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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Who are some of your favorite artists? |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2006, 6:58 pm
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| From contemporary to past, approximately, Cornelia Parker http://www.tate.org.uk/colddarkmatter/default.htm Anish Kapoor http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/kapoor/ Howard Hodgkin http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/honigman/honigman11-24-03.asp Geoff Yeomans http://www.geoffyeomanspaintin... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2006, 7:27 am
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Replies: 42
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| Tim_p wrote: I will not speak to the rest of your post for fear of breaking my word to IgorStop, I wouldn't hold you to that other than when you were replying to me. No disrespect to anyone is intended here, but I have no interest in discussing the bible, or free will or determinism in relation to i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2006, 6:05 am
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| Tim_p wrote: Good idea. A change of tone from debate to more casual discussion might just free us from this sort of intellectual trench warfare that we're stuck in now. I'll resist the overwhelming urge to try and have the last word. At the risk of sounding patronizing, well done. It would not be an... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is spirituality your special interest ? |
| IgorStop |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2006, 7:55 pm
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| I heard Arthur C. Clarke, the science fiction writer, quoting someone else recently. I would love to know who the original was, '...the age of politics and religion is dead. It is time for the age of science and spirituality.' I feel that science has given us great insights into the world, the unive... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2006, 7:18 pm
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| Tim_p ....argumentum ad baculum. It would be a shame if you left the debate since, at the very least, I am learning latin. Yes, we do seem to be stuck on point one, and while I see no reason to give ground, I would much rather move on to the more complex question of whether determinism 'rules the un... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2006, 7:58 pm
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| Tim_p you seem to have forgotten which side of the debate I am on, so I will remind you. It is my contention that: 1. Free will as defined by Collins cannot exist in a system as rigidly determined as the one we agreed to debate. 2. This rigidly defined 'scientific determinism' does not describe the ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2006, 5:59 am
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| Tim_p, If one accepts scientific determinism as you defined earlier, one must agree that as it is a physical structure, determinism applies to the human brain. agreed... One's brain, and it follows one's mind, are determined by the initial conditions of the universe. in the version of determinism we... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2006, 5:41 am
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| Tim_p, Very good, I accept your definition. I wonder if you would be willing to take a stab at defining free-will? I'm having trouble writing a complete definition without being too verbose. The New Oxford Dictionary of English definitions of: (please note that bold in these quotes belong to the dic... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Pre-diagnostic assessment |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2006, 8:30 am
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| This may turn out to be more of a rant than anything else, but anyway, here goes.... I have a pre-diagnostic assessment coming up on Monday, and my anxiety is building. I have had councelling before, but I have never talked to a psychologist or a clinical psychiatrist My first worry is that having g... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Full time aid in school...... |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2006, 6:47 am
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Replies: 18
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| My five year old son was diagnosed at the age of four with AS. He has had a personal teaching assistant since starting school, with additional help at playtimes and mealtimes. Without this help it would be impossible for him to be at school at all. This is not because he has a learning difficulty, b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 5:59 am
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Replies: 42
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| Tim_p, you are missing the point here, I am making statements, not proposing arguments. Since I am convinced by Popper's reasoning I am more often stating conclusions rather than reproducing passages where he argues in great detail against determinism, scientific, religious and metaphysical. I have ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Determinism |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 7:18 pm
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| Igorstop - Fascinating. That thing about not being "reducible to any of the preceeding stages" was most interesting. This would mean that the "uber-computer" would fail since it cannot compute all factors, since the number of factors are, in effect, endless. It might sound nit-picky but I said 'not... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Recalling information |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2006, 7:13 pm
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| I have similar problems ALL THE TIME and it's immensely frustrating. Anytime I am asked to provide specific examles of just about anything my brain locks and I can maybe recall one or two if I'm lucky. Then, later on, when i've had time to think about it for a long time I'll start remembering thing... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should mothers be held responsible for their kids' deaths? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2006, 8:46 am
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| Phew, all I can suggest is that you start again here Vandike, because it sounds like you really need some help. If you don't tell people what your circumstances are, then all they can do is assume that you are 'trolling,' I am not absolutely certain what that means but I have taken the definition fr... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should mothers be held responsible for their kids' deaths? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2006, 6:05 am
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| Vandike, so far you have told us that you believe that poor people are the only remaining problem that society has left, and that you think it would be a good idea for them to be sterilized. Your question about whether people on this site would consider being neutered is, I assume, related. People h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your IQ score? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2006, 5:20 am
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Replies: 17
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Morlock wrote: I don't think the server is adequate to handle the sheer number of decimal places in my score.
Yep, those below the point decimal places can just go on forever. |
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