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Becky

['Member']Joined: May 24, 2020 at 07:31Last active: December 04, 2021 at 11:58None discussions45 comments

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But who defines virtue? Lots of religionists people think they are virtuous by restricting and controlling others to what their “god(s)” tell them is ...
March 20, 2021 at 13:59
Do you mean the Miller-Urey experiment? Where yes “Their 1950s experiment produced a number of organic molecules, including amino acids” https://biopr...
March 20, 2021 at 13:19
Imhotep
March 20, 2021 at 13:10
But what is intellect? We used to think that animals weren’t self-aware or couldn’t make tools. That’s been proven wrong. Being a white suburban femal...
March 20, 2021 at 13:04
“ The Big Bang is the best theory we have of our universe's origin and the equations we use to study it are only good to about some billionths of a se...
March 20, 2021 at 12:41
The question is how did inorganic substance become organic? Science today still doesn’t understand they think that early earth had electrical storms t...
March 20, 2021 at 12:29
I can’t quote philosophers. I have read a few. But may I weigh in? I am in hedonist. I’m also an atheist. People that are religious when they find out...
March 20, 2021 at 11:48
Infetisimal calculus. Take half, and half again. Keep getting closer but you never really get there.
June 20, 2020 at 09:48
“The scientific community has no consensus on whether quantum indeterminacy is a thing or not“ Brings up Schrödinger's cat. The act of observation cha...
June 20, 2020 at 09:40
Chemistry and physics are. You tweak that basic reality by calling it different things. naturalism, physicalism, scientisism are all semantics. Math d...
June 20, 2020 at 09:33
The ability to do what you want in your own personal space is basic power. Having control of your body. Where just because you’re raped and have a kid...
June 20, 2020 at 09:17
A friend said tonight only zombies will love you for your brains. sex sells. Women Obtain power through their sexual appeal. I have yet to find a man ...
June 20, 2020 at 08:54
Wow! Debating semantics rather than reality
June 07, 2020 at 21:11
You state “ However, a physicalist metaphysical position entails no assessment or evaluation for how humans can respond to the world”. Which again, is...
June 07, 2020 at 21:04
So, what makes you happy?
June 07, 2020 at 19:37
Yes, you are correct I did not know about the coding parameters. But do I care,;NO. And I disagree with your assumption that physics,chemistry are a n...
June 07, 2020 at 19:34
“Suffering to be born” Again disagree with that statement. We are chemical beings Your statement that we are suffering to be born makes it religious. ...
June 07, 2020 at 19:25
Oh, so you’re thinking Hinduism? Or Buddhism? Where by being good here we achieve a new level?Personally, I disagree
June 07, 2020 at 19:22
God! You guys are so wordy! Does that make you better? Or more knowledgeable? You think I’m a pessimist because I can’t wait to die? I dispute that As...
June 07, 2020 at 19:15
“May or not be the case” is what you state. Show me your sources.
June 07, 2020 at 19:07
“Once alive, always alive. The universe can't dispute this.” I’m sorry, but this is total bullshit
June 07, 2020 at 19:02
Gosh! You guys are so wordy. Personally, I don’t care.You guys can argue semantics all you want. But physics and math are true
June 07, 2020 at 18:54
Perfection is only perceived within your own mind. We are all chemical beings.
June 07, 2020 at 18:50
It is true, the more bread you make less shit you have to eat.However, on the other hand personal possessions tie you down. To state that people didn’...
June 07, 2020 at 18:08
“Doesn't philosophy mean 'wisdom of love'?” Personally I would turn that around I believe that love of wisdom equates philosophy.
June 07, 2020 at 18:02
Personally, I can’t wait. To be rid of this physical being. To be energy. Are we still trapped by time?
June 07, 2020 at 17:39
Seneca was Roman, And perhaps 300 years after Socrates? And where did the Greeks get their mathematics from? Egypt! Egypt built the pyramids. Nothing ...
June 07, 2020 at 15:54
Personally, I look forward to death. To be rid of this physical being will be a blessing. However to quote Woody Allen “If I wasn’t such a chicken I k...
June 07, 2020 at 15:26
I like how you think. We are trapped in time.And I really like that you’re syscant and don’t blather on. However, the reality is we are chemical being...
June 07, 2020 at 14:45
The whole idea of a soul is a religious, or fairytale idea.We are all Stardust.We are chemical beings, we interact with everything chemically. If you ...
June 07, 2020 at 14:35
What about Schrödinger's cat? The act of observance changes the physical entity.
June 07, 2020 at 14:17
I don’t think of atheism as an ideology. Atheism means you don’t believe in fairytales. While we still don’t understand everything, including death, w...
June 07, 2020 at 14:08
However, it is true that people with more material goods report more depression. And then, of course there is teenage angst. I do agree, that our soci...
May 24, 2020 at 17:38
Wow! How would you prove that? How do you know there’s only 10 or 11? Maybe there’s 20. However, I do agree there is a non-physical universe of energy...
May 24, 2020 at 17:17
I love neuroscience! And quantum physics! I believe in math and chaos! May I ask, why do you live?
May 24, 2020 at 17:05
In America today I majority of the population depends on their phone. Take away their phone and they’re lost.
May 24, 2020 at 16:37
This is really funny. I’m listening to the birds, the sounds of nature. Who does that?
May 24, 2020 at 16:07
Art, or self-expression is limited as much as you let it. I dance to music. But I don’t dance like other people do. I’ve been chastised because I don’...
May 24, 2020 at 16:05
I’m concerned with “ Sometimes appealing to authority is appropriate.”. Religious figures are seen as authorities. Next thing you know you’ve drank th...
May 24, 2020 at 15:31
Banjo is right that “ grammars are neither good nor bad as they stand; only that they are better and worse for some purposes, and not others. But yes ...
May 24, 2020 at 15:13
True, we try to understand. That’s why we’re on this forum. Religion was formed because people didn’t understand nature the stars etc. We still do not...
May 24, 2020 at 12:19
Particle energy is kinetic energy. Which are affected by entropy.. I’ve read in science magazines that wave energy like radio waves, radiation. Etc. a...
May 24, 2020 at 11:58
At the big bang, current hypothesis is quarks and Neutrinos were created.They lost electrons because of the cooling. This created H3 the building bloc...
May 24, 2020 at 11:44
Are stars and planets born and do they die? Yes. Everything dies. A light bulb needs an energy source. What I’m stating is we (and everything) are che...
May 24, 2020 at 11:13
I disagree that time is eternal. We just try to understand our physical existence. I can understand everything was/is created from atoms colliding. We...
May 24, 2020 at 10:30
Energy happens when atom combine. “ Einstein's equation E = mc2 says that mass can be converted to energy and vice versa. If you extrapolate the expan...
May 24, 2020 at 09:22
Why does religion exist? Because no one knows what happens when we die. Religion states if you believe (behave) you will be “rewarded“. Religion is us...
May 24, 2020 at 08:37
Mathematical paradox “ In any instant, a moving object is indistinguishable from a nonmoving object: Thus motion is impossible.” Without time there is...
May 24, 2020 at 08:07
Mathematical paradox is defined “ In any instant, a moving object is indistinguishable from a nonmoving object: Thus motion is impossible.” we are tra...
May 24, 2020 at 07:37