They're spelled very similarly. Perhaps they have the same etymology. Maybe they're cousins on the evolving language tree. Yep so "fractus" in Latin m...
Yeah when I read that I was like oh wow new imagery! Was really nice. The tree of life, taxonomy, classification and evolution (the mutations- branchi...
Well we are "negentropic" by definition.That is to say "Life" goes against the increasing entropy flow of the universe, the chaos, the disorder. We as...
Wouldn't "the questioned" have to exist for us to question it? If the universe = "All information", sure it may not be able to ask questions, but from...
For sure they would. You don't need to use a concept of God to commit crimes. Most crimes are done without any reference to such an entity. Im sure at...
Haha warming up. You've already got the idea of DNA, ancestry and a family tree. Believe it or not the branching tree image - that's one I didn't even...
I agree with you. I simply wanted to bring literalism to full fruition for both yours and my amusement. To "humour" the idea as it were. But it does r...
Love does sort of have that quality I think of "absolutism." One doesn't "sort of love" another. They "know" they love the other "whole-heartedly" or ...
I see what you mean and it sort of eludes to that at the end, she falls idle and stops thinking (perhaps because she lost track of her knowledge), and...
Well we can take it literally of course. In that case it is a sentient shape-shifting hairpin speaking to us about its life and many forms, as the nar...
Very true, I accidentally overlooked to implications of what you set out. They would have no concept of God. I wonder what they would substitute it wi...
a fair perspective. So as I understand you would be a passive God, only observing but not intervening. Would you fancy yourself as totally inaccesible...
I feel the hairpin represents a comfort that is also fundamentally essential - a functional instrument: "her pillow", "the key to her first apartment"...
You can always leave. For sure. But something intrigued you enough to stay thus far. If I were you I would not shy away from it. I'm "curious" (ironic...
Wow, I never thought of it that way. It quite profound. How much of our self indentity comes from comparison with the identity of others? A thoughtful...
Quite right Noble Dust. Because I think with learning comes assertion of established assumptions. The more you assume, the narrower your focus becomes...
Yes I agree. Its got a semblance of opposition about it. I would say to anyone hazarding a guess to the deeper meaning, investigate the names Mores an...
To be frank, Frank, I think it's equally important to view it as a holistic system and to explore its individual parts in isolation. Just as its impor...
Yes it has loads in common with our own minds. The laws of chemistry, physics etc. Our minds aren't just some magically conjured up thing outside of t...
I think this is absurd. Science does not equal physics. Physics is one element of science. Science is rather a formal behaviour of investigation. To t...
No of course not. But biologists and physiologists occamed it up to isolate each component and see what happens when it's removed, or more is added, o...
And how can one know what it's like to be ignorant if they have always known everything? It's a paradox. Which is why I don't personally like to perso...
Occams razor is based on the fact that truth/reason for something is often less extravagant, requires less reasoning, imagination and hop-scotching ar...
Yes. I can. If they're omniscient and omnipotent, they may desire to know what it's like not to be so. Or to at least create the illusion of such for ...
I'm a little confused. Can't you resist belief itself? In which case a non-resistent nonbeliever is a total contradiction. How can one be a non-resist...
He has perhaps gone mad with derision for others. Incontenable elitism. He'd rather befall the merciless savagery of a rabid beast than his enemies. T...
Socrates was that person I believe. It supposes a contradiction between knowing and not knowing. A similar vein of contradiction runs through the stor...
I like your deep analysis of the story. It seems to offer more questions than answers but is that not the purpose of such a story on philosophy forum?...
Seems like a circular argument. The start appears to be similar to the end. A journey of curiosity departing from ignorance in quest for knowledge, fi...
None of these fit my personal viewpoint. I'm a material-idealism dualist (as in immaterial and material are simultaneous and mutually neccesary/comple...
fair, i'll take that. Perhaps knowledge of any actual god is impossible. Perhaps not. It all comes down to a unification of a perfect reasoning and pe...
A reasonable line of thought. What for example is the opposite to a gear box, or a 4x3 inch 8 foot plank of wood, or Sarah from Chicago or the number ...
And what do you think Agent Smith. What's your personal point of view or do you wish for 180 proof to speak entirely on your behalf. Either way is fin...
My response to atheists is that if you don't believe in god, you do not believe in any possible dogma of God, any characterisation, any interpretation...
That would mean from the point of view of a God everything is deterministic (fully predicted from onset to end) and there is no free will. The naughty...
Of course there is. If we had flippers and a tail we could swim like dolphins, seals, sharks. Every animal is adapted to their environment. It seems O...
What if the revenue generated from the sale of legalised taxable drugs went directly to rehabilitation centers, public health campaigning, AAA meeting...
Fair enough. Sounds similar to the commonly held views on god that he is benevolent to the benevolent and malevolent to the malevolent. Just as our ju...
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