Philosophim

I see. That's just an invention of your mind though. Regardless, that doesn't negate the OP. What caused the charge? What caused the singularity? If y...

That's a prediction, not the question of prior causation. How does this apply to the OP?

That didn't really answer the question. What caused it to be that way?

Read the OP. I would ask, "Why is the causation 1/2^n power? The answer is, "Something else" in which case you would need to provide that, or "There i...

Hello Agent Smith. I appreciate your contribution, I just had not gotten around to it yet. For this forum post, I would be glad to answer your questio...

Then what they are describing is an inapplicable plausibility. It is when you believe that something that exists, but have constructed it in such a wa...

None of this makes sense. Flesh out what your words mean please.

You have to prove that nothing causes consciousness. That's a very tall order. Proving that any one thing is self-explained has an incredibly high bur...

Can you clarify this? I don't know what a reversible clock is, or what you mean by a singularity.

Mind describing what you personally mean by causa sui? A wikipedia article doesn't flesh out what you intended by it,

I do not believe this is the hard problem. We know that all experiences of ourselves reduce to the brain. That's really not in question. The hard prob...

Thanks for the well wishes Bob. I almost feel like my normal self again today. In both cases, the person believes that the plausibility can be applica...

reply="Bob Ross;638715"] Great response Bob, my apologies for the delay. I caught "The Covid," and have been fairly sick. Fortunately I'm vaccinated, ...

I still think we're a bit apart on the terms. Let me see if I can define them more clearly. The meaningful distinctions should be: Possibility - the b...

I think the true issue here, is a difference in our use of terms between plausibility and possibility. Lets see if we can come to the same context. I ...

Lets say there is no free will. If accountability, which is a pressure for a person to go against their unimpeded free will, gives them a better outco...

Hello Bob! I'm back from vacation. I hope the holidays found you well. Your immediateness section is spot on! Our chain of "trusting" memories is the ...

I believe what you are describing is more epistemology, the study of knowledge, then it is metaphysics. I'm in a great discussion with Bob here https:...

Not quite. So in blindsight, your eyes work fine. This means the light is traveling to your eyes, and up to your brain. The problem is the brain's pro...

I've never understood this idea personally. We see, "things" and we assume there is space between them. There is space between atoms, between quarks, ...

My BS propaganda radar goes off whenever I see, "The left" or "The right". Those are lazy labels filled with bias, and generally do not lead to good t...

Thank you for the kind words 180 Proof.

What you're noting is that most people are rationalizing, and not rational creatures. Philosophy attempts to address that rational beyond the rational...

Science is not intended to be persuasive to people. Science is intended to be the most rational way to evaluate the world. People at their core are no...

Both liberal and conservative Americans hold that a peaceful transfer of power is something we aspire towards. You are using "the liberals" as some bo...

You've been on these boards for a long time StreetlightX. A major goal of philosophy is to carefully examine our own presumptions and prejudices about...

I am incredibly disappointed and disheartened to hear this. I feel you have made people into "the other". This is what allows racism, sexism, and hate...

I would say its our inability to escape from primitive status. Did you know fruit flies will flip each other over to assert dominance? It takes the br...

Maybe you don't understand that those pigs were men with families doing their job to protect the people in the capitol. Here's testimony from Michael ...

This has nothing to do with liberals. Any systematic analysis should reveal that. People busted windows, beat up police officers, destroyed and took t...

Since we're on a board where we do a little more thinking than others, I want you to consider this. The person with insight never worries about the ot...

I think this is misunderstood. Superposition can only occur when the particle is not observed. This doesn't mean observation from humans fyi, but obse...

There is no reason why the universe should, or should not make sense. The point of knowledge is to attempt to make sense of the universe for our survi...

I agree that we should be polite and discuss even controversial topics. Perhaps the reason others are suspicious of your motives, is it seems one side...

I think there's a bit of a difference between pretending that I'm a super hero saving the world, vs wondering about the meaning of life. Play is purel...

Those calling for a Civil War are spoiled children. No one is enslaved, starving, or lacking of a future because of an oppressive tyrannical governmen...

I think you might misunderstand what freedom of speech means. Freedom of speech, at least in America, is the idea that the government cannot make a la...

I am not a Christian myself, but I think this interpretation is from people who don't understand the faith very well, or who had it twisted to scare t...

If you had asked me, you would find I am quite familiar with MBTI. There is irony in the fact that you didn't ask for "details to study", but simply c...

Great conversation so far Bob! First, I have had time to think about it, and yes, I believe without a denominator, one cannot have probability, only p...

Its little more than pop psychology and modern day astrology. People are not stereotypes, and that's all MBTI tries to label you as. Be you, don't wor...

I don't think people hate vegans per say. They hate vegan evangelists. Vegans who do it because they think its the right thing to do, and don't believ...

But you said, A society, does not mean our society alone. If you would like to change your viewpoint to being only our society, that's fine, but that ...

Great comments so far Bob! I'll dive in. I understand exactly what you are saying in this paragraph. I've deductively concluded that these inductions ...

Last time I ask you to just address the points and avoid the personal. If you want people in your thread discussing with you, and possibly persuading ...

Careful now? Is this a discussion or an ego trip for you? Just make your points without snark. Prior to the legalization of gay marriage, homosexualit...

Untrue. In every government, someone has power over someone else. The state does not dictate morality, they dictate who holds power. Different states ...

Because people with hope change the world. If we all accepted, "It is what it is", people wouldn't work to change things. Changing thing is difficult,...

Great thread. I would specify a bit further. You do not kill your society if the laws of society are not followed. You disrupt those who are in POWER ...

Wonderful! We are about to get into part 4, induction hierarchies. I have never been able to discuss this aspect with someone seriously before, as no ...