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It could help clarify questions and avoid errors in judgment. But I believe that involves variety of experience. I don't believe one can achieve good ...

So humans are as complex as the whole of nature. Is that true of every creature? Sounds intriguing.

No idea what you said. Thanks though, It's too out of my element for now for me to try to understand goldilocks zone, parabola with the axes Edit: Exc...

Is this a confident intuition?

People with Multiple Personality Disorder, when they switch to another personality, they forget the memories of the other personalities. Most of us do...

I think "I" thought of simple acid test: Are you more drawn to their eyes or to their lower body? Which would you rather stare into / at?

Me too Edit: I mean I am infatuated with the idea of romantic love.

Infatuation is an intense reaction that can quickly turn to hate at any mild displeasure Love is the opposite I suppose.

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I consider there to be three emotions fear, hatred, and peace Love is the feeling of fear being soothed, either in a childish way because the parent f...

Confidence is only bad if it exceeds one's ability. Unconfidence can be bad too, if it exaggerates one's inability.

It depends if the confidence of the confident person is based their actually being right or if it is based on a desire to be right?

Less confident people may take more time to think through a problem leading to higher chances of accuracy than a confident person might.

At any rate... so... When we say that something causes something else, in the concrete world.... say... wind causes grass to sway. If causality is a c...

Concept: an abstract idea Abstract: existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. Physical: relating to things pe...

When you say causality makes a happening happen. To me each of those words are similar. I could say ... Making-ness makes making be made.

I can't conceive of happening without change. Unless there is a single unchanging moment happening continually. Dang. Edit: Actually, even in that cas...

So can I ask, is there really something which makes things happen? Or something that makes things be what they are?

My revised question still does the same thing I guess. Are you saying we can't question the existence of concepts, because they are more like principl...

Causality causes causality...

It doesn't make sense (even though its common) to use the word 'used' without connecting it to a user. Eg "It reflects a misunderstanding of how the w...

Except maybe add the word professional..."1% change of a professional spotting it". In theory, a professional should have a higher chance of spotting ...

Thanks Isaac. That makes sense. One way I've thought of it is, out of all professionals, the majority will be most likely be of fairly average general...

Two heads are better than one. That's a truism. When in doubt, get a second opinion. Yep, could be helpful. Does it mean a group of people is more lik...

Last Scenario then I give up: There is a fight between Person 1 and Person 2. Person 3 is going to bet on who will be more likely to win based on rand...

An expert is someone who has a good grasp on something, enough to which they can consistently perform well at that thing, as compared to non-experts w...

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Hehe, should I take that as a nickname? From the way you talk, I get the impression you are a low level expert at problem solving. Can you solve this?...

OK, then I'm an expert at being stupid.

Perhaps I didn't pick the best time to suspect Group Think. But I do hope you are honest enough to accept that it is a legitimate concern. Science is ...

Yeah, come to think of it, that sounds more likely. I concede the point. :up:

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Yes. If someone said there is a match of 3 martial artists vs 97, and told me I could not know anything else about the match, and asked me to place a ...

I haven't researched this issue, but I'd go with the 3% because its more likely the majority is influenced by group think, while the minority are bett...

Here is another example. Two martial arts experts vs 1 martial arts expert. Which side is more likely to win, if that is all we know? Answer: It depen...

You don't seem to understand what a big factor unknown variables play in probability theory. Are two writers working together on a book more likely to...

I'm an expert on stupidity, you are not. Don't question me.

Webster: Expert 1. One with the special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a particular subject I find the word representing interesting here....

Then explain how. I gave a detailed explanation. Show where I made an error, if you want. I am always open to being proven wrong. I hope I do get prov...

I decided to respond. Xtrix can ignore this post if he is not interested in my abstract academic philosophizing. Experts don't always agree, and when ...

I think some of the apparent paradoxes are due to talking as if self-reference were happening. Sounds right, but kind of unrelated? Not sure what you ...

A mirror image of my finger is not my finger, so if we are very technical, we can still say no. But I guess we can say this is a way the finger can in...

I was never serious about questioning which experts? Of course I'm not an expert. Are you? Including answers to ethical questions on vaccine mandates?...

I am a low level expert on stupidity. My anti-stupid advice is pretty simple. But first, my favorite topic, malcontentment. Of which I am notan expert...

I don't think I want to continue to line of thought any more. I'm interested in questioning if the experts are worthy of trust. Until I see that someo...

Thanks for only sharing this now. Could have saved mine and others time, I imagine.

"begging the question occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it." Why is it more likely the majo...

You beg the question that the majority of scientists are more likely to be right. If we don't know anything else except the amount of doctors that adv...

Did I confuse questions?