Actually, there is indeed something important to argue about: public policy. It is understandable that the sort of religious person you described woul...
I don't think that follows. We have a natural inclination to keep on living, so this could get in the way of suicide. In addition, those who are relig...
Logic is semantics, and entails meaningful relations between statements. Computers demonstrate that logic can be mechanized, so I don't understand wha...
I don't think that's the case for my claim, because I argue that reality there is a brute fact by logical necessity. Here's my reasoning: If (1) each ...
Armstrong appeals to scientifically established theory as justification for his hypothesis that there are actually laws of nature, and he does agree t...
If our society collapsed, I doubt the population would be any better at examining and judging the individual pieces than they are at choosing leaders ...
Maybe, but they don't call him "Teflon Don" for no reason. Some of Trump's supporters agree with the sentiment that Puerto Rico is garbage (they were ...
I agree with a much of what you say. The populace is to blame because they elect the leaders, and the populace is (by and large) ill-informed and easi...
I'll try to explain with an example. Consider two specific electrons in close proximity. They each have a -1 electric charge, which results in there e...
When Armstrong refers to "laws of nature", he's not pointing to scientific theories and equations in textbooks. He's referring to something ontologica...
Of course. But What's wrong with that? What makes you think that? I'm referring to David Armstrong's ontology- which accounts for everything that (una...
I am representing David Armstrong's metaphysics, which I believe is the most comprehensive physicalist metaphysics out there. "Are laws of nature natu...
Trump's efforts to steal the election, and his obstruction of justice (and other aggravating issues) in his classified documents case, were hardly fri...
How's this (as a start): Naturalism is a metaphysical system that assumes the totality of reality is natural. The "natural" is anything that exists* t...
Interesting points, which I'd like to respond to. Physicalism focuses on both what exists and how things happen (i.e. causation). Everything that exis...
This caught my attention. Please educate me on this - which Hollywood elites are pedophiles, and how do you know they are? This will be an opportunity...
Raffensberger certainly believed he was being pressured, and even hired a lawyer because he feared Trump would push a wrongful prosecution against him...
Be specific: what exactly did I say that was false? I have not repeated the "one phrase". In fact, I a knowledged the irrelevance of that one phrase. ...
As I've discussed before, the mere fact that he stated the number of votes he needed is not relevant. What IS relevant is that he was pressuring the s...
There are two fundamental issues: 1) should individual human beings be protected by government policy? 2) what constitutes an individual human being? ...
That the core principle of scientism (that the scientific method is the only way to render truth about the world and reality) cannot be established wi...
The author's argument against scientism doesn't claim to show science is irrational, but rather that it's core principle (that the scientific method i...
Interesting observation - it is falsifiable in one sense. But I don't think it's falsifiable in the scientific sense: "Falsifiability (or refutability...
It appears to me that you miss the point. Physicalism is a metaphysical theory, not a scientific theory. All coherent metaphysical theories are unfals...
My impression is that you're narrowly focusing on the immediate cause of an act, and ignoring the fuller context. A necessary condition is both a cont...
You agreed the disinformation was a necessary condition to the bad act. That logically implies that in the absence of the disinformation, the act woul...
False equivalence. Deep fakes are inherently falsehoods, whereas videogames are inherently fictional. I haven't suggested banning them - I just propos...
I've personally been discussing DISinformation: lies. Disinformation that is repeated becomes misinformation - a tougher problem to deal with. But kno...
You didn't answer these specific questions: Regarding Edgar shooting up the Pizzaria: you agreed the disinformation he received was a necessary condit...
So you agree it's a reasonable infringement on free speech, because it can cause damage. So far, I have made exactly one proposal: to require watermar...
Such deepfakes are unequivocally a lie, and it doesn't infringe on anyone's free speech. Identifying them for what they are benefits those of us who s...
Deepfake videos are becoming increasingly lifelike. 100% of them are unequivocal lies, so I suggest some level of governance over them is reasonable. ...
Free speech has never meant the freedom to say whatever you want wherever you want. Are laws against fraud and libel to be dispensed with because they...
The Axios article linked to a Pew survey that showed Republicans are more likely than Democrats to mistrust scientists. I've never seen anyone denying...
Of course, but there has been an unhealthy trend toward treating expert opinion as no more credible than the opinion of a blogger on the internet- esp...
It was bad that Edgar shot up the Pizzeria. A necessary condition for this occuring was his hearing the disinformation. So how can you say the disinfo...
You're wrong. Here's the entirety of the post: You're being evasive. I agreed that under a strict definition of cause as that which is necessary and s...
The last sentence in the quote was my question: "do you disagree?" You responded. "I do not". So you believe Edgar would have driven to the Pizza Parl...
I haven't suggested any actions (yet). I was just pointing out that more free speech doesn't address the problem...and also that the problem is very r...
Why didn't free speech prevent a man from shooting his way into a Pizza Parlor to rescue nonexistent child victims of sex trafficking from a nonexiste...
No, that wasn't at all clear. I asked you a specific yes/no question - that you answered. Now you're blaming me for your answering it wrong. I first n...
I had previously asked: You answered: Did you misunderstand the first question? If so, then explain why you deny that in the cases I cited, disinforma...
Great! So you agree that disinformation contributes to bad things occurring. It therefore follows that it would be good to minimize it. So are you ope...
Are you suggesting that Edgar Welch would have shot up Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria even if he had never read that Democrats were sex trafficking children...
I answered your question: "Why should we worry about misinformation?" Are you disagreeing with my answer? You seem to be jumping to a conclusion that ...
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