Reasonable thinking imo. OK, I admit to not being up on the terminology, and agree that no country seems to actually operate under a system that their...
Could be much the same as life in the box you currently call your home. The only difference would be that you need a spacesuit to go outside. That may...
Ah, ok, so you are basically agreeing, that the tenents of many religions and consequentially, the majority of it's adherents, consider all Earthly ex...
:up: I don't know what you mean by these words. I don't know what you mean by 'fractional quarks,' a quark is not 'fractional' unless you simply mean ...
Yes, but it's not shaped like a little sphere or even spheroid. It's an irregular excitation within a field which propagates in spacetime. What about ...
@"Gnomon", @"180 Proof", @"punos",@"Agent Smith", also @"Alkis Piskas" (due to Jim Al-Khalili's connection between information and disorder-order in t...
:clap: Very reasonable, constructive response. Which Gnomon should respond to, in kind, or risk the conformation of any lingering sophist accusations,...
The A-bomb also became the start of the 'ban the bomb' movement, CND (campaign for nuclear disarmament). The test ban treaty, détente, and probably ev...
With a significant number of heavy tanks from the West now heading for Ukraine, including the Leopard tanks from Germany. Things just escalated! Much ...
So your answer to @"180 Proof"'s question to me above, relates to my numbers 2 and 5 above and of course number 7 could still apply. I think I will ju...
Okay I'll bite: 1. Fear that he cannot defend against you. 2. He considers you too disrespectful towards him, and he refuses to indulge you. 3. He doe...
Yeah Redford has been fantastic in some films and awful in others. I think indecent proposal is crap as well and I hate 'The way we were' but Redford ...
See, I think Billy Connolly is the greatest 'observational comic,' there has ever been. Even simple ones like, "I couldn't believe it when walking in ...
Looking on past the links you provided above. I did notice that @"Gnomon" does not respond to many of your questions. He is welcome to reconsider, tha...
Yep, another good vid. I agree with the argument that although ASI may prove to be an existential threat, it may also be our best protection against e...
You appear to be more hopeful for a benevolent ASI than I assumed you would be! :cool: :flower: I personally still love that Hazel O'Conner song, 8th ...
Can you clarify this a little more? Are you saying the fact these aspects of the human experience will be 'missing' from a future ASI makes it MORE li...
You haven't. I don't consider you a crank. It can be very tough indeed to try to occupy any 'middle ground' between two diametrically opposed groups. ...
Excellent vid. I think the natural development of AI(as AI starts to create AI and progress towards ASI) has as much chance of becoming a totally bene...
I think there will come a more enlightened time in the future when there are not many theists left. If that happens, then theistic buildings will need...
Yeah, I have watched that one many times. It's one that gets me thinking about a 'dream team of comedy' list/thread. Which comedians would you choose ...
I assume we will start with some dome style construction with tech that can best emulate/simulate Earth's conditions but I accept that, initially, it ...
Oh, I completely disagree! Many theist preach, to manipulable people, as a matter of fact and with a suggested 'authority from divinity!' that this li...
What did you think of the point made in the comedy show 'The big bang theory,' where one of the characters points out a fatal flaw in that movie, in t...
:lol: The mirror scene! ...... :rofl: ....... when Groucho did that turn ..... :lol: and Chico .... :lol: ..... he just ... :rofl: .... he just ..... ...
Buster was so mistreated by the 'Hollywood' system. The General was a brilliant film and he was one of the best stuntmen EVER! Chaplin and Laurel & Ha...
I see the humour aspect of Falling Down, based on 'what could feasibly go wrong for you, all in the same day?' So, that kind of 'a series of unfortuna...
Oh, you should definitely watch Mississippi Burning! Kinda makes you wish you could have fought against the confederates, based on how black people an...
Why not? All the bubbles rise? They all disperse at the surface, The steam all comes from the top. The water volume reduces at a fixed ratio based on ...
I agree, but the point is that human intent and purpose can cause new functionality (technology) to emerge by design. The kind of design that god has ...
:lol: No mockery intended Gnomon, but your words here are a little messianic and sacrificial sounding. Always be on your guard against any seedlings o...
Meh! :grin: :halo: I suggested we leave their habitat and environment alone. I was not suggesting that would mean we could not 'touch' any part of the...
Well, he seemed to be saying that two entangled particles can function in the same way as the popular description of a wormhole as two entangled black...
The 'church' needs to drop god and become a secular humanist support network. Or, at least, every church/chapel/temple/cathedral/mosque etc should als...
So how do you feel about movie's such as A Streetcar Named Desire or Scarface or Taxi Driver or Falling Down? https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-romUCHvSkdI/T...
Well, that's down to your misinterpretation of what I am typing. We will spread out, yes but not 'in conquest,' or as a pernicious force/presence. I w...
Oh, I get what you meant now, you mean, rather than trying to terraform Mars, its wiser to transform humans so they can live in the current Martian en...
Sorry noAxioms, I am probably being rather dense on this one, but I still don't get your point here. "Theism doesn’t waste resources that others will ...
Films like 'the grapes of wrath' are films I return to, to remind me of what's important in life. How about: Inherit the wind Mississippi Burning Hoff...
Well if you have such significant support from the scientific community then I am sure I will hear a lot more about Enformationism and your BothAnd pr...
So, you are saying the disorder is only apparent, when we pull further out and increase the contents of our frame of reference then we see the order. ...
Quality time spent with friends and family become more and more precious as I get older. A few single malt's as well is just glorious! Two fiends, I m...
I agree, or else what it all there for? As Carl Sagan wrote for his movie Contact. "Seems like an awful waste of space!" I agree. I agree. Sounds logi...
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