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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 4 weeks agoJake:
I saw that about the chemical weapons. Not confirmed yet by Western intel but very credible given the history of chemical weapons use by adjacent forces in the Iran-Iraq War and in the Syrian Civil War.
Oh, and it turns out Trump didn’t destroy all of Iran’s fissible nuclear material:
DEADLY ARSENAL How wounded Iran could be planning…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Unseen:
Okay, Enco, but we do all that shit in the present, which appears to have no duration whatsoever.
Notice the multiple tenses used in my sentences. Those couldn’t exist or mean anything without time. Not to mention observe all the choices available. Those couldn’t exist either in a wholly free will-free Universe.
It seems like…
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Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Okay, Enco, but we do all that shit in the present, which appears to have no duration whatsoever.
It seems like everything we do is in a world defined by Zeno. You know, that paradox guy.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Fellow Unbelievers,
Meanwhile, real people have been, are now, and will persist in, baking loaves of bread of all varieties, white, wheat, split-top butter, cinnamon raisin, sourdough, and–in spite of everything–rye, pumpernickel, and bagels.
Some of us even make flat breads like tortillas, pitas, and naan. And once these are made, real…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 4 weeks agoEnco,
Also there are reports of chemical weapons and protestors dying a few days after exposure.
Reports of the regime intending a permanent blacklout. What is true i can’t say.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 4 weeks agoJake:
Unfortunately, last I heard last night, Trump is backing down on his “help is on the way” for Iran’s protesters, no doubt on the prompting of his Saudi and Qatari donors.
Also, the number of dead, whether formally executed or not, is as high as 20,000, and the numbers came out even before Trump announced he would help. Also, Supreme…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Simon Paynton wrote:
I think it makes more sense if we consider a structure of the universe as being one of deterministic cause and effect. The proposal is that the universe, from start to finish, was formed in one go. All events and timelines of objects’ spatial movements were put in place by this process that formed the block det… -
Simon Paynton replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 6 months ago
Unseen wrote:
The notion that the big bang, the trillions of galaxies and septillions of planets, the inception and explosion of life forms on Earth or anywhere, the construction of the Pyramids and The Sphynx, the sinking of The Bismarck, and that time my cat destroyed my tablet by knocking a coffee mug onto it, as well as everything included in… -
jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 6 months agoi may have penned the following.
“The impact of the fall of the Iranian regime will be far bigger than most people realise. It will be a genuine “cut the head off the snake” moment.
Because once the Ayatollahs fall, the entire political ecosystem they’ve been propping up starts to collapse with them. It will instantly strip away, and I cannot…[Read more] -
Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 6 months ago
It seems to me as an atheist that the presentist universe makes more sense because the block universe is far more compatible with the intelligent design view.
The notion that the big bang, the trillions of galaxies and septillions of planets, the inception and explosion of life forms on Earth or anywhere, the construction of the Pyramids and…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 6 months ago
Block universe on the one hand or a universe governed by the inescapable necessity of physical laws, it makes no difference. It makes no matter how you respond to either situation. In the one case, your response has already happened in a sense while in the other, however you respond, your response is what had to happen.
Some will say, “But that’s…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 6 months ago
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 6 months ago
I agree almost entirely with this idea. I am a big fan of Carlo Rovelli and “Relational States”. There is no “Now”. All events exist “tenselessly”, i.e. without the concept of past, present or future. “Earlier than” and “later than” are structural facts, not things waiting to happen. We don’t experience the “whole loaf”. We are just a local pr…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 6 months ago
You may be wondering what evidence exists for the block universe theory. As the Gemini AI explains it:
The evidence for the Block Universe theory isn’t based on a single “discovery,” but rather on the logical conclusions we are forced to draw from Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity.
If the math of relativity is a correct description of t…[Read more]
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Unseen started the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 6 months ago
…for there to be no free will.
Under the current ‘standard model” of physics, accepted by the majority of physicists, we exist in a so-called “block universe.”
I asked Gemini AI to define block universe in layman terms and I got this:
In simple terms, the Block Universe theory is the idea that the past, the present, and the future all exist…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 6 months agoi am seeing so many posts condemning the lefty/propalestine regarding Iran. And it is true. It’s Captain Obvious. Equally Captain is the overall impact the lefty scum have on human rights. Shit is fucking horiffic in so many places all over the world. And nobody fucking cares who is not directly impacted. We sure aint gonna get any concern from…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton posted an update 6 months ago
In the UK, a police chief is in trouble for banning Israeli football supporters from a match, based on an AI mistake. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgn984j9d7o
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 6 months agoJake:
I am hoping he and Net. are doing another end around fooled ya and ya don’t like it.
I wouldn’t give Trump that much credit in his second go-around. He’s gone from playing 4-D chess to playing mumblety-peg with tactical missiles.
I am sure he could not care less how much blood is on his hands but he damn sure cares about reputation and l…
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 6 months agoI am hoping he and Net. are doing another end around fooled ya and ya don’t like it.
I am sure he could not care less how much blood is on his hands but he damn sure cares about reputation and legacy. If he is a big part of taking down this Islamic regime it changes history and where his feckless forbears missed the opportunity he can seize it.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 6 months agoFellow Unbelievers:
I think the fat globules and pathogens in that gallon of MAHA Milk has blocked the blood flow to Trump’s brain and got him hallucinating:
I wish they’d keep those kids away. You shouldn’t hear this, kids.
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i saw that in JP but did not read it. My assumption was that the putative basis for denying Israelis was to keep them safe and i am thinking sure let the aggressors watch and ban the targets of aggression. But no it is the zionists who are the threat!
Yet another reason not to let AI as it exists now be in charge of anything.
A really bright intelligence would say to the Constable: “Sooo…Let’s see what the 5th and 14th Amendment case law says on cases like this…Oh,wait…You Brits don’t have a written Constitution or Bill of Rights. There’s your trouble…And as for cultural ethos, don’t…[Read more]
Jake, another thing a really bright AI would instruct the Constable is to either provide adequate security for all parties or use emergency powers and tell everybody: “No nice things for you “