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because they're caused, and Beethoven can only make such a thing because music is caused, and emotions are caused. If music was uncaused it wouldn't be music anymore. Of course Beethoven's creativity was caused. Specifically, it was caused by the motion of uncaused subatomic particles bouncing arou...

"writing poorly" is subjective, dumbass. Not entirely. There are conventions of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, usage, and other criteria. You fail at pretty much all of them. I fail at spelling? Why don't you show me how I fail? But yeah, it's still possible there would be someone...

How can colorless photons and subatomic particles create the beautiful array of colors we see each day? how do you know their colourless? Maybe they do something else, and create colour with other things combined. But that's not the same as an uncaused system, creating a caused system, that would r...

Mmm-hmm. Insulters always say "it's not insulting, it's just a statement of fact." just because it's insulting doesn't mean it's untrue. Infact, usually when something is insulting is because it is true. Well, in that spirit, you're frankly not very bright and to engage you on any subject...

I see no problem with a functionally deterministic "classical" world emerging at the macroscopic level from an acausal quantum substrate. how can an acausal system create a causal one? With a nod to Robert's Nagarjuana reference, I think the whole problem arises when when one tries to mak...

Case in point. See what I mean, folks? no we don't see, because what you mean is ridiculous. You're calling for an end of debate to complex issues, there's nothing more idiotic and arrogant and dishonest. Better to watch grass grow than to wade into that sort of thing. maybe with global warming bec...

No, because honestly I don't care whether people here believe it. If you want to know, do the research. But I'm not going to that much trouble when people who have ideological motivations are going to insist there's "still a debate" no matter what - just like other ideologically-motivated...

If you had bothered clicking the link, it might have occurred to you Quinn mostly documented the replies to his inquiries at various online academic communities. Perhaps you should try reading it and say what you think about it. thanks Diebert, I hate correcting people's semantic errors. Determinis...

The acausal nature of quantum particles is not "a delusion," it's an integral aspect of the most advanced theories in modern physics. according to Quinn's research, the idea that quantum particles are uncaused is a "gross misunderstanding" according to a large part of the scient...

Not a first cause, but if absolute causality means an infinite regress, this infinite chain of causes needs something to work with ie, matter. So this "essence" or "matter" would needed to have always been here, in order for causality to work with it. If the universe was always h...

Of course, the fundamental base of reality is causality. what about the origin of "essence" Sue? If the universe infinitely regresses back, it needs to have this essence/matter in the first place to do it right? But this essence can't be caused because it would need an infinite chain of p...

As far as we can tell, the behavior of quantum particles is fundamentally uncaused. 'as far as we can tell'. Quantum particles still interact with the environment, are effected by the environment, and affect the environment, this relationship is causality. There's probably a very strong causal rela...

Unidian wrote:Which alleged "refutations" do you have in mind? Keep it brief, because this sort of thing is pretty pointless.

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Unidian, you didn't reply to my earlier refutations of your belittling of Causality. I don't wholly subscribe to your notion of "truth" being religious. The pervading Causality in our lives is a large part of knowing Truth.

Seeped in ignorance, she fosters ignorance by supporting falsehoods, which inturn support her continuing existence. Truth, on the other hand, naturally exposes Wife‘s true nature - and poof , all her mystery is blown away, and she is no longer. what are these specific falsehoods? What are these s...

Masculinty and feminity do not arise independently. They are inter-dependent and co-depedent. They arise out of each other and require each to maintain their perceptual existence. I don't know about "requiring" each other to exist. If we know what femininity is, can we not choose to becom...

Causality isn't absolute. Not only is at absent at the quantum level, which is the fundamental basis of physical reality, it is also subject to the well-known problem of infinite regress, as well as Hume's objections regarding induction, etc. quantum physics hasn't refuted causality, in quantum the...

Unidian, don't you consider the absoluteness of Causality to be important to know and be aware of during every moment of your being? We aren't following a religion because there's proof of causality, but there's no proof of religion being right. Causality is very important to know because it shows t...

I have listened to Victor, but his thinking is severely limited due to him having so many attachments (wife, children, career and status) to protect. These attachments create in his mind huge mental-blocks, thereby reducing his potential for philosophical development. Victor has a wife and children...

Sue Hindmarsh wrote:Examples:
"It is great folly to wish only to be wise."

Obviously spoken by an ignorant person - and therefore complete rubbish.

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I think he means you can't just wish to be wise, you have to actually try.

Excellent post, Dave Toast . The Lamarkian idea of the inheritance of characteristics aquired during a lifetime, and thereby the mechanism for inherited memories, is now moribund, if not defunct. Really? This surprises me as I thought that in the future we would find that some acquired features are...

brokenhead wrote:Let me ask you something. When you were in school, was it a big bus or a little bus you rode in every day? And did you change classrooms during the day, or did you stay in the same room and the teachers came in and out?

what is the meaning of this?

He has his point of view and it's valid. I just don't view the world the same way. that's the problem with you. You consider every point of view to be valid, not if it's True or not. WTF? You win. Your viewpoint is invalid. how is my view invalid? Because you believe there's not enough evidence to ...

also, the importance of causality is that it shows you the dependency of all things, their empty transient nature. Since causes and effects are all empty then causality itself is also empty this doesn't follow to me. What does it mean to say "causality itself is also empty"? I don't think...

OK, I'll try to speak to you in simpler sentences. If someone cannot get a job because they are too drunk to get up and go to work half of the time, they should be rated in the "unfit to work is it a distinctly feminine quality to take irresponsibility to its highest and call it a virtue? The ...