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I think your op should read 'Why aliens will never learn to understand' our language. For understanding precedes speaking. Every new born child is an ...

It shows that the need for Gods persists in modern society.

True but these democratic institutions were meant to keep the greedy in check. They are losing control. These Trump supporters are like frogs in a tub...

Join the resistance. Support the Young Turks and the progressives.

?Yahya Al Haj Eid Philosophy operates in an imaginary world at the boundaries of science.

Totally agree with you there. Power despises democracy. They are antithetical. Now they have even greater means to pervert it. It will possibly take a...

Only dogmatic religion is absolute. Philosophy is speculative religion and all we have is logic to guide us. Without logical (necessity) we are gropin...

I see you are avoiding my question.

The disease is corporate fascism perverting the democratic institutions. Now they have even greater tools of persuasion at their disposal. The Faceboo...

Trump is the symptom, not the disease. The disease is corporate fascism perverting the democratic institutions.

You find it very difficult to accept philosophically that you exist?

Sorry but I don't feel any affinity with the word Collaboration. Collaborate is what I do with my colleagues.

Yes it is very difficult to deny we exist.

I get you want to argue that absolutely nothing is known, or nothing is known for certainty?

For something to be contemplated, something has to exist to do the contemplation. We just don't know what that 'thing' is and we will never find out b...

Something has to exist to be mistaken. Mistaken can not exist in a void. For 'I think' an 'I' has to exist.

Something has to exist (for fallibility) to be accepted. Fallibility can not exist in a void.

He means 'agree/conform' with reality. If your choices do not conform with reality they will not lead to the results you may desire.

My clock is intelligent. It can tell me the time.

If fallibility is accepted then fallibility exists and that is something.

Fame has this mystical quality of turning shit into gold. I think this is what the alchemists were looking for all the time. Often the difference betw...

Intuition: What is it? Intuition is your emotions letting you know what it is feeling.

How is that going to help me make my breakfast?

They are unfortunately stuck with the dumbest sock puppet out of Pandora's box. The republicans are praying every day their dear leader won't fuck thi...

Yes the populace will be forced to take up Anarchy. What is happening in Hong Kong is the canary in the coal mine. But all (right-wing) governments ar...

Yes and crazy Americans are making it difficult for us. The present world order of peace and stability for what it is worth has been mutual cooperatio...

That is a misconception. It does not fluctuate between positive and negative Two particles (positive and negative) briefly come into being and disappe...

We can't imagine something coming from nothing because nothing in our 'real' world' does that. It is a mathematical concept. 1 and -1 together are zer...

A mathematical language Will be understood throughout the universe outside of black holes.

For something to care for you you need not be able to hurt it. You need only be able to care for it.

I have been plugging the truth/knowledge is information message on this forum for quite some time. To no avail. People love complicated explanations. ...

Do you know how addiction works. Suggest you look into that. The fear of death is the only thing that is keeping us alive.

Exactly. That is how something can emerge from nothing. The penny has dropped.

How do telephone conversations work for you?

As with music language is influenced by and influences the world. It's structure is mathematical.

Something does not have to be aware (think) to exist ( for us).

If we can imagine an alien it would by definition not be alien.

Time is what allows you to reflect on the past and plan for the future.

Your subconscious is the undercurrent of emotions you generally are not aware of.

Philosophy operates in an imaginary world at the boundaries of science.

An interesting podcast you should listen to is a scientist describing how the mind makes sense of reality. It's called the hallucinary mind.

Yes the human mind needs distractions. Without, you either become religious or crazy. Perhaps there is not much difference between the two.

Clever response. You got me there.

Give me 1 example.

language is the vocalization of information. Chimps do it. Birds do it. Many animals do it.

Falling from a height to death is a somewhat painful and somewhat prolonged experience I'm afraid. See here for the gruesome details: How long do you ...

intellectually dishonest.

You are going all cryptic on me.

That clever scientists disagree with dumb people like you.

that very few scientists believe organic life did not evolve on our planet from inorganic chemicals.