Monthly Archives: January 2021

What is the status of ontological causality?

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 14/1/21 Foundations of Logic – facebook group – Walter Kant asked “Ontological existence of causality:What is the status of ontological causality? causality exists ontologically causality does not exist ontologically ?”] Ontology at its most abstract seems to me to … Continue reading →

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How are humans dangerous to biodiversity

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

How are humans dangerous to biodiversity? [ 13/1/21 ] Two major ways: we change things, and we move stuff around. The reasons why we do both of those can get quite complex and interesting. Sure, population growth is an issue, … Continue reading →

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Limits on research?

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Should scientific research have any limitations placed on it? [ 12/1/21 ] As others have noted – what sort of limitations do you mean? If you are talking about limits required to manage identified or suspected risk associated with particular … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy theories

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

How can a society de-program/reintegrate people who have gone down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole? [ 12/1/21 ] What do you mean? If you want people generally to stop looking for conspiracies, and to start generally trusting, then you need … Continue reading →

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Population Growth

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

What 3 things do we need to manage for the human population to keep growing? [ 12/1/21 ] In the sense of growing at a fixed rate – that is impossible. At current growth rates it is less than 3,000 … Continue reading →

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BrainsciencePodcast.com Carol Travris – beliefs

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Carol Tavris – Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts [ 11/1/21 ] I have listened to all of these podcasts (they are all worth listening to), but this one … Continue reading →

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Has the advance of science contributed to the advance of philosophy?

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 11/1/21 Foundations of Logic – Facebook page – Walter SmithHas the advance of science contributed to the advance of philosophy?] It seems to me that one can only make that assessment on an individual by individual basis – as … Continue reading →

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Are things only what people and society determine them to be?

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Are things only what people and society determine them to be? [ 11/1/21 ] While I align very closely with most of Alistair Riddoch’s answer, my simplest answer to the question is No. Things are what they are. We have … Continue reading →

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What determines intelligence?

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

What determines human intelligence? [ 11/1/21 ] What do you think you mean by the term intelligence? We now have vast evidence sets suggesting that human experience can only ever be of a subconsciously assembled model of reality, never reality … Continue reading →

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What to major in?

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Would majoring in environmental studies or neuroscience make more sense? [ 10/1/21 ] What are you passionate about? What really interests you? If you don’t have a clear answer to that, then keep trying things until you do, … Continue reading →

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