We adopted the base 10 positional system some time back and we used to leave a space where zero would appear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0#History ...
1. PREMISE: Something has no temporal starting point (time=0) in time 2. DEDUCTION: Then time=1 is not defined If an object does not exist at time=0, ...
If a moment does not exist, the moment after it is undefined, so is the moment after that, etc... If all moments are missing then the object does not ...
Thats just plain not true: - Something has no temporal starting point (time=0) in time - then time=1 is not defined - then time=2 is not defined - etc...
I agree with that. A group is made of indivuduals and in a well functioning group whats good for the individual is good for the group and vice versa. ...
It's down to willpower I think: The general rule is that you have to make a short-term sacrifices for a long-term gain in order to do a good/right act...
I think you will find that such sacrifices are made to give you some form of emotional pleasure. For example, a mother may sacrifice much for her chil...
We can interpret phenomenon in terms of the short-term/long-term pain/pleasure they give use. So the theory is falsifiable, all we'd need is an exampl...
I think its a self-evident truth that the only human motivations are: - The pursuit of physical/emotional pleasure - The avoidance of physical/emotion...
It's just about maximising pleasure for the individual and group whilst minimising pain. It mathematical. We are just computers after all that seek to...
When I think of dividing a field, I start to think of shapes in my mind. Where did the shape ideas come from if not from my senses? We find approximat...
The idea of the right angle is not created directly by the mind; the mind first solves the problem of how to divide the fields, then observes that the...
Immoral behaviour is about being short-sided and prioritising short-term pleasure over long-term pleasure (which makes no sense as long>short). So its...
It's natural for us to get an education, and once we are educated properly we become moral beings as it is in our self interest to do so. It's the une...
You can answer the question without induction: - Temporal. Would an object exist if its temporal starting point was removed? That would be like a huma...
We would naturally divide things up into squares of rectangles as those shapes fit together flushly without any wasted space. So we would probably arr...
Well the problem is that we see angles in nature, some larger than 90 degrees some smaller. Arriving at the right angle is just a matter of interpolat...
The internet provides far more good content than evil content. I agree we should try to get rid of the nukes. I was making the point that nukes were a...
Long term > Short term, so focusing on the short term instead of the long term is sub-optimal. You get less net pleasure that way. I define that as wr...
But where did the idea of shapes come from if it was not the study of form in nature? This thread is long and no-one has yet come up with a single und...
I did not choose where to live. The internet enhances my life. I would use it no matter where I lived. The world's information at my finger tips. It's...
I merely mentioned that the book Brave New World contained that solution. But there is a genuine problem beneath the consideration. As you get older l...
Its mathematical. Short < Long, hence the phase 'he acted short-sightedly'. Focus on short term pleasure (instead of long term pleasure) is evil for s...
Sorry I mean ideas are inspired by our senses. Maybe the wheel is a good example. Presumably the idea came about from seeing how circular things roll ...
We can be certain of our own abstract thoughts but thoughts based on the environment around us inherently rely on our senses so we can never be comple...
And they'd be mathematically wrong to do so. Long term > Short term so it's always mathematically wrong to do evil (evil=act in a short term manner). ...
But I think we pick up ideas from our senses. The first ideas would have been about things around us. The idea that a certain berry tastes good would ...
Nature is just a starting point from which we start the main thrust of intelligence guided evolution of the planet. In the long term, wasps could be c...
Tis simple: Long term > short term so Good is what's right in the long term Evil is what's right in the short term Hence Good > Evil I can't repeat th...
I agree, longevity is nothing without quality of life. Humans should maybe be engineered as in Brave New World. 60 healthy years was the cut off in th...
I've been trying to think of an example of a genuine new idea and have failed so far. Simultaneity of events being dependent on the observer fell out ...
No I think we should all become vegan. Bio technology probably needs to improve first before this becomes feasible or palatable. It's a long term goal...
I think the most important metrics for human progress are quality and length of human life, both of which have been improved greatly by technological ...
You could argue that we need at least the illusion of free will for happiness. We'd feel like slaves if we had behavioural inhibitors fitted. Free wil...
I wonder how we first perceived of the spirit world, the world after death. We would have no first hand knowledge of that, but I guess we just took as...
It's a long term project, but I believe with the help of technology, we can build an optimal world for both humans and animals. Optimal, not perfect (...
I think we are very immature as a race. Historically though things are heading in the right direction. We have not had another world war. Human rights...
Agree. Define the mind as the conscious thread of activity plus memory only. Then when in a conversation with another, you can extend "I think therefo...
I don't understand it either but intuitively it feels like a network of concepts. We draw links between existing concepts to create 'new ideas'. Like ...
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