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- Mon Jan 01, 2018 9:39 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Happy New Year
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9544
Re: Happy New Year
What makes things look quaint might be the size. When I was in London once I was surprised how small the Tower of London was in reality. I was at a venue next to the Shard, the tallest building in the U.K., to see in the New Year. Having seen the Shard from across London, every time I've viewed it,...
- Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:52 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: Relativity?
- Replies: 1111
- Views: 384379
Re: Relativity?
Are you suggesting here that what an observer sees travelling at close to the speed of light has been demonstrated? No human has travelled at anything like light speed; the current record is, from memory, something like 23 000mph. Even at that speed, the effects relativity are much too slight to be...
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:17 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Gustav's farewell
- Replies: 66
- Views: 25123
Re: Gustav's farewell
Back to Gustav: Why did Gustav get kicked? What warning did he not heed?? How did he annoy AMod???
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:44 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Does Consciousness Cause Quantum Collapse?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37476
Re: Does Consciousness Cause Quantum Collapse?
That's as maybe but that is not what the paper you originally cited was stating, in it's abstract. It's this kind of clumsy thinking that misdirects others. :lol: Maybe you should read beyond the abstract before mindlessly posting? You know, read the actual effing paper? Oh, poor you, all you can r...
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:48 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: A discussion of the criteria you believe an ethical theory is supposed to have
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7745
Re: A discussion of the criteria you believe an ethical theory is supposed to have
I actually wasn't saying that selfishness is necessarily immoral. In fact, in a very technical sense, I think selfishness is the root cause of every conscious action we make, because we can never do something that simultaneously goes against our will. Even in the good things we end up doing. If you...
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:05 am
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Does Consciousness Cause Quantum Collapse?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37476
Re: Does Consciousness Cause Quantum Collapse?
One of the authors of the paper says exactly that, here: The mathematical physicist Chetan Prakash proved a theorem that I devised that says: According to evolution by natural selection, an organism that sees reality as it is will never be more fit than an organism of equal complexity that sees non...
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:28 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Does Consciousness Cause Quantum Collapse?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37476
Re: Does Consciousness Cause Quantum Collapse?
As to so-called reality, another possibility is that because of evolution, Organisms tuned to fitness drive those tuned to truth to extinction, and veridical knowledge is not possible . On this account the outside world, if it exists at all apart from our mental states, is nothing at all like what ...
- Mon May 22, 2017 6:36 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: wotsup
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2449
Re: wotsup
That's true, and people may mock, but welcome anyway!igotnogrammar wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2017 10:45 pm im new and wont be taken seriously since my grammar is bad
- Mon May 22, 2017 6:35 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: I have a desire to learn, an open mind and a dictionary
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1803
Re: I have a desire to learn, an open mind and a dictionary
I was recently blessed with the opportunity of seeing some aspects of myself that opened up a new room in my house of awareness. I have always had a love of books and considered myself somewhat intelligent. I now know that i deprived myself of possible insight as a result of not paying close attent...
- Mon May 22, 2017 1:09 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Free Will vs Determinism
- Replies: 1471
- Views: 397550
Re: Free Will vs Determinism
You do realize that uwot's an atheist, right? Yes. And what of it? You figure it out! Figure WHAT out? If there's something you think needs pointing out, then point it out, but don't tell me to figure out the answer to something cryptic, that you seem to be alluding to, with no thought for clarity....
- Sun May 21, 2017 11:27 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Free Will vs Determinism
- Replies: 1471
- Views: 397550
Re: Free Will vs Determinism
You've taken Stringer's model, which was about global responsibility and how perspectives of altruism don't hold up to simple practical realities, and made a completely different point. It's an interesting simile but it isn't Stringer. It's "Singer," actually. No, and it wasn't intended t...
- Sun May 21, 2017 12:55 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Free Will vs Determinism
- Replies: 1471
- Views: 397550
Re: Free Will vs Determinism
While Christianity is the focus of the story, the meaning is much broader and speaks to all aspects of life. Make a choice and move on. I have a feeling that uwot's right, doc. The idea is that those who can't decide belong with the Devil. The fence is his because those who believe in Christ would ...
- Sat May 20, 2017 10:29 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Free Will vs Determinism
- Replies: 1471
- Views: 397550
Re: Free Will vs Determinism
You've shown us this before, doc. I do not think it means what you think it means. For all its folksiness, it is cynical attack on dissent; the message being that anyone who does not uncritically accept the rule of the church will burn in hell. That is not nice. While Christianity is the focus of t...
- Sat May 20, 2017 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Free Will vs Determinism
- Replies: 1471
- Views: 397550
Re: Free Will vs Determinism
"Sitting On The Fence "But," said the man, "I sat on the fence. I chose neither you nor Him. "That's okay," said Satan. "I own the fence." Author Unknown" You've shown us this before, doc. I do not think it means what you think it means. For all its folk...
- Thu May 18, 2017 9:50 am
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: another pointless thread...existential grousing
- Replies: 173
- Views: 48818
Re: another pointless thread...existential grousing
I have tried to respond to this a couple of times and failed because my own school experiences are too raw, 44 years on. It's embarrassing to be so weak and vulnerable, but there you go. Five years of sustained mental and emotional pressure from bullies. I was sensitive and didn't make it, somethin...