Agent Smith

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I can't do everything now can I? Nevertheless, a good point mon ami, a good point.

Why, merci beaucoup mon ami!

A pox on ... :snicker:

I hinted at a mechanical method - ratchets & bootstrapping - but I don't think the OP had that in mind when he started the thread. Self-awareness, two...

What's involution? Anyway, as far as I can tell, the "universe" has, contrary to what scientists claim, contracted.

No really, sometimes I read in a way that doesn't allow me to grasp meaning.

I have a poor memory! Things are falling apart. :smile:

For 2 months, 5 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes, 20 seconds and counting! :lol:

:lol: No problemo, we can wait.

You'll need to look at differences.

Evolution? We lose some "bad" traits and we gain some "good" ones. This is the Kali Yuga; the age of pessimism has dawned on humanity. :snicker:

No human judgment is ever flawed; more the facets, the more sparkle there is to a gem.

Sunday, 11 April 1954. the most boring day in history. Nothing of note happened on that lazy Sunday.

That's hers.

Ethics maybe a stumbling block rather than a stepping stone? :chin:

Mashallah! Keep it comin'!

It's not easy, that's all! I dunno how we can show the fly the way out of the bottle. Maybe that's precisely what we shouldn't be do, oui mon chéri?

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Good advice unless you're someone like me - 1 step forward, 2 backward! :snicker:

Indeed, like a stone in a river.

Apologies. I have trouble parsing some sentences.

All models are wrong to the extent that every rule has exceptions.

Spooky, aye! Verrry spooky! :smile:

Mashallah! Mashallah!

Where's Elon Musk, the world's richest man, when you need him?

:up: Point made, point taken. Oracles were known to have consumed entheogens (psychotropic plant products) and to that extent can be treated as druggi...

Don't be so dismissive is what I'd say, but of course there really isn't any point putting stock in vague/general statements, a classic oracular trait...

:lol: The Greeks should've just had a drinking session when they wanted to consult oracles! It's the same thing, oui mon ami? That said, oracularity w...

I offer ... surety brings ruin (re The Delphic Oracle)

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The 5 tropes of Agrippa/Pyrrho (I forget which) 1. Dissent 2. Relation 3. Regress 4. Circularity 5. Assumption

Cynicism?

We don't know whether animal sentience is comparable to human sentience. That, however, doesn't mean we can't make an educated guess. Is sentience the...

I don't follow.

I agree but with reservations.

It's as I used to say, messy. All models are wrong.

We must accept our condition as sinners.

I try to keep the conversation going as long as possible. Also, I have to acknowledge someone's post. It's an OCD thing.

Some files are missing from my database. The question doesn't make sense to me.

:chin: Only good people go to heaven, just like only some dogs/cattle/sheep/pigs are bred.

Cronus is an enemy to theism.

True that. It's depressing to hear someone like Neil deGrasse Tyson ask the rhetotorical question "so we're just bags of chemistry?" Science has been,...

He graduated summa cum laude from this forum as per his own words. I'm happy for him.

Indeed, a byproduct, an afterthought, could turn out to be the main attraction, the primary goal so to speak. Yet, the persistence & prevalence of a p...

Statistical question. If memory serves, 30 is the magic number.

Ethics seems biochemically mediated for your average Joe and Jane - an illegal subroutine of sorts, oui mon ami?

I have my moments, assuming no sarcasm was intended.

Can a cat ever stop being a cat? Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, but isn't a duck! :chin:

A good question. Wayfarer would've answered that question best. Sadly, he left (voluntarily) the forum. ?