Agent Smith

I haven't done much traveling but I know of tourist guides - their prime directive, show people around a city, take them to culturally, historically, ...

As you can see, I'm, in a sense, looking for a person who would be willing, no, more than happy, to die for nothing, essentially violating the PSR. To...

Well, I'm not alone in being partial to mutual agreement. We all want to get along with each other - in fact it seems to be #1 on our wish list - and ...

Yes?

Ok, but there's no need for \infty oui?

Has anyone read the Wikipedia entry on the so-called methodus exhaustionibus? Pioneered by Antiphon, and employed by none other than Archimedes to cal...

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Apolgies, I'm lazy, plus I lack the wherewithal. I hope you understand.

I believe we're on the same page albeit on different paragraphs. We're cool.

Wanna run something by you if it's ok with you. True that if contradictions (p & ~p) are allowed, "every proposition is true" but every refers not to ...

Well, I'm not in any way trying to say my way or the highway. Anyway, nice talking to you.

We would have to restrict oursleves to specific units of measurement.

In some sense 2 is infinityish. You seem to be an expert on math so what I'm gonna say is going to sound familiar. There's the Pirahã tribe in the Ama...

Indeed, one can look at this from an individual's point of view, muchas gracias. I really wouldn't want to impose my own limitations on the world; tha...

Evolutionarily speaking, life, its purpose, is enacted in relationships - some, I hear, do what is necessary, to get in bed with someone (reproduction...

Well, let's look at this from the perspective of scale - I grok 2, I've encountered it; I also grok 38768, I've met this number (it's my bank account ...

There are, as far as I can tell, only 2 reasons why God should exist: 1. Ethics is dependent on Him 2. God's desirable (we want Him to exist) Euthyphr...

Danke 180 Proof. Causal component of the PSR: Everything has a cause To my surprise there's no principle that goes everything has an effect. I drew a ...

Arguendo, let's say we created God. Necessity is the mother of invention i.e. God doesn't "exist" for no rhyme or reason. Euthyphro's dilemma is desig...

Jesus' crucifxion (one man for the human race - prisoner swap). Adam & Eve.

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Much obliged, señor!

Recommend one, a simple one, to me. I have about 1.5 Terabytes of books, includes those on math.

Thanks for the advice! On it!

No problemo! It only means I should improve the quality of me posts! Have an awesome day monsieur!

Précisément! Circular! We knew that! Doesn't it remind you of Kavka's Toxin Puzzle? One only needs to intend to drink the poison/prove logic - it's th...

Please continue posting but I suggest you engage with those who have the same level of understanding or higher as/than you. I'll read your posts as an...

Si, si! :up: This is (what I think is) the truth > This is a useful lie.

I'm in your debt señor! If you think of anything interesting do post in this thread.

Agrippa, all he does is, ask the question whether reason meets its own standards. It all starts off with infinite regress really - if reason demands j...

Of course, of course. Life, some say, is a cruel joke :lol: (weep + laugh) Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher :cry: . Anicca or panta rhei (life is c...

Sophia (wisdom)?

On it! Danke!

1. Infinite regress 2. Circularity 3. Axiom 3, according to Agrippa, unsatisfactory, options. Nevertheless, the skeptics did have beliefs. Therein lie...

Amazin' stuff! :up: Ethics of belief by W. K. Clifford vs. William James' pragmatism It is ok to believe without evidence says William James and lists...

Interesting question Jack - it is a dilemma of the greatest importance. We have an obligation to find/tell the truth (accuracy of knowledge) but this ...

Mass and length can't be compared in a meaningful way? :chin:

:up: Aren't odd numbers a part of natural numbers? Is it not true that the cardinality of the former equals that of the latter? :chin:

:up: Interesting to say the least. Well, this isn't about us to tell you the truth. It concerns God & ethics, whether the former is necessary/desirabl...

You said some really important things in your post. Shannonian bits don't really capture what information actually is; his definition of information, ...

Merci, but where's the argument ... that proves/suggests reason is our go-to-person if our objective is to find the truth?

The answers to your questions can be opinions. No logic involved and hence to broach the topic of logic, a question that's specific to justification n...

Indeed, some might retain the book they've finished reading but for reasons other than its contents like emotional ones (you mentioned you might miss ...

Well, a question specific to justification would've been nice. For example, what evidence do we have for ... ?

Why do you keep it, the book? Assume you've got the message the book contains. Do you need the book now for the message in it? Nope, oui? P. S. I coul...

Nice! A(n) (omni)benevolent being, is benevolence itself (re virtue ethics). Be one with the ball mon ami until no one can tell the difference between...

What about, if I may ask, modern mythology viz. superheroes & supervillains and their tales that are fed to children and adults alike via comics/anima...

A genuine word of God, let's see ... shouldn't it be first and foremost al-Haqq (the truth) about us? Genocides (used herein as the worst-case scenari...

Virtue, as one poster claimed, is to be an excellent (arete) human being. A virtuous/excellent lion would be a perfect predator. :chin: Wisdom, on the...