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Hey, kissaki. Just out of curiosity: Do you have any friends that are female and not also sexual partners? Depends what you mean by friends. If by friends you mean those who have philosophical thoughts, then no, I have no female friends. I don't consider any of my female relatives or acquaintances ...

For instance: the latest scientific theories are basically telling us that material/solid matter is pretty much a fiction, meaning that at the most basic level of reality there is only empty space This is completely and utterly wrong. Matter, speaking strictly from a scientific point of view, may b...

What is Zen?

When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep. When horny, wank.

It looks like you have a similar viewpoint to dejavu, though more clearly thought-out. One could classify forever, as there are no shortage of things. Many in fact do. They call themselves academics. My question for you is, since "the appearance of things" must include specific appearance...

I declare this thread mine. Everything I say here is to disappoint her.

By redundant, do you mean the scientific notion of the Universe, ie. something that is vast, and expanding infinitely in all directions, and composed of countless things, is not accurate? Or do you mean, "it's obviously true" as in "proof of it being true is found in the following ev...

I've watched a number of the events in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the first I've ever bothered to watch actually. It's clear that what attracts so many to this event is the emotion, each athlete's individual story and struggles, and ultimately the celebrations of the victors which signify the reward...

QM is completely consistent. If a technique is ever created to predict the exact behavior of a quantum particle then it will be incorporated into QM and QM will remain consistent. And yet, if I remember correctly, QM is not consistent with relativity. (Or perhaps it has just not been shown to be co...

No, we do not know when an individual atom will decay for example, the consistency is only in the statistics. Which only means we currently don't have a way of knowing when a particular individual atom will decay. Not knowing does not automatically imply non-causality. We may possibly may never kno...

kissaki, Okay, a circle being both round and not round was a poor example of contradiction. It was possible for you to sidestep the problem by drifting into empiricism for the first half of your post, then drifting back toward rationalism for your last sentence. I should have used instead: a thing ...

maestro , The QM interpretations themselves are completely within the realm causality, regardless of whatever fanciful imaginations are involved in it. You're basically saying, oh the universe is non-causal because I can concoct a theory in my head that says it's non-causal ... without providing an...

maestro , This is what I mentioned in my first post -- regardless of your interpretation the math works out the same. It's always the same pattern on the screen in the double-slit experiment. The whole Bohemian mechanics vs Copenhagen vs many-worlds vs mumbo-jumbo-QM-spirit-world is simply a battle...

You must learn the math to know the full extent of what it is and isn't. It seems everyone wants to get the QM knowledge for free, that is, avoiding the mathematics. Start with the 1 dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator -- easiest QM calculation. brokenhead , The probability waves, and waves real...

The term wave in the context of quantum mechanics is a mathematical construction. No one has ever seen a probability wave move through space. The video is deceptive in that sense. Also keep in mind that Dr. Quantum is a creation of Fred Alan Wolf, a quantum physicist that writes books on the subject...

kissaki, A circle is round when it's round, and not round when it's not round. Are you going to commit to one or the other? If you were to draw a circle before my eyes I'd call it round. If you were to draw a circle before my microscope I'd call it not round. It all depends where I choose to sit an...

Kelly , You clearly didn't read my clash with dejavu. Here's what you missed: 1. I did mention that 'Infinity is inherent' is redundant. Infinity is already all constructions, and thus no movement is possible from that stance. I used the phrase in its redundant form to show where it came from. 2. I...

Trevor , 'Infinity is inherent' says reality is self-evident, that it's here ... look, it's still here. 'Existence is non-inherent' says that existence is composed of things which are composed of yet more things and so on, in all directions. I can only ever see the first phrase through the eyes of ...

Then I give up possession of those few remaining thoughts as well. What can stop the breakthrough now?

I strive for effortlessness throughout. I already command trillions of cells effortlessly, what are but a few more thoughts.

brokenhead , There is great pull around the physical act of sex, no contention there. What I am getting at is that the sex pull, and since I am a male of heterosexual bent you might as well call it the female pull, is not the greatest influence nor does its influence extend to all domains. Look up ...

tek0,

Shaolin monks are impressive in a showy flashy sort of way, but I still find the overall substance lacking.

Here is an example of an individual in the realm of martial arts who inspires the spirit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3CmNE72Bw

-kissaki- And this counts against me because ...? -tomas- The way you rant about "marriage", and then tend to lump it all into one big cesspool. The institution isn't perfect but how better a way would you propose? Please don't take Ryan's approach of some sort of National Board of Enligh...

dejavu , I never claimed the phrase 'Existence is inherent' was untrue or a lie or anything of the sort, so stop subtly framing things in such a way that I ever implied it. The only one throwing around the word lie is you. My argument is that the phrase 'Existence is non-inherent' leads to more thi...

maestro, I think the author of the article shows his misunderstanding in that paragraph, as unpredictability does not imply non-deterministic. You also seem to share that misunderstanding. If things were truly non-deterministic then reality would have broken down long before man created the theory o...

A fruitful question I think is to ask whether a person such as Gerard ’t Hooft, the scientist I quoted in the article, is enlightened. I think I can't ultimately say until I see the person in action, but I can speculate. His thoughts on determinism may just be localized to his scientific life, that ...