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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 24th 2024 in the forum Sunday School 2 minutes ago
“Emergence” is defined as a property of a whole not present in its parts. So, emergence is an epiphenomenon, like a rainbow or mirror reflection.
Notice that rainbows and mirror reflections are, in a sense, not real and are accounted for in terms of sufficient conditions. Conditions describable deterministically
In other words, you can explain…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School November 24th 2024 in the forum Sunday School 53 minutes ago
Here it is:
(Verse 1)
Yo, it’s the tale of determinism, science in the rhythm,
Where every cause is linked, no room for schism.
The universe, a script, no freestyle decision,
Every action’s locked tight like a prison.But wait, we flip the beat, science enters the scene,
It’s the methodical method, if you know what I mean.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School November 24th 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Where does responsibility and morality enter in? Beyond, of course, “You did it. You were not under duress. Therefore, you’re responsible for it.
Can one just think of morality as an emergent thought process, with societal ramifications? In particular, people stating moral beliefs can and do influence others, and one’s sel…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Sunday School November 24th 2024 in the forum Sunday School 6 hours, 1 minute ago
We can start with intelligence or hair color and work our way into musical preferences. Throw any of that data on a chart and you will have a bell curve.
What does that have to do with free choice and consciousness?
Everything. Everything about us including “free choice” is governed by a probability function.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 24th 2024 in the forum Sunday School 8 hours, 18 minutes ago
Nothing happens without sufficient conditions being met,
We think for a reason: to calculate what we have to do to achieve our goals, to thrive, survive and reproduce. There is therefore biological pressure to think. As for what direction this thinking takes, then within constraints and limits, and acted upon…
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School December 1st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 19 hours, 10 minutes ago
Cows came back to attack the ones who drained their udders. Cows declared there and then, “hey my teats ain’t rudders!”
Woke is an obnoxious handle. Reminds me of the chosen people.
Make America Rip Van Winkle again. -
_Robert_ replied to the topic Putin's new "pre-nuclear" weapon in the forum Politics 1 day, 9 hours ago
Russia is militarily and financially struggling to defeat its much smaller, weaker neighbor. They are using the same WW2 strategy as the USSR did in WWII; drown them in your own blood. These missiles might cost as much as the damage they do, so this is another bargaining chip should Trump manage to bring his buddy, Putin to the table. Putin needs…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Putin's new "pre-nuclear" weapon in the forum Politics 1 day, 21 hours ago
You’ve maybe heard of Putin firing ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear weapons, but aren’t delivering actual nuclear blasts, yet. I first thought his purpose could be to use up missiles that had their old and stale nukes removed and replaced, possibly making his enemy worry about whether they should send extremely expensive defensive…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School December 1st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 22 hours ago
I looked for more detail on the “breakthrough with desalinization article”. The source is https://news.mit.edu/2024/solar-powered-desalination-system-requires-no-extra-batteries-1008 .
The gist of it can be summarized as a much more efficient method of desalinization through “flexible batch electrodialysis”, with “flexible” meaning that the pro…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School December 1st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 22 hours ago
Throw in the other religions too, every which one defining God, Allah, and so on in their own way, usually dictated by traditionally purported authorities. The sureness they have seems particularly dangerous to me, e.g. with upsurgence of Christian Nationalism. I don’t think I ever really knew what populism was until the past few years, much less…[Read more]
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