From wiki: The Boltzmann brain thought experiment suggests that it might be more likely for a single brain to spontaneously form in a void (complete w...
Why don't you read Wiki's article on dark matter, as a beginning, and then return here and explain why dark matter is posited by science at all. One s...
No, there would only be 'relative motions' which are faster than the speed of light, no actual 3d point in the universe is moving away from its adjace...
@"fdrake" I couldn't respond to your last post in the bannings thread, as it was closed. So, I think your last post there, was a DREDDful thing to typ...
Don't be afraid of my use of terms like 'woo woo BS.' I am open minded enough to allow any actually valid, rational, well reasoned, supported evidence...
Your own words 'will become' in the context you use them, contradicts your 'time flows into the past' claim, 'will become' has not happened yet. The e...
Consider the requested pardon, granted. Your are wrong, as I am willing to envisage a god image as it is presented to me by a proposer, anthropomorphi...
Especially when an angel like lucifer can become gods enforcer and best reason to 'believe or else,' but still be called a 'fallen' angel. I assume yo...
It was interesting to read all the posts so far on this thread. There seems to me to be two main camps, perhaps there always has been. I wonder if the...
No loss at all, as far as I'm concerned. My opinion of him was a particularly low one. I normally find some redeeming feature in a poster, but I could...
I prefer the one oft used in my Glasgow Youth, in east end pubs. A 'how much have you drank,' challenge, to se if you can say the following fast, thre...
That was a good and well reasoned post sir. I disagree completely with your conclusion, but your reasoning was very well constructed imo. Your conclus...
Probably a 'fair' description of the status quo of 'leading edge', 'mathematical physics,' yes. Virtual particles are mathematical inventions, but I d...
I agree. He is good at explaining complicated Physics in ways that even lay folks can make some sense of. Science has no current demonstrable exemplar...
Oh, that's easy and I have done so many times on TPF, you obviously don't read all my posts with the enthusiasm I expect. :joke: It's a gap! so it's v...
I know that. That gap does not prevent full recognition by 'philosophers,' and theistic sympathisers or even theists themselves that agents who can DE...
Why would such be a requirement for meaning to exist in the universe. Each of us is an individual agent of meaning, purpose and intent, why is that no...
Hey, don't forget the essential testicular support that a well designed pair of comfy boxer shorts can offer a man about town! Running for example, ca...
It would be good if we had the technology to allow you, me, or anyone who wants to, to do a Vulcan, spock style mindmeld with a trans man, woman or ch...
Was slavery normal until a majority decided to make it abnormal and then did 'no slavery' become normal? Legal enforcement is about enforcing that whi...
The concept of a universe devoid of meaning, does not account for the time/moment when 'life' that was self-aware, came into existence. For me, this d...
I thought this post on Quora from Victor Toth was relevant to this thread and may offer some readers more balance from the scientific angle: The quest...
Yeah, aint it the truth, BUT we can just link to internet pics! https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.MQNOgDy_HXj1O2l53GKNfQHaEK?pid=ImgDet&rs=1 Sorry, Frank ...
Ok prof, if you say so :yikes: but for me, spatial extension is not a good representation of nothing! No doubt, in some theistic communities, that ver...
Never heard of Judith Butler but did a quick google search and read from wiki: Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosophe...
See, youre back and already up to date with all you need to know. I thought I was going to see a cool pic of a snowman when I clicked on the link you ...
All you need do, is comment on the suitability of these two side chairs to go with Franks couch! https://i0.wp.com/cuk-it.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/...
Ok, any new argument against the more pernicious aspects of theism I was musing on, based on 'how stupid their best academic theologians are, when the...
Certainly hard to resist so you are forgiven for doing so. My question is does this 'mathematically' satisfy the notion? For me, an 'element' is an ex...
Ah! ok, but its religion based manifestations, consist mainly of divine directives and the establishment of divine authority via a 'church' style hier...
That's a fair reduction to a concentrate, yes. I am always interested in new arguments to combat what I consider the more pernicious aspects of religi...
I am all for being able to further disarm theism by explaining to theists why their efforts to employ philosophy in their arguments are pointless and ...
I accept that, but are you not taking another significantly controversial step, in that you imply that philosophy is unable to offer any succour to th...
So, that's where I am a little confused. If practicing philosophy, is to question religion and most/all philosophers ultimately conclude that religion...
Well, firstly I think you should be debated and reasoned with as much as possible and 'demanding' you comply, should only be employed, if you are an e...
I think natural selection is not just a post-abiogenesis system, I think it has existed since the inflation/expansion began. I would of course never d...
:up: Are you implying here that natural selection demonstrates objective norms or emotive preferences? Sure, that's true for 'multicellular organisms'...
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