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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-01-2007, 05:55 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 268
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Who is better qualified to define the term `atheist\'?

BUT UNTIL WE'VE DEFINED THE TERM ATHEIST HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR POLL MEANS BY "An Atheist"

ZOMG HEAD ASPLODE
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-29-2007, 10:51 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,232
Posted By AWoodside
Re: How many 85 year olds...

Depends on the venue. In an open field where I had room to maneuver, probably 200. In a racket ball court about 20.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-29-2007, 10:36 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 813
Posted By AWoodside
Re: How does my dog know to look at my face?

Dogs and people co-evolved, they share lots of interesting mixed behaviors.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-29-2007, 06:41 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 811
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Can you believe in certain things without being religious?

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Sure you can believe in reincarnation if you are an athiest, it just makes you a [censored] retarded one.

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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-22-2007, 10:08 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

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Those discussing the Transhumanist movement? Do you really think you'll be able to live forever? If no, what's the difference between living 75 years and 250 years? Or 75 and 1000?
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Forum: Politics 11-22-2007, 02:00 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 154
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Giving Thanks

I just got done furiously cleaning my place because for the first time ever my family is coming to visit ME for a holiday. Mom, Dad, and two little brothers should arrive in about 20-30 minutes.
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Forum: Politics 11-21-2007, 11:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 159
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Teacher student situation at college

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Just today one of my friends had something quite odd happen to him at a pretty well respected university that he attends. From what I understand, he was sitting in class while the...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-21-2007, 10:45 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

I do miss junk food a lot though imo /images/graemlins/frown.gif
Forum: Student Life 11-21-2007, 10:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 150
Posted By AWoodside
Re: I hate academia...

Do some lsd imo
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-21-2007, 10:16 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

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I realize you weren't saying anything about me specifically, just wanted to point out that in my case it's a rational decision that doesn't involve escapism nor denial (I...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-21-2007, 10:01 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

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AWoodside,

I LOVE the theory you speak of.

Indeed it is clearly the ideal I search for, but in the next 40 years? I think that is a stretch, not that I am phoo phooing it.

Also,...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-21-2007, 09:49 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

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I don't mean transhumanism or the optimistic hope that the singularity will occur. It reeks a bit of escapism and denial to me, but more power to them if they get it done.


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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-21-2007, 09:07 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

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Nothing would please me more than finding a 'solution', and that is obviously my motive, but I am not sure that my condition is cureable.


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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-21-2007, 08:50 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

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Also I should have added -

Why are you not bothered about ceasing to 'be'?

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You should be bothered by it, terribly terribly bothered and the things you are going...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-21-2007, 08:37 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 389
Posted By AWoodside
Re: L/C Help me. Lack of an afterlife leads me do depression.

Spend a couple hours reading up on the Transhumanist movement. Wiki page for a start (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism)

There are very strong arguments that you may not ever die. I...
Forum: Politics 11-21-2007, 04:30 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 627
Posted By AWoodside
Re: An Open Letter in Response to a PM

You're my favorite poster on this board by a huge huge margin Borodog. You're better than this.
Forum: Politics 11-20-2007, 10:38 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 614
Posted By AWoodside
Re: What are you proud of as an American?

Proud that we were, at one point, the closest approximation of a free society that has every existed in the modern world (on a large scale anyway).
Forum: Politics 11-15-2007, 09:24 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 997
Posted By AWoodside
Re: This just in, government owns your gold and silver

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Ok, if we are in a situation where people can make their own currency this is what an accountable person would be for that. Someone that I could directly punish by not using...
Forum: Politics 11-15-2007, 08:42 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 997
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Liberty Dollar office raided

I own about 300 liberty dollars worth of silver certificates. I feel like I've just been stolen from. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Forum: Politics 11-14-2007, 06:30 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 616
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Moral relativity

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Any moral system is going to be definable by some finite set of axioms (could be very large depending). In order to claim there is an objectively superior set of moral axioms I...
Forum: BBV4Life 11-13-2007, 11:58 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 121
Posted By AWoodside
Re: My First, And Perhaps Only, Statement About Absolute Zero

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IMO, if we are ever able to bring something to absolute zero will it completely freeze up the entire universe. it will be like a chain reaction. since at absolute zero there is no motion...
Forum: Politics 11-13-2007, 11:06 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 616
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Moral relativity

Any moral system is going to be definable by some finite set of axioms (could be very large depending). In order to claim there is an objectively superior set of moral axioms I think you need to...
Forum: Politics 11-13-2007, 06:04 AM
Replies: 1,270
Views: 21,811
Posted By AWoodside
Re: ***Official Ron Paul video thread***

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Not sure why socialists' views are most similar to Ron Paul's.

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Well, Stormfront thinks that they are.

If Stormfront are wrong, obviously they've been misled,...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-11-2007, 12:30 PM
Replies: 81
Poll: Freewill
Views: 504
Posted By AWoodside
Re: Freewill

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I define free will as the belief that, although I just made choice C, I could have made choice !C.

In other words, I define "free will" as an experiential label, not a metaphysical...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-10-2007, 06:24 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 235
Posted By AWoodside
Re: What Of People Who Start Smoking Now

By people who get lung cancer "through no fault of their own" do you mean older people who started smoking before it was widely acknowledged to be a health risk, or people who have never smoked, but...
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