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  1. Heyo

    Is the Universe "Flat"?

    Cosmologists tell us that the universe is most probably "flat", i.e. there is no universal curvature. I have problems to wrap my brain around that. 1. If space was curled up into a singularity at the Big Bang, when did it expand to infinity? Is there even a mathematical possibility to go from...
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    Daniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 – April 19, 2024)

    Daniel Dennett, one of the best known philosophers of our time, has died.
  3. Heyo

    Who Invented the Good God - and Why?

    If we look at ancient god concepts, most are indifferent towards human affairs, and the first heno-/monotheistic gods were morally ambiguous, at best. Gods were entities to fear. But with, or around the time of, Christianity, god turned more into a beneficial being, ultimately deemed to be omni...
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    Mathematics, Discovered or Invented?

    One of the age-old questions that we haven't debated recently (at least not in the last year). I think that mathematics is discovered. One piece of evidence is that maths has been discovered multiple times independently. We assume it even to be so universal that aliens on other planets must...
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    Eugenics Revisited

    An OP that touches on eugenics and the latest SFIA episode bring me to this question. Eugenics has kind of a bad reputation today, not in small part through who supported it in the day and how it was planned to be implemented. But is it really that unethical to want a healthy population? When...
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    Is Academia "Dominated" by "the Left", and If so, Why?

    An accusation that is frequently brought forth by people on the right side of the political spectrum is that "the left" has "dominated" higher education. Without going too much into detail who "the left" is, I like to focus on how "the left" came to "dominate" (control) the academic process...
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    US Americans are Surprisingly Rational about Climate Change

    The study: A representative survey experiment of motivated climate change denial - Nature Climate Change They just seem to be misinformed, mostly because of partisan bias.
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    Are Believers Delusional?

    via What Are Delusions? The DSM also makes an exception for religiously held beliefs. So, currently, believers are not seen as delusional. But should they? I think that they should when their beliefs lead to a sense of entitlement. There are enough examples, historical and present, that fall...
  9. Heyo

    The Inexplicable Success of Capitalist Indoctrination

    I don't know how affluent the average RFer is, but I think it's safe to assume that most of us are not in the 1% or even only the 10% wealthiest of our societies. But I have noticed that quite a few defend inadequate taxation of the rich. It reminds me of Stockholm Syndrome, or of mistreated...
  10. Heyo

    Clapton is God - Do You Agree?

    You may want to look up the definition of "god" before you answer this - or make up / use your own definition. If you are any kind of atheist, please refrain from answering, I already know that you don't believe in gods. This is for the believers, I want to know if they can agree upon the...
  11. Heyo

    General Amnesty

    I will now release the 14 members from my ignore list who have insulted my intelligence, refused to communicate in a civil and rational manner or reported me for minor counter attacks. I believe that most people can learn and I'm looking forward to more fruitful dialogue in the future. (That...
  12. Heyo

    Cats

    This kind of a science video but the comments are funny, so here it goes:
  13. Heyo

    Abortion Restrictions were Illegal in Poland

    https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/polish-abortion-verdict-breached-womans-rights-european-court-rules-2023-12-14/ The European Court of Human Rights found the restrictions on abortions enacted by the PiS government to be illegal. Not only did the law interfere with a...
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    Do You Really Believe that?

    We can't see into peoples heads (yet). So we have no way to argue peoples believes and must therefore assume that what they say about their believes is true. Do we though? Do we believe someone truly and confidently believes that the 2nd coming is near when they have 401(k) plan? Do we think...
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    Real Gods

    Historically real(*) entities were worshipped as gods, the sun, a life giving river, the sea, powerful people. Today, at least in the part of the world dominated by Abrahamic Religions, we assume all gods to be somewhat ethereal. When and why did that change? Do you think that real gods can't be...
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    Discovered or Invented?

    The question whether forms and numbers are discovered or invented is ages old and philosophy hasn't come around to answer that definitively. But this is not about forms and numbers, it's about gods. In science everything is discovered. It starts with an observation goes over a phase of...
  17. Heyo

    Snow White vs. Heyo: Agnosticism is the Most Logical Position

    Hello Snow White, dear audience, sometime in the past I made the above statement (or something similar) and recently @Snow White decided to take me up on that. I appreciate the challenge and am glad to have it in this formal setting. I didn't make an OP with the same title until now since it...
  18. Heyo

    Printing Money

    I want to print my own money. At least if the usual money disappears as is planned by some. My guess is that at least some people would like to hold on to tangible money. The idea is to start it as some "game" money or insider money. Maybe start some innocuous club like a town beautification...
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    Would you rather kill than renounce your religious beliefs?

    Suppose you are forced, threatened, harassed to join a lynching party or a warring group or publicly denounce your faith. No True Believer™ would ever speak to you again. Suppose also that the highest authorities of your faith have sanctioned the killing and that an interpretation of your Holy...
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    Purity

    An interesting characterization of German Essence: For those who don't like to watch videos, a short overview: The essence of being German can be subsumed in one word: purity. From the purity commandment for German Bier over the purification of religion through the Reformation (Luther) and...
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