cladking
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It is also a belief that the moon orbits the earth. Beliefs are simply what you are convinced of by the evidence.
This is false. Two bodies orbit their center of gravity.
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It is also a belief that the moon orbits the earth. Beliefs are simply what you are convinced of by the evidence.
There is not one piece of evidence that should convince anyone that evolution is true.
Fine "only experiment'. You are still wrong.I don't think I did say science is "mere" experiment. Theory is founded on only experiment in real science but real science employs deduction and induction at various stages.
Yes, but logical statements are still impossible in modern language. No matter how logical a statement seems to be someone can deconstruct it so it is false and illogical.
Logic is very important in devising experiment.
Okay, when two objects are orbiting each other and the barycenter is totally within the more massive body then the less massive body is judged to be orbiting the other. He was correct that the Moon orbits the Earth. On the other hand Charon and Pluto orbit each other. The barycenter is outside of Pluto.This is false. Two bodies orbit their center of gravity.
Then you only demonstrate that you are unable to judge this properly. Very few theories rely on only one piece of evidence. One strong piece of evidence is much weaker than millions of moderately strong pieces of evidence.And this is why I'm saying it's a bad paradigm.
This is just nonsense.There was once a farmer who hired a young boy to help with chores around the farm. The boy was strong and eager so could do as much work as most men. He was also very fast and had great dexterity. When left alone to work he stayed at it until the job was complete. One day the farmer assigned the boy to sorting a large crib of potatoes in the basement into tubs of good potatoes and bad potatoes. He figured the kid would finish about lunchtime but when he went to check on him about quarter hour early the boy was sitting and contemplating this third potato. He hadn't been able to decide which were good and which bad.
No two things are identical and we each classify things differently just as we each parse things differently. If you have a million people sort colored tiles into semicircles you will not end up with a rainbow. Nature sorts many things but still every grain of sand on the beach is different. If you look closely you'll see some aren't even grains of sand. If nature sorts life in terms of something we can't even define, such as consciousness then how are you to know? And how are you to know the mechanism of this sorting?
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I have never seen any reason to consider anything said on here about ancient science and ancient language is real. I just consider them to be something you made up. No more real than Santa or an honest politician.I specifically stated that this is how ancient science worked. Ours requires experiment even though much of what we take for granted has never been shown experimentally.
Nothing in our thought or language is logical. It's not even illogical because it's impossible to determine. But this is still the basis of "Look and See Science". It mussta been this or it can only be that.
Ancient science could use logic because Ancient Language was metaphysical and wholly and completely logical. It would be somewhat similar to directly applying mathematics to reality.
Ancient Language was logical because LOGIC is the basis of reality and the human brain which exists in reality created that language. I doubt this can be explained more simply.
Modern languages arose from the the rubble of the tower of babel and the existing pidgin languages used by the slower witted.
Don't you find asking for someone to produce evidence to be ironic?Perhaps you should cite at least one piece of evidence that supports your beliefs preferentially to mine.
Maybe you could provide some actual answers to that list of questions you claimed you would answer. A real answer to the question on taxonomy would be nice too.There was once a farmer who hired a young boy to help with chores around the farm. The boy was strong and eager so could do as much work as most men. He was also very fast and had great dexterity. When left alone to work he stayed at it until the job was complete. One day the farmer assigned the boy to sorting a large crib of potatoes in the basement into tubs of good potatoes and bad potatoes. He figured the kid would finish about lunchtime but when he went to check on him about quarter hour early the boy was sitting and contemplating this third potato. He hadn't been able to decide which were good and which bad.
No two things are identical and we each classify things differently just as we each parse things differently. If you have a million people sort colored tiles into semicircles you will not end up with a rainbow. Nature sorts many things but still every grain of sand on the beach is different. If you look closely you'll see some aren't even grains of sand. If nature sorts life in terms of something we can't even define, such as consciousness then how are you to know? And how are you to know the mechanism of this sorting?
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I have wondered about that too.Hmmm. Now I am skeptical as to the sincerity with which you hold your beliefs. It's as if the game is to see how long you can keep people arguing against an obviously nonsensical idea.
Where can we learn more about the Russian minks? More than just what you claim about them.Speciation is rare but it is observed still. The Russian minks are one example. There is apparently little genetic diversity in this species making its domestication far more difficult.
Reliance on induction is exactly why Egyptology is wrong about every single thing. Induction is always observer dependent and always highly suspect.
I already have repeatedly and endlessly. Obviously experiment interpretation does not follow automatically from experiment in most individuals most of the time. There are steps involving such things an induction and deduction. but the exact means that this occurs is related to modern language and consciousness neither of which are well understood nor defined.
An individual finding a restaurant is unrelated to human progress as I define the term.
That isn't even a definition, simple or otherwise.The simplest definition for modern science is Observation > Experiment.
"Science" is means to study reality according to a set of rules that are consistent with reality. Experiential science learns about reality first hand through mostly trial and error. Only the simplest predictions and learning are possible but this is exceedingly important to many individuals. Modern science reveals reality through experiment. Ancient science studied reality directly through observation and the application of a logical, binary, and metaphysical language.
I can imagine other possible sciences but not sufficiently well to define them so their existence is hypothetical. It might be noted that every single species can be thought of as a type of science because bees don't think exactly like rabbits. The similarities are sufficient that some communication occurs. Experimental science is, of course, unique to homo omnisciencis so far as anyone knows.
Keep in mind though that modern scientific metaphysics by definition includes not only the axioms and definitions but every experiment ever performed.
Ancient metaphysics was all contained within Ancient Language.
Finding that survival of the fittest caused speciation would be revolutionary. It would be extraordinary. Earth-shattering.I more than half agree. Even though finding that survival of the fittest doesn't cause change in species would be revolutionary in biology some of the considerations would cause a total rewrite in many other areas. Anthropology would be completely stood on its ear, Egyptology would be found out, and logic would be taken aback. Across the board some effects would be highly disruptive to the status quo in science. It would even impact AI if it comes to be believed there is no such thing as "intelligence". You can't create something artificially that doesn't exist. Alchemy would come back into vogue.
This doesn't seem to be saying anything.Yes, science is supposed to adapt to reflect all experiment but then even tiny changes in science occur one funeral at a time. Usually these funerals apply to specialists rather than much of the scientific community.
More that seems to say nothing.I believe the redevelopment of ancient science could happen pretty quickly and this goes double if the "Book of Thot" really does lie under the NE corner of G1 as ancient writing implies. I doubt it's really plausible to use this in the education of specialists but, obviously, everyone would come to have some familiarity with it.
Even more stuff that seems to be saying nothing relative to science, the discussion or anything established as fact.It's very difficult to predict how everything would play out but then it's very difficult to predict when Egyptology will get their heads out of their 19th century ruts. Based on current experience it seems unlikely they'll accept any science at all until there is no choice. Someday "Egyptologist" will be the punchline of every joke.
Another unsupported claim that can be dismissed. Since the author apparently sees no value in supporting their claims, why should I bother considering them?On our current trajectory it might be half a century before neuroscience even starts to define "consciousness" and until this happens Evolution might be accepted "science".
This appears to be an admixture of unsupported claims and irrelevant material.I believe it is of critical importance to the human race to correct the errors of 19th century science sooner rather than later. Timing is critically important because we will be tested in various ways over the next century with the most immediate test probably being Tower of Babel 2.0 which may already be underway. We have a scientific society without sufficient numbers of people who understand it and how it is interrelated to the economy and commonweal. These are not only interesting times but dangerous ones as well.
This doesn't offer any evidence or logical reason to dismiss evolution. Your argument is about the classification of dogs and not the evolution of dogs.Imagine that it really did take a million years for dogs to evolve into a new species. At exactly what moment do dogs no longer exist. Obviously it's when the last one dies but the term "dogs" is just a word. First there would be a dog and then something less doggy until eventually there's nothing dog-like at all.
How about a dog that has a wolf as a parent? Is it a dog. How three wolves as grandparents?
Again, this is argument over the details of naming something a dog and says nothing for or against evolution.At what point does an embryo become a dog? At what point is a dog no longer a dog? Are all mutations dogs? What is the standard for defining something as a dog? If dogs must be able to breed dogs then are dead puppies dogs?
No idea what you meaning to say here. It doesn't tell us anything about evolution.All dogs and all life is individual.
No idea where you are going with this either. Do you think all dogs are part of a greater collective? The Borg Dog? Maybe a superorganism called Clifford?If all dogs are conscious then how can all dogs be a single entity?
Arguing over the useage of a word isn't evidence against evolution. It really says nothing about it at all.They are all just words and "dog" is a word that is a null set. The word "dog" is just a symbolic place holder used as a mnemonic for homo omnisciencis to communicate about our world. Certainly the word "dog" appears in many other languages and is known to exist in Prairie Dog but I maintain that in all other languages it is representative, binary, and metaphysical. It is not symbolic or analog. There is no degree of "dogness" in Crow.
A meaningless claim with no justification.Biology is studying creatures that not only no longer exist but never really existed in the first place because all life is consciousness and all consciousness is individual.
I have found no reason to consider that statement valid, useful or remotely factual.Without understanding consciousness you can not understand life or how "species" evolve.
You can't get cracking on something that doesn't exist.This is a very complex subject so we really should get cracking on it.
Or is it that you will not provide a reasonable and logical answer because you cannot?
I continue to wonder about this.Hmmm. Now I am skeptical as to the sincerity with which you hold your beliefs. It's as if the game is to see how long you can keep people arguing against an obviously nonsensical idea.
I do not dismiss. I recognize that you do not provide direct and reasonable answers to questions. You are very good at claiming. And that is where it ends.I've done so several times and you dismiss them because you can not parse my words. You assume I'm a crackpot so my words are nonsense and then parse them in your own terms instead of mine. People can't see what they don't believe and you simply don't believe anything I say to discuss it. "...but the taxonomies we use are man made and not grown on trees by nature." Yes. They are man made but the objects they contain are not. Look up "trees" in the dictionary and then to make sure you understand EACH definition look up the words in the definition and the words in those definitions, etc. Now remember you must parse the word "tree" every time anyone uses it. Then think back to that definition in the dictionary. How do you tell the difference between a bush and a tree? Does every family tree look the same? At exactly what point is a tree no longer a tree and turns into lumber? Everyone thinks he knows everything but can't see the forest the trees or the trees for a forest. They can describe the mites on the back leg of a bark beetle that only infest oaks but don't understand the forest or when a woods becomes a forest.
It's just this simple. There is no logic except in reality, mathematics, and animal language. Everything else is a belief. The discussion here is the widespread belief not only in Evolution but in the idea that we don't need to understand no stinkin' consciousness to know everything about everything. People who know everything are often greatly disturbed when they learn there most cherished beliefs are falsities. Whether you're hamstrung by not telling a good potato from a bad potato or you don't even notice everything you've ever read or heard had to be deconstructed the fact remains everything you think you know is just a belief. Good scientists usually know this though few actually state it in this or similar way. One way to say it is that science changes one funeral at a time and another way to say it is that Egyptologists are wrong about every single thing and a better paradigm likely exists to explain "Change in Species".
I have never seen any reason to consider anything said on here about ancient science and ancient language is real
Maybe you could provide some actual answers to that list of questions you claimed you would answer
Do you know why? Survival of the fittest doesn't cause speciation.
Where can we learn more about the Russian minks? More than just what you claim about them.
This doesn't seem to be saying anything.
More that seems to say nothing.
Even more stuff that seems to be saying nothing relative to science, the discussion or anything established as fact.
This appears to be an admixture of unsupported claims and irrelevant material.
I have found no reason to consider that statement valid, useful or remotely factual.
You can't get cracking on something that doesn't exist.
I do not dismiss. I recognize that you do not provide direct and reasonable answers to questions. You