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Dubious, you are getting the cart before the horse Not if the horse is physics pulling the cart. That is the point. It isn't. You have merely been given that impression while science is being socially promoted as the supreme priesthood of Man. Knowing what isn't true tells you almost nothing of wha...

And no, "we" don't know what happens. I do, and maybe they do, but certainly you and most people throughout the world do not. I think somebody's getting a bit too big for their boots. Yeah, but you still keep thinking that it is the other guy anyway. Throughout all of your posts, you give...

In applied metaphysics that which exists is that which can be said to be in a state of Being. Note the tense of the verb "to be" in this statement. "State of Being" tells you nothing more than you already knew with "to Exist". To exist means to have affect. It's simple...

Affects must propagate from point to point. The combination of all of the propagating affects is "Affectance" and the medium in which all affects propagate. I'm sure that makes perfect sense you, but I'm still not clear what you're claim is. There is no doubt that things are affected, 'ho...

Well, what about this, and that meth maniac Heisenberg? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics) That is not about actual physics at all. It is about a math model, not physical reality. Nothing physical actually changes due to observation as long as they keep their figures out of the...

The first thing to know about affectance beyond the fact that it is existence, is that nothing can be affected by anything that isn't in direct contact with it. Everything that affects you must come from a medium between you and all else. Nothing else can touch you. Without the referenced medium, a...

I'd say it's working out just fine. What in your opinion have scientists failed to achieve that would have been achieved if they had spent more time thinking about what existence is? Coherency - one of the three requirements for Truth. The other two being comprehensiveness and relevance. Both of wh...

mickthinks wrote:Who is arguing over what existence is? No one I know.

I take it that you don't know much about modern physics.

And yet, no consciousness is nothingness. So what's does it matter? [not really] You have to bridge rationalism with idealism, and you're not. [I do, but irrelevant] They both contain truths. [perhaps, but irrelevant] And since this is a philosophy forum, and not a physics forum, this becomes impor...

This mathematical proof involves hyperreal mathematics and detailed ontological construction techniques. If you are not deeply familiar with those, you might want to take it very slowly, thinking about and asking about each detail from the beginning to the end. And note ahead of time that even thoug...

Why on earth would someone who vehemently argues against the existence of God by quoting Occam’s Razor [Richard Dawkins] talk about space aliens designing and seeding life on planet earth???!!! Let’s begin by talking about what bad thinking is and where it come from... —Cognitive Dissonance— Arguab...

The definition of a word is always subject to the possibility of being modified and so must always remain arbitrary. That is just nonsense. Do that and your entire language becomes meaningless in no time. If you were gay 50 years ago you were simply cheerful but to be gay now means something quite ...

Emptiness always exists. But no effects. Emptiness affects nothing. And nothing affects emptiness. There has never been true absolute emptiness .. ever .. any where. Why do you believe that a philosopher should not say "Every native English speaker knows how to use the word "is"? And...

Hmmm ... The OP answers a question that I have seen posed nowhere else. Who (besides JSS) is disputing the meaning of "exists"? I'm not and I don't understand why anyone else would. I don't believe it is a sensible or worthwhile exercise to try to answer questions without first establishi...