Isn't this just the fine-tuning argument? You're positing a being (magician) who has meddled with the probabilities and caused the universe into exist...
You seem to be saying everything, including the physical, is non-physical since the only window to the world we have is our mind. It's kinda like sayi...
I'll point out a paradox in this rebirth issue. As a practising tradition reincarnation/rebirth is part of Buddhism where some unfortunate children ar...
Another billion years may be required or, god forbid, the physics that support life may break down in the next instant. I don't know. All I'm saying i...
The wheel example is perfect for the occasion. It informs us that the invention-discovery distinction is not as yet clear to us. I mean we're misapply...
1/52 I believe. If wrong please correct. Thanks. Yes I understand. A particular phase in the chaos could last billions of years. Just think of it in t...
If the time involved was 13.8 billion years (current estimated age of the universe) I'd be very cautious about inferring a better chance for it being ...
I'm not a musician. I like music but am not a musician. However, if I were to sit in front of a piano and press the keys at random long enough I'm sur...
One way could be by measuring the impact of given theorem in terms of application, practical or theoretical. Consider a theorem x. If it's applicable ...
Perhaps there's some truth in drugs augmenting the mental faculty. I knew somebody who claimed it helped him be creative in problem solving and he was...
Dangerously close to it; not to mention the fact that it closes all inquiry since the non-physical, by definition, can't be investigated in anyway. Th...
It's very confusing. The basic human desire, hopefully, is to understand. Maybe I'm being elitist by claiming so, afterall many people are happy to li...
I was just pointing out a counterexample to what was being inferred. Another thing is I remember @"unenlightened" contradicting such inferences in Psy...
I think the data and inference don't amount to much. Possibly the fallacy of oversimplified cause. I can think of one of the worst ''adverse childhood...
The brains's function (thinking) deserves special treatment is something I agree with, mainly because it hasn't yet been explicated well and understan...
I'm not saying you're wrong but I'm afraid there's no good alternative to religion given our present condition. I'm particularly concerned about the l...
:up: That's correct. Reminds me of @"Devans99"'s thread: Bottle Imp Paradox. The risk or danger is closer with human euthanasia than animal euthanasia...
Religion has its ills, I agree. It's exasperating to hear of people hurting and killing each other in the name of God. This is especially true now wit...
Welcome. Astronomy (the science) evolved from astrology (the superstition). Flying machines were once mythical. I guess I'm saying the alternative to ...
Humans will always find reasons to kill his fellow human being. Religion, has been/is/will be used to license horrible acts BUT it, simultaneously, en...
I've done a lot of stupid stuff in my life. Even now, after reaching some form of mental maturity, I can still opt to be irrational e.g. I can say som...
Thanks. Realized that after I made the post. Was hoping it'd slip by. Anyway, I don't think we can use the existence of abstraction as an argument aga...
Well, examining my own thoughts, whether it's real/illusory, I can choose to be illogical or deny myself the best option in a situation. In other word...
That there are certain patterns to the interaction of matter and that these patterns can be described mathematically doesn't undermine physicalism. Ph...
Well, the relevant point to make here is that causality is a pattern in the world at a human scale i.e. the world we experience through our naked sens...
Hmmm...Are you sure about this? Isn't a torus a donut? What's a 4D torus? Sorry for repeating the question but I'd really like to know how you reconci...
Thanks for asking that question. I don't think denying determinism/causality automatically leads us to randomness. A non-determined system that isn't ...
I don't think such a view is as incoherent as opposing views are speculative. If rationality is maintained evidence is a priority and that's what's la...
While I can't rule out such a thing completely we only have to compare fish to something that we're quite ''sure'' doesn't have sentience: computers. ...
I see. Perhaps being uncaused has its own set of problems. Yet, I feel that to be completely free we must be, somehow, unaffected by causation but sti...
How about the set of odd numbers? We can count it as so: 1 one, 3 two, 5 three, 7 four, and so on. I don't see how quantification such as I described ...
Sorry to butt in like this but I think the correct term is interminable and not unmeasurable. The difference is that the former captures infinity as a...
Artificial intelligence is an attempt to close the gap between man and machine. I don't know if silicon will do the job because I'm not quite sure if ...
Does this have something to do with Godel's incompleteness theorems? Reminds me of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle - basically that we can have onl...
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