TheMadFool

Strawman. When we evaluate threats two factors are important: 1. The likelihood of the threat 2. The magnitude of the threat Your alien example is nei...

I don't get it. What is the meaning of life?

Ok then. Like your attitude(Y)

Because you objected to them. Contradict my facts

I can understand this in following ways: 1. We're all the same in the sense there's just ONE mind and each individual is just a part of that mind; jus...

I asked you to disprove my claim that humans are the only lifeforms capable of understanding the universe. Can you do that please. Have you seen a non...

My facts are: 1. Humans are the only lifeforms (on Earth) capable of studying the universe 2. Humans have an inherent drive for knowledge To disprove ...

I don't know. I guess power, goodness and knowledge are highly valued qualities. If an entity has the power to create universes, it seems reasonable t...

Symmetry. Left-right, up-down, good-bad, etc. Agreed. Nothing comes from nothing. Agreed. But why does it have to be consciousness. If the scientific ...

Great analysis. It seems it finally boils down to a clash between morality and deterrence of capital punishment. The former is against and the latter ...

Assuming something true is done on the pragmatic basis that not doing so is dangerous. A dog can be friendly but, more importantly, it can be dangerou...

The Kalam argument: 1. There can't be an infinite chain of causes So, 2. There was a first cause I agree so far. You then say God is defined as this f...

I have done so in my OP. Briefly, 1. Humans are the only lifeforms (on Earth) capable of studying the universe 2. Humans have an inherent drive for kn...

I did but you didn't accept. Scripture clearly states that not to believe in God is to be damned in hell. Not to be wary of a dog is to open yourself ...

That's not part of the argument. What's essential to the cosmological argument is that there has to be an ''uncaused'' cause. That ''uncaused'' cause ...

I only posit it to solve the infinite regress problem of the cosmological argument. I'd also like to add to the issue @"Mr Bee" raised. 1. Everything ...

Let me give you an analogy. It isn't possible to reach the end of an infinite line because infinite literally means ''without end''. Say you're at a c...

I don't know. I hope it doesn't mean anything bad though. I just don't know...

Strange dream I had... I saw meteorites flying through the air and on one rock were the letters S.B.H.A After I woke up I googled it and lo and behold...

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You're right. Everything can be reduced to survival. It's the most basic of drives and aims. Such an interpretation is scientific and thus, objective....

As per the conditions set in the OP I have. The purpose of life is to understand the universe. This is objective (based on the reason that the univers...

Is this equivocation? Orange and head? I didn't understand the joke:-|

The computer and AI makes an appearance along the way from infanthood to adulthood. The mind of a single human evolves, in simplest of terms, from the...

(Y) Without time, the cosmological argument doesn't make sense. A cyclical universe could be posited to counter the Kalam argument. Each point in the ...

Infinity is crucial to the argument. I've always wondered why. There are two kinds of infinity: 1. Spatial 2. Temporal 1 is not a problem. Infinite sp...

What is irrational in my OP? Can anyone specify? The purpose of life is to live!!! That makes no distinction between an ant, a pig, a dog, and a human...

:) Sorry. Anyway, the data clumps ALL murders together. That means it doesn't distinguish murders committed under ''ordinary'' circumstances and those...

I understand your perspective. There are biological, psychological, etc. differences that invalidate the ''all men are equal'' principle. My bad. I di...

:) You had to ask.

Red next to yellow kills a fellow. Red next to black is a friend of Jack.

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If it's a finger it's either a mistake or deliberate. It can't be a mistake because the rest of the painting is done in meticulous detail and anatomic...

I think it's necessary because if not there's no difference between vengeance and justice. The former is morally suspect.

Can you give me a link

I don't see a problem there. The world, more or less, has/had set environmental, political, social, health goals (UN, WHO, etc). When they are/were ac...

This is a conundrum that needs an explanation. Capital punishment is instituted because it's reasonable. If a person's work output is dependent on his...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo3cKxlkQZc

How else can we snap our fingers?

Perhaps there's another non-moral reason for capital punishment. Punishment must be 1. Just (3 principles in the OP) 2. Corrective (should reform the ...

No it's not. I should've been clearer. Think of how we function in our everyday lives. We set goals. If we achieve them we set new goals. It's the sam...

:-} it's a fine interpretation. I didn't think of that. It looks like she's snapping her fingers to get the dog's attention AND why does the ''treat''...

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I see something: Argument A 1. All dogs are mammals 2. No dogs are cats So, 3. Some mammals are not cats Argument A is valid from the Aristotelean sta...

Personal identity is quite a complex subject. My argument skips the issue you raised and depends on uniqueness of identity.

At that moment the meaning of life will change

I think you have a point. Can you be more specific

I can't see where the problem is.

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This is one more con against capital punishment. The system has to be perfect. If not innocent people may be put to death. However, what about the mor...