universeness

I read the article and yes, it's a report on that particular encounter with Dawkins, but its his report, his interpretation of what the motivations of...

I think we are talking past each other a little but it's just nomenclature issues I think. My physics level is 1st-year uni plus some online courses I...

I hope you will forgive my small correction Ken. Feel free to call me bad names if you want as I feel I am being a bit cheeky in correcting a 97-year-...

Many have delusions, periodically, not constantly. So it makes sense to suggest a person may be delusional if they only have periodic 'Joan of Arc.' t...

Sorry about the misunderstanding and my suspicion that you were being tricksy and throwing a switcheroo at me. :naughty:

Quantum field theory.

Perhaps we just have some crossed lines. I was not suggesting that I personally consider science to be shallow. I was typing that I thought you were s...

No, because the particle and the field are not separable in the way that a drop is separable from water. At least I think that's the case in QFT

:lol: You can be a little tricksy Mr Jackson. I was not saying science had a shallow view of nature but I accept the old switcheroo attempt.

I can only hope that I demonstrate understanding and appreciation of what you describe above. Full credit to you and your like who will at least ponde...

Well, I think that suggests that science has a rather shallow view of nature. I think science studies nature from the macro to the subatomic. Even the...

So its affects are detectable, ok I see the distinction. I assume that massless photonic energy is part of the 32% matter you mentioned. I think I jus...

I can't ask for more than that Ken. :blush:

I don't know what Paul Davies has said about memes. I know he is in the 'closer to you' vid I posted but I was comparing Rupert Sheldrake's 'morphic r...

Surely this is not true in a frictionless vacuum, like space. If you push a rock in space it will go on forever unless it meets something along its pa...

I don't get those numbers, if 68% is undetectable dark energy then where is the detectable energy like electromagnetism? Not part of the 32% matter I ...

Are you indicating surprise at the fact that science does not yet have all the answers? What point are you making?

Doesn't help me, as QFT suggests there are no particles, just field excitations which can be labeled such for the purposes of scientific calculations....

Me neither, to my shagrin! I am interested in all the implications of science and of philosophy to a lesser degree due, to its dalliances with the eso...

Yes but surely the 'force' of dark energy must overcome the 'negative' pull of gravitation to create an accelerating expansion. So does the dark energ...

:up: Yeah I've read some of it as well and I felt the familiar whoosh as the explanations went above my head. I was hoping you or @"noAxioms" could im...

I think this is probably correct. You cant draw a straight line on a ball. It would look straight to you if you exist inside or on the surface of the ...

I may be demonstrating my limited physics knowledge here but does the theory that 'dark energy,' (which I take to infer an energy type that is undetec...

You might be interested in watching: (its duration is approx 27 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlK7Yn-aMsQ I like the fact they did not use the...

Overall Ken, I think we would be on common ground in many of our viewpoints but I do disagree with your concern over the term 'believe,' regardless of...

I am encouraged by the thought we would most likely be united in opposition against those who behave the way the Mexican police you describe above, be...

I think you are splitting hairs. Do you believe the words you typed above are correct?

Just in case you are not already aware of this Ken. If you highlight text typed by another member, a small tag appears on the left called 'quote,' thi...

From your answers to the questions I posed to you Ken, above the point or the quote below, It seems to me that as a young 17 or 18 year old soldier yo...

Well, to use a simple analogy. If you want to bake a cake the majority of people will like then pay very careful attention to the ingredients. I know ...

What meaning are you assigning to the word 'spirituality?' The original meaning simply referred to 'to move' or 'to be animate.' But now it's related ...

Sure, that's just a projection of what I stated. If you have your own foundational beliefs established within then you can start to try to figure out ...

Did/do you believe it was correct/justified/advisable to fight against the nazis? When you heard these surrendered soldiers speak the way they did, di...

The following from: https://www.gotquestions.org/a-priori-posteriori-fortiori.html may help: A much less-commonly used term, a fortiori, describes som...

Yes, I argue from science and my own personal philosophy. I have an often admitted, limited academic command of philosophy, so I don't know who fletch...

Such would not be the mindless spark I am referring to as my reference is merely a proposed conception for those who insist on a first cause in the or...

you mean it's an artist's impression of some colored shapes inside a space made up of little background squares which probably bear little resemblance...

and?

Without will or intent is how I would describe it. I have no idea how to provide you with an artist's impression/expression. I could offer images like...

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'Something,' is eternal in an oscillating Universe. You don't need to 'start' the oscillation if it is eternal and if you insist that you do then that...

Sorry for my late respose. Away celebrating family birthdays! Yes, absolutely, 'positive' energy created by matter balancing with the 'negative,' ener...

Well, agnosticism is a step up from convinced theist imo. Of course, you are a Star Trek fan, as I am.

Mr Krauss has stated many times that 'nothing is the absence of something,' and the fact that the Universe is something then it follows that existence...

America simply cannot keep losing children to maniacs armed with assault weapons. They have to do something drastic and new and permanent! They have t...

Theists do that all the time. :smile: But as you don't declare yourself a theist or a panpsychist and I am an atheist, I think it's time to say thanks...

But what for you would be an example of a non-material existence? I take it you are not referring to massless existence such as energy or one of the e...

You seem to be 'cherry picking' to suit your own personal musings on the origin story whilst ignoring certain inconsistencies that you should not igno...

Aw! don't be a spoilsport Wayfarer. I like to follow the white rabbit and find out where it goes. I have enjoyed exchanging with @"val p miranda" so f...

I prefer the original. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is a biblical concept spoken by Jesus in Luke 6:31 and Matthew 7:12; it is c...