god must be atheist

One? I have several thousands of them. (Is that "several thousands of them" or "several thousand of them"?)

The other problem is the recurring one in humanities, whereby there are gray areas in definitions, wherein an occurrence can be said or can be unsaid ...

Refers to "organized belief in a weltanschauung with one or more deities who wield supernatural powers"? (I did not read the article. My bad.) I don't...

"Three things don't leave a mark: a snake on a rock, a fish in the water, and a man in a woman." --Ancient Hindu porverb.

As of 2017 little was understood about exactly how vagal nerve stimulation modulates mood and seizure control. The vagus is the tenth cranial nerve an...

No...no...something more sinister...more nefarious. Like Western journalist who cover the Ukrainian crisis.

To please the brick, mortar and masonry trade unions.

Looking at the picture, I imagined that there is someone under the flat stone that they REALLY did not want to get loose.

I highly doubt this will happen. Russia, if it gets the lands it claims, will withdraw, and the war will be over. Of course, neither you or I can tell...

You can win the battle, but lose the war. But there is no indication why Russian would spend 15-20 years to subdue the Ukraine. Russia's concern is to...

you discount human unconditional response to pain. The sword is 3 feet long. Just about the height of your abdomen. You can't expect someone to fall i...

In praise of a dagger. If you fall into your own sword, you don't fall from high enough to gain momentum enough for the sword point to achieve penetra...

Right! We, in North America eat bison, and whale, and sap of the maple tree, but we don't eat any kind of muppets! I noticed just now that I used "you...

Much appreciated! Thanks!

It's true. "Like" ought not to be used as a conjunction. Except in the example I don't think it serves as a conjunction. It serves as a comparative. "...

Where did you learn all this? Who was your teacher? What gives you certainty about this definition? Why did you accept this definition? Was this the o...

You must restrict yourself from listening to Country and Western, Rock, and RAP songs. I, on the other hand, somehow manage to reconcile my anally ret...

Are you also an English teacher on the outside? Now I am curious. Or are you an afficionado of Speaking English as a Correct Language?

Depends. Define god.

I am sorry... with all due respect I don't believe you. I can't believe falsehoods. Your knowledge that you claimed there is based on faith. And every...

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Well, you can believe that, but you can't KNOW that. You are deceiving yourself by claiming knowledge where knowledge does not exist. Aren't you a bit...

You may be right... but logic can't be wrong if it's right. Can somebody be "excessively" right? No. Can something not fly if it has wings? Yes. Can s...

Are you nuts? Robots don't pretend. It requires a mind to pretend. And you can't kill something that is not alive... you can destroy them maybe? I don...

:grin: I thought I was quoting Pink Floyd verbatim! But your right, those who speak with double negatives do NOT need education, beyond a point. Howev...

"I've dreamt of echoes; I've dreamt of using scissors cutting the pages of purple dictionary made with the bark of tree bark cake," said the helpless ...

Is this an honest question, Xtrix? Are you really incapable of answering this question yourself? If you are, then why are you asking this? And if you ...

Wrong logic. All birds have wings, therefore all birds are winged animals. This is a correct conclusion. Not everyone who thinks is a thinker. Again, ...

That's too easy. Even a robot with no mind can do that, and much better too, than a philosopher.

Funny thing that your quote definitely excludes mathematics as a branch of philosophy, in effect declaring by omission that math is not philosophy. Wh...

What I am trying to say is that the problem of other minds categorically excludes the possibility of ever knowing whether an AI that passes the Turing...

Yes, combined with the notion of whether AI can be a mind or no mind or never mind.

It's true, if you like. No argument against it. But the challenge remains: a non-person to give the impression of a person. If the non-person succeeds...

We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control. I think your teachers were terribly secularists. Much like some philosophers' only conce...

Another typical example how a man's reach must extend his overbite.

Philosopher = Stange Identity I liked this opening post, for it says something. It sticks its neck out, and says, "there is no achievement possible in...

I ran out of things to say. The first sign of Armageddon. "And verily I say unto you, that the tongue of the people shalt be tied, and the throngs sha...

Brits are Britons. Ex-pats are Britoffs. Both Britons and Britoffs are Brits. Two streets down the road from me there is a short little street in my '...

I am sorry, but I have to dissent. "Delay" does not rhyme with "flight". Nor does "it". Although "it" would be closer to rhyming with "flight" if it(1...

I tend to think that I am not of an ilk, per se, but of an elk.

Chocolate for breakfast for me.

I'd say it's for the greater good. Soviet Union? Maybe a Federal Union or a United States of Eurasia. Communism failed mostly for poor management of e...

I fear that in my own country, too. Canada. The land of plenty has started to see soaring food prices, shortages, and skyrocketing gas prices. Next? t...

Careful what you wish for... I ain't no vegetarian. I'm more of a humanitarian.

It's you who is being negative.

Yes. They protect the car they are riding in, so everyone else is a piece of shit on the street to them. Mwaaa, I wanna my Mammy!

Some people have IQs over 200. Theoretically the upper limit does not exist. So theoretically the lower limit does not exist either. IQ is not an abso...

I've been paranoid about dogs for all my life. It's the fact you can't reason with them that makes me not trust them. I liken them to drunkards. Drunk...

The who's who of ad hominem. What's below -20?