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wonderer Kenning-comprehender :wink: I took a Tolkien class in college, and one of the things discussed was Tolkien's work on Beowulf. I can't say I r...

Gnonsense. Shannon worked on analog computers before essentially inventing digital logic. His communication theory was very much about communicating u...

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The notion of causality or simplistic thinking about causality?

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I think that might go for any germs pickled in arsenic injected into a baby's brain. My evidence is that my autdar says of Wittgenstein, "Whoa, that d...

Well, I'd think it could only seem so from an awfully 'high level' view, where a lot of the causal detail is coarse grained out of consideration. The ...

I just finished reading it, so I have a better understanding of the context in which he was using "powers". It's interesting to consider how much less...

Thanks!

I'm not familiar with the Aristotelian idea of a "power" hidden behind the phenomena. However, based on my considerations of neuroscience, calling our...

Yeah, I know that was a bit strange, but at the time I didn't care. Glad to hear the surprise was pleasant. :smile: I was thinking that writing that d...

I don't think things are so different in the US, although for some time now there has been ongoing effort in the US to communicate that there is an au...

It seems to me that there is an important distinction between riding a bike and playing chess. I don't need to know anything about another person's la...

Interesting article. I had never really thought much about this. To me it seemed an odd subject to start a thread about, but after reading that articl...

Diligent Hokey Pokey practice? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZinb6rVozc

I wasn't suggesting, but I was asking Bob, because I was curious as to his purpose. Granted, it might have been better for me to stop at, "Why?" :100:...

Thanks Amity, I'm going to take a few days off from TPF, but I saw you had responded and I greatly appreciate it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QjvzCT...

@"Bob Ross" @"Philosophim" Just a reminder...

The space with Michael I see him in the car carrier on the floor, on the night I rode around with Jeff. Jeff was looking for Patty, with a rage which ...

Yeah, I was figuring you would be raging. I'm not really seeing much point in responding to that kind of stuff right now.

I appreciate your response. I'm kind of in a dark place right now, and I'm not sure when I'll have the equanimity that I want to have in responding to...

Why? So you can feel particularly righteous?

Bob, your OP has given me an opportunity to at least somewhat process some PTSD. Thanks for that, I guess. I spent a year protecting a new born baby a...

:broken: "And when they've given you their all Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall." - Fr...

I've actually been through testing twice. Once in my mid twenties, after having a physicalist epiphany that lead to me thinking I should have myself t...

That brings up the issue of understanding the biases of those who step back from science

I guess that having been informed about the relevant science for a long time, it's rather baffling to me that so much energy is going into such a phil...

I don't know how likely other are to agree, but I think philosophy of mind would be a perfectly legitimate category for a wide ranging discussion of h...

It seems as if you are rather arbitrarily cutting off consideration of the scientific picture somewhere in the brain or at the retina. However the lig...

I guess we'll see.

To think that an inferential purpose is the only psychologically pertinent purpose for sewing seeds is psychologically naive. Although I'll certainly ...

Of course I don't really know you and you should consider the following a matter of speculation on my part. If there is something that resonates with ...

I see it more as sowing seeds. Matthew 13: I have some experience with seeding paradigm shifts in the minds of Christians. I'm happy with doing what I...

I'm not much inclined to use the word "essential" because of the amount of baggage that tends to come with it. "Autism" is an apt word for describing ...

Sometimes I post things in hopes of recognition occurring. Suppose we take Christianity specifically out of the picture. Do you see a downside to divi...

:up: "Epistemically pragmatic metaphors" I like to say.

Nice history lesson!

I'm still curious about this. It sounds to me like you are describing a priesthood (of which you are a part?) which you think should be listened to as...

Yeah, so much better, are religions that encourage homicide when members get all offended. :roll:

I'd recommend avoiding such stereotyping, unless your goal is to be seen as an insensitive douche bag, in which case :up:

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No. I wasn't making any such argument. I was just pointing out what is easily recognized with sufficient knowledge of history.

It's not that I am unaware that Mormonism began as a weird cultish offshoot of Christianity and that many if not most Christians, do not consider Morm...

Ok, I guess I misinterpreted of misattributed something.

I'm guessing you dramatically edited a post while I was looking up a link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosis_(Eastern_Christian_theology) Perhap...

Sure, there are people with all sorts of agendas, but perhaps we should step back. Do you agree when I say:

I'd say they have absorption spectrums within the 'spectrum space' that people typically classify as red. They have a somewhat distinctive absorption ...

I'm not seeing how how that is a source of evidence, as to the views of most everyone well informed in the life sciences. Can you point out specific p...

I would think that most everyone well informed in the life sciences would recognize the usefulness of physics in such an interdisciplinary project. Do...

It seems strange to me that someone would even consider the question of whether physics is up to the job. To me, it is so clearly a matter for extreme...