I agree. Littlewood's law limits itself within the boundaries of what we call natural. Taking your example of the sky diver surviving a fall the law w...
Theoretical probability of event A occurring = (number of favorable outcomes) ÷ (total number of possible outcomes) In the case of a coin: Favorable o...
Firstly I'm happy that you more or less agree with me regarding the nature of the gambler's fallacy - that it isn't fallacious over large observationa...
But the higher-lower brain dissonance I refer to is not ''little''. It's reasonable to expect a certain level of disharmony - nothing's perfect. In th...
So, in simple terms: If you get a series of heads then the coin is probably loaded In other words: If the coin is fair then we shouldn't get a series ...
I understand your holistic POV. Each element of the whole has equal weight and there's nothing such as most/least important as the whole depends on op...
If you were to see a state-of-the-art skyscraper in a city and slums right next to it wouldn't you be, at least, mildly surprised? And here we are in ...
So, you see no suspicious activity in all of this? Well, coming at the issue from another angle, I think it's safe to assume that we're using our high...
Thanks for the posts. I have a fair grasp of what you're saying. Your posts explain the process of how we respond to extremely stressful events. Howev...
A government is both great and sad. It is great because it overcomes the weaknesses of the individual and embodies our lofty aspirations. It is sad be...
Thanks for your reply. Seeing it from your's and apokrisis' view it would be even stranger to hear emotionally neutral words when in shock. However, I...
It's a principle which asserts that If one ought to act then it is necessary that one can. In other words if one can't act then it's not necessary tha...
I don't know. Sorry. So, it's just normal brain function in the sense that the lowerbrain reacts without involvement of the higher? brain. However, of...
I think tolerance is just an instantiation of the golden rule - do unto others as you'd like others to do unto you. Also in this modern age of globali...
You're avoiding the issue. All you have to do is show me how divine purpose does not lead us to the conclusion that we're but means to achieve god's o...
I beg to differ because a couple of steps behind, hidden from view (thus unseen), from the idea of purpose of life lies our dissatisfaction with subje...
This is a complex question. You've clubbed two different ideas (morality and meaning) in one question. This notwithstanding I think we can still answe...
Looking at the way things are turning out (codification of our lofty ideals in things from simple guide books to constitutions) I believe too that we'...
A society is an extension of the ego. The one ''i' gets absorbed into the collective ''we''. Ironically these ''we's'' display characteristics of the ...
Yes, volcanoes, quakes, tornadoes, etc. are natural. So, what? That doesn't imply we shouldn't classify dangers to the environment into the categories...
Do you mean to dismiss things like altruism, charity, kindness, love etc. as ultimately self-serving? If you are then I take issue with that. The conc...
Kinda depends on the angle of attack - the perspective chosen. To add there's the possibility that all of what we call ''knowledge'' may actually be j...
You seem to be saying that climate change is natural because human beings are, well, natural and that all this fuss about man-made climate change is b...
This is bizarre logic. I would've thought if animals mind don't exist then we did win the lottery - having won the prize of consciousness. Conversely,...
Speed of time makes sense to me. Firstly, we have the subjective perception of time you mentioned - when we're bored time passes slowly while time spe...
So, if identity is not fixed why does our intuition inform us to the contrary? The words ''same'', ''identical'' are evidence that there's a sense of ...
Climate change is nothing new for planet earth. From what I've read the earth has had a number of climate change events before (ice ages, supervolcano...
I think it does matter. The global ecosystem is everyone's responsibility. Those who damage the ecosystem should be held accountable and must play a g...
I fear ''type'' is a weasel word here. It is more a matter of convenience (to eliminate the paradox) than any real progress to a solution. Following y...
So, according to you (process metaphysics) ships A and B are both ''the ship of Theseus''. I may have misunderstood but the reason you say why this is...
My example seems to have diverted you away from the main topic. I'll accept that there's a significant difference between a person and an object. Howe...
As oxymorinic as it sounds it could be a case of reason-based convention, just not arbitrary convention. The point being that if the paradox has any w...
You said that process metaphysics ''resolves'' the paradox while object-based metaphysics doesn't. Imho simply changing perspective doesn't truly solv...
How does this bear on the paradox? If I understand you correctly then it means you think both ships are valid referents of ''the ship of Theseus'' bec...
I'd like to point out a small issue with such an interpretation. The criteria/conditions that define the ''original'' ship of Theseus is significantly...
I'm not quite sure whether the paradox is a matter of convention alone. To explain let me differentiate ''convention'' into two sub-categories. 1. Arb...
Your post suggests that the paradox is solved by simply switching one's perspective (process/object metaphysics). Isn't that a cop out? In addition, i...
No bait and switch - at least not intentionally. You said there's no paradox and I gave an example in which the paradox is unambiguously manifest. Als...
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