But they didn't, necessarily, have a scientific understanding of reality. They were specialists in particular scientific fields; operating within an i...
I can't speak for most people. I can only speak to the facts. It's amazing you can tell what most people think. There's a lot of people claiming to sp...
The way to do that is to accept a scientific understanding of reality in common, as a basis to apply technology. — karl stone Maybe you could expand o...
The old adage, "we are only ever three meals from revolution" is always worth keeping in mind. May can revoke Article 50, and she should. If she doesn...
But it's not impossible, or even unlikely - that in years to come people will be looking for a means to systematically address the existential threats...
More like which direction you're coming from. I'm still not sure. Saying something like "Brussels will not negotiate further. UK will be brought to he...
I don't know what you're saying here - or how this is a response to my post. The UK is planning to wave lorries, and presumably illegal immigrants thr...
Just read today, the plan in a no deal scenario is to wave traffic through customs unchecked. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47121225 Taking back contr...
I don't have a plan - how could I? It depends upon persuading other people of the rightness of my views. My plan is expressing those views. What would...
I disagree. Metaphysics sucks because it's all rhyme and no reason; in contradiction to epistemology which asks "What can we know?' and "How can we kn...
"It's something Jake and I have discussed at great length, that he is aware of - but which he mis-characterizes in order to attack. Basically, I argue...
You're quite right. I apologize and shall make no further comment, that's not strictly related to the subject of the thread. Metaphysics sucks! Episte...
It's something Jake and I have discussed at great length, that he is aware of - but which he mis-characterizes in order to attack. Basically, I argue ...
To quote Richard Feynman, if you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics. I don't - but I do understand the phi...
Depends on how you define knowledge, I guess. It's more complex than it appears, particularly as it plays out in society and the world. An idea I've b...
My theory is not 'basically saying' that. It's not a basic theory. It's a very deep theory that's concerned with the nature of reality, the nature of ...
Do you not know what the word philosopher means? You've got google - look it up! REAL philosophers get paid - do they? Okay then. Socrates wasn't a ph...
Do you have any quotes, sources or examples? I'm unwilling to take your word for what someone else said. I can't really engage with that. I've heard o...
"The theory of relativity in physics does not deal with what time is but deals only with how time, in the sense of a now-sequence, can be measured. wh...
Well first, you might want to acknowledge that science and technology are not applied for scientifically valid reasons. They're applied as dictated by...
Hey Jake. I have a problem. I don't want to let your post pass without protesting it, but at the same time, it's all chewed meat. Maybe stating this q...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu7EYbMFOY8 The very first words out of Nigel Farage's mouth are a lie. David Cameron had wanted a referendum since he...
If reality is observer dependent, explain traffic lights. No-one has ever gone to court and successfully argued - "The light I observed was green, You...
If that's all I were saying - that's what I would have said. I've explained why your claim that scientific understanding can only apply to ideas laid ...
Perhaps you don't understand the term 'hypothesis' - or how that relates to agnosticism. There are hypotheses that can be ruled out. Geocentrism - for...
I disagree. Given a scientific understanding of the universe - there's sufficient reason to form a God hypothesis. Logically, there's first cause, and...
Science is several things: it's an epistemology: a philosophy of knowledge. it's a method: the scientific method of testing hypotheses with reference ...
But science isn't "just built up." Science proceeds by tearing down what's proven wrong, to rebuild what's right. It's a method of doubt, as opposed -...
Interesting post. Thanks for sharing. So if you had died, and were required to store your accumulated knowledge in 12 lockers exactly, would the label...
You tell me. You said: ...using the computer that science derived from mathematical reason, and built using ever more sophisticated engineering techni...
In the UK Houses of Parliament they have a register of member's interests - such that any potential biases MP's bring to the debate are known to other...
This is a thought experiment for adults. People who have some knowledge and life experience to store. I'm guessing from your tone you're about 14 - go...
For me, one of my labels would certainly read 'the need to know what's true' - but in that locker, would be hidden a difficult childhood, in a trouble...
Oh boy, is that a mistake! Reality is subject to entropy - which means the easy road leads ever downward unto stagnation and death. Everything good is...
Thanks for trying this. I appreciate it's not easy to condense the sum of your knowledge into 12, or 10 categories - and there is no right answer. But...
That's interesting - thanks everyone. I'm reminded of a realization from the early years of my philosophical journey; which was that I was searching f...
"Stressed out by Brexit? I have a mindfulness exercise for you, one guaranteed to bring calm. Instead of imagining a deep, cool lake or a beach of bon...
Here's the headline, MPs have voted for a fantasy. It’s an indictment of our entire political class Jonathan Freedland but the byline is more interest...
Two things. One: nihilism neither contains nor upholds any value that requires one accept nihilism. When you realize this, you can just reject it. Two...
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