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90% agreed. The rest 10% is what "absolute" is about. So if you disregarded that 10% we would have total agreement. I.e maths is predictive and useful...
December 20, 2017 at 06:48
that depends on your understanding of "physical", whether it's matter and energy as it now stands or just part of existence or the whole existence. Th...
December 18, 2017 at 11:47
No, maths should not be an absolute candidate to stand up because it cannot prove itself to be consistent. Please refer Hilbert's second problem on ar...
December 18, 2017 at 11:19
have you thought about phenomena like quantum collapse and its philosophy aspect?
December 18, 2017 at 10:46
OK, again you need a ground to stand on. Sounds like usual empirical or "scientific fashion" view, right? Can be anything else? That's main stream I d...
December 18, 2017 at 10:37
Fair point if you wanted only arguments. But what I referred to like Wikipedia researches already contained too many anti-arguments, why would I need ...
December 18, 2017 at 10:22
Totally agreed especially on this point Few discuss limits of science and what can be alternatives. Your belief is always respected but when it comes ...
December 16, 2017 at 14:15
Do you think most have a chance to choose what to believe in? I know you didn't intend to say so. I think this has roots in an open question: what is ...
December 14, 2017 at 11:07
Sam, we are closer. I haven't fully read the article myself and the only thing emerged from it to me is the weakness of testimonials. Nevertheless we ...
December 14, 2017 at 03:38
We are still far away at two ends while I have asserted agreement with your NDE belief: I dissuade any proofs and you defend your testimonial evidence...
December 13, 2017 at 11:09
I joined lately and bypassed almost all previous comments, don't really know where to start with. But I am inline with your thoughts. One thing is tha...
December 13, 2017 at 03:15