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Yes. See also Reductio Absurdum as a (dis)proof.

Negation can be a positive statement, not just a blank. If I say X is an integer and X is not even I am not saying nothing about X, I am saying it mus...

In physical time it is the relationship between physical objects in space.

Yes. There is a difference between our subjective experience of time and time as it is objectively. Time is the geometry of events (this is what Relat...

Maybe, but I don't believe that entropy determines time. Just because the arrow of entropy and the arrow of time point in the same direction, does not...

If the greatest common divisor of a and b is 1 and ab is a square, both a and b are squares. With the same restrictions, if ab^2 = c^2, a is a square.

The 'set' of all sets...is a contradiction since it is not a set. But it can be an infinite collection of sets. The paradox is superficial and only ex...

Up to a point. Science can only show basic primitive relations. It cannot address higher or more sophisticated questions like meaning and consciousnes...

That is not what I'm saying. I'm only drawing a parallel between two historical political dynamics. No need to take it any further than that. If it co...

see my post above.

It doesn't matter. The point I'm making is that America has been run by the deep state for decades and they have done untold harm to the country. Trum...

Yes but he is a maverick. He is not even a real politician.

Yes, it doesn't matter. The people whose names you know are not the ones who run America. Politicians are only window dressing, pawns.

I'm not saying it is false. I'm saying America has been beaten down for decades and sold out. Trump is preventing these people from doing further dama...

No. Nor do most people. 'Liberal' means nothing. Left and Right are meaningless. These are small words about small things. America, like many modern c...

I mean the people, whoever they are, who sold America out and dragged it into wars for far too long.

These people are small fry. See my post above this one.

The main point is that he got them out of the White House. I would forget about the small stuff, like money, accusations of racism etc. This is too bi...

Ok. My thinking is that the letter will make many religious people vote for Trump if it is widely distributed. In my opinion Trump is hated because he...

I can't believe it. I asked for comments on the letter and all I get is this pointless argument about nothing. Can people please stay with the subject...

Yes, science does not explain why reality is what it is. Science is a description of reality: A causes B, if x then y, etc. Like looking at a landscap...

Whatever it is called you still can't say that it is established science that brain = mind. Firstly, 'rational' is much more than primitive scientific...

What I am saying is that the theory that brain = mind is a default position, a theory, not a proven fact. You ask for evidence but the problem here is...

I can put the same question to you; what evidence is there that the brain is conscious? All scientists are doing is looking at a physical analogue. Su...

Of course but that is because the interface/brain has been damaged. If a camera is damaged you can not see through it but that does not mean the camer...

Yes, the mind can only engage in the physical world on the same level as brain development. If a person had the brain of an earthworm it would not be ...

Care needs to be taken here because perception and reflection on perception are very different things. If I perceive a piece of music and then reflect...

True, but to the materialist it is all essentially physical. If I say 'I am experiencing red' what do I mean by "I"? It seems to me that a good defini...

It comes to much the same thing. The body is a context in which experience is framed. But Dennett needs to be more detailed in his analysis. There are...

Suppose you go to the doctor and tell him you have a pain in your foot. He might decide to enlighten you and tell you that the pain is not "really" in...

Dennett is right about some of the things he says*. You give the example of fire as an experience and fire as an actual thing in itself. But Dennett i...

Consciousness is so hopelessly defined it is hard to know what a person means by it. Dennett is probably talking about consciousness by way of the fiv...

Science by itself won't provide wisdom. Something else is needed. So it needs to be found somehow...

Such as Odd Perfect Numbers https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/eulers-odd-perfect-numbers-theorem-82a393baa883

The only hope is that wisdom will keep pace with scientific knowledge. Wisdom before knowledge and wisdom before power, otherwise there is great dange...

Whatever the case may be, if there are two mathematically different universes then detection is when a trace effect is left on the interface between t...

I agree entirely. But compare it to ordinary statistics. You might argue that, statistically, 11 left-handed bachelors will enter a shop over a period...

I think it was Niels Bohr that said it is meaningless to say where a particle is before it is detected. But 'where' is referring to a position in phys...

Allow me to ask you a question. For the sake of argument let's define time as 'a mathematical description of events in space'. Relativity is such a de...

I just finished reading Carlo Rovelli's book The Order of Time which is an attempt to argue that time is a function of entropy. His arguments are very...

Just because both arrows point in the same direction does not mean they are the same. Time in the physical world has to do with mass and the speed of ...

Once you have an infinite number of tiles you can create a non periodic pattern. Working with only 1 and 2 you can have- 121121112111121111121111112.....

To abstract means to 'take from' abstract \subset concrete. In this example concrete = mind. I don't see how there can be abstraction without mind. Ev...

Shouldn't it be "The barber shaves Everyone who does not shave himself"? At any rate, this is a superficial 'paradox' because the statement is not, an...

Russell said something similar. But as well as thought there is the knowledge that there is thinking. There is focal point that knows there is thought...

There are many consistent, logical tautologies that make sense but are not truth. Truth and nifty models of the world are not always the same thing. P...

In that case there is, in your opinion, no objective value in anything. That is what I disagree with. I don't think ego is always bad. And I do agree ...

But this ignores my contention that it can easily be verified that there are things that are beautiful and of value and our admiration of them is simp...

I read a bit about Ayn Rand. I think her philosophy is nothing more than simple psychoanalysis: made up stuff that is easily refuted. The dynamic betw...

Beauty is part of the good. Surely it does not need egoism to exist? Surely things have value in themselves. How could they need someone's ego to conf...