GENIUS FORUMS

What is Nano-Technology? Is Nano-Technology being used in Humans Presently, if not will it ever be? What is Nano-Technology's prime function? Does Nano-Technology hold promise for a rewarding outcome? Will Nano-Technology be useful? Could Nano-Technology be used in animals? Nanotechnology only exis...

Perhaps it might be worthwhile to invert the investigation: what, to you, would characterize phenomena that do not imply a creator? I can put it into words but I can't truly imagine what those words refer to: unstructured, lawless chaos. Do you believe an intelligent designer would also be capable ...

Physicists have managed to siphon [the necessary preconditions for the big bang] down into quite simple laws - does the simplicity of these laws, and the simplicity of the primeval universe, even generate this "watchmaker" feeling? An alternative word choice in this context for "simp...

Carl G wrote:Jason, your knee-jerk reaction aside, and without my checking your link, please note that I did not attribute wisdom, peacefulness, spirituality, or nobility to any primitives.

Noted.

Note that my previous post was not a knee-jerk reaction.

It seems very primitive cultures believe in magic and spirits, and they don't really have much to show for it because they did not centralize under the religions of war and money, to defend against the Judeo-Christian coalitions, [besides a lot of alcoholism, gambling, damaged self esteem resulting...

I stopped trying to be witty and interesting and truthful about such things long ago. They are just robotically doing their job so I tend to just say "Not bad, yourself?" They may be robotically doing their job, but it still could be a small chance to elevate the human condition even slig...

"Thats a question I've been attempting to answer all of my life. How am I today? What is the nature of our existence? When I figure it out I'll answer your question." Although if someone asks "How's it going?" I usually say "It goes. How? I don't know." You really answ...

When you're passing through the checkout at a shop, and the checkout person says "Hi, how are you today?" or similar, what's your typical response?

"Radical honesty" is for fools. And I don't really believe anyone can sustain it anyway. The radical honesty that I know, the one championed by Brad Blanton, isn't about telling the truth at all times and in all circumstances. It's more about analyzing the affects, the pros and the cons o...

Some musings... From a scientific perspective: If you locate this "intelligent designer" prior to the big bang, and have it only responsible for providing the necessary preconditions for the big bang, with no necessity for intervention by the designer in the universe after the big bang(eve...

And as far as people are concerned: if you’re mind is fixed on god you’re neither looking out to impress, nor the slightest bit interested in being impressed by anyone. If someone wants to talk to you, fair enough. If they don’t – what’s the problem? Don't you want to spread wisdom? I would've thou...

Nick, what if anything would you look for in a person's appearance, that would lead you to believe that they may be a decent thinker? Conversely what types of appearance would suggest to you that they are more likely not decent thinkers?

guest_of_logic wrote:Hmm, your responses seem very tautological, Jason - your post is somewhat obscure and cryptic to me. Perhaps you'll elaborate.

An explanation(of the order) of the universe, is, itself, part of the universe. How, fundamentally, is any progress made by explaining the universe with the universe?

I think it's quite likely that even most fair and high-minded philosophical people still constantly make judgments based on appearances. That goes without saying, but the difference lies in the ability of the philosopher to judge appearances in a clear rational manner, not based on what's fashionab...

Perhaps.

Do you agree that the order of the universe demands an explanation? Sometimes. If not, why not? Because of the order of the universe. If so, then what is your explanation for the degree to which the universe is ordered? My explanation for the degree to which the universe is ordered, of course.

Sue Hindmarsh wrote:Jason,

If a young person is easily impressed by a shaved-face, and say, clean clothes and a smiling face - then he or she isn't worth their salt.

I think it's quite likely that even most fair and high-minded philosophical people still constantly make judgments based on appearances.

If it was done to "manipulate the social world" so he could, for example, attract women to him, or so that he was considered a "nice (safe) bloke", or a "cool dude" - then yes, that is 'feminine' behaviour. What if having a certain contrived physical appearance was mor...

More and more men are getting into being more fashionable : wearing make-up, dressing more flamboyantly, draping themselves in jewellery, getting decorative tats and piercings. Such behaviour is generally considered “feminine”, and men involved in it are thought of as being "weird", or &q...

Kelly you sent me a PM, and I want to reply, but you've got private message replies disabled, and the email address I have for you isn't working any longer either. Please PM me again and give me a way to respond.

You quoted a paragraph out of my essay but didn't explain what in particular you found deficient in it other than that it was dealing with "earlier stages" of QRS philosophy, whereas my essay is dealing instead with a matter of fact: is it possible for the proposition, "Time is begin...

The principle of beginninglessness entails that causes go back and back without limit; that there is no "first cause". Around these parts, causality is defined very broadly so that it covers a variety of phenomena, but here we're concerned with temporal causality: that variety of causalit...

I don't really want to discuss QSR philosophy, and I have read very little of your essay Laird, so maybe this will just confuse matters....but because I like you so much, and I'm feeling in need of some human connection with one of the seemingly relatively rare humans who I feel I can identify with ...

One of the principles commonly taught around these parts is the beginninglessness [I know that neither this word nor even "beginningless" are in the dictionary but I just can't find words that are in the dictionary and that do the same job, so I'm going to use those words freely] I'm sorr...