Agent Smith

@"180 Proof" The BothAnd of Enformstionism surely does explain the, how shall I put it?, the dialectical (+ vs. -) nature of interactions in reality -...

Yep, some presuppositions are made.

@"RogueAI" H = Aliens will contact us in the next 10 years E = Aliens have never contacted us in the past P(E/H) = \frac{P(H \land E)}{P(H)} (i) Consi...

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That's one of the fundamental problems with probability. How to assign values to probabilities. It's easy for simple stuff like coin tosses and dice t...

Gnomon's theory is pantheistic - if he uses the word "god" (Enformer) he does so in a way different from what a Christian or Moslem would. It's very m...

This flaw you refer to is part and parcel of attempts to reconcile traditional enemies like science & religion, you know that. Gnomon's position, to r...

There seems to be some ambiguity with regard to meaning vis-à-vis sign and referent. The mercurial nature of meaning isn't always a function of time a...

I keep an open mind - Enformationism isn't such a bad theory. I've seen worse (word salads of PoMo) and surely @"180 Proof" agrees. The quality of you...

... says the guy whose astral projection is off the charts! :grin:

You got what you were craving for @"Jamal"! :grin:

Well, if I were Ronald Fisher, I would say "now you see the light!" :grin: You have a point though, but if you look at how mathematicians have (attemp...

:100: I have the second one! I read it, flew over me noggin I must say. Will read it again. Seems like a list of concepts, distinctions, perspectives,...

Why would you think it "not worthwhile" to analyze data on creativity. There's a point to statistical, sensu amplissimo, averages - they're a kind of ...

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The T-sentence, the IFF in it feels wrong.

On point, but what's wrong with mathematically sound generalizations (statistics)? The procedure seems simple enough.

Answer this question: Are men more creative than women or is it the other way round?

That's just avoiding the question.

Just wanna run something by you. What exacty do you mean by "the coffe cup has a handle" is true IFF the coffee cup has a handle?

It's quite simple actually. I like, most people like, chocolate, but try as hard as I can, I don't recall ever having chosen to like chocolate. The sa...

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If memory serves, creative people aren't the happiest people. Some are diagnosed with serious psychopathology. The late Robbin Williams (miss him), Di...

:up: There are many things to consider in re life expectancy. The OP's main point I've come across before, many, many, suns ago. It's odd that believi...

Some fallacies that you might wanna consider 1. Ignorantia elenchi (missing the point) 2. Non sequitur (it doesn't follow) 3. Fallacies (dive in).

One hasta be creative 24/7 or else ... the world isn't all that friendly from what I could gather. Balancing is key, but there's one common enemy we a...

Well, I haven't actually died yet despite having felt that way and having conducted myself to match. Don't the lives of friends count as direct experi...

Then the error falls into the category of fallacies of irrelevance (e.g. argumentum ad misericordiam - how sad your life will be if you get an F- has ...

Free will. Worth a read, the Wikipedia entry. Sam Harris subscribes to a particular subtype of (incompatibilistic) determinism viz. causal determinism...

Great post!

Thanks for the reply. Creativity is in high demand from what I can gather, the need being felt not only in the art world. I have this line from a movi...

This is spot on! I wonder if there are folks who survive this phase in life. How about also considering the history of such self-destructive ideas? I ...

Well, OP, explain why the distinction natural and supernatural doesn't stand up to scrutiny. By the way, I believe I follow your argument (it really d...

As I've often said, with a heavy heart I might add, I really don't comprehend duality (yin-yang and all). Heraclitean duality (enantiodromia @"Jack Cu...

That's amazing! :up:

My journey to this forum: atheism \to logic \to philosophy \to TPF.

Gracias for lettin' me know - didn't know that yin-yang has Greek roots too. Enantiodromia, nice! :chin: Good day Jack! You've been most kind & equall...

That would be correct - contrast is essential to, for example, the distinction between good and evil - sans evil, no good and sans good, no evil. I fi...

Ok. So the next question is The cup has one handle IFF _____?

Well, if beauty is objective and sometimes it appears to be so, although intersubjectivity can't be ruled out, it hasta be mathematical in me humble o...

I wish I could understand what you're trying ta get at, but I wouldn't know how - I lack the knowledge & experience to do so. Anyway, I just worked wi...

Glad to be of assistance mon ami!

Your aethetic sense is more evolved + refined than mine mon ami! That's all I can say.

:rofl: Creativity - you should watch TikTok or the shorts section on youtube. Need I mention memes? Bullseye after bullseye after bullseye - it should...

Aesthetics includes art in all its forms it seems. Too, do you recall there was a thread on Marcel Duchamp's urinal (Fountain)? Art, philosophy, art, ...

Great! What about aesthetics, allegedly a branch of philosophy?

Well done ChatGPT! Better writing (style, lexicon and all) than I could ever manage. :rage: Hrrmpf!

Interesting topic Jack. Creativity & philosophy are to be found in novels, movies, plays, etc. Didn't know this until I saw a review of Sartre's play ...

Well, that's absolutely amazin'! I couldn't have figured that out on my own mon ami. Gracias, muchas gracias.