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And William's wife, Kate, has been diagnosed with cancer. I'm really starting to feel sorry for the poor fellow.

Maybe 'causality' is the wrong word to use. We don't make 'measurements' along the time dimension the same way we make measurements along spatial dimensions. We use sequencing as we can't be at the origin and the end of a time segment simultaneously; we compare the sequencing to another sequence we call a clock, and establish ordering of events. This sequencing, or ordering, would need entropic consideration, as the ordered state always precedes, and is much less likely, than the many states of disorder ( entropy as the arrow of time ). If I throw the pages of a thousand page book up in the air, there is only one state where the pages are ordered 1 to 1000, but there are 1000! ( factoral ) states of disorder, so it is virtually impossible to go backwards in the sequence. This also aligns with KJW's statistical consideration of cause and effect. Or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, and should leave Philosophy to others ...

Which led me to learn that the Butterfly Effect ( not the movie ) is a special case of a Jonbar hinge point, where a trivial change in the initial state can be amplified, and diverge, resulting in huge changes in the final/later state, for non-linear, chaotic systems ( just about everything ).

Sure some aspects of GR support this causal structure. But GR also allows for the Alcubierre metric and Closed Timelike Curves, both of which allow for causality violations. IOW, there is no fundamental principle which clearly defines where causality is violated, and why. I do know S Hawking proposed a Chronology Protection Conjecture based on the thinking that causality is an emergent property, but this was essentially a convenient opinion to prevent paradoxial situations arising from his work on Black Holes.

With the advent of social media, people seem to think they can pick and choose facts to fit their world view, instead of having facts shape and modify their world view.

I am of the opinion that causality is a fundamental aspect of reality, that hasn't been codified by Physics yet. Quite a few things, such as FtL travel, time travel, etc., are 'allowed' by our models, with the final arbitrer being causality violation, but no specific indication of how the principle of causality actually works in such cases. Feedback and feedforward would then simply be the non-linear properties of causality. Not so much a Philosophy problem ( although I'd like to hear their take on the issue ), but a Physics issue that needs overdue addressing.

I think it's about a joke. But I could be wrong; it all depends on the amount of laughter 😄 .

Your brain, your eyes, your finger tips, your toes, etc. are separated by a distance. Light/information has a finite speed, so it is impossible, by strict definition, for the 'feelings' to be simultaneous. Further, electrical signals through nerve fibers travel much, much slower, making 'simultaneity of existence' a ridiculous idea.

You don't want to discuss math or group theory. You want to play word games. Just what do you mean by 'exist' ? And there is no simultaneity.

Thank you for the education. People should be able to afford, and have available, the food they want. I still don't see how it is profitable to operate a grocery store in downtown Manhattan. I guess any rich people that can afford to live there don't home-cook much.

One might argue that the rules and regulations intended to ensure the maximum equal freedoms for all, are not being followed by certain groups within society, leading to excessive incarceration. One might also argue that those rules and regulations are not being applied fairly and equally amongst the various groups within society, leading to excessive incarceration of certain groups. I suppose it all depends on your frame of reference. ( hey, this is a science forum 😄 )

Even after posting a 'clarification' of your OP, it is still gibberish. This is a science forum; we expect better.

It would be interesting to see where these grocery 'deserts' are. This being New York city, I can imagine Manhattan being considered one such desert. No grocery store is going to be profitable if they need to pay $1 Million per year rent on a 10 or 20 000 ft2 building. And I fail to see why the rest of the citizenry need to subsidize the willingness to live there. If they can afford to live there, they can afford delivery. Also keep in mind the willingness of American governments to succumb to 'ideology'. We've seen some already in previous posts in this thread, with the idea of making only foods that are deemed 'healthy' available.

Freedom should not be dismissed so lightly without considering its nuances. It is exactly the rules and regulations of society that allows for the maximum freedom of all society. What some people see as 'freedom' is their individual ability to do as they wish, while disregarding or subverting the freedoms of others in society. An obvious example are people who oppose mandatory vaccinations as that infringes on their freedom to choose, yet they have no regard for others' freedom to not be infected. Freedom is a right, and just like any other right, it stops once it starts infringing on the rights of others. It is the rules and regulations that ensure where where individual rights stop so as to ensure equal rights for all society. Why not ? I was, for 17 very happy years 🙂 .

This assumes that the spammer is a persistent person who will give their info/email, wait for a response, then flood us with spam, only to get immediately banned. A bot, or a 'casual' spammer, will not; they just visit random sites and spam at will. I am a user of two other forums, which require an admin to email you back before you are allowed to be a posting member ( or sometimes even see additional content ) Not a holding cache for their posts, Studiot, but rather a wait for permission to 1st post.

If it's not the cranks, then it's the bots with spam. Can't seem to catch a break lately. I'll keep pushing my solution to the latter problem. New members are not allowed to simply enter their information and start reading/posting; they can read immediately, but have to wait for a Moderator 'go ahead' before they can post. You guys seem to be on top of things, so the new member would get the 'go ahead' within a few hours, or later that day. Not a great burden for a new member, but a big detriment to bots/spammers.

I think you need a more strict definition of 'belief'. If, by belief, you mean thought that is not validated by fact, then, by its very definition, that thought is not the result of rational thinking, i.e. irrational.

The gloves are off tonight. No more 'Mr. Nice Guy'.

Thank you @studiot . Not only do you live in interesting times, but also an interesting area.

Some storms seem to last forever.

Just my opinion ... Seems like people at either far end of the social spectrum share a symbiotic link. The people with power, wealth and popularity ( the few ) are supported by the poorest, uneducated, disadvantaged people ( the multitude ). Even as they are being taken advantage of, the multitudes believe the few are better than they are, and can do no wrong. Someone like D Trump, V Putin or even E Musk, is believed by the multitudes to be taking care of them; even as they are taxing them for personal profit, and making their life unaffordable. As if the few are better than the vast multitudes, and the multitudes believe the few 'deserve' it. And as the middle class is squeezed out, more people will migrate towards those ends of the spectrum. It is a self perpetuating effect that has increased over time. The few, powerful, rich and popular, lording it over, while being supported by, the multitudes of poor, uneducated and disadvantaged. God ( or revolution/civil war ) help us all. Which battle @studiot ?

More likely a large portion of them are a product of their environment. Constant wars, oppression of people, a culture of fear, little value to life, and no voice to express their concerns. Russians deserve better than what V Putin offers them. ( and so do their neighbors )

Only really bad Philosophers think that all the questions of the universe can be answered in their own minds. ( I hope @Eise doesn't get mad at me; he's a good one 🙂 )

Certainly nowhere near as bad as the US ( or many other places ), but you can't pretend things are running smoothly over there. Except for the area where @studiot lives; he always posts pics of idyllic little hamlets with wooden bridges and churches. But maybe if you guys re-join the EU, and get rid of the nutbars in your Government, who long for the former empire, and think England can go it alone ...

I'm not sure if that makes you ignorant or delusional ...