Some argue that creation, existence, and all of life is just an illusion. Take the phenomenon/paradox of Time for example... . There are many things i...
Thank you for that. BTW, PM me on the protest thread. I never saw that. And yes, I wont derail the OP subject matter either, only to say that it reall...
No I haven't, what's the jist of it? The only thing I've experienced (besides getting hit-on by gay men) is dating women who've had either homosexual ...
Indeed. I think that's yet another argument for precluding certain kinds of sports from this gender phenomenon. Perhaps the next question(s) could be ...
Jorndoe! Thanks for your thoughts. I checked out the links. It looks like those arguments are more religious in nature v. say, a cosmological God/firs...
It certainly may be true in that some women may feel it's an unfair advantage. But my reasoning relates to biology. As such, if the trans man were say...
I believe so. A trans man, being assigned female at birth (so-called biological birthright), who wants to compete with other women would have a better...
The key phrase is "comes off". Unfortunately, there are other's including myself who would beg to differ. Physics explanations/analogies aren't necess...
A!!! Indeed. Kind of like climate change. I've always said we need to have both far-right and far-left/ wing scientists engage in town hall debates, a...
I often think of our stream of consciousness as quantum randomness, indeterminacy or contingency in nature. Meaning, the reality exposed by quantum me...
It appears 180 could not square the Structuralist circle by considering abstract sentient Being, in his theory. Big mistake. In other words, not compr...
A deterministic world is a world where all pasts have the same future, but it is true in a quantum world where all pasts do not share the same future....
Interesting TMF! Thank you. Randomness is not chaos. Metaphorically, one could think of randomness as say Wheeler's Cloud. Or, variations of the cosmi...
Wayfarer! Happy Monday. If you will, any sort of synopsis or initial thoughts about that book you just bought thus far? I was curious to see if you ha...
I'm confused, I guess if you are able and can show the fortitude to poke holes in my statement, then more than likely I could be convinced: In logic, ...
If you haven't figured out by now Tim wood is another Einsteinian fanatical atheist :grin: He gets very defensive about his atheism. Even more emotion...
In logic, any atheist who posits God does not exist has the precarious an untenable position of defending his/that proposition. The most prudent thing...
Indeed. I heard through the grapevine that the moderators are considering banning him (180). No matter, it's pretty much a telltale sign that when som...
Indeed. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that unfortunately, the human condition has it that his emotions get the best of him. Accordi...
Indeed. I hate to say it, but also a lot of atheists some of which are on this board ( hate to call out 180 but if it quacks like a duck ...well you g...
Tmf! Sure. Hence my view: Evolution that depends on random mutations, genetic accidents, and natural selection requires complex initial conditions. Th...
"The fanatical atheists, are like who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures ...
Gnomon! There's a whole lot to discuss but let me just start there. (I want to explore more from your post.) Evolution that depends on random mutation...
Hi Janus. It was not rhetorical in the sense that it should be widespread. Obviously it's not. I considered it a thought experiment. But let's assume ...
Gnomon! I agree with this. Using logic, it would be not that much different than making the synthetic a priori judgement, which is used in physics tha...
180! I'm confused. Why did you even comment then. Did you not expect to get questioned? Are you trolling my threads again? Are you an angry atheist? I...
Wow. that's precisely what you did James ! How about this, just to show you I'm not blowing smoke, I'll offer you an olive branch. If you're so convin...
Hahaha! Don't take it personal :wink: Otherwise, you might want to consider working on your people/emotional skills... . Oops, oh yeah, forgot, you're...
My assignment was completed :joke: You weren't able to make your case about the differences between animal behavior and human behavior, much less huma...
Good question. Yep. And that's what you failed to include in your theory. Sorry. Not at all. As I said, you failed to include the distinction. What do...
You make a false distinction when you say "like some other animals do" as if no other animals don't, as if we are unique in the animal kingdom. We are...
James! That's exactly what I'm arguing. You are thinking it's a digression. It's not. It should be an integral part of your theory. Right? As such, yo...
180! How is that..., can you provide examples to your supposition? I like your notion of some sort of illusionary element to the conscious mind (abstr...
Sure. we don't typically gravitate to such behavior. And of course, those types of barbaric acts in most cases depend upon the individual's value syst...
Not sure where the disconnect is, but that's ok. This seems to keep rearing its head, but it's precisely on point. And that is, you haven't made the d...
Hi Janus! Long time no talk hope you are doing well! Of course we have some unfortunate history to reflect on here. For instance we know in the 17th c...
Thanks Jack! Indeed, I share your thoughts. There is much common sense thinking that goes along with those truncated models of anthropy. We know that ...
That's the glaring problem with your argument, right? I haven't eliminated humans from the equation, and you didn't either from your theory. That's on...
I'm not sure that is correct. A priori arguments are such that by mere definition of the words and concepts used (in the premise/proposition) that the...
But your theory states that we should, no? I guess your specific theory then, using your sense of logic, would not support Darwinism. Thanks, I got my...
In what ways? For instance, are you suggesting thatall humans should kill each other to achieve social dominance? And of so, why aren't we all doing t...
I have another thought. Suppose Darwinian survival advantages include all primates (which'n theory they do). And suppose that those advantages are int...
Ok, keep going. So I ask again, how does Darwinian survival of the fittest explain self-aware sentient Being? You seem to be struggling with this so l...
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