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This is definitely outside my wheelhouse. What a dumb cliché. So, somebody set me straight. You called this an autopsy, but I don’t think that’s what ...

Silly?…Or smelly?

Or, perhaps, it’s the other way around.

And on a related matter. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3YBOI0pcgGA

Whom.

I’ve suspected as such

I just tripped over this video on Reddit. This is not the kind of thing I normally would enjoy, but I couldn’t stop watching it. It’s about the aesthe...

I suggest someone open a thread in the lounge where people can just post over and over again to increase their counts.

Pay attention. We’re talking about the Epstein emails.

Everyone wants a golden boy.

Oddly enough, we call this a grilled ham and cheese sandwich. If instead of ham, you make the sandwich with a hamburger in the middle, we call it a go...

Here’s what I wrote in my first post in this thread: I don’t understand how what you wrote addresses what I wrote.

Yes. I don’t want to hang around only with people who think the same way I do.

I think I take it a bit more literally—If there is no God, there are no forms.

No, as far as I know, he didn’t and I wasn’t trying to claim he did. It was my own inference and it still makes sense to me.

Sure— How many attorney general nominees does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Two—One to replace the bulb and one to pay for sex with 17-year-old gir...

It has always struck me that the only place platonic forms could exist would be in the mind of God.

Sorry, I’m lost. I don’t understand the argument you’re making. My argument isn’t in defense of simulation theory. I’m only saying the linked article ...

I think this is exactly right under the condition that you are correct when you say neither God nor the simulation can be proven or disproven, even in...

You share responsibility for this. I’ll shut up if Banno will.

I was going to let this whole thing go, but seems like you want to keep it going. You and I were going back-and-forth, and I had you on the ropes unti...

I’ll tell you my own pronunciation confession. Since you’re Spanish, I know “Javi” should be pronounced “Havi,” but when I say it to myself, I always ...

That’s right. Why is that troublesome?

Toad, towed, toed

I don’t think he was joking, and I do think he was talking about me.

If you’re serious, and if you find my presence on the forum disruptive, let me know.

@"Banno" is a lost cause, but I expect better from you.

And there’s no reason why you should. From what little I know of you, you are clearly a person of will. That’s a good thing, but it’s not what’s right...

Curiosity is not frivolous thinking, it is going where your heart leads you. If your heart doesn’t tell you what the right thing to do is, nothing wil...

Even back then, I thought it was kind of creepy. Just because I’m made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen doesn’t mean I should take a bath in methyl iso...

I remember a Monsanto commercial back in the 1970s—“Without chemicals, life itself would be impossible.”

My father worked for Dupont for his entire career—almost 50 years. Their motto was “Better things for better living through chemistry.” I don’t know i...

Seriously, is that the best you can do? Seriously, is that the best you can do? It doesn’t even make sense.

This is fun. Let’s keep it going for a little while. You and I approach philosophy differently. You mostly just repeat things other people have said, ...

Science and engineering teach critical thinking at least as well as philosophy does. And when push comes to shove, the proof, as they say, is in the p...

Really? You think credentials make good philosophers? I guess that explains a lot.

I am not qualified to criticize your knowledge of cooking. As for philosophy, that’s a different story.

This is a good response. I think you should make it so this is sent out automatically whenever anybody tags you.

I forgot to say—welcome to the forum.

I think this is right, and I have my own thoughts on why I find the article unconvincing, which may or may not be similar. Any simulation doesn’t have...

Follow your curiosity. It knows where it’s going—or at least how to get there.

No, no, no… We just assume everyone wishes they were American.

@"Jamal" Looks like someone has sliced your starling in half.

A true Janissary would never use corn (maize) flour.

Why don't we join the Janissaries and bake a banana and fig sponge cake?

I think the initial state and the current state are the same thing. It’s the initial state of the observation process—conditions at time-0.

No.

I made the case, that doesn’t mean I convinced anyone.

I really wasn’t trying to convince anyone, I guess I was just pointing out that we were headed off into a more complicated discussion which is probabl...

In the second example, the word “determined” is just a synonym for “caused.” I have made the case many times before that causality is not a useful way...