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strict materialist...

I've heard of the stone, but not the philosopher's corset...

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phyllo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 5:51 pm If one looks at Zeno's runner at the finish line, he had an infinite number of prerequisites which he could not fulfill. He should not be at the finish line.

he was probably Russian

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phyllo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 3:41 pm Since metaphysicists believe all sorts of contradictory things, then their brains must also be lying to them.

How can they trust their brains?

Zombies think brains are delicious (The return of the living dead was a hilarious horror flick)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHww_HJt1qk

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Zeno was here

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and I thought chancellors played dice in Vegas or something...

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that was an excellent game...

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isn't thought itself metaphysical?

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constant conjunction leads to psychological expectation...

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no, the playground is simply there if you want to posit a creator because you think everything needs one, that's on you... prove you aren't in a simulation (like the Matrix)... why isn't that situation just as plausible as an all powerful being "creating" the circumstances in which we find...

when humans started counting the things they had gathered, mathematics was invented first cause no gods involved -Imp By relying on humans, you've now used a contingent, limited, temporal being to explain the origins of the universe. Does that strike you as a plausible argument? yes until something...

when humans started counting the things they had gathered, mathematics was invented

first cause

no gods involved

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welcome, and don't worry- even native speakers of English have trouble articulating at times

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filling the hourglass with water does not take away gravity

laying it on its side and spinning it about the center might create enough centripetal force to move the balls to either half, but not if it is standing...

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promethean75 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2026 10:49 pm El Sobrante Fortnight
https://youtu.be/JpfSS6PoMa4?is=K4BOs9KkaxAjpTlq

hell of a bass line- very cool

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timely? sand does not fall through an hourglass in zero gravity...

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