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Harbal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:30 pm I can't think of anything to say about parallel universes. What is there to say?

You could say they are parallel.
You could also say they are universes.

Parallel universe is a real tricky topic, So simplify it. You don't even know what you mean by "independent", yet you add even more complexity by adding more universes. Stick to this universe. for example, whether it is " INDEPENDENT parallel universe " or " ALL-CONNECTED c...

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:16 pm

Skepdick wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:15 pmWhy do you care why you should care?

I fear you might be a troll.

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:15 pm

Sculptor wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:34 pmAs you can see Will, all he does is troll and the take a series of dumps on the thread contibuting nothing.

Have no fear Sculptor, I know exactly what Septick is.

I fear you have no clue what anything is.

<another failure to not care> When you figure out why you keep caring - do let us know... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Do let us know when you can figure out why I should care about this: If you don't understand what symbols are; and you don't understand that the symbol-grounding...

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:02 pm <another failure to not care>

When you figure out why you keep caring - do let us know...

I have long found it is not worth my time to bother with Skeptic. He loses concenration after reading a few words then get angry and talks bollocks, That's fucking gold! Idiot. Objective morality is identical with objective meaning. I guess what is and isn't "bollocks" is objective (my wo...

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:24 pm

Skepdick wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:13 pmI have no idea why you should care.

Great. I'll save myself the effort then.

That's twice now you didn't.

If you don't understand what symbols are; and you don't understand that the symbol-grounding problem can't be solved - you don't understand anything. You can't even ground the very notion of "understanding" itself! Exclamation mark, eh? Sounds important. So why should we care? I have no i...

Queue cries for evidence.... The English word "blue" means the color of this sentence. Any objection to the above appeals to some a priori (objective) meaning of the symbol "blue". A norm from which the above use of the symbol deviates from. If you don't understand what symbols a...

<blah blah blah> Idiot. Objective morality is identical with objective meaning. If you can't ground the symbols "right" and "wrong" you can't ground ANY symbols. Including the symbols "meaning", "morality", "object", "subject", "state...

Can 'the answer' be different from what you think or believe it is? Is the question identical with its meaning; or can this question mean something different from what you think or believe it means? What was the universe up to 50 billion years ago? The Universe, of course. How could the Universe be...

Is there any progress in philosophy? Or more to the point, is there any progress in humanity, or do we simply go around in repetitious circles? Or maybe it's just me going around in circles. I give up. My productive life is over as far as I'm concerned. I'm in retirement. Game over. K: actually, be...

Do people really change core beliefs very often? And if so, what is the actual mechanism involved? Do they discover some authentic new truth about the universe that compels them to alter their beliefs or do they just get persuaded of something? How's persuasion even supposed to work? Why should any...

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:16 pm

Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:04 pmX is about right, but maybe a small x.

For the record, on a scale of xs: xxxxx I reckon I'm second from the right.

Second from the right as light travels; or as an ant travels?