:up: This is exactly the kind of misleading rhetoric that we should be worried about in my humble opinion. It encourages scientism (science as an abso...
The method of exhaustion, refined to the notion of limits in calculus, is clearly stated as an approximation by mathematicians. A 96-sided polygon isn...
In a world where moving (thinking) is the only activity, an object (thinker) coming to a dead stop (cease thinking), I feel, doesn't mean that object ...
I believe we're talking about the same thing but with different words. Predictions, we all know, is based on a pattern (extending it to be precise) ak...
:up: Predictions are based on laws of nature - sensing patterns in the way matter & energy behaves - and is distinctly neutral territory in the scienc...
:ok: Yet infinity seems as natural as getting 2 by adding a 1 to 1. A simple procedure (+ 1) can cause so much havoc in our minds. The only option is ...
I was just turning this matter over in my head and this: Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist & atheist is adamant that the theory of evolu...
I believe you're on the mark. :up: The title of Darwin's book is On the Origin of Species and not On the Origin of Life. Two very different topics, on...
Like always, scientists have it all figured out. What was I thinking? The particular wavelength of light (infrared) the JWST is going to tune into is ...
Fantastic news! We can't wait to see the pics and the simplified (for our benefit) analyses that go with them. I hope this is a paradigm shift moment ...
So it is, the world or the self (two things we can become conscious of) can induce, chemistry-wise, a one-to-one corresponding chemical reaction that ...
Well, I won't say you're wrong. There must've been a very good reason why the Greeks were so reluctant to incorporate infinity into their math. Even A...
Both to think up possibilities and eliminating them requires talent and expertise. I'm but a beginner in these methods and so cum grano salis with reg...
Indeed, sometimes one's choices don't matter to what happens eventually. On occasion the path forks and one's in a dilemma which one to take, one then...
The way I understood Kant's position on the matter is like this: If I were to say "x is all-good" (G1), it's the same thing as saying "x exists and x ...
@"Banno" Yep, that's what Kant claims, but is it true? In predicate logic (Frege et al), existence can't be predicated to an object (vide infra). John...
Does this clause refer to 1. Another instance of greatest happiness for the greatest number? So I couldn't kill one person, X, to save 5 others (troll...
Thanks for the explanation. The two sides of a debate could thrash out the sticking points, identify where they disagree and come to a mutually accept...
The future is a world of \infty possibilities. God maybe one of 'em. You never know what tomorrow will bring. Isn't that what's so exciting about time...
Good question but doesn't affect my argument. Spheres do come to rest, oui? Why? Do the math. Lemme show you: Assume that 5 represents all written/spo...
The jury's still out. We could invent God (I mean for real) but that seems to be irreversible (omnipotence & omniscience). We can't put the genie back...
That's why it's ahead of the pack (the quarrel aye vs. nay is a never-ending story). You did mention in a previous post, adversarial collaboration but...
If possible to stimulate the thread, I' say, with regard to the human - machine relationship, 1. Body (99% replaced by machines) 2. Mind (50% replaced...
Causation A causes B IFF 1. A is correlated with B 2. B does not temporally precede A (rule out reverse causation) 3. There is no C that causes both A...
Mill's 5 methods to determine causation 1. Method of Agreement: A B C occur together with w x y A E F occur together with w t u Ergo, A is a necessary...
The cyberpunk culture is by and large about 1. Technology (Especially AI) 2. Mind (Enhancement/Upliftment) 3. Reality (Transformation) 4. Values (Affe...
I would like to know, yes, if there is a mind sex determination method based solely on one's intellectual output. In medicine sex determination of fet...
Yeah, women use their sex appeal to gain an (unfair) advantage over their competitors (men and other women). I'm quite puzzled actually that academia ...
The aging (physical or mental) rate is not uniform. If you've had a stressful life, your body advances in age faster than someone who's the same chron...
Well, it's not at all clear that for the infinite monkey theorem to work infinite time is necessary. Imagine if I have an infinity of googol-sided (10...
Noted! :up: Sophia! If you notice, fools/imbeciles depicted in art and literature are usually men! :grin: Perhaps the takeaway is the best are men and...
Yeah, I did mention that existing gender roles, carried over from history, implies there'll be differences between male and female experiences; this w...
Well I did mention that God is the perfect man, feels like it was women who came up with god as the strong, brainy, kind-hearted gentleman! Men wouldn...
Merci beaucoup, monsieur/mademoiselle! Proto-consciousness cooked your goose, did it for you, oui? :smile: The human mind looks at an image of a bird ...
:ok: The muses, if memory serves, were females, the source of artistic inspiration, oui? Thanks for reminding me of that. I owe you one! As per Wikipe...
As Wayfarer keeps mentioning ever so often, a consciousness can't make of itself an object, it being the quintessential subject. Have you heard the Ja...
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