Paul S

But again you can argue that is just out of perception. Try to define any perceived quanta of energy or elemental particle through an analogy where yo...

Almost like we are in a movie, but just because we know the ending, we don't necessarily know the various plots and subplots yet, as if we still could...

Why not constrain yourself with determinism through the eyes of Baruch Spinoza, start from there, if you like or have time to do so?

But what do you, Tim Wood, (believe or) understand to be happening when you throw the dice? From the moment you receive the dice in your hands to the ...

This is the measurement problem in Quantum mechanics. In quantum mechanics, the measurement problem considers how, or whether, wave function collapse ...

Marta may be unrelated to Martha / not the same person. And even if she was Martha, the children may be Mary's children. If they are Mary's children, ...

Yes

María Maria Yes, but your point?

Tiny elephants are not very optimal to represent the various configurations of atoms. Nested platonic solids are but I'm open to your projection and p...

I'm not in favour of manned missions to other planets using current technology. Have felt that way since my mid 20's I think. There is an argument tha...

Conventional intuition from Western education would point in that direction. Empirically though, it's simply not confirmed. We have no idea if space /...

Relativistically speaking yes. It's finite from our frame of reference here on earth, from the frame of a reference of a photon, the clock is not tick...

Thanks. But space may not necessarily be infinitely divided. Proponents of quantised space (for example those who believe in loop quantum gravity) bel...

Depends on the frame of reference. There are temporal paradoxes to consider with this. If something is moving at infinite speed - the speed of light -...

Edit: Responded to a 3 year old post. Don't mind me!

Cyclical theories of history can be found in may cultures. So it's not unusual for us to ponder that we go through peaks and troughs. I was a 90's tee...

Because consciousness is an integral part of both the material brain and the universe that hosts it/is in symbiosis with it, including the very fabric...

From our reference frame this is true but from the point of view of a photon of light, this is in fact not the case. It perceives reaching its destina...

I feel that in these times, people increasingly question the validity of their lives, and a lot of it stems from being cut off from nature and interac...

yes Ben, I think so. That's how I think it came to be. But you could argue too that we are part of a divine plan. We as individual people are also a s...

I don't know why this thread exists in a forum like this but I would say that from a philosophical point of view: Many of you who support Biden and po...

https://e360.yale.edu/features/exploring_how_and_why_trees_talk_to_each_other The researcher from above link found that "trees communicate their needs...

The information and the energy are one and the same. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle came to mind when I read this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...

Correct and easily overlooked explanation.

What magritte describes just under the OP is a symptom of what CallMeDirac is getting at. Here is the problem as I see it. Science is fine. Physics is...

Or maybe it emerged from either fluke or design.

Thanks. Philosophy is itself derived from thought and is emergent. Consciousness as we define it can only exist from emergence.

This is an interesting question for me. Just for reference, my understanding of emergence from a philosophical point of view is a new property of some...

But then it's not a question of motion, as motion is defined as the change in position of an object over time.

Faith is ultimately belief in belief itself - that is right to believe. I have faith. Why do I believe in myself? Empirically, maybe I'm not sufficien...

Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/5LWfXhggC70 It's just semantic trickery of the mind in the end that creates these apparent paradoxes. They are no...

That's exactly what I meant, yes. It's an oxymoronic position to endorse government to protect free speech. Free speech is derived from free will. I d...

Always read between the lines with these changes. A "champion" (non plural) is a singular corruptible, bribable centralized point of power to determin...

At it's core, I think an ability to self evaluate it's own source code or state and build inferences. Fooling is easy. I would say we all use the fool...

Thanks for the welcome. Glad to be here. I try to avoid media these days too.

The implication is that at worst they are a direct weapon used against us, at best, indirectly at us. Neither scenario is favorable!. If a moderator t...

For me, the consciousness question will always be subjective. Each of us, to our knowledge, exist as a single consciousness. We are not beings of mult...

Mutation is a big part of the theory of evolution. Whether we like it or not, selectively breeding a being with another creates a being that may have ...

"fortify your center." That's a good way of putting it. And in spiritual terms, centering ones self. Grounding is important. And for that we also have...

A physicist would probably tell you it's basically entropy. At some point, in the ridiculously far off future, the universe will simply just run out o...

For me I think it's better to look at what leads to a life of contentment. We can read of characters who were historically contented from autobiograph...

Hi, thank you for this site. I am new here and this is my first post. For me liberty is an important word to keep our eyes on the shore of freedoms. W...