Everything posted by dimreepr
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2nd Impeachment of a US President
I can't see that it will make much of a difference...
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paradoxes in nature (split from Can infinities exist in nature?)
WTF are you talking about?
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Can infinities exist in nature?
Except what you're saying is, it's infinite because it's infinite (I'm duty bound to point that out). 😉 Seems to me that infinite is just another way to say "I don't know". I think a more interesting question would be, can a paradox exist in nature? Then the answer to my question is yes, but only in people.
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Why would an athiest not believe in religion?
You're kinda proving my point... Einstein for instance, do you believe in his explanation of time?
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Why would an athiest not believe in religion?
Most athiests only attack the concept of a god, rather than a critique of the human understanding of what is written, and understood at the time a religion is inspired. What makes a religion? Science works today because it's well understood, it doesn't follow that it will be tomorrow.
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Why would an athiest not believe in religion?
Discuss...
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mereotopological physical chemistry
I'm not so sure...
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
Who knew a rescue granade wouldn't work?
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mereotopological physical chemistry
Wouldn't a knowledge of word's lead to more understanding?
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Are gender differences in personality traits mostly due to culture or biological differences? (Split from “choose gender option”)
Perhaps one, happy is the wrong word to use. Yet some of us question our culture, isn't that instinctive?
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high intelligence - neural corellates
Time to consider...
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I want to create a 1 meter BEC
Confused, if I had to guess...
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Increase tall
How much do you want to spend?
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“I have studied these things – you have not”
Isn't it obvious? Yeah, that's not it... Indeed, but you have done both; the soul is life and a sarcophagus is the empty shell of what was alive...
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How can we survive this century?
I think Ricky's the third mouse (It could be argued that Ricky isn't even the lazy mouse, all he does is take the piss out of farmer's...), in that he's the problem. If we're to last out the century we need to embrace the lazy mouse, not just accept them. A job for the sake of a job doesn't make sense in the context of an economy that's clearly unsustainable; one countries unilateral decision to be good and play nice is never going to work when the hungry mouse is still hungry, eventually they will just try and steal the food, by killing the industrious mouse; instead of spending all that money, time and effort defending, more food than we can eat. If we want a balanced sustainable society/economy, don't pressgang the lazy into work because "the lazy" will always find a way; and being lazy doesn't mean they have nothing to contribute, even if it's only being a friend. Isn't that a little too late?
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How can we survive this century?
I'm not being a doom-merchant here, I think we are capable (For instance, this current emergency (pandemic) has taught us that our economy is capable of dealing with a change of circumstances, while simultaneously demonstrating our propensity to act too late.) Should we feed "the lazy mouse"?
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What keeps our arms from falling down?
What keeps our knees from falling up???
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
Perhaps, but if the old equipment still works; what we need is "equipment"...
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
It seems to me his message was, at what point are you satisfied with my answer; rather than your assumption of what the answer should be...
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
But as it pertains to the intention of the OP, one's understanding of Occam's Razor, is necessary before this thread becomes a source of understanding. Edit: cross-posted with Eise
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
My apologies to all, this is the last post I remember; since my friend turned up with a box of Doom bar and a bottle of JD. That reminds me of an interview with Carl Sagan. And for me, the first 8 mins of this Richard Feynman lecture. And the question why at 15ish min.
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
But maybe, your the one that saves me... Don't look back in anger, I heard you say...
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
Killing in the name of?
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
Arbitrary, is just another way to explain why we don't understand...
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Has Ockham's Razor become blunt in the last 700 years ?
The point I'm trying to make (badly) is, first we have to understand the simple explanation, before we delve into the minutiae of the complications; so my argument is, the further science delves the farther it gets from the edge of the razor. So if only a few can delve so deep, modern science is by definition blunting the edge of understanding, for the rest of us and so promote the very member's you seek to disavow. But then I never suggested it is always reliable, An elegant answer, is more pleasing; it doesn't have to be correct to inspire understanding.