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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why do people think that we "prove" things in science? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2015, 1:04 am
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| Sincie I'm stubbon I will attempt this again. Your claim that heliocentrism is a self-evident axiom demonstrates a lack of understanding of the concepts of both what constitutes self-evidence as well as what an axiom is. I'll take 'axiom' part first. An axiom is a foundational proposition of a theor... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why do people think that we "prove" things in science? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015, 1:05 pm
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| Thanks. Purchased and now on my Kindle. Glossing over the intro I see that the ideas presented are based upon Ayn Rand's Objectivism. Interesting approach. I do personally believe that about the best we can do, as far as finding absolute truth is via some pragmatic approach (and as such we can only ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do people fear that free will might not exist? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2015, 9:10 pm
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| This is a huge question of mine. I don't like the idea of determinism, but I'm an atheist and materialist. There is NOTHING in the sciences that can account for free will. Science can't yet tell me how to construct a conscious brain which I can then analyze to determine if it indeed can freely choos... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why do people think that we "prove" things in science? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2015, 5:29 pm
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| ...your assertion that 'heliocentrism' is self-evident or fundamental is clear non-sense. It certainly wasn't self-evident to the world prior to the likes of Kepler, Gelileo, Newton and a few other visionaries. It most certainly wasn't, but a contemporary context offers a different perspective. I'm... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why do people think that we "prove" things in science? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2015, 12:42 am
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| Heliocentrism is as much a theory as a stone is a theory. It is directly observable; a self-evident metaphysical existent; an axiom in itself. Something cannot be both a theory and an axiom, which is what you claim in your first two sentences above. I don't think I did. Thanks for an otherwise inte... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A third of all Millennials express themselves as irreligious |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 10:23 pm
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| DUDE, please!.. PUT on your reading glasses and Listen TO MY CLARIFICATION once again. Classical pantheists are REAL THEISTS AND IT IS A REAL RELIGION AND they equate the Universe with GOD.. Do ya get it yet!.. I don't know how many more ways I can say THIS COMMON SENSE TRUTH. GOD IS all NATURAL AL... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: What planet am i from? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 10:01 pm
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| Hahaha! This is great fun. I certainly do hope to enjoy this forum for a long time to come. I do believe that I have something in the Autism Spectrum, or some other developmental disorder. That's why I am here. My next step is to get a professional assessment. I do need to know for certain as I nee... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why do people think that we "prove" things in science? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 9:09 pm
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| Heliocentrism is as much a theory as a stone is a theory. It is directly observable; a self-evident metaphysical existent; an axiom in itself. There is no problem with induction as such. It is perfectly possible to directly describe certain aspects of nature as it is, but to explain why it is as it... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you find confusing about the "NT World"? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 7:45 pm
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Hansgrohe wrote: ...
-Their inability to understand a subject yet decide to make a judgement about it anyway.
OMG! I really have little patience for people who have an opinion about something they know very little about. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why do people think that we "prove" things in science? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 7:35 pm
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| While no theory can ever be proved... Crazy talk. Heliocentrism was once a theory. Actually, the definition of a theory is, a coherent system of ideas. EVERY system of ideas is a theory, only a theory, and nothing BUT a theory. Let me expound upon this by providing something very close to the forma... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: The nomenclature of bipolar |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 6:37 pm
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| It's simply the english language. 'bipolar' and 'depression' fall into two different grammatical categories in English and so their syntax (structural location within the sentence) is different. 'bipolar', adjective. Adjectives are words that modify or enhance the meanings of nouns, noun phrases, an... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Gender Neutral Clothing |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 5:43 pm
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| Skinny jeans look ridiculous to me. All I can think of are Tim Burton cartoon characters, or, when they wear the knit hats not all the way on, they look like the Waldo character. Why I don't like this look: - It looks like women's clothing. - I'm a guy with very thick muscular legs and quite a lot o... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Gee, thanks a lot anti-vaxxers for the mess! |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 5:30 pm
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| I'm all for freedom of choice, but not where someone's choice can seriously harm or even cause the death of others. So I feel that vaccinations should be mandated by law. Parents who put their own children at risk should be prosecuted. Not JUST because they put their own children at risk but also be... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Funny 'literal' moments |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 5:14 pm
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| Here's an old one for me, which now seems kind of funny. I'm 44 now, but when I was very young I didn't even understand the concept of a common expression. I only understood everything literally. The rather unfortunate part about this was that I was unable to understand the seemingly "nonsensic... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you find confusing about the "NT World"? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 4:49 pm
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| Sports (not necessarily an Aspie vs NT thing). What I don't understand is how can someone be so into sports, soccer for example, even though they've never touched a ball in their life? What's so good about watching people running around kicking a ball for hours? Watching sports for 15 minutes bores... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: What planet am i from? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 11:51 am
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| Hahaha! This is great fun. I certainly do hope to enjoy this forum for a long time to come. I do believe that I have something in the Autism Spectrum, or some other developmental disorder. That's why I am here. My next step is to get a professional assessment. I do need to know for certain as I need... |
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