tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post4172613762248432783..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: I'm Possessed by a Spirit...gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-29291857024173337972015-03-26T23:58:35.691-04:002015-03-26T23:58:35.691-04:00No, Samson. Think of this: I see you on the street...No, Samson. Think of this: I see you on the street. I shout out, "Hey Samson!"<br /><br />Observer A says, "Gene was trying to communicate with Samson."<br /><br />B says, "Not so fast! All that was happening was that some sound waves reached Samson's ears!"<br /><br />The point is that these are complimentary understandings of the same event, not two mutually exclusive understandings.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-69088805763185033842015-03-26T23:56:28.952-04:002015-03-26T23:56:28.952-04:00"How does a defense of materialism lead to th..."How does a defense of materialism lead to theories about the existence of a multiverse?"<br /><br />The idea was developed to counter the earlier interpretation of QM, in which it was the (conscious) observer who collapsed the wave function.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-78743244427871317652015-03-26T15:33:38.763-04:002015-03-26T15:33:38.763-04:00Is your point that it is possible that the spiritu...Is your point that it is possible that the spiritual cause could be the cause of the physical cause?Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-72905483037569759542015-03-26T01:27:02.683-04:002015-03-26T01:27:02.683-04:00rob, are you really going to just keep completely ...rob, are you really going to just keep completely missing the point of this entire thread? I guess the answer is yes.<br /><br />The point is, again, I repeat for the umptieenth time, not that we SHOULD believe spirits cause epilepsy, but that showing a physical cause has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not spirits do cause epilepsy. If you want to participate, youshould really, really really try to discuss the point I'm making, and not other points you might wish I made or you would prefer I made or whatever.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-65014427747731088162015-03-25T15:19:36.182-04:002015-03-25T15:19:36.182-04:00"One of the semi-educated will inevitably inv..."One of the semi-educated will inevitably invoke Ockham's razor at this point. But materialists shave with this very selectively: they pay no attention to the fact that materialism itself falls to this razor, or that attempts to sustain materialism in the face of modern physics lead to massive violations of the principle."<br /><br />How does a defense of materialism lead to theories about the existence of a multiverse?<br /><br />"And there is no such good reason: modern materialism is an ideology, cooked up during the Enlightenment to aid the philosophes and their friends in their power struggle with the old order."<br /><br />No, it's not. At least I don't think it is. Crap? Yes. But, I don't think every single bad philosophical position, no matter how fervently defended, can necessarily be called an "ideology" as you use the term. This is kind of treading close, I think, to way Marxists prattle on about "false consciousness". Especially with the power struggle bit.<br /><br />(For some reason, your blog is not accepting hyperlinks in the comments.)Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-4968733688783282422015-03-25T15:06:56.037-04:002015-03-25T15:06:56.037-04:00One could make any numbers of other non-falsifiabl...One could make any numbers of other non-falsifiable statement about epilepsy. <br /><br />If I believed "Epilepsy only occurs become some people fail to recognize the superiority of libertarian ethics" then nothing you could say could prove me wrong.<br /><br />Maybe I'm missing something but what is the value of holding a view that has not been proven and has no evidence to support it , just because it is impossible to disprove it?<br /><br />(Perhaps some things are worth believing for their sake, independent of whether there is any evidence they are true or not ? I guess that's possible)robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682517711551179057noreply@blogger.com