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Bertrand Russell once said that the problem with the world is that the ignorant are cock sure and the intelligent are full of doubt. And yet one wonders how can doubt be intelligent and certainty be ignorance? One might notice that he is not saying that "doubt is intelligent" or that &quo...

If you don't have enough time to count the money in your wallet, it doesn't mean that you have an infinite amount of money in your wallet.

That depends on your hypothesis and the structure of the experiment. OK so tell me about the experiment you have in mind. No. Failing to prove the impossibility of infinite regress is not proof of the possibility of infinite regress. OK - it's your experiment! What would be a satisfactory proof *to...

What's the easiest way to discredit something? Call it an "antisemitic conspiracy theory". This is a philosophy forum located, in legal terms, in Great Britain. In Great Britain there is, effectively, no such thing as *the right to free-speech* and, all should be aware, if you say somethi...

OK. Lets set out to perform such an experiment. What do you expect to happen if the experiment were to be a failure. e.g you set out to prove the impossibility of infinite regress, yet you fail to do so. Haven't you thus proven the possibility of infinite regress? That depends on your hypothesis an...

All I can do is bring some focus to the discussion, show some contradictions and offer some improvements.

I have no control over how it will be received.

You're also not showing the experiment that proves your point. Reminder: There's nothing at all improperly formed about the recognition of the impossibility of an infinite regress. It is provable in pure mathematics, and also in empirical terms. You can perform the experiment right now, if you wish...

What does that have to do with running an experiment that proves the impossibility of infinite regress???? Everything. You are conflating epistemology with ontology. Given that you are a finite being stuck with finite time how would you even distinguish between something infinite; and something who...

K: I have been rather busy at work, but I am unable to find such a study to look at their methodology... please cite said study so I can take a look at it.... Kropotkin Cited by J. Peterson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grNLfzFwPpg&t=712s K: have you actually watch the video in question? at ...

What does that have to do with running an experiment that proves the impossibility of infinite regress????

What objective facts in particular are in dispute? Facts about what the various Buddhist sects believe. Okay, let's run this by Christians and Jews and Muslims and Hindus and Shintos. There are facts about what the sects in those religions believe. At least until I come upon an objectivist [here or...

or example, "This sentence contains words." accurately describes a linguistic fact [within a linguistic FSK], and "The sun is a star" accurately describes an astronomical fact. Further, "Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States" and "Abraham Lin...

What's the easiest way to discredit something? Call it an "antisemitic conspiracy theory". And add "alt-right" just to make sure. Or the easiest way to be discredited is to be an alt-right, antisemitic conspiracy theory. If you hear a whooshing sound, that'll be my point going o...

Over and over again, I make what I construe to be that crucial distinction between posting objective facts regarding human interactions in the either/or world and posting personal opinions regarding conflicting value judgments. You are not even able to apply that distinction to your statements abou...

What's the easiest way to discredit something?

Call it an "antisemitic conspiracy theory".

And add "alt-right" just to make sure.