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I see it from a missile guidance angle. Some have poor guidance systems (precision hundreds of meters), others are super-precise (lands within meters ...

Very informative. Mind if you have a look at this case :point: Monkey Mind. Method to madness?

@"The Opposite" Why isn't there an opposite, the Light web (sacred), for the Dark web (profane)? Curious!

You fail to see my point. If the mind = brain, then if the mind is capable of perceiving itself, is self-aware, the mind/brain should have, as an imag...

In my humble opinion, mathematics is (entirely?) about precision (definition-wise, measurement-wise). An example should illustrate my point. A reconst...

Scale issue! As we zoom in and zoom out, things that matter don't matter. I am the center of the universe. :lol:

Bullseye. Not knowing everthing about technology is bad. Albert Einstein, E = mc2 = Atomic bomb (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, many more to come).

Try to imagine it! Can you?

I said it, I wrote it, I didn't think it.

I could never understand this claim. What does it actually mean? The mirage of a pool of water in the scorching sun of the Sahara is an illusion (ther...

Randomness, as per Wikipedia, is unpredictability. Unpredictability, given n possibile outcomes, is basically equiprobability (\frac{1}{n}) of these o...

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Now that you mention it, I do recall reading about temperature tests done on the JWST. State of the art tech! It's a marvel of science and people who ...

It's my firm belief that we need to introduce a difference here, between ethical and permissible. If you're driven into a corner, you're outta options...

Suppose there's something (x) that has only intrinsic value (zero instrumental value). Being a one-of-a-kind item, x, if you possess it, gives you bra...

I guess refrigeration technology isn't as advanced as we thought it was. We have to rely on naturally super-cold regions of space to do the cooling fo...

Thanks for spotting the error. :up: I made the necessary changes to the OP

Question Suppose a proposition P is true and there's a proof \phi_1 to that effect. Does \phi_1 entail the existence of a reductio ad absurdum proof \...

Being is measured with time (lifespan, shelf life) because (pace Parmenides) Unbeing (death, destruction, demolition, annihilation, and so on) is acce...

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\downarrow :up: Not all proofs are mathematical. Nonetheless, if time is unreal, we have to have a proof (\phi_1) and a corresponding reductio ad absu...

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If we look at viruses from an information theoretic angle, it's supposed to disseminate/spread information but in the case of viruses, they're simply ...

Intelligence, it seems, doesn't require a brain. Proof? The universe is acting in ways that we would ascribe to a genius (re mathematical precision an...

Copy that!

The farther a galaxy is, the older it actually is. The farther a galaxy is, the younger it looks. So, the JWST is designed to pick up IR signals from ...

The Paradox of Metaphysics Meta means after, metaphysics is what comes after physics (in Aristotle's corpus). However, the subject matter of metaphysi...

:up: I was thinking risk-lover but what about the reasonableness of Pascal's wager? Two choices: 1. $100 payment, no questions asked (life) OR 2. A p%...

That's what I meant, yes.

Ok. Let's start over. Self-awareness: x sees x via an image of x that x is capable of generating. Come to us, humans, now. When I engage in self-refle...

All I can say at the moment is this: Whatever Tyson was talking about, it's obvious that the universe, save quantum physics, makes sense as in it beha...

I see. What's of great interest to me is the explanation for this behavior: going against the wisdom of one bird in the hand is worth two in the bush....

Different strokes for different folks. Hedonism isn't the only game in town, see. Of course that'll sound like I've lost my marbles, but the question ...

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If you want to distance yourself from Hitler, you don't go for a toithbrush moustache. Why muddy the already muddy waters?

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I don't find this helpful. Pain is pain, emotional/physical. Are you trying to say that heaven is a place state of zero emotional pain but some physic...

What we want: Zero violence (best-case scenario) What we have to settle for: Some violence (something's better than nothing; least worst option) What ...

Professor Cuthbert Calculus

Pain is as real as it gets. The supernatural, then, is an illusion for, by definition, it's pain-free (heaven, nirvana, moksha, etc.)

:sweat: You're on the mark in saying it's about salvation but salvation is a concept applicable even to those who are, let's just say, not exactly suf...

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Then it's not a contradiction, is it? There's a difference that explains the mixed feelings.

Differences are, for sure, critical to get the full picture but they wouldn't explain why all of these people turned to religion. When people do the s...

Interesting! Did you ever examine those people who "simultaneously loved and hated him"? Did you, for example, ask them to perform what is a miraculou...

What is it? Steps, itty-bitty ones Or a Straight line? Make up your mind, will ya! The ol' switcheroo!

Hypotheses 1. The language center of the brain uses non-classical logic (paraconsistent logic, dialetheism, logical nihilism) in which contradictions ...

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