General Philosophy

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Too be clear, my hypothesise does not contend with the philosophical nature of Good and Evil, in Form. My facts dictate that Good is an inherent trait of everything in exsistence, while Evil is a product of Man's own design, by means of his base senses out of porportion. In war which could be called the ultimate evil, the good if totaly blameless in the inception of, must either submit to the particular gruesome which wars brings, or take part in the war, hoping for an different ending. In doing so must Good then become Evil or is there a balance which the Good can cling too in order not to become the opposite of the thing that it is. Which then in turn would make the…

I think it is possible that one day due to technology advancement, doctors will loss their jobs. Why? Operation/Surgery?-Robots and computers may help out or just simply replace man`s job to operate Prescribing medicine?-Simply sweep your smartphone, it will tell you which medicine is suitable Blood pressure, glucose level?-Sensors will check them out MRI, PET, X-ray?-One day, maybe these giant structures will simply operate on your smartphone And also with the development of quantum computer, it will somehow accelerate the progress dramatically.

For a while I have thought about humanity using scientific understanding and reason and I have come to the conclusion that all human beings are determined. Think about it, everything thing about us is caused by something else. Our genes, our environment all dictate who we are and will become. So where is there room for free will? What can you point to which will prove that we possess free will? Of course determinism has vast implications on the way view we our lives, I know from experience. One thing that drastically changes is our view on revenge. How can you blame someone for being exposed to certain beliefs and then acting based on his understanding or lack there of? E…

I went on Google and came across a closed thread on physicsforums.com: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=748719 When I think of falsification, all you need is something that proves the theory false, some kind of observation. For instance, if something was observed to be going faster than light, it would disprove relativity, for what I understand. But it seems that no evidence has been found to disprove relativity. Nothing has been found to disprove relativity. As such, it seems that relativity is as much as saying 1+1=2. I've considered some ways that relativity can be disproven. However, that is dependent on a views of psychologism and biocentrism. Wi…

Based on current scientific insights taking the data of DSM V and the Big Five personality traits as a fact should be in reach in twenty to a hundred years. To reach this we need to find a way to avoid conflicts as much as possible. First of all you need to state a common goal that can in democracies get a majority: The stated collective goal should then be having a long as possible fruitful life the least infringing on others. So you may believe and do what you want such as believing in magic as long as no infringement takes place. No problem. For then this should be judged on basis of the laws of logic, laws of nature, scientific insights into nature all within…

There are two logics together, so we can go on forward. 1. One is logical frame. We made it as we create it as God. 2. Another is logical reason as normal. It is easy as we feel it all the time.

Every day all active people experience their own universe until something happens that makes them change their regular routine, forces them to enter into a new parallel universe. The universe with the happening and the universe without the happening. Sort of like a fork in the road with two different ways to go, two parallel universes with two different outcomes. No lesson is so deeply inculcated by the experience of life as that you should never trust experts.” Lord Salisbury "Question everything." TV Science channel

Almost all physics we learnt in high school and university rely on Mathematics formulae and principles. Can Physics exist as a pure complex idea without Maths but just visualization?

Does leadership force others to have objective morality about the leader and it's desires? For example, the moderators here dislike 'soapboxing', and that is pretty much the common belief of all accepted members. Are we led to believe that things are evil or good (objectively), depending on the beliefs of our leaders? Is morality there but only in the dynamic and useful sense, it's ever changing depending on the situation---what 'objective morality' is?

Hello everyone. As the title suggests, I am searching for topics that might not be normally covered in philosophy. An example of this would be "Is everyone really entitled to his or her own opinion?". Thanks for your input in advance!

Do you support Anthropic Principle or Copernican Principle, why?

While I was studying Philosophy in school, I learned that Philosophy is a study that superordinates every other known study (and directly superordinates Science and Politics). I wonder, does being a philosopher mean that you will inevitably be integrated into the studies that subordinate Philosophy? Lately, I've been attracting a lot of attention to myself from a scientific perspective and, now, even though I love politics I don't want to get too involved. Politics scares me. I used to think that politicians work in order to make society a better place (which is true to an extent), but, from what I've learned since starting my career and getting my degree, politicians are…

1. Some people say that an eternal God/mind is the creator of this universe, i.e the universe is contingent. 2. Some others say that some fundamental particle (s) has have always existed and it's their interplay, we call universe. 3. Still, some others say that our universe arose spontaneously from nothing. In my view, each of the above scenario needs explanation. Be it Eternal God, eternal matter or spontaneous creation, one can always ask, What is the mechanism that led to eternal God, eternal matter or spontaneous creation? If we get hold of some mechanism to explain the above points, again the question arises as to what is the mechanism of t…

CHESS MODEL OF THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS in lieu of DSMV Please comment, still work in progress on modeling current science in a more simple way:. To my amazement I think I can actually model the Big Five personality traits & DSMV on a chessboard. Alas the photo is to large to upload yet a simple picture will follow when I get round to it. A simple way of depicting current behavioral science annex a critique on that from a philosophical standpoint. The picture will depict: take a normal size chessboard and take the pieces of a pocket-size chessboard . Place both the large and the small on the large board according to the rules of ches…

What do the think will be the most pressing problem or barriers to the ongoing progress of human civilization, or what do you suppose could even halt its progress, in the coming years of even centuries? Can I bounce of the topic with this question, and give my input after receiving a few comments from other members, thank you?

Non-Duality You are experiencing the inside of your own mind! When most people think of the universe they live in, they think of themselves as looking out into an external world. However, what most people don't realize is that in reality, just the opposite is true. You are not looking out into an external world. When your eyes pick up light it transfers the light it receives into electrical signals that a small area in the back of your brain interpret. The same goes for all your other senses as well. At the root of everything, you are only experiencing electrical impulses interpreted as an external environment. So instead of looking out into an external world, you ar…

Can we conceptualize thought? Is it an agent and a driver, or an effect? Is it anachronistic or rooted in the present? Is it tangible or intangible? Please provide your insights. Thanks in advance.

I recently reread Sun Tzu, Art of war. The first couple of times I read it was for clarity sake, later readings, I had reduced to just acknowledging that such a book exist. Now I merely summarize the whole of the book in three (3) words, "Outflank your opponent" for all it's philosophical detail, it all comes down to those three words. One can use subterfuge, the double cross, spying, deception etc etc all you want, the bottom line and point of it all is too outflank the opponent. First off to even have an opponent to war with, you must already be on some sort of equal terms with that opponent. logistic, troop strength, goals etc, if one is not on some sort of equal t…

If we are executing a programm... Is it possible another Big Bang after a Big Crunch? And another Universe, similar, identical or completely different? Consequence of the present Universe. In an infitine process. Another universe where doesn't apear the Earth. Or our galaxy. Or current galaxies. Or Another Universe like the present, with only difference in an atom at the other side of the Universe. Another Universe where we have not the same brothers, or in the lottery of DNA we have not a disease and we have another... Another where doesn't happen the same things and we do not appear... And repeating the loop of possibilities almost infitinites in an infinite pr…

Hello there! I wasn't really sure which forum I should pick to ask this question. Even though my idea might appears a little playful, it is a matter that I want to take serious and I figured that an online community who is interested in science would be inclined to take this matter equally as serious as I do. So, here I am! New! Hello everybody, I hope you can help me out! Aside of the direct confrontation, with our daily social interactions, we have today another method to manipulate people: the internet. As it seems (to me at least) it might be even easier to gather some kind of fellowship around yourself over the internet if you have the appropriate thing to sa…

Practical Explanation ( For Example ) :- `1st of all can you tell me every single seconds detail from that time when you born ?? ( i need every seconds detail ?? that what- what you have thought and done on every single second ) can you tell me every single detail of your `1 cheapest Minute Or your whole hour, day, week, month, year or your whole life ?? if you are not able to tell me about this life then what proof do you have that you didn't forget your past ? and that you will not forget this present life in the future ? that is Fact that Supreme Lord Krishna exists but we posses no such intelligence to understand him. there is also next life. and i already proved y…

I argue that in order to perceive computer sentience, a researcher must know that there is at least 1 detail that they do not know about a computer. Even if a computer scientist helped invent the software, they should still treat that software as a mystery. Pertaining to humans, If I were to assume that I knew everything about a pedestrian walking down the street, I would learn nothing. By acknowledging that I only know a little grain of sand, then communication forms. When it comes to desktops for example there are matters of medium, locality, and information.

This came up in another thread, and I thought this would be an interesting discussion, so I wanted to set this up before I forgot, and will weigh in when I have a chance.

Being a huge fan of space science ,one of my favorite hobbies is to ask my self some crucial questions about our future : Some of these questions relates to our direct imagination . Throught video games and cinema ,we have expressed for a long time ago many worlds and many dreams .One of them as came to reach my curiosity and the debate find itself thrilling . We ,humans ,think that we might not be alone in the multiverse (yes I said multiverse) .However we never had the proof of extraterrestial visits and alien presence on earth on a early stage of our history. While realizing this point ,I thought that we could be the so-called aliens ,our imagination being lik…