TheMadFool

Yes, I was thinking of the same thing too. However, there is no mess. Everything is subject to the laws of nature, always. I read somewhere that ''cha...

1. I don't see the contradiction. Can you specify 2. I'm not saying God is eternal. All I want to know is why is a tidy room evidence for a person's i...

I think you're not entirely correct. As I said in my OP the two scenarios (the room and the universe) are united by a common theme - the order. It is ...

All I want to say is math seems to be the language of the universe. Do you think this isn't so? Why?

I hope you're referring to the infinite regress problem because if you are I have to say that this counter-argument doesn't show up in the tidy room a...

But you gave me something.

Then why don't I feel ecstatic about someone gifting me $0?

I thought not having a solution to a mathematical problem is, well, a problem itself. For instance, before zero became a number 2 - 2 had no solution....

The ''cat is on the mat'' is not true always and everywhere e.g. well, when the cat is not on the mat. However, the laws of nature are always true, ev...

Freedom, as enshrined in the US constitution, can make you do odd things. Seriously, I don't know. Perhaps it's not that odd as you make it out to be....

No, I'd use my brains:) You're being purposely cryptic. Anyway I'll play along. You seem to be saying only a person can be rational or irrational. A c...

Well, the mathematical description of gravity is true everywhere and for everyone. What I said may've been hypothetical but the laws of nature are sti...

Poor Kim, having to deal with the paradox of hating America but not Americans.

Anger is ''natural'', yes, but is it reasonable? That's a question a thinking animal would ask. I say ''thinking animal'' because I've seen dogs not g...

What is this difference?

If tossing a coin is rational then why not use it for ALL situations, from what we should eat to whether God exists or not? It's rational (according t...

If a rational choice could be made, as you're suggesting, why did the ass have to toss a coin?

I think humans are in a unique position. We're in some kind of transition phase between animals and, what I call, something higher. Perhaps ''higher''...

But is this decision by the ass to be guided by a coin toss rational or irrational?

Perhaps what I have to say is childish but kindly answer my question. From the very basic math books I've read the invention of zero is celebrated as ...

But why?

Ok. I'm still confused but I'll agree with you for the moment. How do you fit your interpretation of random with my OP, especially with Buridan's ass ...

What I don't understand is how you seem to see no difference at all between math and natural language. I agree that natural language has a longer hist...

I see where you're misunderstanding me. All languages are symbolic (including math). This is true. And symbols being arbitrary we have to translate if...

Strange then to have the word "random" in our dictionary, isn't it? If everything follows rules why have the word "random", "unpredictable", "erratic"...

What does this have to do with what I'm saying? Do you think natural language and mathematics are completely identical? I'll give you an analogy to de...

Ask not what your forum can do for you. Ask what you can do for your forum. :P

In my opinion randomness is a total absence of rules. If I were to behave randomly that would necessitate an inability on the part of anyone to predic...

Natural language seems to be entirely arbitrary - words and their referents are a matter of convention. I question this view but that's another topic....

I would probably think that their ability to speak english was impaired. I certainly wouldn't conclude that "I am Groot" is the only thing worth sayin...

Have you never faced a dilemma? Most dilemmas are loss-oriented in the sense the options provided are all undesirable. There are common English expres...

If someone were to answer your every question with the same sentence/phrase/word e.g. ''I am Groot'', what would go through your mind?

What at first seems wrong could on analysis be true. Are we so dead sure that there's no hidden connection between words and their referents and all t...

Perhaps my words were poorly chosen. I only wanted to say that there's a similarity between the two (the movie and real life).

Following your lead, the language is only as good as the information it can convey. What I want to say is if the universe is not mathematical then our...

Oh. I've made a mistake. However, I hope it doesn't spoil my story, the main point of which is the mathematical nature of the universe.

A very simple conception of the issue: Rationality has rules. Irrationality is breaking rules Randomness is also breaking rules So I don't see the dis...

However, if I've understood correctly, you make a distinction between rational and random. Otherwise you wouldn't have said: So, you've floated three ...

Yet you avoid the term ''irrational''. Does that mean you see a difference between random and irrational?

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Yes, the ass has survived but at the cost of its rationality. You may say that the rational course of action for the ass is to eat because, well, it w...

They even do - Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, etc.

Religion is, generally speaking, about love and peace.

Then is there something more important than being good and shunning evil? Your comment suggests that Taoism is something different.

Is your issue with the messenger only or do you not the like the message too?

But the whole point of the Buridan's Ass paradox is the failure of rationality to provide a solution. You may say that it is rational to choose to liv...

I guess you don't like religion.

I think I'm taking this out of context of the OP but it's an interesting point of view which I'd like to discuss. A problem with all religions has alw...

The quest for immortality isn't new. It's a staple of many ancient legends which span across cultures and geography. The search for happiness is also ...