I don't see how such a statement can be true. Aristotle's The Physics preceded Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by nearly tw...
As I discern these concepts ... 1. Belief that a deity created the world but does not intervene providenrially in its processes or human affairs. 2. B...
Whereas the sciences concern possible models for experimentally explaining transformations among 'aspects of nature', metaphysics, to my mind, concern...
:smirk: Ooops, I gave you too much credit again ... just more fatuous gibberish. You ought to try reading your bible, kid ... Etcetera. And just for h...
Apparently, @"Bartricks"' triple-Omni deity is not the scriptural "God of Abraham" but instead, as Pascal points out, a "god of philosophy" based on r...
We're "here" engaging in dialectics due only to applications of modern logic – the practical difference it seems between semantic play (i.e. "rhetoric...
No. There are uninformed or fallaciously-derived "strategies". Yes. It is often not irrational to break rules norms or conventions. I can't tell what ...
Pierre Hadot wrote a masterwork Philosophy as A Way of Life reminding us to focus on the Hellenistic schools in contrast to modern academization of ph...
:up: :up: Reminds me of a girl I dated for a few months decades ago who'd grewn up on a farm and who couldn't eat any meats, poultry or fish that stil...
The best Go player on the planet, Lee Sedol, was beaten by the AlphaGo system 4-1 in a 5 game match in 2016. The following year, the AlphaGoZero syste...
Like Chess for over two decades, Go has not been a humans-only game since 2016-17. https://www.deepmind.com/blog/alphazero-shedding-new-light-on-chess...
Mostly, like children, many "believe" the ancient fairytale "God created the world" is literally true due to their incorrigible scientific illiteracy ...
:up: "God" is the ur-placebo or cosmic lollipop. Besides, "fear of death" isn't the problem, as I see it, but rather the lack of courage to live in sp...
You asked (another) for a definition of "physical/material" and I proposed one. If it's not helpful or not relevant or not wanted, that's up you (both...
:cool: :fire: https://youtu.be/3dP9neqouqg Produced by Teo Macero, this album (38:08) was recorded on February 18, 1969, at CBS 30th Street Studio in ...
"Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là." ~Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace :lol: Woo-wooooosy. So I suppose the Michelson–Morley experiment does...
Cite a culture or society of any antiquity that completely lacks religious iconography or rites (i.e. storytelling aka "myths"). :chin: The oldest kno...
So how do you account for 'the magical thinking stage of early childhood development' that begins prior to using language? Vestiges of this formative ...
Amid persisting, dynamic environmental pressures, DNA does both (i.e. molecular self-replication) via asexual and sexual reproduction. What are you ta...
I don't think I've ever had "wine gums". With my edible-thc gummies yesterday afternoon I had a few glasses of Barbera d'Asti and some sugar-free dark...
Civilian and military leaders have been "old" – elders – as far back as I can recall, so I've no idea what you're talking about. "Old people" don't ha...
You're welcome! :flower: The major difference that I call tell listening to the 2 disc CD edition (not streaming on Youtube) is the superior sound ima...
Nuclear, geothermal, wind / wave turbine generation, biomass, solar farms, hydroelectric, etc renewables are being used around the world as an acceler...
Veganism is a speciesist half-measure. A far more effective solution is – the one which I'm enthused about – vat-grown / 3-d printed meat (i.e. animal...
Whose "purpose"? "Value" to whom? "Purpose" and "value" belong to intentional agents and do not belong to subpersonal, nonintentional phenomena or pro...
The difference between our views is that you are optimistic – panglossian and utopian – about the future of human life and I'm optimistic – singularit...
You've completely misread what I've written.as your posting of that video clip shows. Best to leave this conversatuon there rather than to go on talki...
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