The opposite position is just as sensible, perhaps even more: All good books in their correct interpretation are a communication from God. God may not...
Whether something is controversial is in the eye of the beholder, it's a subjective qualification, not an objective one, unless you are taking an argu...
Thanks for the compliment. Though I didn't actually come up with that idea myself, all I can take credit for is the way the statement is formulated, t...
Just as time is relative, so is perception. So why not both, from the perspective of the totality of humanity the first goes and from the perspective ...
From the perspective of the foton, no time has passed, does that mean fotons (and thus light) doesn't exist? time is relative, so sure it can exist fo...
Thanks you for your compliment, I guess this discussion forum is my debut then, though I may have expresses part of the idea in youtube comments befor...
The beginning of human consciousness. One possible interpretation is as you say, evolutionary, but it can also be seen as developmental (as in how an ...
I didn't mean to imply that there must be something else when I said minimum. Though if you can think of something else, I'm open to suggestions. 'the...
Ah yes, but whether a text should be interpret literally, figuratively or metaphorically, or perhaps even all three at once is something that can derr...
I'm abit lazy, So I didn't read the rest of the comments, hence on the risk of repeating something already said: Where does it say that god is the cre...
I'm still hoping for the moment of someone actually prooving me wrong. This may sound arrogant, but when one has dealt with as many strawmen of my pos...
It's not the quote that matters, it's the interpretation. People who dislike biblical quotes unfortunately are so poor of mind in that regard generall...
The water consisting of two hydrogen and one oxygen atom you describe isn't always fluid, it can also be solid or gasious and even viscosious if mixed...
Not saying you are incorrect, but if you claim my approach might fall short, please do state what is missing. I merely mentioned some obvious requirem...
The truth that makes most sense considering it's context. Words by themselves are meaningless, words get their meaning by the context they are placed ...
Perhaps I should have stated it as: "3 Are ideas about the universe with predictive value more usefull than ideas about the universe without predictiv...
So what about the 3 more specific follow up questions? 1 Is it real? 2 Is it possible to learn something about it? 3 Are ideas about the universe with...
I assume you didn't watch the video, or you would already know the answer to this question, but I'll be more specific: What do you believe about the u...
I share your observation,I like to discuss with atheists (not debate), and it often bogs down in the atheist unable to clarify wich of the 3 positions...
I don't play any sports is a valid answer for someone who actually doesn't play sports. But 'not soccer' is not a valid answer to the question when gi...
Since to a pearlist, the scientific method is the god to believe. It's the god of scientific naturalism at least. Supernatural proporties are optional...
I'd like to add that when I said subjective I didn't mean to reduce the concept to just feeling-based. I intended to make it also include logically de...
I'd say that in order to recognize anything, one needs to have at least some familiarity with the subject to be recognized. For instance in order to a...
This is nor the goal nor the interpretation of iq test results. Yes what you suggest is a stupid idea, but I know of none who actually knows enough ab...
It depends wether you plan to monetize what you learned by studieng or not. If it's just to satisfy your curiousity, sure just do philosophy. If you p...
Because it's the same unconscious mechanism that causes someone to lift ones foot before becoming aware of the pain when that someone steps into somet...
No you don't know, you may believe so, but you don't know. If a meteorite falls through your roof and kills you before you can take a sip you don't. Y...
Not even so drastic, just some sleep deprivation or malnourisment is enough to perform significantly lower on iq score tests. Indeed, hardly any one i...
It is hard to raise intelligence, however there are numerous quite easy ways to drasticly lower intelligence. Hence the base IQ range level isn't that...
If you have problem with this example because it involves a device like a car, then just think about the theoretical exam for the driving test, wich m...
I used a simular example to attempt to explain differences in ways to measure something (since I do play guitar and not the violin I opted for a first...
You seemed to do so when you stated: My example clearly demonstrates that the act and the proces can be undistinguisable, hence they are not by defini...
I don't think I was ever in that hole to begin with, since I already gave some examples of that, but you didn't seem to recognize them as such. So per...
You can state this, but you didn't demonstrate it to be truth, nor do I agree with this assumption. I did attempt to demonstrate the contrary with an ...
I pointed out the invalidity of the question, since it assumes that the activities must be conscious, wich wasn't stated in the definition I gave. As ...
teachers mistake: openness, better he had said " the number of sheep is defined as x" Pupils mistake: disagreeableness, not willing to participate int...
'social intelligence' is more correlated with personal trait agreeableness than with intelligence. Computers are not intelligent, they just execute th...
Just like how driver tests provide excellent meant of ascertaining how good people are at taking driver tests. That we can say for sure. However, you ...
The fact that you had enough practice so you can recognize most words by just reading the first and last letter of a word and a decent estimation of t...
Poisoning the well now Metaphysics? I answered several direct decent questions on this forum, in order to make that statement, you should have checked...
yea.. tell me about someone able to recognize wich letter is wich without engaging into the intentional activity of reading the letters. The fact that...
No, what I mean when I use the word 'measuring' is measuring, the fact that I might mean something else by it than when you use the word 'measuring' d...
The reference was to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale vs. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale especially when applied to less median groups. I see ...
I don't think humans can really avoid projecting, though it can be quite usefull to be aware of doing so and realize that meaning is in the eye of the...
Not really, its more about the neccesity of providing a definition on the words used when their meaning is not clear to the receptor. Of course a set ...
Well, if you refuse to talk to the biologist himself, you will have to do it with the explanation of the 3 year old, you shouldn't blame god for that....
Why assume it's god who failed and not the people? I failed explaining it so you can understand, you failed to understand, it doesn't nessesarily need...
not from where i stand. I can move my arm as an act, wich includes several chemical processes within my muscles. It's impossible for me to perform tha...
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