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In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
Zeroish stuff you mean. Smaller than the smallest imaginable positive real but not zero is how I define infinitesimals. Would a mathematician forgive ...
July 16, 2022 at 21:38
In: The Largest Number We Will Ever Need  — view comment
Most kind of you! Gracias jgill, gracias.
July 16, 2022 at 21:35
In: Trouble with Impositions  — view comment
:up: Good gedanken experiment. To be fair and with deference to your deeper understanding of the situation, I concur, I would do everything to stop th...
July 16, 2022 at 21:34
In: The Largest Number We Will Ever Need  — view comment
You're not the spoon feeding kind are you? :up:
July 16, 2022 at 19:13
In: Trouble with Impositions  — view comment
Gracias for the complement...I only dabble in math and so that was the best I could do. Anyway, it looks we're on the same wavelength as regards the a...
July 16, 2022 at 19:12
In: How to do philosophy  — view comment
How to do philosophy? By using our brains (truth) & hearts (good) Xin (heart-mind)]. Wisdom (sophia) is knowing what is true (verum) and what is good ...
July 16, 2022 at 17:40
In: What if a loved one was a P-Zombie?  — view comment
Marry me! :heart:
July 16, 2022 at 17:30
In: Trouble with Impositions  — view comment
I'll take first bite. My position on this is clear. We must, for the sake of simplicity, assume that we exist prior to our birth on earth as humans (t...
July 16, 2022 at 17:21
In: Understanding the Christian Trinity  — view comment
:rofl: You jest!
July 16, 2022 at 17:09
In: Understanding the Christian Trinity  — view comment
:up: Rationality is its own kinda irrationality. Paradoxically, if you haven't ever contemplated ending your own life, you're most definitely insane!
July 16, 2022 at 17:02
In: A dumb riddle with philosophical allusions  — view comment
What! :snicker:
July 16, 2022 at 16:54
In: TPF Quote Cabinet  — view comment
July 16, 2022 at 16:35
In: unenlightened  — view comment
https://youtu.be/4F4qzPbcFiA
July 16, 2022 at 16:16
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream! :fire:
July 16, 2022 at 16:12
In: Philosophy begins in ....  — view comment
I sense a pattern... :chin:
July 16, 2022 at 16:08
In: Is there an external material world ?  — view comment
Rusticate! :snicker:
July 16, 2022 at 15:48
In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
4 sets for analysis: 1. { }. No elements. 2. {{ }}. The { } is the only element. 3. {0}. 0 is the only element. 4. {{ }, 0}. This set is a valid set.
July 16, 2022 at 15:31
In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
Any reasons why?
July 16, 2022 at 15:30
In: Foundational Metaphysics  — view comment
Felicitations Rocco Rosano. Great to see you're still alive & well! To get straight to the point, I'd like to bring up for discussion two kinds/types/...
July 16, 2022 at 14:34
In: Foundational Metaphysics  — view comment
I fail to see why anyone in his right mind would want to use a highly controversial concept such as infinity as the bedrock of his/her thesis (on meta...
July 16, 2022 at 12:52
In: Is there an external material world ?  — view comment
Evict?
July 16, 2022 at 12:13
In: The Largest Number We Will Ever Need  — view comment
Is mathematics inconsistent? (\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} = \infty) \land (\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} = -\frac{1}{12})
July 16, 2022 at 11:53
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
The metaphysics of logic Rule 1: To argue, one must know necessity. Rule 2: To refute, one must know possibility.
July 16, 2022 at 11:42
In: The elephant in the room.  — view comment
:rofl: Elvis has left the building!
July 16, 2022 at 11:38
In: Pantheism  — view comment
Hitler didn't exist! It is ~? for such a person to exist at all. Similarly Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot were/are all fictional characters, invented, not r...
July 16, 2022 at 11:36
In: Bannings  — view comment
That's the attitude! Atta boy!
July 16, 2022 at 11:27
In: Is there an external material world ?  — view comment
The problem is that sensory neurons (past the sensing apparatus at the tip/end) all talk the same language (action potentials) i.e. though nerves will...
July 16, 2022 at 11:01
In: Bannings  — view comment
If only we wrote posts on this forum as we would an article in a reputed philosophical journal! But ThePhilosophyForum isn't a (reputed) philosophical...
July 16, 2022 at 10:47
In: A new argument for antinatalism  — view comment
An idea worth pursuing! Less is more!
July 16, 2022 at 10:00
In: A new argument for antinatalism  — view comment
:up:
July 16, 2022 at 09:20
In: Does Consequentialism give us any Practical Guidance?  — view comment
July 16, 2022 at 09:15
In: The elephant in the room.  — view comment
My memory is in tatters!
July 16, 2022 at 09:00
In: The elephant in the room.  — view comment
I dunno!
July 16, 2022 at 08:51
In: A new argument for antinatalism  — view comment
We have to cure the illness without killing the patient!
July 16, 2022 at 08:51
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
I thought you'd say that! However, what's odd about it is that it amounts to saying the cure itself is a disease! Please continue.
July 16, 2022 at 08:50
In: The elephant in the room.  — view comment
Elephants in the Room: Stuff that are important but uncomfortable to talk about. Everybody avoids it (like a leper), but sooner or later the bomb will...
July 16, 2022 at 08:47
In: The elephant in the room.  — view comment
We're most grateful! Complete strangers are payin' for my education! :heart:
July 16, 2022 at 08:43
In: A new argument for antinatalism  — view comment
Please, please... :smile:
July 16, 2022 at 08:39
In: A new argument for antinatalism  — view comment
If I said you invested 1 and got 5, you'd think you made a killing! However, the truth is you spent $1 million and made only $5 grand! :snicker:
July 16, 2022 at 08:39
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
Well, if a (psychological) "theory" predicts both a behavior and its contradictory, it ain't a scientific theory now is it (unfalsifiable) - a theory ...
July 16, 2022 at 08:33
In: A new argument for antinatalism  — view comment
This needs to be published in a reputed philosophical journal!
July 16, 2022 at 08:31
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
Well, you could google that, but here's a little experiment you can do yourself. Take two people A & B. Inform A on comfirmation bias aka cherry-picki...
July 16, 2022 at 08:24
In: Understanding the Christian Trinity  — view comment
The Father \neq The Son \neq The Holy Spirit (Sancta Trinitas) The Father = The Son = The Holy Spirit (Unus Deus) :chin: This is a symptom.
July 16, 2022 at 07:57
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
:up:
July 16, 2022 at 07:51
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
Pre-publication: Bad science. Post-publication: People altering their behavior (now they know). Either way, disastrous for psychology, oui?
July 16, 2022 at 07:49
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
Replication crisis in psychology?
July 16, 2022 at 07:42
In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
Let's frame the question in terms of properties/qualities. A thing possesses at least one property. We can say of a thing that it is <insert quality>....
July 16, 2022 at 07:31
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
Getting there...as we gain knowledge of our how our brains work, we will also be able to avoid the pitfalls we discover along the way.
July 16, 2022 at 07:26
In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
:chin:
July 16, 2022 at 07:14
In: "Stonks only go up!"  — view comment
Read up on cognitive biases, the modern version of fallacies, and get back to me. Philosophy, with its emphasis on objectivity, is anti-psychology to ...
July 16, 2022 at 07:14
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