TheMadFool

The categories ignorance and knowledge are ''too broad''? Isn't all human endeavor, philosophy in particular, an attempt to move from ignorance to kno...

So, the categories 1. Ignorant people 2. Confused people 3. Knowledgable people don't exist?

One thing I didn't mention was human, actually life. The mind is, like it or not, a chemical reaction and I see a place for QM to manifest its probabi...

You mean, for example, we can derive the laws of motion from QM principles? This is interesting but doesn't really damage my position. At the macro-sc...

Sorry, can't cover all the bases at one go. Anyway, the point is quantum phenomena manifest, at the human scale, deterministically (you said so and I ...

Ok. I don't see why you disagree. Knowing proceeds from ignorance to knowledge. Am I correct? And then we have confusion. These are real words from th...

You say it better than me. I think the software came after the hardware - so it was with biology and likewise in the field of computers. And then to a...

Do you mean that these imperatives are instructions rather than statements? Like ''open the door''? That's interesting but what would be the basis for...

Perhaps more brain-like in structure. Our brains are made of neurons and their language is electrical signals. We can easily replicate the electrical ...

Thanks for your advice. I'm just trying to make sense of the world and that runs into problems because every viewpoint seems to have an equally reason...

I see. But truth is an aspect of Good and falsehood that of Bad.

Well, these are the only three epistemic states I can think of. Can you think of others? I'd be happy to know. This above statement contradicts the pr...

I agree with your emphasis on intentions

No. Lies/falsehood = Bad Truth = Good That's exactly what I'm saying. There are more lies than truth. For instance, take the statement below: A) 2 + 2...

Thanks for your input. That's what I mean. As far as the human level of existence is concerned, these probabilistic behaviors, you demonstrated so wel...

Faith? My statements, hopefully, are based on facts. Also, what are your beliefs based on? That's exactly the problem. Probability is arrived upon thr...

But to put our life situation, whatever that might be, in the context of our past deeds (lives) is entirely reasonable if you believe in Karma. I thou...

Karma is one of those quick fixes to a problem that, apparently, has no solution. Namely, the problem of locating a beginning. In the world on a human...

Not that big. Have you noticed when you kick a ball that it moves with a certain speed, in a certain direction and with a specific spin - all of which...

Yes, I think that's a great foundation for morality - intentions because the consequences of our actions are shaped by so many variables we can't cont...

One problem I see with basing morality on intentions is it's inacessible. We eventually fall back on evaluating actions off of consequences, which are...

Yes, discussions on quality invariably leads to emotions. Is it because we've quantified almost everything else? I don't know. Can you clarify. (Y)

Don't they? How does a woman/man judge the love of two competing suitors? As far as I know, numbers aren't involved. I don't know how the system works...

I just thought of something. Non-quantitative comparisons do exist. For example, when a woman chooses her clothes, she asks ''which is better?'' Anoth...

As you can see, you're appealing to a certain moral paradigm (deontology if I'm not mistaken). There's a certain limit to such a theory e.g. the crime...

I was thinking of that. You, more or less, agree with me. But you can't deny our moral system is imperfect, which means it's more likely you err. That...

Let me be clearer. There's only one truth to 2 + 2, which is 4 but an infinite number of wrong answers. Each situation allows only limited number of t...

So, you don't disagree with what I said. There are just too many ways to be bad and only few ways to be good. Even, if one were to act randomly, the c...

Isn't math an invention? Anyway, my next choice is computers.

I think, without a definition of God this discussion won't make any progress. To say the least, the omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent god is i...

Mathematics

What I'm saying is that your interpretation of ''all statements are false'' is a contradiction from the get go. So, it can't be the correct interpreta...

I'm not clear on what it is you want to say. 1. The guilt of the principal is clearly established beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law. In other ...

Well, your POV makes sense too. Why rely on the promises of religion - they could be empty and false - and let an injustice continue? Why not act, if ...

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You put it better than me.

There's big hole in our knowledge bank when it comes to consciousness. People just don't know what consciousness or how it works. This situation provi...

Both couldn't achieve all powerful status because they checked each other's power. Similarly, 2 powerful Gods will prevent each other from achieving o...

I don't know... From a Buddhist perspective, one must trust in Karma and good and bad experiences can be explained in terms of merit and sin of previo...

Subjectively, anything's possible - eternity in a moment and a moment in eternity. Objectively, however, it isn't possible because eternity stretches ...

Well, you've moved to intentions. This is relevant but doesn't hurt my argument. If there were only 1 God, he's faced with the well-known paradox of "...

As far as I can see, right and wrong are human standards, applied to us in particular and to the world in general. Being based on universal principles...

Yes, time is relative (so they say). According to Theory of Relativity (note I'm not an expert), time depends on the frame of reference i.e. a perspec...

Thanks for your reply. Good argument. I like it. However, there is no necessity of entailment in your argument i.e. from omnibenevolence it isn't nece...

The purpose of life may be found at many levels: 1. At the level of the self - to flourish (to acquire wisdom) 2. At the level of family - to nourish ...

I think the worst part is, as you say, logic can't grasp the entire content of a sentence in natural language. The best part is, logicians are cogniza...

From what I've read, the point of logic is to capture only those elements in a sentence that have logical import. In your statement "P = If McDoodle w...

This is self-defeating. Without free-will, or at least the delusion of it, peace would be meaningless. In other words, freedom is essential for peace.

So the survival aspect is more of an instinct than reasoned choice. In other words, it's more of an emotion than a rational choice. What would motivat...

I'd choose both. If death is on the plate why not go out in a spectacular way.