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I’d like to show that space must be discrete, but my maths is not so great. Maybe one of our resident mathematicians can comment? I’m considering the ...

OK but is stands out like a sore thumb compared to all the other natural events (that happen multiple times) - sufficient to be very suspicious about ...

Any size of a set must be a natural number. So the definition of Aleph-naught as 'not a natural number' is plainly contradictory.

Tim you are a f**king idiot.

I have a question: "computable functions are exactly the functions that can be calculated using a mechanical calculation device given unlimited amount...

The definition of Aleph-naught is contradictory: 1. Aleph-naught is the size of the set of naturals 2. Sets contain a positive number of whole items o...

"Transfinite numbers are numbers that are "infinite" in the sense that they are larger than all finite numbers, yet not necessarily absolutely infinit...

You will have to explain that. I believe there is constructivism - a minority view in maths - which rejects actual infinity. I believe the vast majori...

A thought experiment: 1. Imagine a backwards travelling, counting, eternal, time traveller 2. Assume that past time is infinite (I do not think it is,...

- Natural is something that has a greater than 0% probability of occurring naturally. - Unnatural is something that has a 0% probability of occurring ...

Thanks for the conversation too. One parting point: Imagine an eternal god who has always been counting - what number would he be on? Forever has no s...

I do not see more than one brute fact as a problem; all that is required is a brute fact to act as the first cause for causality/time. It maybe that G...

I would argue that you are a human and therefore not unique in the sense you are a class of human (your DNA maybe unique but you are still an instance...

Yes, sorry, I should have been more specific. The zero energy universe hypothesis (which I don't necessarily buy) has some sort of 'seed' causing a ch...

Natural events come in pluralities. The BB is a singleton. Therefore you cannot claim it to be natural. There are many argument that time has a start....

Things came into existence/time at the point time started - either by creation ex nilhilo (see zero energy universe hypothesis) or because these thing...

You are assuming everything is natural with no justification whatsoever. Please read this post: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/3043...

Nature cannot be created in nature - that is just contradictory.

Thats not what I said. And clearly you are unwilling/unable to engage with my arguments so this is indeed a pointless conversation.

The precise size of the universe at the point of the BB is a matter of debate amongst cosmologists. Anything from a point to infinite has been touted....

A perfect virtual machine is indistinguishable from a real machine. Every operation that is executable within the real machine is emulated perfectly. ...

I have given you arguments based both on the 'fundamental stuff' and its composition. If the fundamental stuff exists then its composition exists as w...

The 'fundamental stuff' must of had a start in time. Else how did it come about? A quanta of energy remains a quanta of energy even if its form can ch...

IMO matter/energy has to have a start too. If something never comes into existence, it does not exist. Think of a matter particle for example; it has ...

Something that exists outside of time can exist in a tenseless state - it just 'IS'. It can have nothing temporally or logically before it. It has no ...

I gave you evidence for the BB being unnatural. Your response is to claim it is natural without offering any evidence. That is hardly convincing. All ...

There must be an explanation for everything that is not a brute fact. Brute facts can only exist outside of time. So I assume the quantum system you r...

Things have changed drastically over the years; once you were condemned a heretic for being atheist; nowadays it seems it is heretical to be anything ...

What if mathematical models point to the universe being a creation? That's the way the BB looks at the moment. If this stays the case, we just give up...

I think it could be that we and Data are both machines of similar complexity, so we would both share the same level of consciousness. Considering a si...

I'll call everything including God the universe. And then spacetime is part of that. And I'll assume that God exists. A ToE could presumably explain t...

There must be at least one timeless thing without at explanation and it must be capable of acting as a causal agent - the pyramid of causality within ...

Timeless things should be able to exist without an explanation (as a brute fact). I believe the first cause is of this nature. Asking for an explanati...

So I wonder do you mean intelligent design in the sense of could determinism allow a designer to set the initial starting conditions of the universe a...

That was because Theologian made a separate point about my views on the universe.

Yes sorry, my original point was that infinite (unlimited ability to act) is self-contradictory in a finite universe.

By experience. Everything in reality is fundamentally logical. 2000 years of science has taught us that logical answers are out there. We may not have...

See the post one up. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/303825

There is a separate thread: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/5791/musings-on-infinity/p1 In summary I would say: - Reality is constrained to ...

I think that the term universe is the source of your confusion: - If we define the universe as everything then God must be within it by definition - E...

A finite being outside of time has no need to explain its own existence, it is beyond causality, it just 'IS'. A finite being outside of time is a bru...

'Proof' is the wrong word - sorry. Strong atheists hold a positive belief in the non-existence of any deities. What I'm suggesting is they need a just...

Yes I agree. Absence of evidence of evidence (for God) is not evidence of absence (of God).

I mean that the measure number does not preexists the measurement, the proper length quantity preexists the measurement. The relativistic length is a ...

To me these are all pain/pleasure related considerations. For example: 1. 'choose among perhaps 5 favourite dishes, all very pleasant' - equal pleasur...

Weak/negative atheism is lack of belief in any particular deity. I think it falls under the wider category of of agnosticism. To justify weak atheism,...

Disproving the existence of something means ruling out the possibility of its existence. I know what you mean, but still it is strictly speaking a con...

If strict determinism was proved, predestination follows as a consequence. But predestination seems to be possible without determinism - we would simp...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

I agree: 1. Eternal things must be actual 2. infinite things must be potential (not sure I agree with Aristotle here, but for the sake of argument...)...