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Justin Peterson

['Member']Joined: May 11, 2020 at 20:45Last active: February 04, 2025 at 23:324 discussions50 comments

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This is what I came here to say. It goes along with Schrodingers cat, a thought experiment that states that something exists in all forms at once unti...
November 25, 2020 at 21:21
Haha I'm no mathematician either! I see what you're saying though, but interestingly enough it goes to show that if what I'm saying about the Universe...
November 25, 2020 at 21:04
It's funny that you mention entropy, I actually was talking about entropy in another discussion about the Big Bang with jgill at the beginning of this...
November 25, 2020 at 05:43
The relationship, what exactly does that mean? There is always change in an 'event'. Unless by 'relationship' you are referring to the way in which mo...
November 25, 2020 at 05:24
Okay, so then how would you define what an 'event' is? I disagree, I think what happens in the mind, for a guru, is they are able to better perceive t...
November 10, 2020 at 23:25
Well let me ask you this, do you deny that time is man made? And if not, then our perception of time is surely measuring something, but what exactly i...
November 10, 2020 at 21:40
Hey guys, I'm back. I have such a fleeting mind that I somehow lost track of this discussion and didn't follow through to the end. Granted it was 6 mo...
November 10, 2020 at 03:33
Well I guess then the limitations on when people can withdraw would still be enacted. So this would solely be based on income tax. If I make 100k per ...
May 20, 2020 at 22:24
Ahh I see what you're saying. Let me try to put it this way. Time is a loop, so the beginning of time relies on the end of time as well. Think of it t...
May 20, 2020 at 21:11
You both have pretty good points, Basically I think the only way this could come about is if there were oh so many permutations that occurred until fi...
May 20, 2020 at 19:05
So in response to the video, I agree with everything it is trying to say.. except that there cannot be infinite moments. The reason for this is becaus...
May 20, 2020 at 19:00
Consider it this way, based on the recursion method I mentioned, as soon as a sentient being declared that there should be more than what is currently...
May 20, 2020 at 18:45
Actually both of these are true, it's why the Big Bang has happened and at the same time it hasn't. Time is just the fact of observing something, like...
May 20, 2020 at 18:39
Think of it like a big loop. Basically a recursion is when a computer system calls itself, instead of finishing the program, the program starts over w...
May 20, 2020 at 18:36
“Right, so if the state owes me 1000 bucks, I get, say 100gc immediately. So the state prints money to immediately pay off all debt, but that will jus...
May 20, 2020 at 18:19
It’s worth pointing out that cryptocurrencies would eliminate banks, which IMO is a big plus
May 20, 2020 at 10:18
well that’s not how cryptocurrency works. In fact it would be easier to hack the digital money we have these days than it would be to hack cryptocurre...
May 20, 2020 at 10:14
consider this, let’s say there’s 20trillion dollars in current money in circulation + promised debt. The valuation of how much is given back to the pe...
May 20, 2020 at 10:04
Well here’s the thing, the value and the deficit would put the economy at ground at zero. From that point on, no more cryptocurrency can ever exist be...
May 20, 2020 at 09:45
because America loves consumerism, and the comfortable lifestyle we’re all used to is a by-product of the corporations that exist in America. If we tr...
May 20, 2020 at 06:12
good point. I’ll do that, but I’ll also explain it here. The point would be that it would reduce the deficit of the current economic system to 0 by gr...
May 20, 2020 at 05:22
I believe that the conscious mind and most self-identity has to do with words translating to reality. The subconscious and unconscious mind are your t...
May 20, 2020 at 05:00
ahh I see!! Yup, I actually went over that in the paper I posted above. " I will begin by explaining my interpretation on the matters of space and tim...
May 20, 2020 at 04:47
Yes I imagined so, that is actually the reason I came up with this theory in the first place.. That is because it gets rid of the need for centralized...
May 20, 2020 at 04:45
That's a good question. I've also wondered about the relationship between enjoyment and nostalgia. How much of what we enjoy can be attributed to nost...
May 20, 2020 at 03:08
I've been doing some studying and I find that my theory is compatible with many of the great philosophers. Spencerianism is what I conclude to be the ...
May 20, 2020 at 03:06
Exactly!! As per my theory nothing is discovered but everything is invented through the power of the mind. When something new is created and morphed i...
May 20, 2020 at 03:03
Can you elaborate on this please? I'm pretty sure I agree with you but I can't know for sure.
May 20, 2020 at 03:00
Think of time like recursion in a computer program. When something new is introduced into the world, a recursion occurs in which everything plays itse...
May 20, 2020 at 03:00
I feel that, I just never could get into religion personally as it didn't make sense to me. Had to find some kind of explanation as to why we are all ...
May 13, 2020 at 11:02
I took the time to recreate this theory and integrate many of the things you have all brought up in debate. It can be found here.. https://docs.google...
May 13, 2020 at 04:22
Basically think of it this way, the way we perceive time doesn't exist. Instead we are observing the chemical processes of the Universe, which is what...
May 12, 2020 at 21:36
Yes, you're absolutely right. My theory is that if there is a God who is completely understanding of our situations and justifications in life, then t...
May 12, 2020 at 21:29
The now consists of everything, past, present, and future. What we perceive as time is just the idea of the computation of all things. For example, if...
May 12, 2020 at 19:53
So you raise a valid point, however where my argument is that our souls are dependent on our thoughts is also dependent on the argument that there exi...
May 12, 2020 at 19:43
Forgot to quote
May 12, 2020 at 04:09
Oh no you can be as sarcastic as you like I don't mind at all!! Please, that's why I posted it. You are probably right in saying that the multiple uni...
May 12, 2020 at 04:09
Because I think that anything that is thought with enough certainty can be true, much like how some people have survived cancer for years to watch the...
May 12, 2020 at 02:36
But I don't wholly stand by that theory, which is why I initially chose not to mention it.
May 12, 2020 at 01:40
In order for that to make sense I should mention that I also believe in the source of infinite knowledge(connected to the divine being), that ideas ar...
May 12, 2020 at 00:56
I see what you're saying, that's actually what I was going to bring up when I was referring to Schroedinger's cat. Maybe we as humans have the power t...
May 12, 2020 at 00:53
I understand why you don't like the idea of of "possible worlds" but in my opinion, in a reality with no creator, it doesn't make sense to me that all...
May 12, 2020 at 00:29
Ohh I think you might be right. Granted what I wrote on the test was no where near as long and explanatory as what I have written here. This was the p...
May 12, 2020 at 00:11
Oh that's pretty cool, that's the exact argument I'm trying to propose.
May 12, 2020 at 00:06
I think I might have misinterpreted his argument by thinking he meant "any and all" when he probably did mean "any one".
May 12, 2020 at 00:01
I'm having this same conversation with my philosophy teacher at the moment. I'm too lazy to tailor the response to your question, but maybe what's wri...
May 11, 2020 at 23:23
The conflict I'm referring to can be basically anything, but most often it is the battle of self-identity.. or basically "I am what I think you think ...
May 11, 2020 at 22:48
Yeah that was his response, I didn't receive any credit lol.
May 11, 2020 at 22:43
You raise a valid point. The unconscious was a typo on my part, I meant to refer to the subconscious. I think that the conscious mind is what tries to...
May 11, 2020 at 22:41
That was a proposition that was given to me as extra credit on an exam in my philosophy class, what followed is my extended response.
May 11, 2020 at 21:21