"As I already mentioned, a cyclical universe still needs a start of time - something has to set the 'now' cursor of time in motion around the circle o...
"I think that the start of time was the Big Bang. Matter either came into existence via the zero energy universe hypothesis or matter entered time (at...
Is it just me that feels like this guy keeps jumping between these two options? I can't make sense of him anymore as I feel half the time he is saying...
You're still assuming time as you understand it has a start. Everything in time has a reason - Nothing can be the reason for itself This argument here...
See this is what happens when people don't frame out their thoughts a little clearer and with a little more substance. Have you ever read any philosop...
Because you're the one who made the post. You have two accounts. You got so mixed up when using them you kept using the Brett account to counter the a...
We are arguing with the sum of your original argument. Not with your conceptualisation of Forever. You can't pick and choose which part of your argume...
I didn't even have much of a problem with his god argument. For me the real problem was his use of a principle that is born of the belief of a created...
This implies we KNOW everything about the system. Unless you can prove all things have an initial state, then this argument isn't logically consistent...
The argument is the same, you cannot use the principle that things start (Time or spacetime) to prove that things start because your proposition is th...
(Principle of Sufficient Reason - everything in time has a cause/reason) That principle exists because of the already in place Dogma that things need ...
"The Universe Cannot Have Existed ‘Forever’" That is the title of the post. You never mentioned time in your preliminary argument. Your argument is al...
So now you're confusing me. You were the one who made an argument for a universe not existing forever, I argued against and now you sound like you are...
"So events beyond spacetime I think are possible - they would just be of a different nature that is not understood by the human race." This makes sens...
Have you considered a cyclical phasic universe? "An eternal clock. It would never have started keeping time so it can have no current time" But a circ...
You dont need to be so humble my friend, you're asking what I percieve to be great questions and are a great person to have these discussions with. Yo...
We all have choices in every situation. MLK Jr wasnt mainly talking about himself and his own situation but of a situation shared by many of his colou...
Depends, what do you mean by defective and what do you mean by rebels? I can see why you observe the ant colony thing, however I think we shouldn't mi...
"Presumably the goal of things like mindfulness, or philosophy, or even education in general, is to lead us down the path of managing our own prejudic...
"A side-point, which is worth mentioning but not debating here, in this topic (IMO :smile: ), is that no-one is in "complete control of their thoughts...
(This is not meant seriously at all, I'm about to get theatrical in order to illustrate a point) My intuition wants me to slap you in the face for mak...
Oh, as a little side fun fact, the change where psychology became it's own field is so relatively recent that the Boston Public Library hasn't sorted ...
No problem what so ever. It's refreshing that you're researching. I'll message you some more material on Philosophy of Mind. Suffice it to say, that a...
Thank you for your comment. You made an excellent point about human individuality and stupidity. Do you think it would be accurate to say that there i...
Ethical egoism when applied to the individual in my eyes is not ethical. Ethical egoism applied to a collective, now that to me sounds like a much bet...
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