GENIUS FORUMS

<t>Thomas wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>I brought up the Geiger counter, because it is a tool that makes electrons audible and thus illustrates random particle events.<hr><br/> <br/> Lots of things are random. It might be useful to know some of the causes of what makes a click exactly when it do...

<t>Quote:Quote:<hr>Nature created the male to provide variety. Yet the male comes from the female and always reacts to her. This is his driving force. The female is not superior to, but is antecedent to the male, and therefore always has a head start.<hr><br/> <br/> Male and female evolved together,...

<t>All the interpretations of Yin-Yang that I have seen (other than the one which I have provided - which relates to the manner in which all things can be viewed from their passive or active aspect) are drivel.<br/> <br/> Here is a popular run-down of Yin/Yang:<br/> <br/> Yin/Yang:<br/> female/male ...

<t>John wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>One of the things QM is showing us is that our concepts cannot, will not enable reality to be conceived.<hr><br/> <br/> No. The best it can do is to show that some previously held concepts were mistaken.<br/> <br/> There is nothing inherently wrong with conc...

<t>John wrote:<br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>ksolway: Their big mistake is in assuming that what we can immediately perceive is the entirety of reality, and that there is nothing else. This comes from having a materialistic approach to life, and a materialistic understanding of cause and effect. Unfortunatel...

<t>Naturyl wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>If phenomena are observed which cannot have a cause, non-causal phenomena have been observed.<hr><br/> <br/> And how do you prove that it is not possible for a particular phenomena to have a cause? <br/> <br/> You cannot do it.<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>...

<t>Naturyl wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>By showing that all causes are necessarily accesory circumstances, do you therefore show that all accessory circumstances are causes?<hr><br/> <br/> You are arguing that accessory circumstances are not causes, and I have just shown, through my example, th...

<t>Naturyl wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>If we reject David's assertion that accessory circumstances are contributory causes . . .<hr> <br/> <br/> Literally all causes of a thing can be classified as "accessory circumstances". For example, the parents of a child, while being contributing causes ...

<t>Naturyl wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>The existence of non-causal phenomena has been observed in Nature.<hr><br/> <br/> You can't "observe a non-causal phenomena". Rather, you can observe a phenomena, and you can then reason that the phenomena is without cause.<br/> <br/> Mind you, that secon...

<t>Dave Toast wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>It is no use, however, to equate semantic or logical causality with temporal determinism, as future temporality is not a logical entity.<hr> <br/> <br/> What do you mean by saying future temporality is not a logical entity? Future temporality is logica...

<t>Thomas wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>David: In a similar vein, I ask, "What if a destructive force were to exist at the moment of a particle's birth, what would be the result?" The answer is, no particle. Thus, its existence is definitely dependent upon causal conditions.<br/> <br/> Thomas: T...

<t>suergaz wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>They ban people to this forum Naturyl. 'Notsure7' was banned from this site.<hr><br/> <br/> I'm Notsure about that. Perhaps Dan can respond if he's reading this.<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>Also, the original genius forum and everything on it just disappea...

<t>birdofhermes wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>QRS misogyny is the most extreme and dangerous this world has ever produced, and the only reason they have not harmed women is that they have not the power. I'd feel safer under the Taliban.<hr><br/> <br/> Here is an interesting snippet of informatio...

<t>Thomas wrote: <br/> <br/> > There is something about misogyny that makes it<br/> > unpalatable<br/> <br/> It is a very serious thing to accuse someone of misogyny. It is just like accusing someone of being a pedophile, or of being racist. You shouldn't be branding people with such terms unless yo...

<t>voco eo wrote:<br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>This is right. There are two extreme ways to go about doing things. One would be to avoid things like love. This leads to suffering and pain.<hr><br/> <br/> Suffering and pain are a result of love, and nothing else. When you feel suffering and pain, it is becau...

<t>Here is the text of two different emails I received from people recently. I thought they were an amusing read:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>I still think your site is a bit too harsh, because you are stereotyping ALL women out there, but I can agree with you on some points. I agree with you, first ...