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In a universe with eternal time before now there would be no such thing as a moment an infinite amount of time before now because it's not possible to...
March 21, 2019 at 15:03
when you break it down though we're getting this as the logical argument: 1) infinite time with no starting point 2) cannot get to now without a start...
March 21, 2019 at 14:13
More generally is it incorrect to point out that some unknown property may exist between "a" and "a" that makes them different? Would claiming no prop...
March 21, 2019 at 03:48
"time start+?" in your point number 4 contradicts point number 1. You're identifying a start point when you've already said none existed. The proof it...
March 21, 2019 at 03:30
I've given thoughts about this myself If we assume an eternal universe we are assuming that there exists an unlimited amount of time before now. I don...
March 21, 2019 at 03:10
In the P("I own a car") > P("I own a red car") sense yeah. More detail can increase the likelihood too like: P("I own a red car given that I own somet...
March 20, 2019 at 17:24
I would have thought the more witnesses with consistent answers adds credibility. Assuming honesty and the existence of the witnesses in order for the...
March 20, 2019 at 14:42
Yeah I've considered that when determining "P(Person 1 won the lottery | Person 1 is being truthful) < P(Person 2 won the lottery | Person 2 is being ...
March 20, 2019 at 12:07
It should be true given certain basic assumptions about symbols and logic. Most importantly the law of identity needs to be true or "X=X". What's on t...
March 20, 2019 at 04:02
In a situation where Person 1 and Person 2 are being truthful it seems to me that Person 2 is more likely to be an actual lottery winner because of co...
March 20, 2019 at 03:47