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February 7th, 2013, 9:54 pm
(quote not shown) I keep getting the "As is made clear throughout the forums, we require all posts to be proofread and spellchecked. Your post contains too many errors. Please see this post for more information. If you feel this message is in error, please contact Scott." Even though I don...
February 3rd, 2013, 10:30 pm
(quote not shown) Let me put it this way..treat others like YOU would like to be treated. Simple enough? -- Updated February 3rd, 2013, 10:32 pm to add the following -- You know what, I'm sick of this message: "As is made clear throughout the forums, we require all posts to be proofread and spe...
December 15th, 2012, 4:55 am
Janus D Strange wrote:(Nested quote removed.)
I'm glad you are amused. Did you experience your amusement as being caused by what I had written? I'm gathering you're on Hume's side on this one.
I'm not saying I agree with Hume or Searle on this, but for some reason their arguments do not cause me to laugh as they seem to do to you.
Obviously Hume's argument is that when a billiard ball strikes another, we do not see, hear, smell, taste, touch or in any sense feel the force that causes the balls to change their direction and momentum; that in other words, we do not in any sense experience causation.
Searle is asserting with his examples, that we 'feel' the force of the push that sends us flying, the resistance of the kerb or the muscular tension that raises the arm, and thus, that we do experience causation.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter, if you can pick yourself up off the floor long enough to return to your computer.
What and whom exactly were you referring as a hume? Start with describing a "Hume" ty: ( in your own words-and then look in the mirror and repeat that).
December 9th, 2012, 10:50 pm
"Hume attempted to show that we do not 'perceive' causality, but against this Searle argues that we 'experience' causality, for example when someone pushes us, we stub our toe, or when we formulate the intention to raise an arm and the arm invariably rises." Ok THAT me laugh out loud, waha...
December 9th, 2012, 7:40 pm
(quote not shown) Yes, what you're saying is gravitational pull...whoever has the most gravitational pull pulls the planets and stars beside it...nothing to do with the age- indeed , the shape is the consequence of gravity. Agreed.-- Updated December 9th, 2012, 7:48 pm to add the following --So what...
December 9th, 2012, 7:30 pm
(quote not shown) "You may have mixed up what I was saying here. I was talking about the fact that, according to the classical laws of electromagnetism (i.e. nothing to do with quantum mechanics), a moving electric charge induces a constant magnetic field and an accelerating electric charge ind...
December 9th, 2012, 7:02 pm
So that means that planet Earth is older than any other planet in our solar system because we're the ones that rotate/accelerate faster?..sorry I'm no physicist but that makes no sense to me...
December 9th, 2012, 5:31 pm
You know watching the show "The Big Bang theory" ( mah fav) anyway, Sheldon keeps waiting for himself to appear from the future ( hoping he was there when they invented time travel), my point is...is it possible that we don't see people coming from the "future" because our planet...
December 3rd, 2012, 7:16 pm
Oh I didn't mean to imply we won't have "bumps" on the road but ultimately, I believe science-collective genius- will get there. There's absolutely no doubt we'll make mistakes and lots of them but that's how you reach the truth, proving or disproving theories.
December 3rd, 2012, 6:28 pm
I think science is as limited as the universe - the longer human race will survive the more we'll understand. Aka it will absolutely advance with no limitations and maybe to a point where men will learn all its secrets.
September 11th, 2012, 2:29 am
Evil or good has nothing to do with brains or intellect. So as long as evil exists there will be good to contradict it ...didn't you get it yet?
August 12th, 2012, 8:05 pm
Fantastic-Autistic wrote:First thing, I cant believe someone actualy wrote this!
It's hard for me to comprehend how someone would have trouble discerning the two. I'm gay myself and find it both dangerous and a little upsetting that they could be concieved as overlapping in any way.
Paedophiles are aroused by things like hurting and innocence.
I'm really starting to think it was a trolling post.
August 8th, 2012, 7:47 pm
That's a great question! The answer would lie in what do we lack on this planet or what do we dislike on it? I don't see any imperfections on planet Earth structure/environment-wise. If by planet you meant the species on Earth, I would change quite a bit but if I did it would resolve one problem and...
August 8th, 2012, 7:21 pm
(quote not shown) You know you could have asked "what's the difference between normal sexual orientation and pedophilia" and get the same answers. You obviously still don't get the difference so let's see. Pedophiles abuse children to get sexual satisfaction while completely ignoring the f...
August 8th, 2012, 7:08 pm
I think you can't really generalize marriage, for some it's a proof of love, for some out of possessiveness, for some cultural pressure, some just like to get the tax benefits etc; I think the perception and meaning of marriage is individual really. It's great when both sides have the same conceptio...
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