Category Archives: Ideas

Quora – Are humans confused as to their own free will?

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Are humans confused as to their own free will? [ 8/4/20 ] Necessarily, as there is no agreement about what it might mean. Many people are in a group that believes that all events are preceded by necessary causes. In … Continue reading →

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On my Facebook link to the Portal 27 episode above

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Hi Mark, These are two of the smartest guys I have come across, talking about the most complex and difficult issue of the greatest importance to everyone alive; in a way that should be available to most people if they … Continue reading →

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Why is the scientific method important in humans’ efforts in gaining scientific knowledge?

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Why is the scientific method important in humans’ efforts in gaining scientific knowledge? [ 6/4/20 ] While I agree with Marty Fouts, that science done in reality is vastly more complex than anything taught in secondary school or undergrad classes, … Continue reading →

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To a comment from Joe Brewer on Daniel’s Portal post

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Comment from Joe Brewer on Daniel’s Portal post [ 6/4/20 Joe wrote – “… The collapses ARE inevitable—they are part of the self-organizing dynamics of pattern formation inherent to the globalized economy as it came to be structured.”] Yes, but … Continue reading →

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Comment to Perspectives on the Pandemic | Professor Knut Wittkowski | Episode 2

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Perspectives on the Pandemic | Professor Knut Wittkowski | Episode 2 [ 4/4/20 ] [Note – the video is interesting, the numbers are somewhere near close. In one sense this is a flu like pandemic, and in another sense it … Continue reading →

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Torch’s facebook page – in response to some diet nonsense about fighting viruses

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[ 3/4/20 on Torch’s facebook page – in response to some diet nonsense about fighting viruses] Hi Dennis – I am very close to 10 years from having gotten a “terminal cancer” prognosis from my oncologist, and having gone raw … Continue reading →

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Quora – Is the urge to save humanity almost always a false front for the urge to rule?

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Quora – Is the urge to save humanity almost always a false front for the urge to rule? Why? [ 1/4/20 ] No. And it is complex – we are all complex beyond our ability to appreciate in detail, but … Continue reading →

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