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Barry Z

['Member']Joined: May 24, 2019 at 18:15Last active: March 15, 2020 at 02:501 discussions11 comments

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I see no reason to accord matter by itself any special privilege to be a precursor for organism. If matter has been in existence since the beginning w...
January 27, 2020 at 19:01
Another good question! Organisms could only be created by a force (God) intervening in a way that would be arbitrary. That is why I reject that line o...
January 27, 2020 at 04:06
Yes, but randomness applies to chemical action in a solution, colloid, and perhaps a mixture, how the particles come in contact in order to get to the...
January 26, 2020 at 20:03
I am not a Deist. I do find pandeism to have certain attractive aspects, but am not a pandeist either. I do think that if you take pandeism and change...
January 26, 2020 at 18:22
"You are misrepresenting the math, that's all, or you have been lead astray by someone else who also does not understand the power and actual meaning ...
January 26, 2020 at 18:00
Perhaps instead of just telling me of my deficiencies in understanding natural sciences you can explain what made you reach that conclusion? I would l...
January 24, 2020 at 15:55
"" In general I agree you are correct, but just by good fortune there is very specific biological information that can set limits on metaphysical issu...
January 24, 2020 at 01:50
"But with reference to Metaphysics, a general (multi-discipline) concept of information would be more useful than an understanding of biological (or a...
January 23, 2020 at 18:32
I probably should have been more precise. Deism and God are part of a larger set of concepts that may better be called simply a force, of some kind . ...
January 23, 2020 at 18:06
I think Deism comes to mind immediately when exploring a philosophy of organism, though other conceptions of God are not all excluded. The idea of org...
January 22, 2020 at 17:49
I don't think it's necessary to go back to a solipsistic beginning to make statements about organisms. I'm not even saying that starting with organism...
January 22, 2020 at 02:29