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In: Is there a game...  — view comment
Nec caput nec pedes.
May 10, 2022 at 14:10
In: Can God construct a rock so heavy that he can't lift it?  — view comment
Yeah, that did cross my mind. The Sancta Trinitas is a contradiction in and of itself! Ex falso quodlibet (the principle of explosion): A logic bomb m...
May 10, 2022 at 11:13
In: Can God construct a rock so heavy that he can't lift it?  — view comment
Oh, but I thought they are God! :chin:
May 10, 2022 at 10:50
In: Can God construct a rock so heavy that he can't lift it?  — view comment
You have to pay attention to details. The Holy Ghost is a one-armed cripple! :joke:
May 10, 2022 at 10:40
In: Can God construct a rock so heavy that he can't lift it?  — view comment
Sancta Trinitas, Unus Deus The Father will create the stone. The Son will lift it! There's no contradiction because The Father \neq The Son! The Holy ...
May 10, 2022 at 10:30
In: Is there a game...  — view comment
:smile: :sad:
May 10, 2022 at 10:15
In: Is there a game...  — view comment
Speed is deemed a virtue for the reason that the world, life, seems to be deadline-based. Expressions like "that ship has sailed", "you missed the bus...
May 10, 2022 at 10:03
In: Is there a game...  — view comment
May 10, 2022 at 09:56
In: Self-Reflection  — view comment
I wish my achievements matched my zeal! :sad:
May 10, 2022 at 09:52
In: Self-Reflection  — view comment
:up: That hits home alright! I suppose it's got something to do with grandiose delusions!
May 10, 2022 at 09:50
In: Nick Bostrom & Ludwig Wittgenstein  — view comment
:ok:
May 10, 2022 at 07:52
In: Nick Bostrom & Ludwig Wittgenstein  — view comment
Ummmm....I'll think about it! :grin: See, in my universe, what Husserl did is what philosophers worth their salt do/should do! Ideas seem to be always...
May 10, 2022 at 05:57
In: Logical Necessity and Physical Causation  — view comment
Yeah, me concurs!
May 10, 2022 at 05:42
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
:rofl:
May 10, 2022 at 05:38
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Prose & Verse (history of their development) 1. Rhyme & Reason (The Ancient Ones). 2. Then the split: Rhyme and Reason part ways (intellectual lazines...
May 10, 2022 at 05:36
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
:smile:
May 10, 2022 at 05:31
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
The Butterfly, crushed, that Eckels finds (A Sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury). I can't seem to parse the rest of your post.
May 10, 2022 at 05:30
In: Logical Necessity and Physical Causation  — view comment
That's how I'd approach the problem. I don't quite like it though. Something about it is off.
May 10, 2022 at 05:24
In: Nick Bostrom & Ludwig Wittgenstein  — view comment
Muchas gracias!
May 10, 2022 at 05:23
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
We humans have an apocalyptic mindset if you catch my drift. We're alive but we're obsessed with death! Memento mori but don't forget memento vivere!
May 10, 2022 at 05:21
In: Paradox: Do women deserve more rights/chance of survival in society?  — view comment
:clap: :grin:
May 10, 2022 at 05:11
In: Paradox: Do women deserve more rights/chance of survival in society?  — view comment
In the good ol' days of yore known as damnatio memoriae! Nothing to see here, move along, move along! :grin:
May 10, 2022 at 05:10
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
:ok:
May 10, 2022 at 05:05
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
There's a thin line betwixt panic and excitement, oui?
May 10, 2022 at 04:59
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
May 10, 2022 at 04:57
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
That's why I'd like to know the criteria for interesting/boring the AI used. Why is 11 April 1954 the most boring day in history? No births/deaths of ...
May 10, 2022 at 04:48
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
What about our dear ol' pal the observer effect?
May 10, 2022 at 04:39
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
I feel it would all depend on the nature of the analysis if we could call it that. If what's involved is going through mountains of data, a computer (...
May 10, 2022 at 04:35
In: Psychology Evolved From Philosophy Apparently  — view comment
Wow! So Freud was bang on target! His theory of libido and eros are perfectly aligned with Darwinism in which "success" boils down to reproduction aka...
May 10, 2022 at 04:10
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
11 April 1954: The Most Boring Day in History An AI made that judgment. I'm dying to know what its criteria for interesting/exciting were.
May 10, 2022 at 03:56
In: Logical Necessity and Physical Causation  — view comment
:up: Thanks to Kant and his apriori/a posteriori and analytic/synthetic distinctions, we have an opening to prove the logical necessity of causality a...
May 10, 2022 at 03:53
In: Logical Necessity and Physical Causation  — view comment
Now I get it! The OP wants to know if causality is synthetic a priori (or not).
May 10, 2022 at 03:48
In: Nick Bostrom & Ludwig Wittgenstein  — view comment
Update 1. A,simulation can't be distinguished from reality. There's an obvious difference between The Matrix and the Real World. It's just that when i...
May 10, 2022 at 03:31
In: Institutional Facts: John R. Searle  — view comment
:scream: We can do that?!
May 10, 2022 at 03:21
In: Institutional Facts: John R. Searle  — view comment
Oh, I see. I've come across scientific realism - the position that science, in a sense, speaks the truth i.e. it accurately describes facts about the ...
May 10, 2022 at 03:20
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
:heart:
May 10, 2022 at 03:10
In: Nick Bostrom & Ludwig Wittgenstein  — view comment
I wuz simply trying to make sense of your post, that's all. You see, I'm not familiar with the particular brand of philosophy you seem to be championi...
May 10, 2022 at 02:52
In: Nick Bostrom & Ludwig Wittgenstein  — view comment
:grin: Good point. There's a thin line between intersubjectivity and objectivity, the two in my mind are identical twins (indistinguishable). However,...
May 10, 2022 at 02:49
In: God & Existence  — view comment
Good one! That captures the essence of the physical in my opinion. However, it puts us in a bind to my reckoning for how are we to determine if anythi...
May 10, 2022 at 02:38
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
To both posters above: If a day can boring so can a week, a month, a year, a decade, a century, a millennium (or two). Despite what we think/believe, ...
May 10, 2022 at 02:34
In: God & Existence  — view comment
I still feel your EnFormAction thesis is what religions will eventually morph into! As for being low on feelings, it makes up for that with (scientifi...
May 09, 2022 at 17:54
In: Time Travel Paradoxes.  — view comment
11 April 1954!
May 09, 2022 at 17:42
In: Paradox: Do women deserve more rights/chance of survival in society?  — view comment
Have you ever watched a hostage situation on TV? Some crazy dude or a group of terrorists take some hostages and barricade themselves in a house. The ...
May 09, 2022 at 17:34
In: What is metaphysics?  — view comment
Are there any reports of Aristotle sustaining a head injury? :grin:
May 09, 2022 at 17:04
In: Bumping Threads  — view comment
What's the this thread was merged with... announcements some posters are greeted to?
May 09, 2022 at 17:02
In: Nick Bostrom & Ludwig Wittgenstein  — view comment
Gracias!
May 09, 2022 at 14:56
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
A good template for an argument that this world is the best of all possible worlds (re Leibniz). MIRI arsenic-doped Silicon (Si:As) Detector. Arsenic?...
May 09, 2022 at 11:25
In: Who are we?  — view comment
We're...desperate! :grin:
May 09, 2022 at 10:48
In: God & Existence  — view comment
This gets better every second!
May 09, 2022 at 07:06
In: Who are we?  — view comment
:up:
May 09, 2022 at 07:05
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