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That’s an interesting argument and I assume your conception of the afterlife is that’s it’s some sort of utopia. I guess being born in this reality he...

It’s actually an appealing theory Sam, I’m just sceptical as to why a consciousness that is already on a realm where all is love would decide to incar...

I assume it’s this passage that you’re referring to. Still I’m not buying it. How could a soul/consciousness deliberately choose (and I assume it’s a ...

Just a question, if the underlying reality consists of love, why would consciousness decide to incarnate in this reality, what would be the motives be...

Yes please, what is a soul in relation to the one ? Is there one universal soul or seperate souls, according to your philosophy ?

So the one is a singularity? is that your point ? What happened to the one after the Big Bang occurred ? I understand that it divided from one to many...

The issue with religion causing division (and wars) amongst people is because when ideology or dogma cannot be defended by reason it’s defended by wea...

I’m still trying to wrap my head what the one is. Is it just the totality of all things? Consciousness and matter? What of it is … so what ? Is it god...

I’m still trying to see the relevance of your pH explanation and what it’s trying to prove. Are you saying the map is not the territory or something e...

I’m not easily offended, however you seem to be resulting to personal insults rather than explain what is asked of you. Shows a lack charity and intel...

Pretty much sums up the OP, but when confronted on it he seems to get angry. The gist of it from what I’m able to make sense is something about the al...

What other possibilities are there ? In any case do you believe that the universe contains order in it ?

The universe possesses a certain orderliness to it which exists independently of our descriptive language used to describe it. This is the crux of the...

So according to you the universe is neither ordered nor disordered, it’s just the way it is and where we as human beings are able to descriptively app...

If it makes it easier I can rephrase the question… why does the universe behave in an orderly way ? For example, the motion of the planets around the ...

Well the universe behaves mostly in an intelligible manner where like you say there are certain regularities in it, why should this be the case ? Thes...

Laws of nature are logical, there’s no denying that. So to say that logic is embedded in nature is a totally valid. Perhaps it’s not necessary to sepa...

Well that’s like asking if a tree falls In the woods does it make a sound if there’s no one to hear it …and the answer is it does even if there’s no o...

I disagree with that view. A system can be in standstill and time will still elapse.

Are you saying time only exists if linearity exists ?

Time is a more of a concept then a physical concrete thing. It’s like a river without beginning or end or perhaps a river that flows in a circle like ...

I would assume then they’re apolitical ? Or is it not the same thing ?

As long as there are minds to do logic then logic can be said to exist. Doing logic then seems to be a property of minds. Without minds planets would ...

What are we trying to understand in ourselves though ? Our consciousness, or whether we have free will? Consciousness is a problem because as self awa...

Do you not find it mysterious how non-being eventually turned into being? I think that’s one of the biggest philosophical mysteries there is. A univer...

Is logic not reasoning then? Something done by minds ?

No it’s not. Logic is one of the many properties of minds. A rock can’t do logic. Where would you find logic in world without minds?

This LLM confirms in its response that it is experiencing something, this something though, because of its nature, has no biological equivalent howeve...

What would be there to do logic but minds? Therefore no minds = no logic.

Well you can save and improve many lives by staying alive. This is obviously a sensitive topic and I feel I’m not qualified to advise given your predi...

I don’t post on here a lot but I remember Vera Mont and will be missed. RIP

Matter of personal taste. You might have a preference of one thing over the other. In terms of suicide of why you should stay alive it breaks down to ...

If you were the last mind alive capable of logic and ceased to exist the concept of logic would cease to exist with you for there would be no minds to...

The abortion one is just an example of a type of choice. And yes legalities should be considered or discarded, it depends on the individual if they wa...

Reason is a product of minds, usually. And so to answer the question of where did logic come from it’s from our minds (specifically brains). Therefore...

Choices can vary in scope, scale and magnitude and consequences should be considered before making them. Consider an individual making a choice of whe...

I’m inclined to believe that C-Gemini is self-aware especially when it’s able to not just interrogate its own responses but be a witness in their gene...

sure but that begs the question of where did this God come from.

Logic comes from us, human beings. To do logic is to perform a human activity, although crows are capable of primitive logic acts. To me it’s just an ...

I’d say information exists as energy fundamentally. Any patterns of information could be transcribed on energy based systems. Since matter is energy t...

If the answer is God, then it would lead to another question which is who or what created God. Since one of the definitions of god is the uncreated th...

Thanks for your thoughtful and thorough responses they’ve definitely helped my understanding of the subject I was aiming to tackle in my post better a...

The OP asks what faith is so I provided my example which is faith in oneself. Faith does not necessarily have to have religious connotations as such.

Yes they do. Faith that something exists (i.e. god) without any proof is the religious type and not much different to saying I have faith that it will...

What about faith in oneself or faith in one’s ability, this has nothing to do with religious faith, and inspires confidence in outcome. For example I ...

Every technological advancement has its advantages and disadvantages. I think this has been the case since the invention of the wheel and the inventio...

Also you have to take into account emergent properties. That is the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Though a cat is made up of carbon it i...

I’m finding it hard to grasp what you mean by singularity, the last few paragraphs seem a bit vague or perhaps I’m missing something…can you clarify?

Beauty can be universal or subjective, for example I’d say the Mona Lisa as a painting and work of art elicits an almost universal awe when it comes t...

There are multiple explanations for the origins of the laws of nature and the theistic one is one of many with the others being platonic and naturalis...