The article in that link was perfect for me, short and sweet + it's exactly what I'd consider errorology. Muchas gracias. For the benefit of those who...
:ok: Does your theory quantify information like Claude Shannon's does? I noticed that you didn't answer my question. Lemme ask again: Is there any mes...
Premise 1 is where the problem lies. Belief is independent of proof/evidence. Flat-earthers exist because they're quite clearly ignoring the evidence;...
Mr. Paul could have argued well, I wouldn't know - there's always one guy/gal in the ER who insists on continuing the resuscitation procedure even aft...
Not an easy question to answer. I recommend a cautious approach - not dismissive but also not to dive headfirst into it. There must be a very good rea...
If you go by academia, the Western mind is (extreme) materialism manifest and doesn't tolerate the preternatural, reflexively dumping such ideas in th...
Anyone ever played Civilzation, a turn-based strategy game where you establish a country, choose its government type, and so on? There are downsides t...
Let's look at the liar sentence this sentence is false - we don't need to know, in this case, the definition of truth/falsity; whatever they are, if t...
Isn't that (medical) triage? What's missing is an understanding of planetary health - no one has any idea of Earth's vitals, crucial physical paramete...
If nothing is NOT 0 bits (contains information) then the world is a simulation. Why?, you ask. Because empty space, like the ones between the words in...
I sense a disturbance in the Force. The argument form the OP is using is modus tollens and it's valid. Your counterexample is not a counterexample. If...
That's true. Apologies if my comment offended you in any way. The OP mentions Aristotle's distinction of actual vs. potential infinities. The Wikipedi...
So there's this Hindu story about lord Shiva, his wife Parvati and two sons, Ganesha & Kartikeya. Shiva playfully asks his sons to go once around the ...
The argument makes sense if we rephrase the first premise thus: 1. If there's evidence for God (God exists), nonresistant nonbelievers would not exist...
As far as the OP's concerned Jesus, whether mythical or not, hit the bullseye with respect to ethics. The controversy of whether Jesus was/is man or G...
Something's gotta give, oui? Evil initiates/perpetuates a vicious cycle of violence (the Romeo & Juliet family vendetta) - in the long run reciprocal ...
Democracy reminds me of atheism in the sense it forces us to come to terms with hard facts (there is no god/we can't trust each other) and then once t...
Si, nothing is information (message, 1 byte in a text doc) and also carries information (medium, 0/off the binary opposite of 1/on). If that's the cas...
Nice! And Jesus, as he perished - horribly - on the cross uttered "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" Why, indeed! One does come away from this feeling chea...
:up: Danke Bitter Crank. Lehrer echoes GIGO! You really can't blame computers for anything for the simple reason that it does exactly what you tell it...
Tyranny? What about Socrates' philosopher kings and Buddhism's wisdom kings? Mythical, like dragons? Democracy is to me "the least worst option"; it r...
The survivors probably lied about drawing lots - any detective worth his salt can figure that out. Danke for bringing that to my attention. This rever...
Well, here's what's most interesting as far as I'm concerned: I recall opening a text document on my laptop and without writing anything on it, I clos...
Cosmic perspective? Do remind us how small we are! I'll temporarily forget I read Martin Rees' tome Just six numbers. Good to you have you on the team...
https://youtu.be/A2SNPlSkvBU :groan: They used to draw lots you know ... shipwreck survivors ... to decide who was gonna die so that the others could ...
It is really frustrating ... So much rage in that voice - I suppose its typical of death metal singing, screaming rather! I'm sure the vocalist is qui...
I used to follow true crime stories long ago, but these days I'm bogged down by personal issues that I won't bore you all with. Anyway, was random sur...
Are yoy saying perfection is impossible? Our standards may differ - I'm a realist, at least that's what I feel I am. If we didn't need 'em why do they...
Democracy, if we're talking about government here, was, in my humble opinion, born in a rather ignoble family - sheer mistrust of one's fellow man (no...
Broken English, it's called. Native speakers are known to make (silly) mistakes too, the best example of which to my mind is "irregardless" but that's...
Good advice! I'm a nicotine junkie, have been for the past 20 odd years. I guess it's a sacrifice I havta make; recall how asceticism recommends denia...
Like Jim al-Khalili writes in his book 9 enigmas in science, resolving a paradox/dilemma can be done by seeking & subsequently finding the right angle...
I like the sewer analogy, nice! The humanities & social sciences are a work in progress to my reckoning and more important than that is comparing them...
Well, to my simple and untrained mind, the "solution" is quite simple - some sets should be banned! Oui, mods? That's what Bertrand Russell did I beli...
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