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Monthly Archives: January 2021
What is the status of ontological causality?
[ 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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Tagged causality, complexity, Evolution, Logic, ontology, risk mitigation, survival, understanding
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How are humans dangerous to biodiversity
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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Tagged biodiversity, understanding
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Limits on research?
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
Conspiracy theories
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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Tagged conspiracy, future, understanding, understanding consciousness
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Population Growth
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
BrainsciencePodcast.com Carol Travris – beliefs
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
Has the advance of science contributed to the advance of philosophy?
[ 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
Are things only what people and society determine them to be?
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
What determines intelligence?
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
What to major in?
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