T_Clark

This is not an outsider science forum or any kind of science forum at all for that matter. If the world were consistent, wild-eyed trips into pseudo-s...

Can you think of any realistic or relevant real-world scenario that would be analogous to your thought experiment? I can't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwXywitQXUA I provide this as evidence I will try to be less serious on the Shoutbox, but just as annoying.

You've missed the point. The monotony is the heart, the essence, the genius of my curse.

Just curiosity - Is the drive for independence for Catalonia similar to that for Scotland?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ1QOoWn764 @"Bitter Crank" - Universeness is so cruel to me, but at least he thinks you have nice skin.

You are so subtle. So kind. Not.

Seems then that the various interpretations have been useful, even if only as annoying gnats or mosquitos that have to be swatted away. By the standar...

Is it firmly established that there is no empirical difference between the interpretations?

This is a good way of describing the situation, but I can't figure out what you mean by "compossibility." I looked it up but I'm still confused.

What the author means by virtual world theory seems pretty clear to me. We are, actually I am, the only thing that exists. All of reality is an illusi...

Here is a graph summarizing the results of a survey of physicist's opinions of the correct interpretation of quantum mechanics: /uploads/resized/files...

I lived in Tuscaloosa for six months working on a construction job. On a Saturday in September when a home football game was scheduled, I got into a c...

If I'm searching for something and can't find it I say "Where the fuck is the fucking fuck," even if there's no one else around.

You don't need a far-fetched thought experiment to get your answer. Just look at the world. People leave places where they are suffering from starvati...

All that being said, I agree with your general point.

What you've described isn't, and shouldn't be, the typical form that an argument takes on the forum. If I say "I hold this truth to be self-evident - ...

As I noted in my responses to Universeness, I am participating in this conversation is mostly because of his self-righteous pomposity. That being said...

Try to understand that my objections are to your self-satisfied certainty.

You seem to be struggling to understand that, to the extent you still benefit from the behavior of the British Empire, you still share responsibility....

I once read an article written by a conservative columnist in the Boston Globe, a strong supporter of Israel. He claimed that God's judgement in Genes...

Hey!!! You changed my text. Anyway - I'm ok with adaptivity for survivability. I'm not sure of the difference in this context.

More and more you see claims from countries that want the return of heritage and artistic items which were taken centuries ago by imperialist nations.

This all well and good, as long as we can justly claim that we gain no ongoing benefit from yesterday's injustice. I think that's the heart of the mat...

@"Jamal" This is an interesting discussion, but it seems like we're about to take over the Shoutbox. Thoughts? So, you sit in judgement of modern Amer...

Scots are citizens of the UK and were citizens of Great Britain during the empire. Scots emigrated to the new world, Australia, India, and all the oth...

Perhaps citizens of the UK are not the ones who should be giving lectures on the morals of mistreating indigenous people.

Plus people from Glasgow get to call themselves Glaswegians.

Well, it's clear to me that truth, certainty, intelligibility, belief, and all the rest are concepts and reflect values created by our imperfect human...

A question - if the argument is true, what is the alternative? God?

Another way of saying that survivability is what matters is to say the truth is what works. That's the battle cry of the pragmatist. As far as we can ...

The Orkneys and Shetlands are not part of the Hebrides.

The argument, to the extent I can understand from the article you linked, seems to be that without outside guidance, evolution could never develop rel...

The US Embassy in Moscow, Russia, issued a security alert for US citizens that read: “Security Alert for U.S. Citizens in Russia U.S. Embassy Moscow, ...

Alas, tis true.

As I see it, if West Loch were a couple of miles longer, the peninsula that separates Arran from the Inner Hebrides would be an island. Then they woul...

You disagree that Arran missed being one of the Hebrides by a couple of miles or that it's unfair. I've always been interested in the Hebrides. It pro...

I have always thought of humanism as a perspective that sees the world from the viewpoint of human values. If that's a valid definition of humanism, a...

I think Lao Tzu disagrees with you:

It doesn't seem fair that Arran missed being one of the Inner Hebrides by a couple of miles.

No further questions. I rest my case.

You've misunderstood. The rankings are not based on opinions or preferences. They are actual objective facts established scientifically by theoretical...

I think we've had this discussion before. I disagree. In my understanding, the Tao Te Ching is about the experience Lao Tzu is trying to help us encou...

And that's what I call "pragmatism" - whatever works.

For me, the difference between western and eastern philosophies is the focus. Western philosophies generally focus on reason, eastern on experience an...

People should learn to leave the humor to professionals. There aren't many on the forum. Here's the ranking: 1 - T Clark 2 - Hanover 3 - Bartricks 4 -...

From Associated Press: About 98,000 Russians have crossed into Kazakhstan in the week since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization ...

A quay is a dock or pier. A key is an island.

Thanks for the link I saved it on with all my other interesting websites.

It is inconsiderate to start a new discussion on a subject when there is already one open. Perhaps you'll learn to be considerate when you grow up too...