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It wouldn’t be easier to ignore, since they can provide reasons, evidence and arguments. The perception (or delusion if you prefer) of having evidence...
July 26, 2023 at 21:05
Pattern recognition. Thats a huge part of what the brain does and it’s so dedicated to finding patterns that it will even see patterns that aren’t the...
July 17, 2023 at 14:47
Doesnt that show that its the people, not Trump? It tracks for Trump to merely be a mouthpiece for the real enemy, the cynical exploiter. Maybe its th...
July 05, 2023 at 18:59
The camera is recording, not perceiving. When humans perceive something they are not just detecting it with their eyes, there is a whole perceptual ap...
July 02, 2023 at 15:09
It means that “knowing” is on a spectrum, with absolute certainty at one end and no certainty at all on the other. You are using “to know” as “to be c...
June 29, 2023 at 13:02
Only if the simulation is perfect and seamless. I dont think perfect is a real thing. A single flaw would be testable, repeatable and therefore detect...
June 29, 2023 at 12:58
I do not believe you. You wanted to provoke a response so you can go low hanging fruit picking. The idea that you posted that in jest is implausible t...
June 27, 2023 at 21:53
No, I used words for the mockery. The emoji’s express emotions such as laughter hence the name “emojis” for the little cartoons we use to express emot...
June 27, 2023 at 21:13
Pulled right outta your ass. I didnt say anything about him averting war in Iran. Nice try though. Im not the guy who cant admit Trump did good things...
June 27, 2023 at 19:56
:lol: :lol: :lol: Who fucking cares?! What an absurd thing to point out. :lol: :lol: I think your boy is done, as is any semblance of “the misundersto...
June 27, 2023 at 19:30
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…to your Scrabble arsenal. Arsenal as in the weapons you can bring to bear against your opponent. Armoury being where you keep your weapons safe. Jesu...
June 23, 2023 at 15:59
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:chin: ….option 2.
June 14, 2023 at 17:31
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What have you done with the real T Clark?
June 14, 2023 at 17:15
It REALLY feels like it this time. Not sarcasm.
June 13, 2023 at 21:34
Then what is the difference between the bible and any other book of old stories? If anyone can interpret any meaning (even opposite to what the words ...
June 06, 2023 at 18:24
“Too on fire”? As opposed to a completely useless comment that contributes absolute zero? I think I prefer “too on fire”. Lets hear it.
May 30, 2023 at 14:04
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Worse, self righteous. If you were mean spirited to their face, its really nothing more to be mean spirited here when they get banned. Its like not sp...
May 11, 2023 at 18:05
It seems like the micro managing would require more focus. The initial conditions could be set to whatever the desired result is, so why bother micro ...
April 28, 2023 at 03:01
What final nail in his coffin are we at now?
April 28, 2023 at 01:00
Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I think the claims 1-3 are a fair assessment of what Ive offered in the OP. Claim 4 was actually an example for so...
April 05, 2023 at 00:24
Which countries would that be? Also, there are different kinds of mental unhealth and not all of them result in mass shootings. The prevailing mental ...
March 28, 2023 at 18:05
Objective value is an oxymoron. All value is subjective, in order for something to have value it has to be valuable to someone (or a value someone pos...
March 23, 2023 at 20:32
How about something like: “Religions are myths and I ignore them unless someone tries to use them to justify telling me what to do” Easier to write AN...
March 16, 2023 at 03:41
No, it shows that sometimes “ folk do not make decisions on the basis of rationally maximising their self-interest.” Some other factor CAN intervene. ...
February 08, 2023 at 21:54
Fair enough, thanks for sharing.
February 07, 2023 at 17:54
its not just about justification, its about making sense. Your position makes no sense, it is contradictory. Also, you are conflating terms again. Eth...
February 07, 2023 at 17:39
Sounds like we agree.
February 07, 2023 at 16:13
Health risks and government intervention aside? Sure, why waste all that food when people are starving?
February 07, 2023 at 16:09
Well two things, first it depends on the context under which you are asking that question. There has been talk of government mandates etc, but the poi...
February 07, 2023 at 14:34
I disagree. Anything can be justified with “emotional judgements”, therefore it is a poor metric for justification. Emotional judgements may have thei...
February 07, 2023 at 00:57
Ok, but if you aren’t sure what a person is how can you know a corpse is still a person? Aren’t you basing a conclusion (a corpse is a person) on some...
February 06, 2023 at 22:41
Ok.
February 06, 2023 at 21:22
Maybe. How do you define “person”?
February 06, 2023 at 21:21
That doesnt mean that they are. That is a sentimental illusion people might use for comfort, but does not form an actual basis to claim anything. In w...
February 06, 2023 at 20:23
Human and person are not interchangeable, are you wanting to say the braindead are human or persons? I would say they obviously human, but not a perso...
February 06, 2023 at 20:18
I think its pretty obviously due to squeamishness, not logic. Its really the same thing, ghoulish perhaps but not immoral. Its a carcass, an empty she...
February 06, 2023 at 19:09
Even if they are brain dead? Still a person?
February 06, 2023 at 18:36
The biggest philosophical puzzle I’ve encountered is the people who are trying to solve them. :wink:
February 02, 2023 at 14:14
That seems fair to me.
February 01, 2023 at 23:15
Thats why I referred to it as your pet false equivalence. It was clear the issue sticks in your craw. I realize you dont think its false of course but...
February 01, 2023 at 23:13
The motivation is self defense. When theism wants to teach creationism in schools or prevent gay people from getting married then we must argue. If th...
February 01, 2023 at 22:48
Atheism has no ideology. Thats why you always have to mention communism and marxism etc along with the atheism. Atheism alone has no edicts, no rules,...
February 01, 2023 at 21:51
The point you are missing is that an atheist government doesnt do anything based on its atheism. What they do, they do for other reasons. You really n...
February 01, 2023 at 20:38
My conclusion was based on your responses. Maybe my conclusion is incorrect. You DID rephrase what I said and tried to put words in my mouth. When I a...
February 01, 2023 at 20:27
It most certainly is relevant. Its what I’m talking about, and what you are commenting about. I just explained in my previous post exactly why its rel...
February 01, 2023 at 04:17
Your case to make.
February 01, 2023 at 03:53
Yes, agreed. To be honest I think theism takes some unfair blame for what is just tribalism.
February 01, 2023 at 03:50
No. Im saying theists as a group do more bad things based on their theism than atheists do bad things based on their atheism, and that theism can be t...
February 01, 2023 at 03:26
Where did you look and how hard? :roll: As in the example in bigotry towards gays above, you can reference any instance where someone who is otherwise...
February 01, 2023 at 02:12
I don’t see it. Atheists and theists are people, people can be good or bad. The same is true for vegans and non-vegans, farmers and not farmers, etc. ...
February 01, 2023 at 01:57