Recent comments - The Question Of Reality

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In response to: "The battle begins" 181 days old
by tsunamicharlie [Member]

Sorry, I'm not prepared to give a lecture on epistemology but if you care to start with, say, Eratosthenes and go on through Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton and Einstein then even though I don't actually "know" very much I'm prepared to "believe" that the modern accepted view of the universe is "true" but will continue to be modified as theorie more…
In response to: "Should we prefer the scientific model of reality?" 182 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

thank you more…
In response to: "Should we prefer the scientific model of reality?" 182 days old
by juliepenkova ^{^Pro}

The answer has always been!!
and science will always be looking for it... :roll:
and will make on~going wonderful discoveries and mishaps
along the way!!
Indeed science is wonderful that I do not dispute ...
Awe~and wonder!! :yes:

The inspiration is the main awe and wonder
what has always been!!
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In response to: "The battle begins" 182 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

how do YOU know that the earth is not the centre of the universe? more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 182 days old
by tsunamicharlie [Member]

I think we are living on a plate balanced on an elephant that is standing on the back of a turtle. That is a belief. When I say that the earth is not the centre of the universe but with other planets is circling the sun which is one of a few billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy which in turn is one of a few billion galaxies, that is reason.
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In response to: "Should we prefer the scientific model of reality?" 182 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

and you seem to have the answer more…
In response to: "Should we prefer the scientific model of reality?" 182 days old
by juliepenkova ^{^Pro}

Yes that is the question ... :yes: more…
In response to: "Should we prefer the scientific model of reality?" 182 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

who? more…
In response to: "Should we prefer the scientific model of reality?" 182 days old
by juliepenkova ^{^Pro}

And who inspired scientists to discover their wonders!!
???...Ponder not!! :>> more…
In response to: "Should we prefer the scientific model of reality?" 182 days old
by Prettyintelligentprincess ^{^Pro}

Actually, I just like the painting!

I will leave the science to all the scientists...and I am definitely NOT a scientist and I do not know about waves...other than the waves in the sea...

Sorry
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In response to: "The battle begins" 182 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

I think that you may be confusing reason with the scientific method. The Greeks did lots of thinking, reasoning and debating to reach the theory that everything was made from 4 (or 5) elements. This was later supersedes by newer discoveries, but it started as science and reasoning.

Alternatively, think about the great leap from belie more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 183 days old
by tsunamicharlie [Member]

If everything we do is based on reason then reason doesn't mean anything. If I say that man is made of earth, wind, fire and water it is just a belief, no reason involved. You said that astrology is not a science. I agree because astrology is not based on reason. But according to you astrology is like everything else, based on reason. I don't belie more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 183 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

of course religion is based on reason. Everything we do is based on reason. But reason depends on our fundamental assumptions, and this is what people disagree about more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 183 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

it confuses me more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 187 days old
by tsunamicharlie [Member]

There is no rivalry between church and science. From the earliest times to the present day the church has been against science. The purpose of science is to explain: the purpose of church is to pretend. Recently the Pope actually said that religion (his) was based on reason. more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 187 days old
by tsunamicharlie [Member]

That could confuse a stupid person. more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 189 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

bricks seems to have an answer to most things more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 193 days old
by tsunamicharlie [Member]

Briefly, no. It's an idea put forward by people who can't let go. I've just come back from a holiday in Israel and Jordan, not religious, just looking at the various sites of where this and that was supposed to have happened.
A journalist was watching a man praying at the wailing wall and when the man had finished the journalist asked him if more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 200 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

so can't you have a religion with no church? more…
In response to: "The battle begins" 200 days old
by tsunamicharlie [Member]

Got back her by putting tsunamicharlie in google; oh, vanity, vanity. Something ranfuck said caught my eye, 'the church have always abused religion". The church is religion. As soon as someone says something new on the supernatural they are starting a religion. Whether it's the RCs or the evangelicals in the US, it's money,politics and power more…
In response to: "Model 3: The World as a Simulation" 217 days old
by Bushka ^{^Pro}

:yes: I Will! If I can resist 'selling it on':>>:)) Still reflecting on your post.

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In response to: "Model 3: The World as a Simulation" 217 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

if you know of a way please tell me. more…
In response to: "Model 3: The World as a Simulation" 218 days old
by Bushka ^{^Pro}

Fascinating post 'Ran'! I am also left with those last two questions....especially the 'Last' one......"Is there a way we can ever test or disprove it..." To coin a phrase, "Aye, there's the rub!" more…
In response to: "Science and the World of Ghosts" 230 days old
by juliepenkova ^{^Pro}

It was not violent but freaky.
It upset her whole family and within months
they moved home.
I was not the better of it for some time.
But when your that young ... you tend to forget and
leave well alone.
Now I ponder on that incident often and am very curious
indeed. many years have passed to overcome the more…
In response to: "Science and the World of Ghosts" 230 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

wow. This sounds scary. Was it ?
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In response to: "Science and the World of Ghosts" 230 days old
by juliepenkova ^{^Pro}

I am not totally sure exactly what they are
but they are said to be different to ghosts.
and are known to be attracted to young females.
It is said they are mass forms of energy which makes
objects move in a very agressive manner.
An individual can be a magnet for the activity.
I can not break a confidence but wi more…
In response to: "Science and the World of Ghosts" 230 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

What are they?

Are they energy in the way physics understands energy, then I have not seen any reliable proof to their existence. This does not mean they don't exist. I simply have no way to know. Find a way to capture them, measure them, bring them in.

If they are not energy, then I have a big problem because the fact t more…
In response to: "Science and the World of Ghosts" 230 days old
by juliepenkova ^{^Pro}

so what is your view of poltogises...
out of interest
as I have experienced a situation involving this
many years ago!! more…
In response to: "Model 2: Late Creation" 231 days old
by ranfuchs ^{^Pro}

yes, found it more…
In response to: "Model 2: Late Creation" 231 days old
by Bushka ^{^Pro}

Posted on my Poetry blog! Called: Where From Here! more…