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More like a Schrodinger's cat is either dead or alive makes more sense than to say it's a combination of the two just because you, as an observer, no ...
June 18, 2020 at 19:15
Ok, I think I have to admit I was wrong all the time, after all you are two, so the majority wins. But I'll be less sad if you explain me how "...ever...
June 18, 2020 at 19:07
They just validate their own theories and it's really not that hard to do that. Again, science has to be objective and there are many scientists who d...
June 18, 2020 at 18:54
So "evqerything is immaterial" is a materialistic view. Interesting...
June 18, 2020 at 18:36
He simply says nature isn't material (he literally said that) and in numerous other videos he states that experiments only show that there's aparently...
June 18, 2020 at 18:35
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VoRmqbPFasE&t=203s It's 4 mins and it clearly says what I said
June 18, 2020 at 18:28
The video is 5 mins. I will send you the link
June 18, 2020 at 18:27
the video is very short, please watch it, because he mentions in different parts. If you don't want to, please trust my word hehe.
June 18, 2020 at 18:07
No, it isn't. Regarding the forces that govern the matter, I actually almost agree with you, except 2 things: 1. You've mentioned space matter curvatu...
June 18, 2020 at 18:05
Ok, found it. It clearly states: "...the world is entirely immaterial ", "...there is no material, there is no physicality". YOUTUBE: Noam Chomsky Min...
June 18, 2020 at 16:57
Ok, I will search for the video.
June 18, 2020 at 16:36
4. There is an immaterial abstract part of the world that actually governs the material world, by laws of physics or chemistry, biology (we don't know...
June 18, 2020 at 16:34
More or less: Newton didn't exorcise the ghost, he exorcised the machine. ... he (Newton) had a ghost all the way down, wasn't just the mind, but all ...
June 18, 2020 at 15:57
He actually says there's no such thing as matter. Literally.
June 18, 2020 at 15:28
- 0 evidence for it, tons against. - this is why it is so unscientific to say science can explain everything. Science looks at the brain and say there...
June 18, 2020 at 15:27
As Noam Chomsky suggests, what if those fields and molecules have a sort of counsciousness? After all, a combination of elements create consciousness,...
June 18, 2020 at 13:18
Seeking refuge from something silly that denies all my obvious perceptions, feelings ang pure logic? This is the old excuse of materialists when they ...
June 18, 2020 at 11:57
Could you be more specific about this statement? Science is science, it does not recognize philosophical notion as its basis. It's the same as saying ...
June 18, 2020 at 11:53
- yes, but when you suggest that thoughts are material and actually everything is matter, you should come up with some really good arguments. All I ha...
June 18, 2020 at 11:10
- I don't know much about dualism and I do not think that if dualism is wrong. therefore materialism has to be right. - Science, religion, or magic ex...
June 18, 2020 at 09:57
You do not have thoughts, feelings, perceptions, intelligence or imagination? Are they material? Do you believe in laws of nature? Are they material?
June 18, 2020 at 09:12
You confirm my belief: materialists are just atheists whose basic purpose is not science itself, but using science for disproving God. Why did you say...
June 18, 2020 at 07:19
Materialism did not invent, but appropriated all the elements of science that do not actually belong to it and denies absolutely everything that scien...
June 18, 2020 at 07:14
I have intelligence, thoughts, purposes, moral values, intentions, perception, feelings, and maybe a soul. In the worst case, I have an illusion that ...
June 18, 2020 at 07:08
I didn't say we know everything
June 16, 2020 at 16:03
Me neither, but I am searching for arguments for that. I will meditate on this topic and I will write to you if I draw some conclusions. I hope to fin...
June 02, 2020 at 16:03
Exactly, there are things and notions like finite space or infinite, the beginning with no cause or no beginning at all that gives us plenty of troubl...
June 02, 2020 at 15:33
Will those future humans invent new science fields that we, ''early humans'', wouldn't be able to comprehend even by being taught? To be more specific...
June 02, 2020 at 13:11
The lack of understanding in QM comes from the paradoxes of it and from the lack of willingness to admit that the way we're dealing with science from ...
June 02, 2020 at 12:28
Yes, I have thought about it many times. For example if humans were blind, would we ever think of inventing seeing? My answer to that is actually yes,...
June 02, 2020 at 12:15
But being present in two universes at the same time is something that makes sense to us, we would understand this state, while a dog cannot understand...
June 02, 2020 at 11:58
Why I do not agree: I believe that humans or any other super-evolved creature follow the purpose of surviving and fulfill their desires and for this t...
June 02, 2020 at 10:57
Debating imagination vs desire is irrelevant to the topic, and this is the last time I bring arguments. But first things first. -WRONG EXAMPLE - the c...
June 02, 2020 at 08:22
Than your answer to my question would be no and I personally agree with you. So why do you think that way, what are your arguments?
June 01, 2020 at 19:16
I totally agree. But the substance of my question lies exactly in the issue of our capability to comprehend every comprehensible thing of the reality,...
June 01, 2020 at 18:29
Maybe there's more to he reality than physical and abstract. Maybe there are things incomprehensible to human mind, but comprehensible to a more evolv...
June 01, 2020 at 18:19
In other words, is our brain capable to comprehend everything comprehensible or we are far from that point?
June 01, 2020 at 17:43
So things like traveling from a universe to another or even create universes, understand the infinite and live forever are simply ''a dog bark'' for a...
June 01, 2020 at 17:42
Ok, let me give you an example: if you traveled back in time and met Ceaser your smartphone and explained to him that this tool is based on electricit...
June 01, 2020 at 17:39
No, I mean evolution (technological or natural) will make something that our current brains could not comprehend. For example, they would invent scien...
June 01, 2020 at 17:25
- Screaming is a reflex and it is totally related to calling for help. I could agree it could have other functions as well, like scaring the animal or...
June 01, 2020 at 12:53
The desire of human being to have his door/gate opened without the effort of the owner is OLD AS HECK!!! Come on dude, really? Of course King Richard ...
May 31, 2020 at 08:07
No man, it isn't. When I was a kid I have a sexual desire for a girl in my class in the form of erection, but I had no idea what sex was and how it wa...
May 31, 2020 at 08:00
I believe desires always come first, because they're a matter of instinct, but it is also irrelevant for my question. So I think you are right.
May 31, 2020 at 07:54
I didn't say people would imagine the shape of the technology (eg. a box containing apps), I said that in the end, the cellphone is nothing more than ...
May 31, 2020 at 07:53
Now I totally disagree! Not only your statement does not follow a logical path, but there's an abundance of evidence that ideas as communicate with ot...
May 30, 2020 at 15:36
Well, that is a good point. I agree on the torture part, but the part with nature is a bit more complicated in my view. Probably immortality will be a...
May 30, 2020 at 10:43
I don't see it that way. The cell-phone was just a step ahead towards pre-existing goal: to communicate with others from distance wherever you are. No...
May 30, 2020 at 07:41
- Agree, but I was talking about the evolution of technology, not the technology itself. What you say about the environment and culture is perfectly t...
May 25, 2020 at 10:40
I do find your answer challenging. I have thought about this many times. But what makes something to become irreversible? It's like having infinite po...
May 08, 2020 at 10:06