Deleted User

Awesome! Cool, making headway.

Oh, I see. Yes, they're doing some sort of quasi-mystical lineage related mathematics that is utterly esoteric as far as I am concerned.

Can you point me to where you are seeing that and I'll try to makes sense of it?

I'd wager to say that it is because philosophy simply doesn't work in that manner. The closest we've ever been to such a phenomenon would be the socia...

Are you saying that they got the order of sequences confused as far as what form of corruption leads into which?

So, in other words, the fall of each of the regimes is dependent on the type of man that is represented in the actions of its citizens? Yes, If I take...

Yes, this is quite clear. However, the reason I published was to discuss the relevance of such a prognostication listed above, not necessarily to disc...

That's actually what we all do, cognitively, if given the freedom. Values themselves are not simply an individual phenomenon, but individuals can and ...

I'm actually with Jackass on this one, mean IQ has been steadily increasing for decades. OWID documents the trends here: https://ourworldindata.org/in...

I am actually with you here. I went to the Cincinnati art museum a few years ago and there wasn't a piece of art in the entire damn building. So, your...

I am actually a musician myself, I've been writing music for years, and at heart I had always considered myself a musician even when I was in the midd...

Actually, I didn't. I was willing to entertain the debate until it came to the point where he confessed he didn't actually believe in this nonsense, a...

Especially when all you're doing is repeating a tired and defeated defense of a pseudoscientific concept that you don't even believe in. I'm pretty su...

Doesn't matter. You're still meandering on this topic because you've already wasted enough of our time instead of addressing the topic discussion. I d...

No, I don't hope that is the case, I know it is the case that this isn't science. You may have a few scientist stragglers that cling to the concept, j...

So, if you don't agree with this view, and you know I said no scientist abides by it, and you've been arguing for it anyway, even though we were talki...

No, Mathematical Platonism is itself a psuedo-scientific caricature of proper theory. Not according to Penrose, but according to the general body of M...

No, I do a lot of bringing to your attention that claims being made here are not scientific, yet you keep presenting me with views that do not argue w...

Prishon, I started a discussion entitled Ethics as a method, not an artifact that has been utterly over run by this guy's idea that reality is mathema...

Right, this is what he's fundamentally highlighting. You see, it's he and I that agree, not he and the people that think math is a compositional eleme...

No, I know what those fields, I was wanting you to elaborate on what you meant in the sentence containing them. Young, white, practically useless? Are...

I would say no, Yvonne. This is right in a certain mannor, but not one you are confined to. Meaning is not something is going to be given to you, by d...

So, the rest of your statement not withstanding, this appears to be your conclusion. In which case I am going to have to assert the fact that this is ...

My only problem with that, is that such a standard is not applied to any other profession. Meaning, people in this thread are not consistently reasoni...

Yes, Bert. You're getting closer to the mark. However, I would have you consider something. Let's say I want to get into music and I start playing gui...

Right, which is true. Mathematics can most certainly reveal universal patterns that go well beyond the boundaries basic human conceptualization. I def...

Yeah, that's fine. However I would tweak this a bit and say that math is a property of how things are arranged in reality. Which would make sense, bec...

Well, I was kind of hoping you'd elaborate on this last point about anthro and psych.

I think you have this a little confused. Morality is conditioned by Ethics. Ethics is what produces moral codes, or morality. Ethics is a method by wh...

Sir, will do just fine. :cool:

Right, very interesting. It implies that the patterns that you point out are actually commensurate with your specific thought process going into the p...

Okay, so Ethics is the branch of philosophy that deals with determining a what is moral. When done so, those actions that are concluded to be moral ar...

Per se, sure. The idea of science, jazz, or ethics being a tool is an analogy. The idea is that each of these man-made concepts are tools, methods, or...

Yes, it's unlikely to be something for which there is evidence, if it were intentional. But, you must understand. The history of science and all acade...

Of course. I plan to do a bunch of these topic discussions, now that I've discovered this platform. -G

Reason: a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event. Rationality: the quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logi...

This IS your rational justification. That is your ethical deliberation. The Golden Rule is its representation in behavior. The first is the subjective...

I wasn't actually asking you, I was describing a question that, unlike questions of objectivity and the like, is relevant. But, I am glad you are doin...

"Yeah, the argument is contained in his book and it isn't accepted as much in the way of anything special. In fact, he makes literally the same argume...

That's not a claim that the universe is made of mathematics. In fact it's barely a claim that could be described as coherent. Again, as Penrose said, ...

Again, I understand that interpersonal harmony is a critical element to both ethics, as well as psychological well being, but you are resigning yourse...

I'm going to start here by saying: find me one and show me his arguments. And secondly, no I'm not drawing a distinction, I am describing to you the e...

I put it in the "feelings" category. It's not an aspect of ethical reasoning. But, it can serve as a means to ignite moral reasoning, or motivate one ...

Yes, Thomas Kuhn would call this phenomenon a paradigm change. Which is where we get that phrase, by the way. However, although I appreciate that topi...

Brilliant Joshs. Yes, you are correct. The seemingly opposing frameworks are, in fact, what is causing a disjunction in this discussion. Now consider ...

Yep,and I explained that, although scientists and thinkers may debate about whether things are arranged in a mathematical fashion, no scientist claims...

I'll do you one better, Smith, although generally I agree with. I'd posit that there's no lack of genius, but a lack of interest. There seems to be so...

My friend, I'm here to teach and be taught, not to rough house people. You're safe here. Not to mention, the guys that run this platform don't really ...

It's my major.

Sounds great, come on back. No. I'm here to discuss all of philosophy, Objectivism included. But, to clarify my last statement, because it's looking l...