Pattern-chaser

I also saw a thread I started (about the disappearance of my ignore-list) deleted. I can sort of understand it, because it was turning into a pointles...

My first reaction is to wonder if we need a new and detailed term: "neurophilosophy"? Neuroscience is throwing up many interesting avenues of thought,...

To think. :up: :smile:

I've tried as hard as I can to conduct myself in this conversation as I am expected to. But it's gone far enough now. I would be most grateful if the ...

Please don't be so certain of something you clearly have no idea about. If you have one leg, you can't run, no matter how much you practice. :up:

:worry: I'm not wired as you are. Something that seems easy for you to do ... can be much less easy for me. A little understanding would be nice? :con...

Are you trying to contrast (coercive) human laws, made to govern humans, with (descriptive) 'laws of nature'? The former are for us to manage exceptio...

A lack of will-power ... and being autistic. I find it difficult to ignore stuff that ... annoys me. :blush: Others may have their own reasons why the...

This was the link: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/5738/ignore-list-browser-extension - but the Firefox extension isn't there any more to be...

There are no laws of nature, in the sense that these laws must be obeyed. The universe acts according to its nature, and this is unavoidable. But ther...

It seems you're already confused, without the need for belief. Is "good" good for you, for your family and friends, for your fellow countrymen, for al...

OK, I'm done. "Self-corrective" may not fit into this particular use of the word. But I can't be bothered with having to explain everything that you f...

:up: Thank you. :smile:

Hmm. :chin: I think you just summarised the OP, or maybe its solution, delightfully. Well said. :smile:

But I am autistic! :up: :smile:

Too literal. :wink: Here's a quote: The Wikipedia entry also refers to the use of facts, which may not be available in the examples I'm considering. B...

Perhaps this is simply a lack of imagination? :chin: Consider - only as an example (there are many others) - whether I might be a brain in a vat. :chi...

Exactly! There are significant issues where there is no certainty to be found. But the issues exist nonetheless. So, do we simply abandon all thought ...

I am Spartacus! :rofl: :up:

This is an unexpected gem. :smile: But it still promotes a misapprehension, I think. For issues where empirical evidence is available, scientific anal...

Energy = Voltage x Current x time :chin:

Solid.

Earth, water, air and fire = solid, liquid, gas and energy. Not so far from modern science? :wink: You may be on to something here. :smile:

Metaphors that contradict the literal meanings used are very confusing. A battery is charged with energy (Joules). The power stored is measured in Wat...

Perhaps so. :chin:

This thread is about threads being derailed. It is also a good example of how this derailing can and does occur, if there is no will among us to do ot...

Well yes, but... ...this is the important bit. This thread is not complaining about people expressing and arguing for their views. It's about those wh...

Yes, I think this is a problem, distinct from the trolling that this thread centres on. Demands for proof, and for precise definitions (often of vague...

And isn't that the problem this thread complains about? It may be aimed at religious threads, but it surely applies to all of them? We can approach it...

If I have understood correctly, this topic is an appeal for the atheists to stop trolling religious threads. I.e. not preventing atheists from posting...

Empirical investigation says otherwise. Your assertion is false. Most Wikipedia pages are well-written, reliable and accurate, so those who wrote them...

Yes. I just did that. I looked at the page describing audio power amplifiers. There are always ways in which any article could be improved, but the ar...

Peer-review on Wikipedia So, will you continue to create your truth by repetition only, as modern 'truth'-tellers do, or will you accept actual facts,...

Indeed. :up: Well done for getting this far! :smile: Humans are consistently evil toward every other living thing in the world, and also to the world ...

Dear @"Gnostic Christian Bishop", there is a Great Evil destroying our homes, our livelihoods and ourselves. This Great Evil is humans. Please fight t...

Prove it! No, I know you can't. That's why yours is a faith position, just like mine. But, unlike me, you assert your personal faith position to be fa...

Mathematics is immaterial, but I would have said it's also a thing? :chin:

Yes, I consider my name equivalent to Adam (Christian mythology), "everyman", or even just "human", as the chasing of patterns is so intrinsic to huma...

What question, pray tell? :chin

No, not really. You aren't our resident guru, you're a philosopher with whom we are all trying to exchange meaning. If you deliberately make it diffic...

I was trying to refer, gently, to your audience. My attempt at diplomacy (not a talent I actually have). More directly: speak clearly or get ignored. ...

That about sums it up, I'm afraid. Our problem is not that we resent the work one has to do to support oneself, but the amount of work, and the way we...

I too am an engineer. We are very much part of the "unwashed masses". We work for a living, and we make stuff. We are distinct only from those who mak...

Making straw men is a nice hobby, but.... :meh: To recognise and admit bias is different from justifying it.

I have found that, if I am unclear, my audience is unwilling to spend the time trying to work out what I intended. They ignore me and move on. Clarity...

You answered this, just a few words previously: A running program is quite distinct from the hardware on which it runs. Although brain/mind-computer a...

Then why not just say so? You post riddles, and expect us to telepathically discover your point. Clarity and simplicity, y'know? :wink:

Excellent! Rather than trying to describe God, you wonder whether humans are capable of describing Her ... as a good philosopher should! :up: :smile: ...

Many programmers come upon the realisation that 'everything is a network', which is more or less the case. But because everything is a network, it mea...

:rofl: Very unenlightened!!! :rofl: