind but accepted wisdom is a safe bet. Don't you think? I really don't have an evolutionary explanation ...
I thought of starting a thread on this topic because I remembered an old saw "the root of all evil is money". At once you can see that the intent was ...
We don't have the data nor the tools to give you a good answer. The dynamics of evolution work at multiple levels. Which biological entity evolves? Is...
I don't have much to go on so this may sound silly. Causal reasoning took a backseat or assumed a secondary role in Kant-Bentham moral philosophies. U...
Nice question. Makes you question old and entrenched assumptions about reality. How do we distinguish between the past and future? A very simple techn...
I'm a bit befuddled. The issue is complex and I'm unable to present a coherent picture of what it is that I'm trying to get at. I'll give it my best s...
1. Meat is a necessary part of the human diet Ok but we kill and consume more than we actually need 2. We can eat meat as long as the animals are rear...
Please excuse any historical inaccuracies in my post and to prevent any further confusion and tangential discussions let's look at christianity vs KB ...
Ok. I'm guilty as charged on all counts. Let's be specific and stick to Christianity and see if this thread can be salvaged... Christianity makes a ca...
Yes, I agree. There probably is a list of criteria a hypothesis has to fulfill and subsequent to that adopted as the best among many others. Why do yo...
Not quite the quote I want but it'll suffice to get a part of what I want to say across. The edited version is below: Still not what I really want to ...
So one one pan of the scale is, to keep it simple, the death of an animal and on the other is "just" how meat titillates your tastebuds? So a life gon...
:rofl: You have it all figured out. :smile: Your rhetoric is better than mine. I just want to ask you something if you don't mind? Are you vegetarian ...
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