Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,021
Re: Kissinger of Death
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The truth, of course, is that, at the time, the United States regarded the radical regime in Tehran as Enemy Number One and wanted to see it defeated in the Iraq-Iran war, and if possible...
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Forum: Politics
12-24-2005, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,021
Re: Rumsfeld returns to Baghdad
Most retarded post of the week.
I suppose you think Jessie Owens was a Nazi because he tried to shake hands with Hitler.
Stu
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Forum: Computer Technical Help
12-24-2005, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,811
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Forum: Politics
12-19-2005, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,383
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Forum: Politics
12-19-2005, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,383
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Forum: Politics
12-19-2005, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,383
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Forum: Politics
12-19-2005, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,383
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Forum: Politics
12-19-2005, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 111
Views: 2,782
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Forum: Politics
12-19-2005, 12:53 AM
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Replies: 111
Views: 2,782
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Forum: Politics
12-19-2005, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 111
Views: 2,782
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Forum: Politics
12-18-2005, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 111
Views: 2,782
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Forum: Politics
12-18-2005, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 111
Views: 2,782
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Forum: Politics
12-18-2005, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,383
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Forum: Politics
12-18-2005, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,383
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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If the demon predicts something and it does not happen, that just demonstrates that the demon is a fake.
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Determinism holds that it is theoretiically possible to make...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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Meh. It would also be decided before hand what the demon would tell you. Really, the scenario doesn't show anything.
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If Determinism is true then the demon also does not...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 04:11 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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it just means that he can't tell you before hand, because then you would act differently
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Determinism holds that once the initial conditions of the universe have been...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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The fact is, the demon CAN predict what you will do -- it's just that by telling you in advance of your action, he is adding another cause into the equation. Just like entering a # into my...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-13-2005, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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If you want to claim that this is a refutation of fatalism, then your argument is viciously (badly) circular. It reduces to "Fatalism is false because fatalism is false."
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-13-2005, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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Conclusion: the computer has free will, because you can't enter the prediction of what # it will pick, even though you know the exact rule it is using to pick the #.
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You...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-13-2005, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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So if you built a robot that was programmed to do the opposite of what the demon said, is it your position that the robot would have free will? Is it your position that the robot's...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-13-2005, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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If you are not going to eat the ice cream, at least one of these three premises has to be false. It could just as well be the second or third as the first. All you have done is set up a...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-13-2005, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 2,612
Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
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Yes he can. That would mean premise 3 is false. All four premises cannot logically be true at once:
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Obviously one of the premises has to be false. I'm saying premise...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-13-2005, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,242
Re: A Refutation of Determinism
You haven't shown determinism to be wrong. You have just shown it is foolish to use it to guide your life. The argument concerning LaPlace's Demon in this...
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