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The "What probably is = what is" fallacy
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I never said, nor did I mean to imply, that probability could be dispensed with altogether. In fact it is central to my argument that I say precisely the opposite. To go back to my previous example: h... |
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what if..
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Conway, I think your reference to Kant's work in relation to the question of infinite reality is quite astute. His ideas about causality being a hardwired paradigm of human perception totally turned t... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
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"What is knowledge to you, and more importantly what is the knowledge that is in this tree, if it includes the necessary knowledges for such things as all human actions, learned and developed thr... |
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Nature & GeographyglOBaL waRMInG
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Isn't a lot of that left in this world - maybe we deserve what we are getting. The seeds we have planted with our guttony with fossil fuel, etc.
I have not heard of this. One theory of the ice a... |
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IslamDo you know what Islam means?
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Anything can be used to promote evil. Yes I admit religion may be the most powerful tool to aid those implementing evil. It allows the despotic to claim a divine right to do their harm.
However I... |
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please read dis
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Denial
Wasted
Corrupted
L ost in misery
None can touch her
None can save her.
Her soul is tainted with lies
With denial
Her dreams shattered
Her needs neglected
Her cries ignored
Nobody ta... |
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SocietyWould society be better without money?
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I've been asking this same question a lot of people and I encountered a large amount of cynism regarding this same question.
However, I believe it's definetely possible in todays world. T... |
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PoetryMusings of the Cynics
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Stories & Poetry Forum |
I don't remember who I was.
It's odd, really
to see an old picture
of you with your braces
and forced smile at the camera
and think wow-
that was me.
I've gotten older.
Not... |
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Human Nature & EmotionHappiness
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I guess it depends on how you look at it. I a sense, you can buy happiness. For example, you see this dog that you wanted, and then you end up caring for it and become really happy. But it's not... |
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War & TerrorismTo The SwiftBoat Vets For Truth
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On two separate occasions the FBI had done a lengthy investigation of Mr. Kerry. The second time when he announced he was running for president. On both occasions nothing was found. Yet everyone keeps... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsA few question, interested in everybody's opinions
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Is the real world really real? Is reality real? Can it be that it's all just illusion? What is our purpose of being here? Why are we here? What is hiding in the dark and unknown corners of our mind? I... |
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JokesYo' Mama Jokes?
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Yo Mama's so fat, she comes from both sides of the family!
Yo Mama's so fat, that when she breaks her leg gravy pours out.
I conversation i just had with my friend,
'You really hate... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsRunning from Reality
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Reality what is it? Is it something you work to maintain or achieve? Or is it the same for everyone that life and people in general are all the biggest joke of time? These are just some of the questio... |
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Female Comebacks (Responses to pick-up lines)
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Jokes & Games |
FEMALE COMEBACKS
Man: Where have you been all my life?
Woman: Hiding from you.
Man: Haven't I seen you someplace before?
Woman: Yes, that's why I don't go there anymore.
Man:... |
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Society & SociologyFree Will
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The concept of freewill vs determinism; compatibilism vs incompatibilism requires much more than a singular definition. It would be misleading to specify a singular definition of 'free will'... |
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Rules To Live By
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Once again you only give points and nothing to back them up. Yes. I am an ass-hole. But I do it with intentions you are in-capable of understanding which is why my second rule was put into place.
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Reality & MetaphysicsWhat is existence?
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quote--summit
2. what creates 'your' thought?- i've already said- I think, therefore I am. Individual reality.
right on!! reality is truly an individual thing, and as such its impor... |
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Cliqueless
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"If everyone was intelligent, you wouldn't have to dissregard anything, which means communication would be far quicker and more efficient."
Hey decius what about the senate and congr... |
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Religion & HumanityWe as the experiment of aliens
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let's just see, 3000 years ago there was almost no religion involving just one god. take the Egyptians for one moment here, they worshiped not one but many gods, which they do not tribute one spe... |
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GovernmentIraqi Statue honoring President Bush
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Fund it? OMG - not that lame argument again. That's the cry of the left. Why would you put the fox in charge of the hen house? Don't you get it? The Left has been in charge of education and... |
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Free Will
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Well, free will insinuates that we are all independent of our environment which in all probability is false. Although I believe free will does not exist, I do not find it displeasing in the least. Our... |
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GovernmentKerry Bad For America
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I heard somewhere that we are in a record deficit, that's not trade deficit, but that's money our U.S. government owes. I believe we pay more taxes then any of our forefathers. I didn't... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
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Well with the Creation cannot be true. Simply because there are two different accounts of it within the bible itself. One account claims man was made first then plants and birds and animals, the other... |
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Ethics & MoralityInherently Good or Evil?
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yea... i think people are inherently "good" and become "evil" or gain "evil" tendencies once they grow older and begin learning about the world around them. i sorta think... |
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More guys than girls on these forums...why?
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God, you obviously have not been to high school in a while. Being "gay" is one of the most socially accepted things around there now. Really, its becoming a fad to the point where actual gay... |
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