Usually theists say that God has the second property but not the first one. Or dualists say the same for the mind. Objects without properties 1. and 2...
The only thing I know is when I got into a somewhat cynical "conversation" with her about seductive females I got a ban warning and my comments were c...
Rejecting the existence of mermaids is not the greatest error. The greatest error is when we assume the truth of the null hypothesis based on that it ...
I dont want to be punished by myself in hell for eternity for being disrespectful but... I must admit that putting the T-rex next to the weight bench ...
Well, if the ontological argument fails then so does my argument. The more interesting thing would be a refutation from somebody who thinks the ontolo...
You know man I was sitting in my mom's basement when I realized that getting a job is boring and creating some logic cancer is much more enjoyable. Fe...
I find it reasonable to believe that a possible (or imaginable) reality in which I am greater is greater than a possible reality in which I am not as ...
2. follows from the definition of God and not from 1. If the creation of God isn't the greatest creation imaginable then I can imagine a being whos cr...
@"andrewk" @"Metaphysician Undercover" On one hand it is reasonalbe to expect a "proof" to be logical, which requires complex concepts to be well-defi...
I dont understand why you refuse my example since all your examples are temporal so far. At this very moment the actualities of the world are the only...
If the concept of actualization you were talking about is independent of temporal causality and is based on the so called "hierarchy" then I think you...
"3.) A potential cannot be actualized except by something already actual." I would argue this point. What do we mean when we talk about actualization?...
I dont want to go into details about how the academic system generates unhealthy competition or how national intelligence works. I have right and reas...
Well as I told you before I think being sincere is not optimal for selfish individuals on any level. Its not about conspiracy theories. You may repeat...
Well, since nothing (space, matter nor time) at the lowest scale is continuous and the problem with the chessboard doesnt come up I think you have to ...
I had edited my post before you finished your answer. A scientist is a human being under the control of government. Your claims that we can understand...
My answer about the definition of the soul was that we also dont know what quarks are. We have some experimental facts about them. Sometimes they act ...
Well, you don't seem to accept that starting from different definitions of observation we get different concepts for science. At this point there is n...
I see no point in further analyzing the problem since you don't accept subjective experience as an observation. Your other points, I don't even want t...
It is unreasonable to say that the comparsion is misleading. A religious person would argue that religious metaphysics is completely justified. Just b...
But there are empirical claims against the existence of a conscious entity able to create a universe. Every conscious entity has a nervous system and ...
Oh Lord my only sin is that Im an ugly sexist man saying ugly sexist things! Edit: Baden just wrote this to me the other day: "Expect your unpleasant ...
Hey guys I'm back. I have a feeling that I will get banned. Ive already got warned. So I love you and I love this forum. But the only way I can expres...
Well you have a point. But as I said the evidence of the priest is psychological (and can be indirect like happiness) and not scientifically measurabl...
False why? Would you explain? The priest could say theres technology and such but did science make people happier? Maybe, maybe not. I think most of t...
All right the speech of the physicist was purely a metaphore for the belief system in science. The point of my claim is that a leap of faith is needed...
So your theory is physical. But Physics on low scales doesnt work like your model. There is no definite position of particles until they are observed....
There is always a theoretical possibility for everything. Santa Claus could be time travelling or quantum jumping or whatever. Your claims are totally...
I dont get your logic. You say: 1. We have always observed (not X) and never observed X but there is no natural law saying that X is impossible. There...
In fact we can observe that anything that has consciousness is a human being so there is 0% chance that there is anything conscious capable of creatin...
No natural law says that the existence of a mutant rabbit that is capable of creating a universe is impossible. Therefore we have at least 50% chance ...
Since the only conscious beings we have ever oserved are humans we have no reason to conclude there is anything with conscience capable of creating a ...
I don't understand this but formulating the problem is the first step to understanding. I dont know what these concepts mean (a thought machine is lik...
Here are a some more possible scenarios: 1. The universe does not exist. 2. The universe does exist but everything we know about it is most likely wro...
I dont envision the sensor working. Im just saying that theoretically it is possible to store all information on the chessboard in a finite body hence...
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