What, can we say, is going on?
edit: "Mod Plus" in that this is not meant to trigger a new discussion about human free will. Though we might end up talking about mental causation (b/c Idealism, Panpsychism, Theism) let's just stick with the brick and the window as the focal point thanks.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
(This post was last modified: 2019-03-11, 10:05 PM by Sciborg_S_Patel.)
(2019-03-11, 10:02 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: What, can we say, is going on?
edit: "Mod Plus" in that this is not meant to trigger a new discussion about human free will. Though we might end up talking about mental causation (b/c Idealism, Panpsychism, Theism) let's just stick with the brick and the window as the focal point thanks.
I don’t know. We would have to run a few trials to see what happens. Look for regularities and repeatable outcomes.
(2019-03-12, 01:11 AM)malf Wrote: I don’t know. We would have to run a few trials to see what happens. Look for regularities and repeatable outcomes.
Just to be clear, I am not offering my own windows for these trials! 
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
(2019-03-12, 01:20 AM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: Just to be clear, I am not offering my own windows for these trials!
Toughened glass?
My brain made an immediate presumption that somebody had deliberately thrown the brick but maybe that is off topic?
Bricks night be blown about by a gust of wind...
see also https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.hamit...135278912/
Apologies for distracting from the topic of this thread. I should probably have put this in "other topics".
(2019-03-11, 10:02 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: What, can we say, is going on?
edit: "Mod Plus" in that this is not meant to trigger a new discussion about human free will. Though we might end up talking about mental causation (b/c Idealism, Panpsychism, Theism) let's just stick with the brick and the window as the focal point thanks.
Good question. Before a meaningful answer surfaces, I would suggest you take a course in " materials science" .
(2019-03-12, 11:40 AM)Steve001 Wrote: Good question. Before a meaningful answer surfaces, I would suggest you take a course in " materials science" .
Have you taken this course?
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
(2019-03-12, 10:08 AM)Brian Wrote: My brain made an immediate presumption that somebody had deliberately thrown the brick but maybe that is off topic?
No that's good.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
(2019-03-12, 01:41 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: Have you taken this course?
No. But then I did not pose the question, you did.
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