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Jacykow

['Member']Joined: January 23, 2018 at 21:25Last active: June 09, 2020 at 08:512 discussions15 comments

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In: Newcomb's Paradox - Why would anyone pick two boxes?  — view comment
The whole point of a predictor is that he doesn't travel back in time. He simply knew ahead of time what your answer would be as described below: One ...
June 09, 2020 at 08:51
In: Newcomb's Paradox - Why would anyone pick two boxes?  — view comment
I'm not sure if you understood my second point. Logic does not have assumptions - it works on the ones you already have declared faith in. The paradox...
June 04, 2020 at 16:07
In: Newcomb's Paradox - Why would anyone pick two boxes?  — view comment
I think that is the answer to this and many more 'unsolvable paradoxes'. They contain contradictory assumptions. I was hoping for something less antic...
June 04, 2020 at 15:53
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
Can you give an example of a belief system that introduces the soul as something without an unquestionable value given to every person? I'm sure that ...
May 31, 2018 at 12:51
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
Great point, it seems obvious that values of theism and atheism are of minimal importance if you are doing politics. But someone had to come up with t...
May 31, 2018 at 12:35
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
Disregarding the necessity of hierarchization the right believes it to be true. If you take a materialists point of view there are no values apart fro...
May 31, 2018 at 12:26
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
You cannot value what you cannot choose - the right values rising in hierarchies and not needlessly resisting the inevitable collapse of any group to ...
May 30, 2018 at 21:37
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
Disregarding critique of this point of view it seems like a good answer to one half of my original question.
May 30, 2018 at 21:01
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
Yes, they do but hierarchy is not considered a value but a necessity. I don't really understand your point since both having ultimate control of ones ...
May 30, 2018 at 20:56
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
I think you just pointed out another paradox because if religion is all about the rules then why wouldn't people willing to accept them not be willing...
May 30, 2018 at 19:10
In: Shouldn't religion be 'left'?  — view comment
It seems that You misunderstood my question as a critique on religious beliefs but I wanted it to be far from that. By religion I mean any dualistic o...
May 30, 2018 at 17:03
In: The New Dualism  — view comment
YouTube is betting their money on being able to predict the concious decisions of their customers. How does my belief in the existance of a thing make...
May 30, 2018 at 16:38
In: The New Dualism  — view comment
You keep repeating that brain and mind are different. A materialist might say that anything you believe to be conciousness, free will or decisionmakin...
May 30, 2018 at 14:48
In: The New Dualism  — view comment
How do dualist cope with the fact that we can predict decisions? YouTube is making this all the time - by recommending videos it effectively simulates...
May 30, 2018 at 14:26
In: The New Dualism  — view comment
Why is your speech so emotionally heavy? It is really easy to defend materialism because it can explain any phenomenon as a scientific (purely mechani...
May 30, 2018 at 14:09
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