m-theory

Nominalism cannot be falsified, it cannot be true or false. My point is how is it even useful? What predictions does it make, what breakthroughs are t...

How should we be able to apply those laws at all if they do not represent some reality? Fine the models are not real, but it is real that there is con...

The only prediction it had was wrong, as soon as we were able to observe that it was useless. Why should they be useful at all though unless nature is...

The prediction of geocentricism was that the earth was at the center of the universe, not that the sun rises and sets. Newtonian mechanics is how we p...

That the sun rises and sets was an observation not a prediction. Newtonian mechanics is not what I would call inconsistent with reality. That would ma...

You can't form a definition of self with exclusive self reference, this leads to self recursion. The only way to avoid infinite regress is if there is...

I think it is you that does not understand that if nature were not consistent then models that predict consistently would not be useful.

How was geocentricism useful, it did not provide accurate predictions? And Newtonian mechanics is still useful, there are simply more accurate models.

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Or Whitehead?

I was torn between Boole and Godel.

Maybe art does not have a direct evolutionary purpose but is a by product of creativity and inventiveness. The act of creating and inventing certainly...

Self esteem is just having rational expectations of yourself and self value when comparing yourself with others.

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I suppose you might argue that everything reduces to experience and to me this is no different than saying everything reduces to the physical. But the...

Man I will be honest. I have no interest in readying all that. Your posts are kind of long winded and seem to miss my point. You always seem to end up...

It is very real that our models are useful. Or are you suggesting that this is only imagined as well? The models that assume nature are consistent are...

Trolling should not be confused with flame warring or cyber bullying. Trolling is a unique form of art.

By definition the term objective includes all subjective perceptions. The only need for distinction is between a subjective belief and an objective tr...

That is good enough for me. That you agree that is not within our subjective control what is true and what is not true.

I disagree. It was not absolutely correct, if it were absolutely correct there should not have been any encounter with a brown dog. It was only absolu...

I think a lot of people are not aware that they are in a filter bubble when they search or browse. So it is an issue. As for myself personally, I am n...

Yes but it changed because something other than what we believed was the case irrespective of that existing belief. Simply saying that beliefs change ...

Well that was sort of my point. Facebook and google can stick you in a filter bubble where you are not exposed to the fact that the BS you are consumi...

This is a great description of being mistaken, but it doesn't explain why you were. I am not asking for a description of being mistaken, I was asking ...

I disagree. With the likes of google, facebook, and other online companies, they will place you in a filter bubble where you are exposed to things whi...

Yes but subjectively it was true that there were no brown dogs, how should you have encountered a brown dog if that was in fact true? Subjectively the...

You have not really explained why your initial belief, that dogs are black, was mistaken. You simply gave an example of a belief that turned out to be...

You can't know if objective truth is possible or not. By definition, from you foundational assumptions, you can't know if something is or is not objec...

If you can't know that there is or is not objective truth then you can't claim that something is or is not objectively true. You can only say that you...

lol Well it is not objectively true that there is no objective truth. So what is the problem?

Man that is a tough one. I am not sure how it should be defined, the more I think about the more I am inclined to believe it has to do with language. ...

I don't see a conflict here. To say that art is an expression and/or an experience of culture, in my view, is no different than saying that art is cul...

I said art can be an expression of culture but it can also be an experience of culture (the audience of art experiences culture the artist expresses c...

That is not the point that you believe them separate things. The point is how should they be useful at all if they do not relate to reality? Why do th...

Apparently it is a matter of opinion and ours disagree. I don't agree with your opinion that the debates were about the principle of relativity. You c...

Of course there is a disjoint, our models are meant to be as simple as possible yet produce as many accurate predictions as possible. Our models are n...

You can decide that facts don't conform with your world view sure, but measurements are measurements.

Well agree to disagree. Again quantum mechanics is said to be true in all frames of reference.

How could you possibly know this? This is just a bald assertion. You would have to know what is true reality to say that minds do not reflect that rea...

Again quantum mechanics does not disprove realism. If it did that would be quite remarkable. Further the Einstein Bohr debates were not about the prin...

No I measure 6 ft. I don't interpret it.

I am talking about the principle of relativity, not the theory of relativity. The principle of relativity is the principle that the laws of nature are...

Art is a way to experience and express culture. As a purpose it serves to reinforce your identity.

I would have thought that if it had been discovered that the principle of relativity had been violated I would have heard about this. Do you have some...

I never said models should be simulations. I implied that a model was useful if it produced results and assuming that our models are about reality rat...

Suppose I tell you my height is 6 ft tall. How is that fact just an interpretation?

Sometimes depression can be debilitating and people lose functionality because of it. This greatly reduces the quality of their lives.. Often they res...

There are two distinct ways in which the word truth is used. When you believe something is true because there is strong evidence and or good reasoning...

This is where we disagree. If our models were not of something real then it seems to me that they should not produce useful results.