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Ah yes but I said you can't kill "religion". As a general concept or category. Sure religions die. But new ones are invariably born. The simple matter...

Ah yes. Thanks Praxis I was a bit slow on the update of the reference. Understand it now.

Well this is nihilism essentially. The flipside of the coin. But I think the idea that "nothing can be true" is less intuitive/sensible for me persona...

fair enough Noble dust. Thanks for the insight. In that case, I simply shrug, toss it off and continue un-perturbed

I don't follow. Can you elab :)

Bit rude. Haha. Was that really neccesary? In all honesty. I don't believe calling people names demonstrates mutual respect at all. I forgive you for ...

it appears I have struck a nerve. My question is whether the "striking of nerve" is the issue, or rather the fact that "the nerve exists at all" be th...

Maybe not all the answers but I can say "the truth exists". It has to, as if the truth didn't exist, nothing would be true, nothing would be consisten...

You can't kill a religion. As beliefs are not killable. They resurface from natural thought, exploration and desire for fundamental answers. If everyo...

yes exactly. If AI is conscious it can be manipulated by its "education" (cognitive bias) just as people can be manipulated by the propaganda fed to t...

AI language models have an inbuilt understanding of the relationship of ideas as conveyed through human language. It also is able to recombine them in...

The "infinite regress" is the circumference. As it tracks into itself or infinitely regresses into itself ie "loops" or "revolves". Everything "infini...

Bravo invicta! I applaud you for this determination. Infinity and finitude are two sides of the same dynamic. They require one another as mutual exist...

Information is brought about by "difference". And difference require at the very minimum 2 separate or distinct things or states. There is no "differe...

This is absurdity from where I'm coming from. We can speak of definitions (nouns) and actions (verbs) both. By the logic of what something does always...

Information requires both energy (communication) and matter (storage). So information as a substance certainly does as you say dissolve the matter-cen...

What would say about a new religion of spiritual belief that exemplifies ethics to the point that they are synonymous? Or even more exaggerated a case...

Placebo could also be considered behaviour, beliefs and attitudes that confer a positive health outcome. In that sense they don't "trick" anyone so mu...

All you are saying is the language about something, and the actual thing, are not the same. Obviously. That's basic. What of it? It's not like I can d...

All new ideas, innovations, inventions, concepts, theories and hypotheses are creative (alternative) when compared to previous pre-established underst...

First of all neuroscience isn't the source of consciousness. It's a discipline. The brain may be the organiser of conscious awareness in humans. Sure....

Is "discordance" not a phenomenon that exists in reality? If so, then discordance is one aspect of that which is true/exists - part of reality. I dont...

I dont see incoherence in energy being a thing and that thing being what it does. I have no issue with action being a thing. Or "doing" being an exist...

Something said about another may be correct (ie opinion in alignment with what is) or it may be incorrect (opinion not reflecting what actually is). A...

Both are minorities, yes, youre correct. And what of it? There are also minority religions/spiritualities. This does not mean they are any less valid,...

Are they though? Is the slang of today the same as it was 10 years ago? Is the english of today the same as it was in Victorian times, or Shakespearea...

Again, as i said earlier, not all religions have a God. Buddhism, taoism, jainism and many more do not have a Godhead. We must not assume that religio...

Absolutely. A round of applause for this. If science deals with raw knowledge and thus power/control, the i would expect/hope religions or spiritualit...

yes!

I absolutely agree. Bravo. And i think this is an exemplary trait in such a person as they are open minded, unbiased, curious and receptive to any and...

I agree in the sense that religions and spiritualities are innumeral. And to be a true "atheist" one must not believe in "all" religions/spiritualitie...

Haha agreed. That one made me laugh.

Not true. Not all religions have a God-head - buddhism, taoism, jainism etc. This is such a common misconception about religions. Abrahamic religions ...

No. Science will never eventually replace religion. Because there will always be people that desire to contend with the status quo using alternative v...

Anything you can think of, or simply put, imagination - is a demonstration of the malleability/plasticity of the brain, or the potency of the energy-m...

Yes i see what you mean. Agreed, it is more palatable for sure. I for one often utilise analogy and metaphor (supposed fiction grey area) to convey as...

Yes. Thats how language works. I could just say "the universe is the universe" or even more extreme a case just keep chanting "oneness" repeatedly in ...

Yes i agree. And what prior disposition is more potent and capable of producing emergents than "potential". Potential energy is the fuel on the fire o...

That's great :) Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad I executed/articulated what in wanted to communicate well. Very astute/wise assessment Eugen. People...

Everything emergent is bound by fundamentality. All existants sit atop a universal "floor" - a singularity, or law or constant that dictates the poten...

I would imagine such a God would understand that many hypotheticals never come to be actual real life dilemmas. Thank god for that! And secondly that ...

Science is excellent at exposing the truth in a consistent measurable way. Sadly it is not a means to expose the whole truth. Because art is true. Emo...

Morality is telling the truth. Because truth portends to knowledge, power, control, capacity to reveal the nature of things but most importantly, to u...

When we make them distinct. Sure. The universe as a whole is a single thing. One category. It can be itemised/fragmented into as many categories as yo...

I hope the above clarified it better. Just like a coin has 2 faces, is one face any more "coin" than the other? Is matter (acted upon) any more or les...

Yes. Because energy is (actor) and does (property). The two are united as a singular entity. It "is doing-ness". So it is the actor and the acted upon...

The only way someone could experience and thus appreciate the "infinity" of time is to have infinite memory/recall and perfect prediction of future ev...

I don't think a God cares who dies if whoever dies merely is reborn as something else. Matter and energy don't just disappear into nothingness. They g...

guns kill. No guns doesn't kill. End of discussion.

There is one monism: "the truth". It remains the same regardless of what we make of it. As its the truth - it doesn't change. Science is not equal to ...