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I generally agree with you on this. But this lands you in either of two categories. Would you say you're more of a religious skeptic of the likes of M...

I agree with you, but I don't think there exists this discrepancy between the material side and the spiritual side. I think, along with the likes of S...

There's also the neo-Platonist or Aristotelian notion that the forms are both in the mind AND mind-independent. And I think the Kantian transcendental...

:s so you think a scientifically-minded atheist would not be afraid in that situation? Fear is a normal reaction when strange, out of order events hap...

Hmmm I've never come across this before, but seems to be true.

Where did I misquote?

First of all, there is no evidence that Wittgenstein had sex with his male students. And I certainly doubt it, since he had some very ascetic sexual v...

This is very difficult to read - you should break it into paragraphs. And I can't really follow what point you're trying to make. I never mentioned su...

That ssu didn't understand the fundamentals of the technology of Bitcoin at that point in time - at least as it emerged out of his writing - was true....

Yes, exactly! There was a video that I saw awhile ago, which I can't find :( . Finally I found it... @"StreetlightX" watch this video, it's the POMO s...

I think the real question of this thread is how is REAL economic value determined (that will show us what it is too - just like the process of genesis...

So in effect, when you say "supply and demand" you're only pushing the question further. The real question (supposing market value is real value) is w...

I agree, that's why I also mention that not all things have ECONOMIC value. But I thought we're meant to discuss economic value in this thread, not ot...

To begin with, I think we have entirely different visions of what "controlling" crypto means. To you, it seems to me at least, that controlling crypto...

Now I will need to address the serious comments in this thread (including yours) when I get more time.

Same for you.

I am aware of that, and I agree. The way mindfulness is taught to employees is different to the way it's learned and practiced by the likes of Steve J...

You can think what you want, doesn't make it true.

It's not prejudiced. New Atheism is actually recognised as entirely childish and not worthy of intellectual respect. It's so intellectually dishonest,...

Okay, obviously in some cases, their value can be economically quantified. My main point was that in many cases this cannot be done. If I start writin...

Same idea with stocks - why do you bother to do a DCF analysis if all that matters is the price people are willing to pay for it?! Clearly, when you d...

If you read my longer posts you will see that this is not the case. A website isn't a production tool. Its value can be calculated. Marketing and sale...

I think both systems are stupid. Defining value merely in terms of work makes no sense, since machines can also do useful work, and obviously, in Marx...

Not necessarily - workers who pray more, meditate more, are more spiritual, etc. may be more productive. Why do you think Google, Facebook, etc. are i...

Yes, that's why they're all going to go bankrupt, because they're idiots. This is a textbook example of economics which actually doesn't reflect reali...

Here's my take. I think: Are all bullshit. These are vague and empty nonsense so long as it cannot be quantified scientifically. Value is equivalent t...

Haha, I've closed the biggest part of my work already this week, but past 2 weeks were very busy for me as well. It's not only about Christmas, but en...

Right, until you show how this is the case, it's merely an empty assertion. And for beginners, I have no clue what the hell you're talking about with ...

I haven't yet read the latest of MU's post, but then you should be addressing MU not me :P

Where was that suggested?

Why do you think so? In order to have a conversation with a physicist about quarks, I must agree with his use of the term quarks - namely that quarks ...

No, that's not what is being said. You have to go to the propositional content of the words. When you call any item that exists as "elves", assuming t...

I don't think so. In order to determine whether God exists or not, then we must first agree on a definition. If you go back as far as Socrates and Pla...

Depends what the terms are in question are. That's not non-existent things. I imagine they must make predictions based on the planets and stars that t...

Know WHAT better than others? What the field-specific terms refer to? They know that better than others because they frequently use those terms and tr...

It will very likely be different, since creation is in a fallen state now, and after the Resurrection it won't be. How it will be different, it hasn't...

Whether it's real knowledge or not doesn't change the fact that they do know better than those who don't study astrology what astrology-specific terms...

Bodies age in this world, as things stand now. We don't know how it will be in the afterlife. We don't remember anything, so I take that as we didn't ...

I assume that I know better what the word "God" refers to, and I've cited why. So at the very least, my definitions (or the believer's more generally)...

I didn't say all atheists will receive salvation or can receive salvation. I don't see how the last part follows. In order to know what "water" means,...

Saying that virtually 90%+ of people (an estimate of the religious) who have ever lived were deluded is indeed a form of grandiose delusion.

Same thing. I made no reference to you when I said non-believers can receive salvation.

To experience it.

Have you read the Bible from cover to cover? Depends. According to Christianity, the gates of hell are locked from within. God cannot force people out...

Take it like this. If you don't know English, and I'm speaking to you, and I say "water" and point to a glass of water, you will know what I mean by w...

I didn't make the underlined comment. The point that I was deluded? Or what point?

By doing that I tried to show to you that I'm referring to different things by God than you are. You refuse to accept my usage of "God", because you w...

Sure, I've done that many times. God is a referent to something or someone that can be experienced. So I know that my God is the right God because I e...

I cannot give you evidence, as I said evidence is found in your own experiences. God isn't something or someone that can be shown in a photograph, the...

And by the way, I don't assume the existence of God in such a discussion, I assume the POSSIBILITY for the existence of God. If God's existence is imp...