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Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 3 months ago
The senses are a poor source of evidence. Our senses tell us that the world is colorful. In fact, color is in the brain, not the external world. We experience gravity as a force. We know it’s not. We experience deja vu which is a well known trick of the mind that seems real.
Some years after my mother died, I was standing on a street corner…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 3 months ago
TheEncogitationer wrote:
Fellow Unbelievers: Trump tells Iranian protesters against Islamist tyranny that “Help is on the way” two weeks after the uprising starts and after anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 Iranian citizens are dead. I’d say time and agency are pretty damn real. Can you relate?The problem of agency regarding free will isn’t about…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 3 months ago
Time “marches on,” “flies,” “waits for no one” are not ontology. They are just descriptors of how humans feel but not how the Universe works.
Here are my thoughts on “Time and Momentum”. It is not Time…but Momentum that counts. Without the latter, i.e. relational events, the former is not required. Time would not have been conceived of w…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 3 months agoJake:
I meant to ask: Where is the Apes’ study of Jane Goodall. I’ll accept an recorded oral report if they haven’t yet mastered the written word. 🦍🎙️😁
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 3 months agoJake:
Now, now sacred cow!
Degrade what we’ve made what we’ve taken for granite. Feldspar. On a lark. On your mark. Ready, set go!
Time can certainly include different things in different places, as evidenced by where you posted this and where everyone else is posting about the subject of time.😁
Time study. Time dilation. Time in a cra…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 3 months ago
Reg:
“Now” is already gone the moment you say it. The instant you think now, neural processing time in your brain has already elapsed so the concept of “now” is reconstructed after the fact. “Now” immediately becomes a memory, not an event. The Andromeda Paradox destroys the idea of a universal cosmic present. Even two people standing a meter apa…
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 3 months agoNow, now sacred cow!
Degrade what we’ve made what we’ve taken for granite. Feldspar. On a lark. On your mark. Ready, set go!
Time study. Time dilation. Time in a craven oblation. Time in a crystal. Time in a ship. Disembark and don your whip. Dirty nigger slaves but i only lost thirty three. Observe the manifest. Smile with glee. Cargo…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 3 months ago
“Now” is already gone the moment you say it. The instant you think now, neural processing time in your brain has already elapsed so the concept of “now” is reconstructed after the fact. “Now” immediately becomes a memory, not an event. The Andromeda Paradox destroys the idea of a universal cosmic present. Even two people standing a meter apart do…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 3 months ago
Fellow Unbelievers:
Trump tells Iranian protesters against Islamist tyranny that “Help is on the way” two weeks after the uprising starts and after anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 Iranian citizens are dead. I’d say time and agency are pretty damn real. Can you relate?
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 3 months agoReg:
Your beliefs can change without your permission.
Only if you operate based on evidence, which barring mental defects, is a choice.
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