Agent Smith

4 cardinal virtues 1. Prudentia 2. Iustitia 3. Fortitudo 4. Temperantia :snicker:

When can we assert p? When we have a sound argument that p. When can we say we don't know p, a truth? When we're not aware of the justification for p ...

Oh! I must be mistaken then. It's been a long time since I read about the paradox. This must be early-onset Alzheimer's. :fear:

Indeed, there are multiple factors that contribute to population booms, and the overturning of Roe vs. Wade is one of 'em. The US infrastructure shoul...

Ok. What are your views on K(P) \to KP?

Perhaps nonexistence has a point to it! Any ideas what that is? Wouldn't it be fantabulous if I'm correct? We would all be lining up outside the gallo...

I dunno how fertility rates are calculated. If I'm correct it uses birth rates in the population and that in all likelihood ignores abortions and misc...

The other point that's up for discussion is that somewhere in Fitch's argument, K(P) \to KP where K(P) means P is knowable and KP means Known that P. ...

I guess this intriguing paradox has something to do with Meno's paradox: Either I know what I'm inquiring about or I don't know what I'm inquiring abo...

If the OP's argument is based on the premise that the innocent shouldn't be harmed because they don't deserve it then, they don't deserve joy/happines...

Poor(er) countries have larger populations, oui monsieur/mademoiselle?

With Roe vs. Wade squashed, we should expect a population explosion in the US in the coming few decades. The bad news: More mouths to feed. The good n...

That part of human history is lost - language was in its infancy, reason too I suppose and technology, we had none! Nevertheless, we could make reason...

I have a feeling that Putin's hung up on the past glory of the Russian empire - he, according to reports, likens himself to Tsar Peter and wishes to r...

A sure sign that something's not quite right: unhappy girls/women. They're the canary in the coal mine à la sentinel species (vide wikipedia for more)...

Abortion in Iran Hmmmm...Americanistan just around the corner.

Perhaps...best course of action is epoché (withold judgment). That said, we could use probability to arrive at a reasonable conclusion in re the exist...

Si, si, quite unfortunate, this. I hope we're not conflating entitlement which is legit from favoritism which isn't. Jeff Bezos' children are entitled...

Boredom? Impossible! Unless...repetition is inevitable (eternal recurrence). Furthermore, we can drink from the Lethe. Haven't we all? :wink: The effe...

All proofs of "god" fall hopelessly short of the mark i.e. doubts remain about monotheism and the OOO God. The only god compatible with the facts as t...

I recall one poster had a thread on how neuroscientific experiments prove that when it comes to physical activity e.g. moving a hand or kicking a ball...

Fortunetelling, not my department, sorry! Perhaps this'll give you an idea :point:

A refreshingly new look at ontology. Kudos to the OP. My ontology: 1. The physical/material world exists. 2. Anything and everything else, a big quest...

:snicker: What explains the existence of stupid in the gene pool? According to many logic books, idiocy is a death sentence or worse. Yet here a moron...

Indeed!

I had such high hopes! :sad:

:groan: Some are not so lucky, eh?

Muchas gracias señor for the clarification! Clear and to the point. By the way is innocence deserving of anything but pain/anguish/suffering? The naïv...

I'll try, no promises! G'day!

For Kant happiness/sorrow (consequences) is either secondary or irrelevant to morality. He claims that there's "something (inherently) wrong" about im...

:ok:

I was just speculating, that's all. From what I hear from others Eureka/Aha moments (epiphanies) are either identical or very similar to drug-induced ...

We must learn to distinguish betwixt Erinyes and Justitia and all will be well. Easier said than done, easier said than done!

God is a theory of everything and intriguingly, albeit for different reasons, it ain't falsifiable just like string theory, the best candidate theory ...

New coronavirus subvariants escape antibodies from vaccination and prior Omicron infection, studies suggest It ain't over yet! :fear:

@punos Religion, in my humble opinion, is all-encompassing/holistic - it not only looks at hard evidence, it also factors in our hopes/fears/dreams/ni...

Yes val p miranda, yes! We are either open/closet misanthropes! No creature on Earth hates itself more than us! However, as your keen observation woul...

You might find :point: Agent Detection interesting!

Aye, it takes one to know one! The man who's lived 20 years in the Big Apple can tell, at a glance, the difference between a New Yorker and a tourist!

:snicker: Absit iniuria MAYAEL

:snicker: Absit iniuria MAYAEL.

Ok, ok. My personal views on the matter are that chaos and God, other relevant concepts are simply values assigned to the variable primum movens (firs...

Are you saying this as an is (the way the world is, a game of luck and business deals) or does it extend to ought too (how the world should be)? What'...

I'm afraid my brain won't allow it! It's just the way it is, oui? Ups and downs, crests and troughs, peaks and valleys, to and fro, rise and fall. We ...

I'm afraid it isn't a choice I have/make.

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For better or worse I'm quantum illiterate! All I can say is that we're trying to fit the oceans into a teacup. Not a good idea, but the thing is we d...

NATO has to reinvent itself - open a department that doles out aid/grants/loans etc. if it's to stay relevant in the modern global climate. Once Russi...