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I disagree. We can be certain that solipsism is not the case. Solipsism leads to an ill defined infinite regress that would not allow you to form any ...
October 23, 2016 at 05:23
In: Qualia  — view comment
I agree with this entirely. Qualia is just a fancy word for abstraction.
October 23, 2016 at 04:36
In: Living  — view comment
If a person has no opportunity to improve their lives then this would be an injustice. Very often that is not the case with the suicidal, at least in ...
October 23, 2016 at 04:27
Not having speed is not the logical equivalent to is not dynamic. In modern physics time is not a separate dimension. All spatial and temporal dimensi...
October 23, 2016 at 04:12
The meaning of life, the universe, and everything...is 42. Some restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited. Results may vary.
October 21, 2016 at 19:54
In: Living  — view comment
Life is not filled with continued suffering. A great deal of my life is a rather enjoyable experience and this is true of many people. I can understan...
October 21, 2016 at 19:51
By definition the term objective includes all subjective perceptions. The only need for distinction is between a subjective belief and an objective tr...
October 21, 2016 at 19:44
If light did not have different wave lengths then color perception would not be possible.
October 21, 2016 at 19:15
Science is a method within a theory of knowledge. Science relies upon empirical evidence and/or logic to support claims of knowledge. Essentially beli...
October 21, 2016 at 19:15
You did not answer my questions. You introduce a problem, how can a thing which is static be converted into an abstraction which is dynamic? And what ...
October 21, 2016 at 19:06
The reason life is colorful is because light has different wave lengths. Time does not have a speed. Speed is a measure of distance traveled in an amo...
October 21, 2016 at 19:04
Science is a branch of epistemology. Science is a part of philosophy.
October 19, 2016 at 19:22
I think this misses the point. Trump insists that the elections are rigged such that he and those who support him are the victims of a fraud that the ...
October 19, 2016 at 19:21
Time does not have a "speed." Time is treated as a dimension in modern physics. Speed is a measure of how many spatial units are translated in a given...
October 19, 2016 at 19:10
What an odd idea. You suggest that in reality time is static. Then you claim that we can defy reality and conjure the illusion that time is dynamic. Y...
October 19, 2016 at 18:58
This is simply not true. Solipsism insists that reality exists such that not self is not independent of or distinct from self. Non-Solipsist's note th...
October 19, 2016 at 18:42
If solipsism was true there would be no way to know it or no way to falsify it. There would be no way to know or falsify anything at all in fact. Soli...
October 19, 2016 at 18:32
The phrase "of the world" indicates that there is information which exists independent of any given observer experiencing that information. The argume...
October 19, 2016 at 17:53
Self reference alone leads to an ill defined infinite regress.. That is to say that founding metaphysical assumptions upon the notion that we only acc...
October 19, 2016 at 17:22
I don't think life is absurd and I don't believe theistic gods exist. Existence is not absurd compared to the alternative of non-existence.
October 07, 2016 at 21:56
I give up, again my point is that in the Middle East they are implementing technologies that work and exist now and as well I am sure they are investi...
October 07, 2016 at 17:17
Its called the law of contraposition in logic and mathematics. If there is no existence of you or I then any doubt you or I have does not exist. Calli...
October 07, 2016 at 17:04
My point is the Middle East is proving right now that renewable infrastructure works and I am saying that in order to be competitive the West will als...
October 06, 2016 at 18:44
Well there are several factors that will contribute to the problem. One is population growth compared to supply development (in the west there is has ...
October 06, 2016 at 18:35
I am not sure what you are suggesting. Are you saying the West should not compete in being a renewable energy superpower because it is too expensive? ...
October 06, 2016 at 17:56
The Middle East does not consume nearly as much fossil fuel as the West or East. So they do not contribute to global warming nearly as much as US and ...
October 06, 2016 at 17:45
The problem of affordable housing is not a problem one person can resolve with self sufficiency. The problem is that the pace of housing development i...
October 06, 2016 at 17:43
The problem to me is the West will not be leading this revolution of transformation. It seems the Middle East is forging that path first.
October 06, 2016 at 17:26
Descartes proves self existence from extreme skepticism. He assumes that all he knows is subject to doubt including his own existence. In order to eve...
October 06, 2016 at 17:18
I am not talking about an infrastructure upgrade alone. The West needs a cultural revolution. It is not a matter of if fossil fuels eventually run out...
October 05, 2016 at 18:40
The rate of housing inflation compared to wage earning increases over the years does not really bear this solution out. Just getting a better job does...
October 05, 2016 at 18:24
This really does not address my concern. The West is not investing in this type of ground up infrastructure projects while in the Middle East there is...
October 05, 2016 at 18:12
I recently came across this youtube vid that had an interesting theory about why affordable housing is in such short supply. https://www.youtube.com/w...
October 05, 2016 at 17:50
G. Spencer-Brown, he wrote Laws of Form, a book that seeks to derive foundational principles of form. http://www.manuelugarte.org/modulos/biblioteca/b...
October 01, 2016 at 17:34
Are you suggesting that the CMB is a prediction about the initial conditions of the universe or that the prediction of CMB is a complete account of na...
September 28, 2016 at 18:05
Actually initial conditions of the past cannot be determined with any current models. You cannot reverse time to determine the initial conditions prec...
September 23, 2016 at 17:30
I have never heard of any axiom of free will in quantum mechanics. I think it is important to point out that no classical or modern theory gives us a ...
September 20, 2016 at 14:31
No argument here. I agree.
September 20, 2016 at 14:19
The argument arbitrarily assigns a status to god that is not justified by anything other than the notion that god is god. That is to say that god is u...
September 17, 2016 at 20:59
You can refer to the sources I provided. Thermodynamics is not symmetrical. Surely you don't intend to suggest that the above listed theories can simp...
September 17, 2016 at 20:51
This makes sense. If we only had self reference we would not be able to define self. It would be logically impossible. You have to have an "other" or ...
September 17, 2016 at 17:17
Some feminist are irrational. They argue that men are responsible for insuring women have equality. If that is true women can never be equal because t...
September 17, 2016 at 17:08
Well not all laws of physics are deterministic. Determinism is often an interpretation more so than a necessary conclusion. This is especially true of...
September 17, 2016 at 16:47
The law of supply and demand works for guns too. Grenades are outlawed for all but the military and not only outlaws have grenades.
September 03, 2016 at 18:47
Civilized societies are polite in spite of the threat of violence not because of a threat of violence. Perhaps if there was evidence that the more arm...
September 03, 2016 at 18:44
I am interested in pointing out that your claims about the transcendental are no different than anybody's claims about the transcendental. Again anybo...
August 29, 2016 at 23:37
You believe you know what is transcendentally true. So what. A lot of people believe they know things are transcendentally true.
August 29, 2016 at 23:29
Again it does not matter that these are actions, what matters is people claim these things are based on transcendental truths.
August 29, 2016 at 23:24
Once again even people that are truly open towards the transcendental disagree about what is true and what is not. And claiming something is transcend...
August 29, 2016 at 23:23
Regardless or cultural differences appeals to the transcendental truth are made.
August 29, 2016 at 23:19