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Recent content by Polymath257

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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    Yeah, *that* clarifies things. Looks like meaningless blather to me.
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    The difference between opinion and fact is that opinions vary from person to person and facts don't. It isn't a 'higher level of reality' that minds influence reality. We do this literally every day whenever we turn thoughts into actions. Nothing special there. You keep saying the supernatural...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    If it depends on each individual mind, then it is a matter of opinion and not of fact. That is the difference, after all, between opinion and fact. I would even go so far as to call it fantasy. I have looked into the CTMU and have found it not worth much, actually. Like most metaphysics, it...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    You have yet to give any evidence. If you have some, please give it. Every set is a subset of itself. So? You have yet to show that there is a supernatural to have knowledge about. if you have any evidence of such, please give it. According to you. But I see no reason to accept you as an...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    OK. You are displeased. Show that there is a supernatural to have understanding of. No, you simply claimed it follows from logic without actually giving the argument. My PhD qualifying exams in quantum theory say I have at least a basic understanding. And no, it is NOT the science of the...
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    Time Dedicated to Worship/Prayer, Meditation, and/or Silent Contemplation

    I'm not quite sure how to answer this. No time for prayer/worship/or formal meditation. But I do a lot of silent contemplation (usually of math, physics, or history). Does that count? I certainly feel more peaceful after....
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    Prove that is fallacious. By all the evidence we can see, the claim you make is false. This is a false deduction. The brain is primarily a classical object, not a quantum one. In fact, at the temperatures of the brain, decoherence happens almost instantaneously. Your mistake is thinking that...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    I disagree here. There are too many examples of people who intend well, but end up committing great evil, of people looking for something and discovering something more important by accident, etc. I consider the consequences to be the most important aspect, actually. Some reliance on the work...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    The only sense I can make of the word 'spiritual' is the feelings of connection we get to others and to the world around us. That is eaisly explained through brain chemistry. You haven't shown that a deity exists at all, let alone that it permeates all matter.
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    Well, I consider the mental to be based in the physical, so that isn't an issue for me. Everything is still ultimately physical. Perhaps you should give a definition of the term 'existence'? I don't believe that the mental is non-physical: it is the result of the physical operation of our...
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    Reasons for Atheism if you aren't in the DIR

    *** Mod Post *** This is a *discussion* forum, not a debate forum.
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    As I see it, we are a bunch of ants living on a very small anthill in a universe that is immeasurably hostile to life as we know it. Intellect and compassion impress me about conscious beings. I don't see the universe at large as being conscious. Agreed. A proper amount of skepticism is a good...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    Significant compared to what? The universe at large? Hardly. Yes, the 'heart' determines our goals, our values, and what we like/dislike. It determines whether we are interested in truth for its own sake or not. It determines, when we find a truth, whether we will reject it because we don't...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    I do think they are equally *un*-justified. :)
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    No, that is NOT the assumption. It is the *conclusion* based on available evidence. You have the direction of the argument backwards. And why would it be impossible to nullify that hypothesis by proving it wrong? And why *must* there be *one* responsible? Why not many? Why not none? All you...
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