Good question. X wants ass-kissing and Y wants no ass-kissing. So, what happens when the two of them meet? X would think, I can't let Y kiss my ass. Y...
I'm not implying that we should wait for the perfect vaccine, just like we don't wait for the perfect smartphone. What I do want to see with vaccines ...
A message = information + redundancy + noise Message = A poodle dog entered the room xptlmz Redundancy = dog Noise = xptlmz Information = A poodle ent...
You have a point and I detect pragmatic undertones in your approach. Why bother about noumena at all; after all we can never know them (epistemic dist...
Now I see where you're coming from - you think vaccineas hould be accepted in spite of causing more common minor discomfort (minor side-effects, MiSE)...
I understand that all we have to work on are phenomena but that doesn't mean noumena don't exist. That's like saying the only philosopher I can unders...
Oral medication can be improved e.g. powder forms that'll prevent choking . A similar logic should apply to vaccines. The medical/pharmacological comm...
What I meant was scientists/doctors developed vaccines, a heroic feat no doubt, but they didn't make the follow-up move which is to make vaccines bett...
Terror, it's claimed, is a demand for justice, a not so gentle reminder to redress a wrong done. War, though apparently a solution, actually adds one ...
Broadly, nihilism is the negation or denial of objective truths; I suppose all other specific types of nihilism (moral nihilism, logical nihilism, etc...
Agreed but that doesn't seem to negate the existence of noumena. The point of BiV gedanken experiment is only to show that our total dependence on phe...
The sticking point of the BiV thought experiment is that we can stimulate specific combination of neurons in ways that mimic to a T actual experiences...
Perhaps we can compare the golden rule with the diamond rule to see how they stack up against each other. First off, understand rules are meant for ev...
If there's anything bad about anti-vaxxers it's that they fail to recognize vaccines are the most natural way to immunize people against disease. They...
Quite close to Claude Shannon's - father of information theory - own thoughts but with one small difference: not just change but also the degree of ch...
One good argument I suppose that God exists is the existence of the Devil. It's the same thing with hypocrisy - bad people can get some idea of what g...
I think someone must've already mentioned this before but I believe there's a fundamental distinction between the epistemic methodology religion and p...
It's odd that when people are bad, we immediately conclude they're really bad but when someone is being good, we're on guard, highly suspicious of the...
First off, a confession - I haven't had time to watch the video so what I'm about to say might change after. What's Gillian Russell's citeria of a goo...
:lol: Rules are meant for everyone. The narcissist who wants people to bow before faer and kiss faer ass must consider the fact that other people don'...
Truth is I'm one of those who don't practice religion in the way it's prescribed. Why? Plain and simple - it's just too damn hard. Naturally, since as...
Nobody ever said it was going to be easy. Religion is like boot camp. Extreme training, recruits physically and mentally stressed to breaking point - ...
I second that but I have a sneaking suspicion that people might take that in a way identical to Richard Dawkins' views on the matter - study religion ...
Can you see what's happening Jack? The Abrahamic triad attempts to explain evil by chalking it up to free will (necessary for the idea of the good) an...
What about if I apply the conclusion (There are no laws of logic) to Gillian Russell's argument? The argument seems to be self-refuting - it relies on...
Information, according to Richard Dawkins à la Claude Shannon, is that which helps narrow down possibilities to one in the most economical way possibl...
That sounds about right. No contest! Are you kidding me? The whole of western civilization chronicles the discovery of the mathematical laws of nature...
I was wondering about the existence of abstraction in our universe in the form of math. Abstraction, last I checked, is a distinctly mind attribute. I...
Not quite the response I was expecting. Anyway... St. Augustine knows what time is but he can't put it into words. Just like what you said about how W...
Yes but what bothers me is why this particular arrangement? I understand your point: finite evil but infinite good. :sweat: Why not, No evil but finit...
@"180 Proof" I'm signing up for more information. What if EnPassant is correct and we have it backwards? One piece of evidence is the mathematical nat...
I have no idea if this is relevant but all religions have what appears to be a rather tricky problem to solve. First, they have to explain the status ...
Shallow and muddy instead of clear and deep waters. In both cases "...the bottom can't be perceived (or conceived of)..." But then... https://www.yout...
Yes, that was part of the message I wished to convey! Some people are very AI-like or, even better, AI has passed the Turing state completely or parti...
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