T_Clark

My wife and I were at our financial planner's. She showed us her plan for our investments and told us we would have enough money at least till we were...

The article was fine. It did explain the Bell inequalities well. I also am very much a layman. Very, very much. That's why I have been struggling with...

Thanks. I took a look. I'm not really confused about the mechanics of tests of the Bell inequality. If you do this and this, then this happens. Relati...

Oh, I had assumed you were still on South Georgia Island. The water temperature is cooler there.

A promising young southpaw named Fred Hanover.

I find this kind of discussion of morality frustrating. I don't think it gets to the heart of how morality works for normal people in their everyday l...

We have definitely gotten to the end of my competence and then gone on few extra lengths. I have some more reading and thinking to do. This was a usef...

I still don't know what his idea of culpability means in this context. People aren't to blame for getting pregnant, they are responsible for their act...

I think you are looking at this from a different perspective than I am. I'm pretty tightly focused on responding to the points that @"Bob Ross" made.

Not asking him to pitch, just look after my dog.

I've been pretty lucky. My mom died when I was a kid, but since then I've only lost a few. My father died when he was 75 in 2001. I had a friend who d...

Let's take a classical situation. Alice takes a black and a white bead and puts each in a separate opaque box without looking at them. She sends one b...

And, as I wrote, I disagree with that too. As I noted, there are many things I am responsible for that I might not be able to meet others expectations...

I'd definitely trust Biden. He's old but he's all there. Probably not McConnell or Feinstein. Definitely not Ginsberg. Fred would just gnaw on her bon...

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I read the SA article and a book called "What is Real" by Adam Becker recommended to me by @"Count Timoth...

I looked it up. Sounds like it might be a bit harrowing. Let us know.

I think the worst part of getting, being, old is the prospect that people I've lived with most of my life will soon be gone. That's especially tough w...

In my first post I made it clear that your "absolute moral principle" is not relevant as far as I'm concerned. What is relevant is your willingness to...

That's a silly example. I have no problem with restrictions on abortion requiring them to be done indoors. If someone told you you can't defecate or h...

You're lucky to have me here to keep you up to date on all the most advanced medical findings.

You're right, I oversimplified. I don't find this a particularly compelling argument. If we agree that it's morally correct to prevent women from havi...

There's a technical term for men who can give birth. They call them "women."

Sure, but I think those can be boiled down to two major issues 1) People should be allowed to have control over their own bodies 2) Based on @"Bob Ros...

Wow! I'm impressed.

If you read "Origin of Species," you see that Darwin starts out with building blocks - daily observations over many years - and then builds the wall o...

Have fun. No thinking till you come back.

Thanks for letting me know, although that doesn't really fit into my truck crash reporting classification unless there was honey too. Was that in the ...

Objects that touch don't occupy the same space, they occupy spaces immediately next to each other with no space between them. If you want to go on fro...

You haven't really defined what you mean by wisdom. That's fine, then I won't have to either. Wisdom takes time. You have to marinate in the world, ba...

I'm not sure whether or not you are serious, but before I saw the article, I assumed that many, if not most, Trump supporters didn't really believe he...

An article about whether or not people who believe Donald Trump are sincere.

I'm not convinced by your arguments, but for me that's beside the point. Do you think your moral judgments should be used as the basis for laws restri...

"More and Different" by P.W. Anderson. This is a book by the guy who wrote the article "More is Different," which I've talked about many times here on...

Yes, that's true of me too. Still, even though wasn't in the poetry group poems, it deserves a response. It's a good poem. Lots of images and metaphor...

Yes, if you write "T Clark" anywhere, it won't give you a drop down list with my user name in it. If you just type it in, though, I will get the notif...

If you wrote this yourself, you should have put it in the poetry group we just finished.

I don't think it's the government. We are much more socialized by our families, communities, schools, jobs, TV, the internet. Socialization is not a b...

I didn't pass over your comments. The explication I wrote was intended as a response to you in particular as well several others who had specific comm...

Thank you. Your thoughts mean a lot to me.

Hey Tim. It's good to hear from you. I've tried to figure out Bell's Theorem before with little success. I read your post and was still lost. I downlo...

That was one of the things I was thinking about. We've had discussions on the forum before about whether or not technique and skill are necessary for ...

This seems like a good place to mention this. In addition to what I've seen of Chat GPT, I've also been paying attention to Midjourney, which is a gra...

Yes, I see your point.

If I remember, the correct quote is "I know nothing... noo-thing."

As with a lot of jargon, philosophical or otherwise, is "supervenience" really needed? What's wrong with "dependence?" I'm not saying there's no need ...

I don't think quantum mechanics has any special understanding to add to the study of consciousness beyond it's role as the substrate for all physical ...

That's a great mugshot. I'm going to remember it in case I'm arrested.

Not amusing, perhaps.

I'm reading "What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics." Don't blame me, @"Count Timothy von Icarus" is making me read it...

A couple of thoughts. I read a book a while ago "What is life? : how chemistry becomes biology" by Addy Pross. It's about abiogenesis and Pross writes...