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Shawn

['Member', 'Guest Speaker Questioner']Joined: November 19, 2015 at 12:35Last active: October 19, 2025 at 16:22680 discussions12792 comments
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Bio

There unrecognized beauty within. Gaze into the abyss.

Favourite Philosopher

Plato, Stoics, Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Harry Frankführer

Favourite Quotations

The scopolamine did its toll on my memories, but, there is a child hidden somewhere in there. They potty trained me hard, but I still can't resist.

Pravda?
Ja nie ponimaju szto Ty?
Prawda!

If the methodology cannot be entertained as true, then the outcome must be ascertained as the proof of the methodology. If the methodology is determined by the outcome of the truth of the issue, then those more concerned with truth itself are going to, at least, have the moral superior outcome.

-Myself, and seemingly no methodology satisfied the premise.
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Important point:
Gödel's incompleteness theorem applies to formal languages with countable alphabets. So it does not rule out the possibility that one might be able to prove 'everything' in a formal system with an uncountable alphabet OR expand the alphabet to account for new variables.
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Currently studying the hippocampus, quantum mechanics (probability theory), measurement problem (level of determinism and degrees of freedom in the world), and, well, quite frankly, 'dreams'.

Did research of wave-functions of interactions between photons with natural elements (Rabi cycle combined with Rabi frequency). The light shall guide you. Imagine diffusion of electrons from a electromagnetic field, yeah literally a neodymium magnetic field with current circling around the magnet.

Did research at IBM as a researcher and investor on length of alphabets needed to solve P V NP. From there we computed complexity classes. Everyone said this was the most fun they ever had. Model theory has never been so advanced at IBM.

Discussions (680)

The Forms

April 23, 2025 at 23:02 178 comments General Philosophy

What is ADHD?

April 02, 2025 at 21:02 12 comments Politics and Current Affairs

Quietism

February 15, 2022 at 20:26 6 comments General Philosophy

On Behavior

January 03, 2022 at 00:38 0 comments Humanities and Social Sciences

Stoic logic thread

November 06, 2021 at 03:06 1 comments Logic & Philosophy of Mathematics

IQ and Behavior

August 03, 2020 at 01:30 43 comments Philosophy of Science

Souvenirs

July 03, 2020 at 17:59 0 comments Philosophy of Mind

Punishment

May 09, 2020 at 19:12 95 comments The Lounge

On Fear

March 10, 2020 at 05:02 13 comments Politics and Current Affairs

The Lounge

March 08, 2020 at 02:30 1 comments The Lounge

About Dreams

February 15, 2020 at 15:33 1 comments The Lounge

On Suicide

January 28, 2020 at 23:38 34 comments General Philosophy

On Drama

January 28, 2020 at 18:19 9 comments The Lounge

Why Stoicism?

November 28, 2019 at 22:44 5 comments Massimo Pigliucci

Pride

October 13, 2019 at 04:28 65 comments The Lounge

On Buddhism

August 02, 2019 at 00:18 114 comments General Philosophy

On Anger

June 20, 2019 at 09:48 62 comments Ethics

On sex

April 17, 2019 at 23:48 34 comments The Lounge

On Wallowing

April 01, 2019 at 02:21 18 comments The Lounge

Semper Fi

March 31, 2019 at 20:34 43 comments General Philosophy

Witness me!

March 23, 2019 at 21:17 16 comments General Philosophy

On Maturity

March 12, 2019 at 18:36 122 comments The Lounge

On 'Acting'

March 02, 2019 at 18:48 21 comments Interesting Stuff

Self Care

February 24, 2019 at 00:05 7 comments Ethics

Economic fascism.

January 02, 2019 at 14:34 8 comments Politics and Current Affairs

On Education

December 30, 2018 at 06:39 8 comments Humanities and Social Sciences

Lucid Dreaming

December 23, 2018 at 01:02 44 comments Interesting Stuff

Happy videos

December 19, 2018 at 21:25 10 comments The Lounge

Barcan Formula

December 18, 2018 at 02:29 11 comments Logic & Philosophy of Mathematics

The War on Terror

December 17, 2018 at 00:54 105 comments Politics and Current Affairs

Dimensionality

December 15, 2018 at 02:09 29 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

Thank you.

December 08, 2018 at 23:20 10 comments The Lounge

The CBT Thread

November 22, 2018 at 02:45 8 comments Humanities and Social Sciences

Empty names

November 15, 2018 at 01:42 236 comments Philosophy of Language

On emotions.

November 11, 2018 at 03:12 6 comments General Philosophy

On Sincerity.

November 01, 2018 at 02:31 19 comments General Philosophy

Truth shaping.

October 30, 2018 at 01:58 18 comments General Philosophy

Attitudes

October 28, 2018 at 22:07 26 comments The Lounge

On Nostalgia

October 11, 2018 at 01:16 28 comments Learning Centre

On Misanthropy

October 08, 2018 at 21:44 53 comments Humanities and Social Sciences

On Depression

September 23, 2018 at 03:37 50 comments Humanities and Social Sciences

On Rationality

September 20, 2018 at 03:26 6 comments General Philosophy

Epistemic Failure

September 13, 2018 at 20:20 4 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

Ethical AI

August 03, 2018 at 03:40 6 comments Ethics

Quo vadis?

July 12, 2018 at 08:49 27 comments General Philosophy

What now?

June 07, 2018 at 16:57 31 comments The Lounge

On coping

May 23, 2018 at 12:20 7 comments Ethics

Reason gone mad.

May 14, 2018 at 14:24 10 comments Politics and Current Affairs

The Book of Job

March 17, 2018 at 22:05 47 comments Philosophy of Religion

On anxiety.

January 20, 2018 at 10:42 247 comments The Lounge

On Solipsism

December 31, 2017 at 05:03 32 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

What are facts?

November 26, 2017 at 05:18 166 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

On 'drugs'

November 01, 2017 at 13:12 170 comments Interesting Stuff

On Melancholy

October 20, 2017 at 08:43 63 comments General Philosophy

Utilitarian AI

August 22, 2017 at 21:01 39 comments Science and Technology

Comments

Your translation is more accurate.
August 14, 2025 at 13:11
Beton, in Polish, means "cement."
August 14, 2025 at 12:48
Recently I tried to do a lot of work on my American male character, and what I didn't like about it was getting angry to be cared for and being cared ...
August 13, 2025 at 06:50
If I ever hurt or offended anyone on this forum or the previous one, I would like to say, I am sorry.
August 13, 2025 at 06:42
Read and talk about Plato with them.
August 13, 2025 at 01:31
Some people are trying to Jurassic out our appetite...
August 13, 2025 at 00:46
Nah they're meant to be pets. For meat I recommend a woolly mammoth.
August 13, 2025 at 00:29
Pig?
August 13, 2025 at 00:08
Absurdity. I can plead ignorance on this issue. :halo: *pig begins wallowing*
August 08, 2025 at 06:06
I'd argue, for one word to describe the issue. I really think it is conceitedness which comes off as ignorance or stupidity. Ya?
August 08, 2025 at 03:56
Harsh words. One day I'll send you a Bitcoin. Recently I mined quite a few and were opening a clearing house to sell them on a debit account in Bitcoi...
August 08, 2025 at 02:26
After I started this thread, I kinda went quiet. It bothers me that the conspiracy was so vast. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/15852/were-w...
August 08, 2025 at 01:22
Burger King and Carl's Jr. agree. I don't see any point to depriving the poor from a healthy life. California is different, though, as they want to mo...
August 07, 2025 at 20:20
Ah lucky man. I enjoy their compassionate attitude that they are known for. They particularly well respond to calling them "big". It delights them mor...
August 07, 2025 at 15:06
Do you by chance have a pig?
August 07, 2025 at 14:50
Pig?
August 07, 2025 at 09:30
Pig?
August 03, 2025 at 12:54
Pig?
August 03, 2025 at 04:43
Hardly any money is made on some of the best configuration you can imagine through SoftEther's software. That's just the way the Japanese do it. I act...
August 02, 2025 at 21:15
SoftEther has some amazing encryption so it might be a really simple task of uploading it onto some hosting servers with the proper configuration. I w...
August 01, 2025 at 12:08
Yes, pig.
August 01, 2025 at 12:04
I'm building a VPN service...
August 01, 2025 at 11:37
Ah, so to the new kids around and about, what would you do when confronted with The Wall? Nowadays everyone wants to be around Wall Street.
August 01, 2025 at 02:38
Comfortably Numb was all it was about back then, eh? You'd be surprised at how Gen X, Y, nd Z, are so concerned with sobriety.
August 01, 2025 at 02:34
Yes, I've heard that song. Well, I don't know whether you believe more in all the money being handled by any government (maybe Switzerland got things ...
August 01, 2025 at 01:22
Well, banks have a necessary existence, don't they? e 'to the' (P*r*t) is a pretty big part of what makes the world go round and round. Ya or nay?
August 01, 2025 at 01:13
Yes, one does wonder what those pigs go through in their short lives.
July 31, 2025 at 23:28
Pig?
July 31, 2025 at 22:31
Well the initial state problem is true because as the opening post describes that they would not be able to count the amount of individuals in groups ...
July 31, 2025 at 20:03
Yes, I still believe that.
July 31, 2025 at 19:56
I thought this puzzle has an initial state problem that makes it impossible to solve.
July 31, 2025 at 19:11
Pigs galore: https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/08/82/f3/0882f38c0414bc40d211d659ec071f78.jpg I don't know why I keep on posting Kune Kune pigs; but, they're ...
July 31, 2025 at 19:09
I looked at the pig, and it kinda looks like a ratpig. See, ratpigs, are even more desirous than goats.
July 31, 2025 at 02:34
Look at this pig! It looks confused or something. https://i.imgur.com/fpzXYtX.jpeg What do you think?
July 31, 2025 at 01:39
See, the goat is very hungry and will even eat anything. While a sow will only provide.
July 31, 2025 at 01:11
Harry P. Ness
July 31, 2025 at 00:34
Beautiful sows: https://i.imgur.com/8OMDWfC.jpeg
July 30, 2025 at 11:24
Oh, but said the pig to the goat, "you don't have to pay."
July 30, 2025 at 11:00
How much did you pay?
July 30, 2025 at 08:41
Yes, see the pig allows such stuff because it is good.
July 30, 2025 at 05:00
Intentionality of a pig is always good.
July 29, 2025 at 17:15
This will be interesting... Pig?
July 29, 2025 at 16:38
Pig?
July 29, 2025 at 16:37
Who is the man in the high castle?
July 27, 2025 at 01:17
Because the quoted is true, I can only deduce that some people have found a way to identify each other and they are being taken away. I watched LOST a...
July 26, 2025 at 04:55
Is this the crux of the puzzle?
July 26, 2025 at 04:52
Madness
July 24, 2025 at 01:09
Pig!
July 24, 2025 at 00:30
Clover pig.
July 22, 2025 at 22:29
Pig?
July 22, 2025 at 18:49