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In: Voluntary poverty / asceticism is the greatest way to live life  — view comment
:chin: Riddle of induction? "Experiments" test – attempt to falsify, not "confirm" – predictions deduced from hypotheses. And, btw, this is not the sa...
December 30, 2021 at 10:04
In: Voluntary poverty / asceticism is the greatest way to live life  — view comment
:smirk: :fire: :up:
December 30, 2021 at 09:02
In: Pantheism  — view comment
I've studied Spinoza's writings & correspondances, that's why. As Maimon, Fichte & Hegel explicitly recognized centuries ago, Spinozism is more consis...
December 29, 2021 at 20:44
In: If Dualism is true, all science is wrong?  — view comment
Substance dualism is inconsistent with physical sciences insofar as the concept entails e.g. violation of conservation laws (re: energy), inertia, cau...
December 29, 2021 at 19:43
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
:smirk:
December 29, 2021 at 19:06
In: If there is no free will, does it make sense to hold people accountable for their actions?  — view comment
:up:
December 29, 2021 at 19:02
In: Pantheism  — view comment
Spinoza is not a pantheist.
December 29, 2021 at 17:49
In: If there is no free will, does it make sense to hold people accountable for their actions?  — view comment
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December 29, 2021 at 11:39
In: What's the difference between opposite and negative?  — view comment
Perhaps for some more clarity, consider these verbs: to oppose (block, counter) and to negate (eliminate) – i.e. how to affect X, not merely a disposi...
December 29, 2021 at 11:29
In: Amnesis by _db  — view comment
:up:
December 29, 2021 at 07:52
In: Holiday Short Story Competition Discussion and Poll  — view comment
:up: Personally I like "competition" more than I like @"Hanover". :smirk:
December 28, 2021 at 08:12
In: Techno-optimism is most appropriate  — view comment
No.
December 28, 2021 at 06:55
In: What I Found in a Storage Locker by RogueAI  — view comment
I loathe time travel plots but this one works for me because the loop is left open ... Rod Serling-worthy. :up:
December 27, 2021 at 19:24
In: Amnesis by _db  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=upqpS9TTc2c I concur! :party: Btw, good allegory for divine judgment and TPF bannings.
December 27, 2021 at 19:07
In: The Ballad of Marco by Michael  — view comment
If the author is a mod, "The Ballad ..." is kinda meta reminiscent of some "annoying fucking twats" who were banned in the last several months. I'm su...
December 27, 2021 at 18:44
In: Holiday Short Story Competition Discussion and Poll  — view comment
Good Point (re: poll). :sweat: Busted ...
December 27, 2021 at 17:25
In: TPF Quote Cabinet  — view comment
December 27, 2021 at 17:23
In: Holiday Short Story Competition Discussion and Poll  — view comment
Or just close the poll now and reopen it on January 5th.
December 27, 2021 at 15:24
In: Is China going to surpass the US and become the world's most powerful superpower?  — view comment
Thanks for this. :chin: :up:
December 27, 2021 at 15:04
In: Felice by 180 Proof  — view comment
:smirk:
December 27, 2021 at 13:56
In: Cognitive closure and mysterianism  — view comment
Don't forget 4. "Unknown Knowns ... things that you know, that you don't know you know" (D. Rumsfeld) or that you can't know you know (S. Žižek).
December 27, 2021 at 13:52
In: Holiday Short Story Competition Discussion and Poll  — view comment
:100: True. IMO, not only should the poll be opened for only three days at the end (e.g. Jan 5-7), the stories should be posted in lists of five (e.g....
December 27, 2021 at 13:29
In: Holiday Short Story Competition Discussion and Poll  — view comment
:100: DITTO.
December 27, 2021 at 07:47
In: Is ‘something’ logically necessary?  — view comment
Try reformulating the question: e.g. How can there not be only-not-something? :chin: Assuming a possible world (i.e. something) is a phase space (a fi...
December 27, 2021 at 06:52
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/UCKf0i_moOg "Kinky Reggae" (3:37) Catch A Fire, 1973 Bob Marley and the Wailers https://youtu.be/JnsNBGXsUlQ "Roxanne" (3:12) Outland...
December 26, 2021 at 19:04
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
We're using the term "illusory" (or illusion) differently. I do not mean 'not real' by "illusion"; rather I mean something seeming to be something els...
December 26, 2021 at 17:59
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
:sweat: It's even worse than that, javra. I have no idea what you're (poorly) trying to ask. Does anyone?
December 26, 2021 at 17:35
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
Evolution is not "goal-directed". The consequence (i.e. increased reproductive fitness) of adaptive mutations via natural selection is called "surviva...
December 26, 2021 at 14:06
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
Patently false assumption (e.g. reflexes, habits).
December 26, 2021 at 13:43
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
:roll:
December 26, 2021 at 13:24
In: Does Phenomenology Consist Merely in Introspection? Dennett and Zahavi on Phenomenology.  — view comment
@"Janus" The latter 'reconstruction' is involuntary (neurological) and the former voluntary (phenomenal), no?
December 26, 2021 at 13:22
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
Framing a question with a tautology does not make it "great" or "reasonable" so I gave as much response as it warranted.
December 26, 2021 at 12:47
In: What's the difference between opposite and negative?  — view comment
As I wrote above ... For me, outside of math, logic and philosophical arguments, both "oppose" & "negate" are used to exclude statements (or their ref...
December 26, 2021 at 12:42
In: TPF Quote Cabinet  — view comment
December 26, 2021 at 11:52
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
The view up your own colon apparently fascinates you to no end. :sparkle: Merry Xmas :sparkle:
December 26, 2021 at 00:05
In: Holiday Short Story Competition Discussion and Poll  — view comment
:heart: :sparkle:
December 25, 2021 at 23:13
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
I've only celebrated (1) the launch. The riskiest phase is over; now there's (2) the month-long journey and deployment and testing of systems & instru...
December 25, 2021 at 23:04
In: Science, Objectivity and Truth?  — view comment
As usual, what's "nonsense", MU, is taking issue with something I've not claimed or implied.
December 25, 2021 at 22:49
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
:fire: :cool: :up: Separation! Brilliant, ESA/NASA! :clap: JWST is on its way to L2 ...
December 25, 2021 at 12:39
In: What's the difference between opposite and negative?  — view comment
1. Identical. 2. Negation of negation.
December 25, 2021 at 09:43
In: Holiday Short Story Competition Discussion and Poll  — view comment
:yikes: :pray: :cry:
December 25, 2021 at 09:26
In: Science, Objectivity and Truth?  — view comment
:clap: :roll: :up: :sparkle: One thinks not because "counting" is a practice; "judgment", however, consists in participating or not participating in a...
December 25, 2021 at 09:08
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
:meh:
December 25, 2021 at 08:58
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
REASON'S GREETINGS :victory: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aICaAEXDJQQ MERRY SOLSTICE :sparkle: 25.12.21
December 25, 2021 at 08:50
In: Does reality require an observer?  — view comment
Every "observer" (i.e. measurement / interaction) is reality-dependent – presupposes reality – and therefore cannot be observer-dependent. That said, ...
December 25, 2021 at 06:50
In: Philosophical Answers to Questions about Wisdom  — view comment
Only a fool answers ... :zip: What is the best thing that could happen to someone? What is the worst thing that could happen to someone? What is poeti...
December 25, 2021 at 06:20
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
No. That's why anchoring bias is relevant to my description. Aboutness corresponds to what I describe as "a reaction to environmental stimuli (includi...
December 25, 2021 at 05:46
In: Blindsight's implications in consciousness?  — view comment
It's an 'illusion of consciousness' produced by unconscious (subpersonal) brain processes. Objectively, 'intentionality' is not what it subjectively s...
December 24, 2021 at 22:29
In: TPF Quote Cabinet  — view comment
:yum: MERRY SOLSTICE :sparkle:
December 24, 2021 at 22:01
In: What's the difference between opposite and negative?  — view comment
I tend not to use them interchangeably in contexts requiring technical precision. I use opposite to indicate reversals or mirror-imaging (e.g. "_/" "\...
December 24, 2021 at 21:40
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