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"Old Father's Quote #19. It seems to be quite difficult to solve my own problems - so I have decided to solve the fundamental problem of life, the Uni...

"Law (of nature):= If the sum of mass, energy, and information is conserved over space-time for (more than one) pairs of interacting components; all t...

"Old Father's Quote# 18. Neither truth nor reality gives a damn about politics. (2019-09-03)" How I Understand Things. The Logic of Existence

Thank you for pointing out my lack of understanding so succinctly - please enlighten me some more. So, my understanding is that science is the applica...

The evidence you presented are most compelling. Thank you.

"Old Father's Quote #17. You cannot make the same thing different just by giving it two different names. (2019-06-09)" p250 How I Understand Things. T...

"Old Father's Quote #16. If a theory does not fit reality, then the theory is at fault - or you do not understand either. (2019-05-23)" p250 How I Und...

"Old Father's Quote #15. For something to get clean something else must get dirty. However, it is possible to get anything dirty without getting somet...

To my understanding: "Religion := The acceptance of something without the necessity of proof and claiming authority based on this premise." p180 How I...

If my little contribution on the concept of system contributed to your understanding, then, surely, my effort is not in vain. And, this gives me hope....

Quite so! Both boundary-persons has its challenges.

You claim it is possible to integrate science and religion. This implies, I think, that you know, exactly, what is science and what is religion. Pleas...

"Old Father's Quote #14. It is very difficult to change the mind of a person who has cement for brains. (2014-11-07)" p250 How I Understand Things. Th...

:rofl: Yes, I did. Most of the time got my face covered in milk even though I opened my mouth to drink.

I like the "Young bastard's poke"

"Old Father's Quote #13. If you see a double handful of brown smelly stuff flying your way - and you do nothing, the chances are very good it will hit...

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Some vegetables could contain more than 1% oxalic acid. To make the fizz you need an alkaline (like bicarbonate of soda) and an acid (like oxalic acid...

Isn't "Nobody knows anything ... " a tautology? My understanding is nobody <=> not any person, Perhaps: Somebody knows nothing, save for what they del...

Probably some bicarbonate of soda with some oxalic acid to get the carbonating reaction going. Eno's would have been cheaper.

You have not answer my question! However, I will pay you the courtesy of answering yours: As to who am I - my name is Pieter R van Wyk and I am a huma...

"Old Father's Quote #12. If you keep on looking for trouble, you should not complain if you find it. (2014-11-07)" p250 How I Understand Things. The L...

A purpose to philosophy? Over thousands of years we have decimated forests and plantations to make paper and print books - please tell me there are pu...

"Old Father's Quote#11. The truth exist, irrespective of whether we understand or accept it. (2014-11-07)" p250 How I Understand Things. The Logic of ...

Hereditary sickness or blood type => difficulty? No! Only if you are stupid. The ancestor that lived life with this sickness or blood type, did so wel...

No! Being clever could be hereditary or could be due to the environment <=> being stupid could be hereditary or could be due to the environment. Diffi...

then refer (revert) to Old Father's Quote #9

"Old Father's Quote #10. Sometimes I find life difficult and complex. Sometimes, I make life difficult and complex. (2014-11-07)" p250 How I Understan...

I see what you mean.

"Old Father's Quote #9. Being clever could be hereditary or it could be due to the environment. Stupidity is right there in the genes. (2014-01-23)" p...

metaphor 1* n a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable 2* a thing regarded as symb...

"Old Father's Quote #8. One should not stop living because you are afraid of dying. (2011-02-02)" p250 How I Understand Things. The Logic of Existence

No, a rational assessment is a perception. perceive 1 become aware or conscious of 2 regard as. Oxford South African Concise Dictionary "Through perce...

The only perception from you that you have shared with me is: "You can't have a theory that assumes all perception valid because sometimes it's not." ...

I assume that all my perceptions are valid - they keep me sane - I think. If you have a perception that I do not exist physically, for example, I woul...

:yikes: I now can also assume my perception that @"Hanover" exist physically is valid - I have physical evidence of existence

I do not assume that all perceptions are valid!

:pray: New evidence of my fundamental assumption: "... I must assume that my perception that I exist, physically, is a valid perception. Also (read he...

Take care of yourself!

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"Old Father's Quote #7. It is not necessary to prove the Laws of Nature - they prove themselves. We just need to understand them. (2011-01-25) p250 Ho...

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And ... From my perspective, there is a new religion popping up, based on Holism and human consciousness. A religion that would be about as good as an...

Neither am I - - just a retired engineer that likes to understand things. If the philosophical notion of holism works well for you ... good. It did no...

I must admit, this conundrum has bugged me quite some time. Then I found Gotfried Wilhelm Leibniz's Principle of Sufficient Reason. Which reads someth...

What Is Good and What Is Evil? Any decision on what is good and what is evil (what is right and what is wrong) is made based on whatever is politicall...

I say again: "If I show you a few pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, they are the only things that you will see - a few pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. I had to bu...

Quite so, and thank you for your contribution. Your "assertion" is similar to the general accepted colloquial understanding of a system. But then, the...

"Old Father's Quote #6. The facts are the facts, and the truth is the truth. The fact is, we do not know the truth. (2010-02-25)" p250 How I Understan...