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 ...
Do you mean the Miller-Urey experiment? Where yes “Their 1950s experiment produced a number of organic molecules, including amino acids” https://biopr...
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...
“ 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...
The question is how did inorganic substance become organic? Science today still doesn’t understand they think that early earth had electrical storms t...
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...
“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...
Chemistry and physics are. You tweak that basic reality by calling it different things. naturalism, physicalism, scientisism are all semantics. Math d...
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...
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 ...
You state “ However, a physicalist metaphysical position entails no assessment or evaluation for how humans can respond to the world”. Which again, is...
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...
“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. ...
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...
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’...
Seneca was Roman, And perhaps 300 years after Socrates? And where did the Greeks get their mathematics from? Egypt! Egypt built the pyramids. Nothing ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
I’m concerned with “ Sometimes appealing to authority is appropriate.”. Religious figures are seen as authorities. Next thing you know you’ve drank th...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mathematical paradox “ In any instant, a moving object is indistinguishable from a nonmoving object: Thus motion is impossible.” Without time there is...
Mathematical paradox is defined “ In any instant, a moving object is indistinguishable from a nonmoving object: Thus motion is impossible.” we are tra...
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