Yeah, I may well have fell for the intrigue of his opposition. I feel the same way you do about Lula regarding Hugo Chavez. Did you type this before o...
I think I do both and I think I experience fewer existential mental conflicts because of it. I ponder and I get out and move around. My 'conceptual st...
:roll: :roll: (Hah! I hope this doesn't start a 'roll' competition between us :lol: ) Human history is part of cosmological history so if the cosmolog...
That's you in you doomster hat again. I have witnessed many examples of humans who 'actually think instead of letting others tell them what to think,'...
Not so, as the cumulated affects demonstrated in humans due to base brain activity has a far wider capability and functionality, compared to logic gat...
Many humans are trying and working very hard indeed to counter the negative and dangerous activities and practices employed by mostly nefarious or dim...
I broadly agree. You would need to explain why you think 'cogito ergo sum,' is fallacious. But perhaps we could put that one aside based on the result...
I accept that the carbon process I cited is only paramount if it is an objective truth about all life in the universe. My search for such an 'objectiv...
Nothing to forgive. I am just grateful that you invest the time and effort to respond to me at all. You also do so, with considered and interesting co...
So, If you had the power to change the current path the human race is on. What is the first and most needed change you would make? Just one. Describe ...
The singularity proposed at the big bang does not stop humans ruminating about what might have existed before it, what might have caused it and what t...
Rubble pile asteroids might be the best places to build space habitats I think some such asteroids might be 'repositioned,' and used as suggested in t...
Let's assume then that we are not extinct within another 10,000 years time duration. Would you be willing to 'steelman' that situation by offering me ...
Yep, I think space exploration and development is going to be very tough, every step of the way, initially, so we need 'all hands on deck.' I think th...
What a lovely, hope-filled comment. I am sure children and adults everywhere thank you for that very accurate observation and exemplification of human...
Definitely, at the start, but do you think there is any possibility in terraforming? Well, I often disagreed with HarryHindu and I do again, in this c...
I am not a dualist in any shape or form. So, how important do you think it is to convince as many theists as possible to reject theism? Do you think t...
All life is based on a single cell fundamental is a good one. I like it. I think all lifeforms will be quantisable and be made of fundamentals but I t...
The craic was indeed mighty! and at one point, even had some relevance to this thread. Thanks for your patience noAxioms, as regards my full response ...
I need a better example to follow your strong 'No' conclusion here. I agree, that given the vastness of the universe, it would be unwise to assume the...
Does it matter how early in your life you ask such questions? Do the 'big' existential questions not just get more relevant and deeper as you get olde...
So, if you project that into the distance future, what do you think is emerging from the activity you describe. If we can assign meaning to the conten...
None taken Tom but are you sure? You must have asked yourself the 'who am I,' and 'what do I want' questions at least and you must though about your '...
:grin: You have obviously been involved in many discussions here on TPF regarding a tech singularity and the often dystopian projections of a future w...
To continue my previous response to you. So, again this puts me back on the path of trying to find high credence towards that which could be labelled ...
It's the same old crap! I despair more of the people who follow the soap opera and buy the freaking books! People talk about how nefarious historical ...
I also find an 'objective truth,' hard to 'qualify,' but in considering what we are physically made of, and how those constituents formed in the early...
I am so annoyed at how much of the news in the UK this morning is about that silly little ex-prince and his little book. It's sole purpose, is to enri...
All popes are given the title pontiff maximus. The exact same title given to Roman emperors! Popes are the remnants of what it meant to be an emperor ...
What do you mean by 'reanimated?' Are you advocating some sort of philosophical romanticism? Based on a description such as from wiki: Romanticism (al...
Thanks for reducing my suffering. There are not many on TPF who display empathetic ability. BC is OK, it reminds you of your old bad handle and allows...
Based on what evidence? Time may not be linear but we don't know for sure. The time tenses would suggest that past tense means 'was real but is real n...
A 'person' is in flux until you take a measurement and interpret your results and make your judgement. The 'person' themselves does the same thing whe...
Is the future real? Is time linear? past-present-future? or could time be multidimensional? How do you account for time dilation in your description o...
I think this is one of the fundamental aspects of string theory, that any 4 co-ordinate point (x,y,z,t), t=time, in spacetime can manifest any standar...
Yes, just based on a definition such as, from Wiki: In vector calculus and physics, a vector field is an assignment of a vector to each point in a sub...
All very interesting and tells me absolutely nothing about your choice of a golden retriever image to represent your bitter crank handle. It also tell...
:lol: So god could have created this world or/and this universe, if it wanted to, but it didn't. It's existence or nonexistence has no importance to u...
There is no evidence of intent from any source other than lifeforms. There is no evidence that the origins of life, had a source with intent. There is...
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