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When I talked to him about responsibility, he eventually admitted that there is (moral) responsibility in a deterministic universe. There was a certain amount of hedging but an admission none the less. But, there was ABSOLUTELY NO BUDGING on its ABSOLUTE BELIEF that there is ONLY 'determinism', and...

They all have their exalted positions and they are not budging from them no matter what arguments or evidence are presented. VERY True. And, AGAIN, while one is BELIEVING some thing is true, then they are NOT OPEN AT ALL TO ANY thing CONTRARY or OPPOSING. I find that Big Mike might actually be more...

How is Big Mike really any different than IC, VA, Henry Quirk, Walker, Wizard or Godelian? One very evident reason is that His Bigness tells us that his views and ideas are far more than merely opinions, but are derived from incontrovertible facts of physics. As rain falls, as light travels, BigMik...

“In the days when this is being written” it is wise to remind ourselves that we live in a time of war — so-called forth and fifth generation warfare. Idea-war, war of perception, war of ideological control. It is also wise to KNOW that living 'this way' CAN NOT and WILL NOT LAST FOREVER. So, either...

The Constitution of Islam is represented solely by the Quran which was delivered by Allah to Muhammad via Angel Gabriel/ There are loads of contradictions in the Quran that question its credibility. There may well be LOADS MORE CONTRADICTIONS in the posts, here, by "veritas aequitas". How...

Is there an argument that comes with this or is this meant to be more of a poem? Whatever time means to you, is all that matters. For me, there's an awareness of time which I am continuously creating as my only frame of reference, while I try to navigate and organise my life. For me, there is some ...

You are confused. You have confused yourself because you believe confusion is more profound than clarity. You are philosophy‘s antithesis. Quite frankly antithetical notions have great value, they prevent stagnation. Given the abundance of paradox within experience the constant state of being is tr...

You are confused. You have confused yourself because you believe confusion is more profound than clarity. You are philosophy‘s antithesis. Ok. But I am not really sure what you mean. In actuality, I think Clarity is not-knowing, and Confusion is knowing. If that confuses you, then know it doesn't h...

All moments are happening all the time. Time is what keeps everything happening all at once. It keeps eggs from unscrambling, meaning, the creation of now is unwritten, only becoming written as a fairy story held in memory that is less work to build and easier to live in as and when there is the de...

Is there an argument that comes with this or is this meant to be more of a poem? Whatever time means to you, is all that matters. For me, there's an awareness of time which I am continuously creating as my only frame of reference, while I try to navigate and organise my life. For me, there is some ...

LuckyR wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:24 pm Huh? The way to "resolve" the Free Will vs Determinism debate is to be able to predict with 100% accuracy human decision making through knowledge of the brainstate before the decision is made. Until then, the debate continues.

Or, there IS the 'other way'.

Much is being made of Elon Musk's rather cringy gesture at Trump's inauguration. What thicko Americans don't understand is that only an actual NAZI (or some retard who thinks of himself as an ACTUAL NAZI) can do an ACTUAL NAZI salute. Other than that weirdly difficult-to-comprehend fact, people are...

Now, if you REALLY WANT others to ACCEPT your CLAIM, here, AS TRUE Others already accept it. Okay, if this is what you REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE, then this is PERFECTLY FINE and OKAY, WITH me. You don't because you cannot reflect on your own behaviour. Everyone who has had the misfo...

I'm not. You can see it from the earlier conversation. Dube actually proposed something that Dube can't even explain ...nor can you...nor can AI. Kind of amusing, that. Pray, what was it that Dube proposed that he couldn't explain? Dubious wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:24 pm One must clearly be carefu...

Don't try to gaslight me you disingenuous ****. I'm not. You can see it from the earlier conversation. Dube actually proposed something that Dube can't even explain ...nor can you...nor can AI. Kind of amusing, that. Pray, what was it that Dube proposed that he couldn't explain? Now be precise, don...