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Cidat

['Member']Joined: April 11, 2020 at 21:48Last active: March 16, 2024 at 11:3027 discussions101 comments

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In: Free Will  — view comment
If we had total free will, it would invalidate all scientific knowledge about human behavior since there would be nothing fixed in our behavior.
December 10, 2023 at 18:38
In: Free Will  — view comment
I'd say that if we have free will, it's very limited. Otherwise it would be an insult to those low-functioning autists and anorexics. It would mean th...
December 09, 2023 at 13:12
The solution is to accept the trilemma as unsolvable and instead work with knowledge in terms of conjecture and criticism.
October 04, 2023 at 13:54
Don't we experience change while we're asleep? Reality must keep track of all other organisms' state and location.
September 16, 2023 at 19:35
Free will is the ability to make choices not determined by determinism or randomness.
June 25, 2023 at 12:07
I don't know if there is free will or not, but I'm leaning towards it not existing. It logically doesn't make sense to try to explain how free will ca...
June 25, 2023 at 11:20
You can't prove anything without assumptions.
March 27, 2023 at 13:08
I think knowledge could be defined as "Beliefs based on highly-tested perception" or "The best explanation for sensory evidence."
March 25, 2023 at 17:04
Free will does not exist. Studies have shown that our brains make decisions before they reach our consciousness. If you had free will, you'd be aware ...
March 24, 2023 at 08:33
Karl Popper's suggestion was to throw away certainty from knowledge and work with knowledge in terms of probability. Basically, we are justified in be...
March 20, 2023 at 15:48
Perhaps we may define knowledge as "Beliefs based on rigorously tested sensory beliefs"?
March 19, 2023 at 14:59
Nihilists reject some general aspect of human existence, such as knowledge, meaning or morality.
March 15, 2023 at 11:53
I get it. Knowledge should be seen as a pragmatic tool to help us navigate.
March 15, 2023 at 09:39
What I wanted to do was find a solid way of forming knowledge. Pragmatism appears to be the answer.
March 13, 2023 at 16:47
This is a pragmatic approach to knowledge. But perhaps it's the only working epistemic theory.
March 13, 2023 at 15:19
Science is by definition falsifiable theories, so defining knowledge as "unfalsifiable information" leaves no room for science-based knowledge.
March 13, 2023 at 13:43
What about science though? If you define knowledge as unfalsifiable information, then science is out of the window.
March 13, 2023 at 12:36
The problem with determinism is that it cannot explain the beginning of everything.
February 17, 2022 at 20:30
I suppose common sense is necessary so there aren't too many questions. We need to move on / navigate smoothly enough.
November 03, 2021 at 12:31
Accept that certainty is impossible. Its' the same for everyone.
November 01, 2021 at 08:32
You can't ever be sure you won't do anything insane before you die. But being insane means doing things no one in their right mind would do. For examp...
November 01, 2021 at 07:44
In order to discuss God's existence you need to agree on some of its traits.
October 30, 2021 at 14:08
I'd define knowledge as "mental awareness of objective truth".
October 28, 2021 at 14:44
Yeah. You can't guarantee you won't do something extremely stupid.
October 28, 2021 at 14:44
Discussion requires agreement. Without agreement, nobody knows what anyone is talking about.
October 28, 2021 at 14:40
So there is no absolute, objective science for any sport? What about athletics, such as high jump and running?
October 27, 2021 at 10:17
Basically, that which you are forced to accept.
September 28, 2021 at 13:26
Bad.
September 24, 2021 at 16:11
If there is no such thing as objective good or bad, then anyone is free to procreate. But otherwise, I'd say yes, to prevent suffering and cruelty in ...
September 24, 2021 at 08:26
Mind-body dualism? But yeah thinking certainly has a physical presence/existence.
September 24, 2021 at 08:23
A fact is a socially accepted idea about others and right or wrong and our physical existences.
September 23, 2021 at 22:02
Every thought has a physiological reaction in the brain, and mental things such as mental stress and mental suffering can affect the body, leading me ...
September 23, 2021 at 16:43
Schadenfreude is sadism in English.
September 09, 2021 at 07:52
Yes, given how poorly mental healthcare works without state involvement.
August 27, 2021 at 05:49
Free will has nothing to do with meaning of life.
August 07, 2021 at 17:12
I appreciate your honesty, because humans tend to be defensive with regards to deep questions as though They’re significant. The only thing that makes...
August 07, 2021 at 12:47
Everything has an ultimate nature. The question is How predictable human behavior in the physical world is If you assume nothing about a particilar in...
August 07, 2021 at 12:16
Humans are very order-less :D
August 06, 2021 at 18:20
But you say we’re not completely random-oriented in nature.
August 06, 2021 at 18:03
I see. So there is no fixed way in Which all humans behave.
August 06, 2021 at 17:45
It's one thing for something to be true, but another to know it's true. I can believe I exist, and it may be objectively true, without actually consci...
July 16, 2021 at 12:40
Many probably have landed at absolute truths, but they probably either cannot communicate them or separate them from non-absolutely-true beliefs.
July 15, 2021 at 08:17
There is something called Agrippa’s (or Münchhausen’s) trilemma which states that any justification of truth is endless unless you accept the circular...
April 06, 2021 at 23:04
The sad thing is, nothing can be truly justified. All of our beliefs are essentially just a result of randomness. We may be objectively certain of our...
April 03, 2021 at 13:08
The solution is to accept the foundational argument: an assumption that is accepted as true without proof. Nobody has come up with a compelling way to...
April 03, 2021 at 12:39
Even if we make casuality-independent decisions, I feel we should not blame others for making bad decisions. Bad decisions happen, even though we have...
April 03, 2021 at 12:19
One can choose an evil path through life even though he/she possesses free will.
April 02, 2021 at 20:48
I believe we make decisions (not necessarily all ones) free from causation as well.
April 01, 2021 at 23:12
Just to confirm, you mean it influenced you partially, but not entirely? I.e. there are parts of your decision-making that are not a consequence of ea...
April 01, 2021 at 23:10
Was everything you’ve done in your life, up until now, a result of events that happened before it? Or is part of our decision-making free from the pas...
April 01, 2021 at 23:03