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    Thread: A plea
Post: RE: A plea

This has turned into perhaps one of the worst and most useless threads on this site (not Chris’s fault, obviously). I’m a little confused by the lack of accountability on both sides here. PR started n...
Posted by Dante in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2019-07-25, 11:53 AM
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    Thread: Narrow Minded MSM Scientist
Post: RE: Narrow Minded MSM Scientist

Stan Woolley Wrote: (2019-05-22, 05:06 PM) -- "And thinking that consciousness resides anywhere else than the brain is frankly bonkers!" -- A compelling argument!
Posted by Dante in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-05-23, 01:28 AM
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    Thread: The Galileo Commission
Post: RE: The Galileo Commission

Raimo Wrote: (2018-11-01, 05:51 PM) -- I'm sceptical of this commission. It looks interesting, but one of the advisers is Larry Dossey, who promotes oneness philosophy. Point 12 is  also suspiciou...
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    Thread: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps
Post: RE: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2018-10-25, 07:18 PM) -- I was agreeing with the statement Saying "science will figure it out" doesn't in any way mean that whatever science ultimately figures out...
Posted by Dante in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-10-26, 12:38 AM
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    Thread: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps
Post: RE: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2018-10-19, 04:57 PM) -- What else could they say? Nope, I don't think science will ever explain this? -- Yes, actually, some indication of humility would be refresh...
Posted by Dante in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-10-19, 05:22 PM
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    Thread: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps
Post: RE: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2018-10-19, 04:58 PM) -- So then scientists stop working on those problems? Ooh, it's dark matter. We're done. Let's get a beer? ~~ Paul -- Is that what he said? ...
Posted by Dante in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-10-19, 05:15 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-10-11, 09:00 PM) -- Tell us Dante why is their root assumption correct? -- Another totally irrelevant post. I didn’t say their root assumption was or was not correct, and this...
Posted by Dante in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-10-11, 10:04 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-10-11, 07:07 PM) -- Could the reason be you see there's more wrong with its methodologies leading to claimed discoveries? -- I feel silly for responding to this, but this is j...
Posted by Dante in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-10-11, 08:17 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-10-10, 11:38 PM) -- I think the root question that should be asked is why these people think consciousness is so important it has the power to affect reality? -- This is an ir...
Posted by Dante in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-10-11, 12:25 AM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

malf Wrote: (2018-09-30, 05:12 PM) -- Given that both (materialism & immaterialism) have some details to thrash out, they both must be flexible enough to bend to new findings. This is either pragmati...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-30, 08:09 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

fls Wrote: (2018-09-30, 12:04 PM) -- I don't think the burden is meant to be any different than that for "materialism". That is, "materialism" is simply the term describing a variety of metaphysical ...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-30, 04:08 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-09-28, 08:07 PM) -- Sounds like science to me. -- Because you have an a priori commitment to that definition. We all already know that. That is not science.
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-29, 12:28 AM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Steve001 Wrote: -- A consensus devoid of any partisanship. -- On this topic, such a thing exists nowhere outside your own mind. If you can find support for it (you can’t because it doesn’t exist), ...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-28, 04:05 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Steve001 Wrote: -- Things that are real are physical and physical things are real. Meaning this, real things have properties, can be quantified and can interact with other real things such as you. Yo...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-28, 01:58 AM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Steve001 Wrote: -- I know this is what you've been stating the whole time. The answer is insufficient though. You see Chris, the very process of describing something scientifically is by definition a...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-27, 02:10 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

fls Wrote: (2018-09-27, 11:18 AM) -- Well, your track record using this technique is poor. I've lost count of the number of times I've put up with the same stupid merry-go-round where I say something...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-27, 02:07 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Chris Wrote: (2018-09-27, 07:06 AM) -- I'm saying that if something is non-material/non-physical, it doesn't become material/physical through the process of being described scientifically. -- Dead ...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-27, 01:55 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

malf Wrote: (2018-09-27, 02:25 AM) -- We also seem to have arrived at Hiroshima denial in the show thread. -- Oof.
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-27, 02:28 AM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

fls Wrote: (2018-09-26, 10:04 PM) -- Is that your way of saying that you aren’t going to listen to what we say we do or do not subscribe to? -- Well, someone can say they subscribe or don’t subscri...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-27, 02:13 AM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-09-25, 08:05 PM) -- If I were a troll I'd put my 2 cents everywhere here. You don't see Dante that you never were privey to our private conversations. I bet not once have you ev...
Posted by Dante in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-25, 09:40 PM
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