I'd have to say sic et non. For example, humans, psychologists say, exhibit patterns in their behavior - we found that out through observation + exper...
Saltus in demonstrando (leap in explaining): A leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. Beware: Loosening of associations (...
Sorry, I don't understand the song! Why would anyone blame someone for a moonlit night? For the dream that died, yeah, that makes sense. Heartbreak? :...
All our tools, from logic to nuclear power, are by and large dual-purpose - can be used for good and bad with equal efficacy. Given such versatility, ...
https://youtu.be/-bVLgYLF66Q Some parasitic worms have given up their brains (neurological devolution). This is not a regression as far as the worm is...
One point worth mentioning is that the consequences/effects/ramifications of a belief are notoriously hard if not impossible to predict. In other word...
Argument against antinatalism 1. Suffering = Dying 2. If you mind suffering, you mind dying 3. If you mind dying, you mind death 4. If you mind suffer...
Hate, emotions generally, is/are so weird, both to feel and express. Sometimes, I conjecture, two incompatible feelings e.g. love-hate become so inten...
A. One's comments 1. Good (reasonable/knowledegable/insightful) (G) 2. Bad (unreasonable/ignorant/irrelevant) (B) B. Being mentioned 3. Approving good...
https://youtu.be/-bVLgYLF66Q This \uparrow isn't an anomaly then - the less one knows the wiser one is! Squares with ignorance is bliss, hedonically t...
(1) No comment! Assume true (2) Ok Ergo, analogously and contrary to skepticism, some propositions need no proof (acausal) and the infinite regress ar...
I suppose my question boils down to: is infinity necessary? We really don't use 3.14159... (the real value of \pi). Put yourself in an engineer's shoe...
Muchas gracias for understanding. I recall @"andrewk" (hope s/he's well) said something to the effect that we could be like the finite calculator I hy...
I find it quite reassuring that a) torture isn't mentioned in the code of Hammurabi, neither as an offense and nor as a punishment ( :chin: ) and b) c...
Too simplistic, an oversimplification, eh? I wonder what the punishment for torture was in antiquity, torture? Looks like it wasn't really a criminal ...
Formalization, it's a big deal! TonesInDeepFreeze seems well-versed in that department. Hence, I suppose, his annoyance at my rather informal approach...
I know of him. Watched his History of Mathematics on youtube. If memory serves, he's a finitist. His reason, again if memory serves, was that the clos...
The only book I read that discusses the fine-tuning argument is Martin Rees' Just Six Numbers - the gist of the book is that 6 physical constants have...
Yep, you got it! In the current game universe (shooting/war games being the most popular) there's only one way we can get an idea of what a person is ...
It's alright. My brain can't grok the point of ex contradictione sequitur quodlibet. Does the truth/falsity of "Socrates was bald" depend on the truth...
As we all know, the logical disjunction (OR/\lor) is inclusive; we can't really rule out the possibility that Jesus was all three - a lying, lunatic L...
because I believe that's the rationale. Sacrifice Paradox: Jesus is dead (physically), but then, in a sense, he's still alive (in our memories). Cheat...
:smile: I'm trying mon ami, to learn. Not exactly in the best of circumstances to do that. Cut me some slack, will ya? Danke. BIG NUMBER THEORY! Yeah ...
Another analogy that I find relatable is, despite the rather flippant and yet grave, approach, the so-called gameplay walkthrough of which you'll find...
I'm sorry my memory fails me (gettin' senile, hope it ain't Alzheimers) but I recall reading an account of this guy, a philosopher perhaps, who when a...
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