When you said:" the probability of a universe like ours (E) given the existence of an intelligent designer (H) is very high: Pr (E/H) > .9" I presume ...
H=an intelligent designer x=anything and everything Example: where x= the winning set of 6 numbers that were drawn in a powerball lottery Pr(x/H)>Pr(x...
My claim is that the contingency in the world is due to quantum indeterminacy. Everything else that occurs is fully deterministic, and thus necessitat...
Consider: Pr(x/H)>Pr(x), for all x. That tautology is not grounds for thinking all x are designed. I think it's less probable that a designer just hap...
Yes, I'm discussing ontology- specifically the ontology of contingency. What accounts for contingency in the world? Classical physics is deterministic...
Interesting point of view. Personally, I see no signs of intentionality or teleology. My impression is that those who believe they see it, are basing ...
Your conclusion contradicts the law of non-contradiction. That makes it a fallacy, even though it has a valid form. The problem is your first premise:...
They don't understand economic policies and their effects. They blame Biden for the inflation of the past few years (not the global supply chain probl...
I'm not aware that I omitted any relevant facts that I haven't dealt with in prior discussions with you. On the other hand, you're repeating claims I'...
You accused Jack Smith of being corrupt- politically motivated. I asked for evidence, and you deflect. I've pointed to evidence of Trump's crimes, and...
I'm also inclined to ban people born male from participating in female sports, as a general rule, because they had the benefit of testosterone after t...
Serial killer John Wayne Gacy did not transition for "non-criminal" to "criminal" when he was convicted. He became a criminal when he committed his fi...
You jump to the conclusion that I am simply parroting the prosecution. Understandable, since you simply regurgitate the unsupportable "witchhunt" clai...
Thanks; I knew he was planning to dismiss the fraud case, but overlooked this one. Apparently, Canon's ruling will not establish a binding precedent -...
Wray has said he would not let FBI agents target individuals (since that's unconstitutional), as Trump has promised to do (see this). Plus, Wray let h...
I wonder who Trump will install as FBI director, after he fires Christopher Wray. Maybe Sidney Powell, who showed her investigative prowess by unconve...
Great set of suggestions. I'll add a concern, one that I don't know how to fix. Everyone likes it when some government policy helps them. Many (includ...
Members of the Trump cult live in an alternate reality. The only statement that has one toe in reality is the claim that Smith (and all previous speci...
The issues with major news organizations are not fatal. They are selective in what they report, but that's dealt with by using multiple sources. They ...
Hell yes! The media is giving their customers what they want. How did we get here? The pivotal point in history was when the FCC, under Reagan, revoke...
Absolutely. A belief is rational if it is arrived at through sound reasoning; it needn't be true. Maybe. Being "unsure" has varying degrees of doubt. ...
Trump didn't cause the problem; he exploited it and exacerbated it. IMO, the solution is education. This includes formal education- teaching critical ...
The subjective/objective difference is simply that an objective means is demonstrable - it can be shown to be true to others. If someone believes they...
I disagree with you, but I acknowledge that no logical argument can prove you wrong. It also seems to me that our difference on this point is vanishin...
No, it's not the same organism, because it isn't identical. You aren't strictly identical to the NOS4A2 of yesterday: some cells have died, some repla...
We make models intended to represent reality (ontology) based on our perceptions and the empirical data we develop. Yes, it's naive to think we necess...
In your opening post, you used terms ambiguously. Is ontology what is actual, or is it a human-created model, that may or may not correspond to the ac...
You're claiming that this temporal-causal relationship between the stages identify an individual identity. That's a consistent definition, but not obj...
There are any number of differences between them. The differences/similarities are what is relevant to the debate. You can decide they are sufficientl...
I agree with most of what you said, except (what I perceive to be) the undercurrent of hopefulness. Politicians have tended to elected by their electi...
Interesting chart, particular since it's from 2015. I looked to see what's gone on since then (here): GHG emissions by China and India have increased,...
Media is a business, like any other, giving customers what they want. Anyone searching for information, can find a source that presents it in the most...
In his first term, Trump circumvented the law by issuing executive orders. This included leveraging Title 42 (restricting entry into the US during an ...
So it sounds like I have a decent understanding of your position. So now I can comment. I believe these philosophies and religion can definitely be va...
Here's what I asked: You seem to be tacitly agreeing, since you proposed no alternatives and instead said: I think you're saying that limiting our per...
So then, do you agree that there are no alternatives to science for discovering objective truths about the world? What I infer is that you are defendi...
Trump won because he got more votes. That sounds simplistic, but my point is that people did not vote for the principles Trump represents. They didn't...
My statement was not based on a premise of materialism. I was making a semantic claim about the meaning of "the world" in metaphysics: it is the total...
Do you not consider 2+2=4 a categorical belief? Is it a fallible beliefs? Are you "aware that it might be wrong?" Regarding beliefs that are clearly n...
Of course it is, but the definition of "belief" and the practices used in the discipline of epistemology doesn't depend on any particular theory of th...
The philosophical analysis I was referring to was epistemology, so not directly related to "the real world or manufactured bubbles" - which is metaphy...
The most serious threat to his freedom will be the trial over his election fraud. I've been following that one closely: DONALD J. TRUMP, did knowingly...
Newsweek just posted this analysis of an exit poll NBC is doing: Voters in this election were overwhelmingly concerned about the condition of democrac...
I saw this cartoon this morning: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNagPQRlElx0fCDthZpeAxVfIoAFHlDBWCnJEg-AVS0FXtCMpiFy4wInZjCOxqnugcKCfLgodNG...
The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology defines belief this way: "Belief has often been represented as a state available to introspection with a certain r...
Fuzzy logic involves reasoning with imprecise/vague statements. Alternatively, one can cast beliefs in terms of probabilities, and utilize Bayes' Theo...
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