Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-04-2007, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 878
Re: Rephrasing My Point
Surely, logically, there is nothing that science could possibly discover that could preclude a creator, for science can always be seen as simply providing a progressively better, more accurate...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-08-2007, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 360
Re: Are You into Time?
The only issue I have with the OP is a similar one to PairtheBoard had. It was later explained using the term logic, but logic doesn't apply to the statement below:
"(If time doesn't exist) You no...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-07-2007, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 325
Re: Whats The Definition Of \"Believe\"?
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So you see no inconsistency if someone says, "I know p is true, but I don't believe p."
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No, I said belief is not required, which is quite different from I do not...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-04-2007, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 325
Re: Whats The Definition Of \"Believe\"?
Is that all philosophers? Or is it merely one side of a philosophical debate?
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To know something you have to believe it.
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That's one view. The other is that once you...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-03-2007, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 325
Re: Whats The Definition Of \"Believe\"?
Do facts require belief?
Is belief the conclusion of a search for truth? If you do not know something for sure, you search for a solution until you find what you believe is the true solution...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
04-12-2007, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 276
Re: effects of intelligence on the universe
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Is it possible we could point a beam of light at a distant galaxy, and it never gets there due to the space in between expanding? Either from our frame of reference or theirs?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
04-11-2007, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 276
Re: effects of intelligence on the universe
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hey btw what's the latest on this? Are stars actually accelerating away from each other (last I heard), Or are stars accelerating towards each other but not enough to collapse?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
02-13-2007, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 277
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
01-28-2007, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 91
Re: The shape of space
I assumed the problem was because that would mean one galaxy would be moving away from the other at faster than the speed of light, which seems to violate the speed limit.
Well it seems it may be...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
01-27-2007, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 131
Re: If the Sun dissipated ?
If the Sun dissipated, or was no longer there, the Earth would stop orbiting it and would carry on at a tangent to its original orbit. After 8 minutes or so, we would recieve no more light. With no...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
01-12-2007, 06:03 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 350
Re: Atheism vs. Antitheism
Theism becomes a problem for mankind when people like Bush and Blair, when questioned about having the mess in Iraq on their conscience, reply with statements like "I will let God be my judge", and...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
01-10-2007, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 759
Re: Are you who you say you are?
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Nontheist (96%)
3. Secular Humanism (96%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
5. Liberal Quakers (71%)
6. Theravada Buddhism...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
01-07-2007, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 158
Re: Help me find good classical music, please.
I particularly like Gustav Holst - The Planets
It has different pieces to suit different moods. Mars and Jupiter are very famous and rousing anthems, some of the other pieces are mellow and...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
01-07-2007, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 320
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
01-01-2007, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 527
Re: Atheists: Quick, stupid questions
Is the world going to end? i.e. no intelligent life forms on it?
Well yes, it will supposedly end in around 4 billion years time when our sun goes red giant and the oceans boil off into space. But...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-18-2006, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 379
Re: Is it okay to eat animals???
I might suggest using the "Mirror Test" recently in the news to decide what you should or shouldn't eat.
If an animal can recognise itself in a mirror (and very few do) then it can be described as...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-13-2006, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 1,033
Re: Some of my least favorite things
The large plastic bottles that Coke/Pepsi etc come in - specifically the 5 round "feet" on the bottom of them.
In the good old days, bottles came with flat bottoms. Then someone came up with the...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-13-2006, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 289
Re: Best music to while on Acid
Hawkwind - any studio album from the 70's, and Space Ritual
Gong or Steve Hillage
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene or Equinox albums
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-04-2006, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 136
Views: 1,075
Re: Ask Me Anything About Ebay
I wouldn't be surprised if the OP wont give his eBay ID because he is worried that some unscrupulous scoundrel from this board may try and wreck his auctions? (i.e. it is easy to create an ebay ID...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-02-2006, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 311
Re: Who pays when a fence breaks?
I know you are in the US and things may well be different, but in the UK it is usually the people on the "Post" side that own the fence. If you want to put a fence up, you have to present the good...
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Forum: Laughs or Links!
11-01-2006, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 444
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Forum: Laughs or Links!
10-31-2006, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 125
Re: Deep Space
The figure of 78 billion light years is known as the comoving distance.
The furthest, oldest objects we can see are around 13.5 billion light years away in each direction. So that is the radius of...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-21-2006, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 128
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-13-2006, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 644
Re: The Correct Way To Make A Sandwich?
Well, the sandwich is named after the English Earl of Sandwich.
In England, we spread butter on 2 slices of bread and then use those 2 slices to sandwich pretty much anything between them (except...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-02-2006, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 277
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