universeness

But if something becomes detectable, such as dark energy say, or some other exotic particle, let's even suggest the unlikely tachyon. If we detected a...

Were they called The AfroCelts by any chance, with Simon Emmerson?

I need to do some other stuff Ben but I will be back here or on some other thread. My loving message for @"Bartricks" is: https://youtu.be/I-9dthiJw-Q...

The uncertainty principle is more about knowing multiple attributes of a system in the same instance of time, as you suggest. I don't think it says an...

So, is your acceptance of the existence of the immaterial, similar to that of @"Metaphysician Undercover"s, in that you think the immaterial has exist...

Every time I ask you if you are a panpsychist you seem to pause in your rate of response and then your eventual response ignores the question. :chin:

Are you having a breakdown?

So, are you declaring yourself a dualist?

The guidelines confirm that the TPF moderators require posters to stay in line with the OP. I would argue that we are, as we are discussing the validi...

Still no evidence for the existence of the immaterial!

Just like science has many ways to detect what's going on in the universe without having to surrender to concepts like the immaterial.

No it's not! It only involves a physical ability to decide to not speak and not tell me your current thoughts. Nothing immaterial is needed. I don't t...

Even that is not true if the hair I removed had not yest broken through your skin! You remove waste products for YOU all the time dont you? Do you sti...

How are the blind still able to experience a 'reality'? You can 'feel the force/the gravity/the heat' is that not as good as seeing it? Have you felf ...

We would if we experienced every life event since birth in exactly the same way. Every electronic memory chip is identical in physical structure and f...

Not at all! In what way is my inability to read your mind, evidence of the immaterial? I cant see the inside of a black hole, does that make its conte...

Sure, one day science might be able to produce a toy which allows you to concentrate on a number and my brain scanner can tell you what the number is....

Well, I could scan your brain and use the science we have, to see if the bits of the brain that should 'light up' or activate during dreaming or 'imag...

:lol: is that all that will be left of us in your scenario? Now you are looking through that mirror you mentioned, too darkly! Did you write a dystopi...

I wonder if it will take something like a catastrophic event such as climate change payback to unite us as a single species that currently exists on a...

I agree and I think it's such local level judgement that can best bring them down if they do prove to be nefarious. This is why I want to remove the c...

Maybe through a carrot and stick style politics. I hear you sister! (even though I suspect you are being sarky! :smile:) Do you think 'people power' i...

If you dont ask you dont get Vera! If there are enough people asking, then asking can quickly become demands and then if the demands are not met. We c...

Carl actually used the term to confirm that atheism was not attempting to disprove god posits and used the phrase to support his point but I think the...

Perhaps.

I disagree as what is detected satisfies the human label 'photon' and is considered 'material.' I accept that a photon is probably not geometrically s...

Here is an interesting viewpoint from Victor Toth on Quora. He is a popular poster of answers to physics questions. The question posted was: Do you ag...

We don't know what energy IS. A photon has associated quantum numbers which are attributes of a photon but are not enough to reveal the 'material' of ...

Yes, I accept, you are in fact in reality, the opposite of what your chosen handle suggests. (Hence my use of 'Ironic.') I don't think it was a wise c...

But that's not what happens in reality. You will be familiar with terms like 'safe tory seat.' or 'the red wall' etc, and you will have heard phrases ...

I agree. If Scotland does achieve independence, then the main goal of the political party (SNP, Scottish National Party) would have been achieved, so ...

Does that not support my position that we should get rid of political parties? Not everyone is nefarious. People are well known by many locally. "I we...

I know you weren't, I was just responding to your comparison of us both. I would agree that I probably have more political common ground with Mr Crank...

Let's say you have 700 constituencies in your country. So, 700 independents are elected based on a local single transferable vote system. They become ...

But voting is also a way to change that. I would vote for someone who believes in getting rid of party-political systems.

Well, you probably know my preferred labels by now, humanist/socialist/democrat/atheist/optimist etc. I could not use an ID such as Bitter Crank. I do...

Your viewpoint seems a very large distance away from where I am. I think we would struggle to find any common ground. I agree with those who think tha...

Is that not a reason for getting rid of both of them and every other political party and you voting for the local independent who best matches your vi...

I agree that many would find common cause, in fact I am relying on it. You and I disagree on many issues, but we do find some common ground on occasio...

Is that because you would wonder what to do with the remaining 20 seconds? :joke:

Car Sagan has always been a very important influence in my life. He used the phrase 'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.' It's one of the ...

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Now there's a fun job for an apprentice! Would the instructions be something like: "Now here your microscope, your large bag of small steel balls to m...

Sounds like he has made all the right moves on offer!

I would accept trying all of the above and see if any of them improve on the status quo. We must be at or very near the bottom by now so any improveme...

That would be madcap, which is why I don't and didn't suggest it. Well, I dont know the name of the current body of such political facilitators in the...

It's fair play to fire some arrows back in the direction they are coming from towards yourself or towards others unjustly.

:lol: Yeah, nothing wrong with a little use of the words that are italicised(BS) and those that required a few *'s. The mods will tell you/me when we ...

I would say your concern regarding the size of the populous being represented and the doubt you express regarding an alternative to party political sy...

1+2 = 3, 1 and 2 is 12. If you want to apply the concept of 'and' arithmetically then to me that mean to place them contiguously. Words are created by...