Relativist

C.S. Lewis trilemma depends on the assumption that the Gospels (particularly John) accurately convey things Jesus actually said about himself. If you ...

I don't think that's the best question to ask. It seems to me the real issue is the relative strength of epistemic justification. This filters out the...

The article you linked said: "U.S. intelligence only had “low to moderate” confidence in the story after all. Translated from the jargon of spyworld, ...

It's all good. TBH, I was surprised at NOS4A2's response. I stupidly assumed everyone would agree that girl deserved to go to prison.

Wrong. In court, Carter's defense consisted of claims that she was exercising her free speech. The Massachusets Supreme Court ruled her speech was not...

Michelle Carter exercised her free speech by encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself. She didn't kill him, so why should SHE have been punished when...

The "easy problem" is easy because it entails describing certain mental activity as mechanisic/algorithmic processes. It's true we can't map that into...

Makes a lot of sense.

I think it's just a matter of accepting that some truths are time-indexed, like: John attended Reagan Elementary school from September 1960 through Ma...

You have a lot of valid concerns, but what is your wish list of things for a President (your ideal of a President) to do?

Robert Mueller chose not to make a prosecutorial decision regarding Trump's Obstruction of Justice. This was based on two things: 1) the DOJ Office of...

That's absurd. ~Trump carry's with it a set of related wants: judges with a broader view of civil rights, better cooperation with international partne...

If there is a multiverse, with a universe for each possible set of values, then it is a certainty that there will be at least one that is life-permitt...

It's odd because most people choose the candidate that they believe will result in policies they prefer, not just because they like the person's style...

So....no substantive predictions. Nothing that will have a broad impact on Americans. That seems odd.

Multiple court challenges are inevitable, but I'm skeptical there will be any acceptance. He will go to his grave asserting he's been robbed. I wish t...

That's a prediction about style. What bad thing will Biden actually get away with? You will judge it "not the best" no matter what happens. Make speci...

Hey Nos - Make some predictions for the next 4 years. Share your worst nightmares.

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That's true, and it's why we should embrace their taking it to the courts, where actual evidence is needed.

A military officer needn't obey an unlawful order. I think this may provide enough wiggle room to refuse to nuke another country. Plus, Trump is isola...

He's going to pardon himself, his family, and all his henchmen. The biggest danger is that some armed right-wing groups will start some trouble, and T...

Failed at what? Was the universe required to produce life? If we assume those fundamental constants could have differed, then this universe (which hap...

Contrary to your assertion, I don't think anyone believes solipsism is true. It's a hypothetical viewpoint, and it teaches us something. Why is no one...

Is that really true? Is anyone really trying to NOS4A2 to vote for Biden? I'm not. I just try to understand why he (and others) supports Trump, and to...

My impression is that many people use the term "fascist" inappropriately. What they're trying to convey is someone is conveying a point of view that i...

I agree with much of the sentiment in your post, but have a problem with this part. When Trump gets criticized for some nastiness, his supporters cry ...

False dichotomy. We don't really know exactly what the disciples believed. There is a poem that asserts Jesus "appeared" to various people, but the mo...

It certainly had everything to do with his dad being VP. I would prefer that people not capitalize on their parent's position (are you reading this Iv...

These are reasonable concerns, but "shining a light" on them will not get a majority to agree these are problems, much less agree on how to solve them...

Please elaborate. Give me a few of the "real issues." IMO, Trump has shined a light on some of the big issues in our society: he's exposed racism, xen...

I'm surprised I forgot it too. I'll edit the post.

What is achieved by shaking shit up?

Choosing who to vote for, or choosing not to vote, is about predicting two futures and deciding which is better. You seem to believe either future is ...

That is clearly not true: it fails the zombie test. A zombie could respond to pain as we do: noting damage, seeking remediation, future avoidance, sho...

I'm explaining my point of view, not criticizing yours. But I am sad that there are so many people who don't care that the president tells such blatan...

Trump retweets an implausible conspiracy theory about a staged killing of bin Laden, defends doing so because he doesn't know if it's true or not, and...

What's unique is that this clown-like behavior is the core of his appeal to his supporters.

I disagree. Trump is an incredible politician, in that he really knows how to connect with certain people and motivate them. Suppose he motivates a 90...

Trump has certainly not been establishment. Was that a good thing? I wonder if the 2016 Bernie supporters who voted for Trump are truly happily with w...

That's not an answer. Explain the physical-immaterial interface, both input and output. Is there a single point of access into the brain? Can the mind...

How does an immaterial mind extract the data in a physical medium? The mind also stores data into the brain: we can remember past thoughts, so it can'...

No, I mean things like normalizing degradation of those with whom we disagree, and stoking hatred and division.

You need to account for the mind-brain relationship. For example, you say the mind is immaterial, but is it spatially located? If so, where is it? My ...

I'm glad it's not going to be much of a burden, si make the case. Assertions don't do it. Show that the mind is a non-physical thing. I will then have...

You're judging both Trump and Biden "scum" because they won't do the things you want done. That's a weird standard. You must think the world is filled...

Let's talk about the kinds of things that experience pain. Start with its function: it alerts us to damage, induces us to seek remediation, and to avo...

Sure, but you have the burden of showing that minds are things, not just a reified abstraction, and that these things have non-physical parts. The phy...

Scum like Biden?! I can get people disagreeing with him about policies (what he will and won't do), their being disappointed that he's the candidate i...

I'm not saying that, I'm just saying that's the latest possible date we'd know. It's a deadline SCOTUS would need to work backwards from, if a lawsuit...