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Do you have no concerns that this could be labeled an almost fundamentalist or evanhellical position to take? My 0.0001% credence level that a god exi...

I have not read the book but what actual evidence does he offer beyond his own speculations? Do you experience 'duration'? You can only intuit during ...

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I thought so, I thought I had read you mentioning 'Advaita' before. I expect you and @"FrancisRay" and @"Wayfarer" would enjoy an exchange about it. :...

Still on your P8 posts! I can't get much from a phrase such as "the ultimate lies beyond sensory empiricism and so looks exactly like nothing." Imo, y...

But metaphysics means 'beyond' or 'above' physics. That's hardly a definition that champions rigorous adherence to logic and reason. I have always sai...

You are making sooooooo many statements that I disagree with, but this is part of the problem we all face, when debating on-line. There are soooooooo ...

It's always good to get your insights!

You are claiming to know a fact that you cannot possibly know. The recent work by folks like Stuart Hameroff in conjunction with Roger Penrose. An att...

Well, I for one will try my best to respond to what you state, and not jump to any conclusions about your sanity.

For me, this is a brave claim/conviction indeed. May I ask you for a percentage credence level that you would currently assign to all the 'truths' put...

I wanted to post about this sentence separately. No physicist I have read about can demonstrate the concept of 'nothing.' There is no experiment in ph...

I find this a fascinating statement. But what do you specifically mean by the words I underlined above? They seem to me, on an initial reading, to be ...

Your last two responses to me are very reasonable and well-balanced. I also found your last sentence above intriguing. For me, this is a interesting a...

Just in case you think I had not read this response you gave. I have, but it did not answer the questions 180proof asked imo.

I think that's a loss to all members here, as you seem to have a lot of knowledge of Eastern philosophy. Perhaps you get exasperated too easily, we al...

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Nurture people and flora and fauna and justice and purpose and meaning, not personal wealth, status and power. Every human...

If anyone on this forum can challenge you or anyone else on philosophical thinking, it's folks like @"180 Proof." What you seem to be recoiling from, ...

So why not drop your pseudonym or provide a link to your 'published articles,' or/and your 'new book,' and we can all judge for ourselves who the idio...

Yeah, it all fits into a pattern of brinksmanship that is sooooooo boring but sooooooo potentially deadly. Gangland politics. Gang boss MADuro, try's ...

I think you misuse the term 'morally equal,' in the context you use it above. The morality displayed by any individual is based on the subjective judg...

You can be a bit of an enigma at times (at least to me). Perhaps that's the way you like it.

Chavez had the correct idea, based on such as: Using record-high oil revenues of the 2000s, his government nationalized key industries, created partic...

Well, at least we have common ground in our wish that a war between Venezuela and Guyana does not happen.

You offered more statements than suggestions about ways to equitably share any wealth generated by Venezuela's resources amongst its population. I lik...

So how would you ensure that all the people of Venezuela, get an equal share of the resources that Venezuela has?

what do you think of Hugo Chavez? Was he trying to bring a fairer system to Venezuela that benefited the people of that nation, more than it benefited...

For me, this feeds in a little to the string theory concept. A string is posited either as linear, (open) (1D) (1 axis), at any moment in time, or a c...

Ok, I'll keep playing for now! To who you are and what you want. To your ability to demonstrate personal intent. To your legacy. To how your life impa...

I don't think you have been doing it correctly! But it's still all relevant.

Does everyone in your life agree with that?

As each of us can create meaning and purpose, we are all relevant.

That is why I preferred to parody my perceived aspects of him in the 'Rhubarb Rhubard' clip, I posted earlier. Of course, such comedy creations can pa...

Very sad news: https://youtu.be/pMgpt-a-Vik A great poet, writer and political activist. Too short a life at 65 but Benjamin leaves a fantastic legacy...

Are you sure?

The TPF 'Rhubarbers!' can you spot your character? https://youtu.be/EOiwJkMvIYI

I have heard of a similar place in Scotland were no nasties like redcoats and Kings exist, Brigadoon it's called but f***** if I can find it. :confuse...

:up: as one united species. incorrigible: (of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed. I suppose we all hold some views, very ...

But what do you do when the English redcoats come to burn you out, on the command of King Hanover?

Of course you do, and I am glad of it, in a democracy, people need alternate views to choose from. Don't get me wrong Athena in that I am very aware o...

What is cool about your musings (your posts), Athena, is that you demonstrate that you still need and want to muse so much. It is such a big part of w...

I am Scottish, born and living in Scotland.

:grin: happy moments! I would like to hear them sometimes! For me, I am content with even the thought that 'someone has to be first,' so why not us, a...

Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. They help me believe that I can perhaps even 'quantum tunnel,' :joke: through some of the solid barriers t...

:clap: What is sooooooo important about your post to @"Metaphysician Undercover" is not the hope that he will, at last, gain some better understanding...

Yep, probably, even more so in Canada (or at least Nova Scotia). But no doubt, our Irish bloodlines were involved as well. The moonshine lads!

Ok, on a little further reading of the PDF, I might be on dodgy ground with my quote above as well. The protection is firmly on 'scotch whisky' and no...

From: The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SWR) came into force on 23 November 2009. They replaced the Scotch Whisky Act 1988 and the Scotch Whisky Ord...

Well done, perhaps there is some hope for you yet. That's a hot topic amongst Scots whisky lovers. There is much annoyance about the Japanese use of w...

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