Philosophim

This is my problem. Studies show that the strength of the penalty passed a certain point does not deter crime. The death penalty for example, actually...

I read the entirety of your post, but I feel this sums it up nicely. The goal of the knowledge theory was to find just one thing that I could "know", ...

Yes, that is what makes me angry. I see it as rarely, if ever helping people to be a better person, and more often than not, an implicit excuse to set...

Its why I made this post. It is an odd thing. I wanted to know why. I wanted to know if I was jutified, or (more likely) not justified. Hearing other ...

Oddly, no. I think this is because they are concepts divorced enough from reality that I can understand why someone would believe them. When people ar...

And this is my point. Coming up with something that satisfies our emotional desires is stunting growth. It is imaginary. Does it help you be a better ...

The same Bob! I fully understand! It is a constant struggle for me as well. One of the reasons I respect you is you are a participant trying to unders...

No. This is all made up in your head. The more important question is, why did you make it up? Why do you insist on believing something you know you ju...

Please provide that proof then.

All right. At this point I know you're just trolling. No further responses from me.

Mind citing what that hard scientific reality is?

A fact is something provable. Rebirth is no fact.

If its not the same as in this universe, then its not you. Beyond the fantastical idea that this will even happen, at best its a clone. Are you your c...

Explain to me why you think that person born in a different universe is you? Its the same as if there was a clone in this universe. It is not you.

Yes it does. If you are cloned after a big bang, that is not you. You will not come back. You will never come back. I don't say this to hurt you. I sa...

Who says it would? Lets see what we know. First, we do not know if there will be a follow up big bang. That is as much heaven or hell as anything else...

Non-existence is not a state, it is an absence of a state. You will get so many years of existence, then you will cease to be. That is it. Your brain ...

Sorry for the wait Bob, busy week, and I wanted to have time to focus and make sure I really covered the answers here. Yes, this is the distinction I ...

Thank you for sticking with it TootheyMaw, I think I understand your stance better now. I do agree in the context of a survey, people have bipartisan ...

I would argue in that case that analyzing the plausibilities is relevant to that situation. :grin: I think we understand the points here. The reason w...

No, it wasn't. L'elephant is a person who is within more of the far right culture, so he's probably heard something similar to what you were stating. ...

I'm just trying to piece together what you were trying to say. Relax. I'm not here to hurt you, honestly. If I was wrong, please correct me. Try takin...

This was one sentence that had a lot of ideas. Lets break this up a bit. "I am against the people using the term "neo-marxist" to tar other people in ...

Its ok, we all blow some steam sometime. Yes, I didn't see precisely where you were going. Try to give me a main idea, and focus on that. You wrote mo...

Lets disregard the fact that the studies you cited do not back your claim. What would it take to show your claim has any merit? First, we would need a...

ToothyMaw, this was kind of a rant. Your video is a link to a one sided and positively biased interview to Dr. Gorka, who was appointed as Deputy Assi...

Yes, if you're just comparing the fundamental building blocks of different plausibilities, you can determine plausibility A is more cogent than plausi...

I finally think I see what you have been trying to tell me about "potential". I knew you saw something there that I was unable to grasp, but I think I...

Thanks for the contribution to the OP! I'll see you around.

Fair. :smile: I would say though that sureness is not the same as certainty. The intention is to use a word that conveys some conviction, assumption, ...

That's a fairly dishonest reading. I never claimed beliefs were knowledge. I claimed that before we start with knowledge, we had to start by looking a...

I rather like your definition of potentiality here. I think it hammers home what we've been trying to get to. However, I think we can also see the pro...

Thank you! No, I have not read it. Due to time this morning, I got some general concepts. While we may have some similar beginnings, I believe we dive...

Genius is a relative term. I like _db's reply of people who usher in a "paradigm shift". Intelligent and smart people come to the conclusions of gener...

If you are interested in a serious discussion of epistemology that follows what you consider pragmatic, you can join Bob Ross and I here. https://thep...

All distinctive knowledge is formed subjectively. Why I think possibility is more clear and useful than potential as a discrete experience, is I have ...

Though your assertion is questionable, Gage was only used as a popular reference. His contribution to our understanding that the brain is who you are ...

I have been thinking about this for some time. I like the word "potential". I think its a great word. The problem is, it comes from a time prior to ha...

I'm not really seeing clear cases of morality here. When I think about morality, I think about 10 commandment stuff. Lying, cheating, stealing, murder...

This chance is almost certainly zero. Even if the universe happens again, even a slight fluctuation would result in a different outcome. You only happ...

I'm more interested in the quality of the classes. If you're poor, and live in homeless squalor because of it, I think there's an issue. I'm also not ...

Perhaps instead of saying something comes from nothing, how about instead you say, "Something that has no prior explanation for its formed existence."...

While it can be fun to speculate about what happens after death, without some rational basis, its just a supposition, not really philosophy. From ever...

I agree with this! I got caught up in my own verbiage, and need to separate the inductions by the ability to apply applicable knowledge, that I forgot...

I appreciate the feedback, and did not mean to come across that way. I will be more careful of attitude going forward. Funny enough, I own a gun, I su...

What an amazing job you have! Thanks for taking the fight. If no one does, it will never get done. First, people are not rational. They are rationaliz...

Its a lousy (Laozi) statement after all! I'm sorry, I couldn't resist the pun, :D

Yes. The end result to all causality, according to the OP, is there must come a time when there is no prior explanation or cause. It exists, simply be...

Can we prove this? Why couldn't the big bang just happen? After all, if God is the first cause, why couldn't something else be? That would be the defi...

Fantastic point. I need to revise what an inapplicable plausibility is. What would be more accurate is the belief that something exists that cannot be...