The Philosophy Discussion Forum

Thank you. Assuming reason somehow prevails over humankind's lesser impulses, who knows where technology may take us in a century or 2? I would think travel to other dimensions might prove feasible, and the existence of a soul as separate from the body could be old hat. 200 hundred years ago I bet i...

So pointing that out is helpful!

Thank you and point taken on the use of "true." I am actually working on a revision of the book for a few minor details.

"Life receives energy from the Sun, which allows it to remain at a state of low entropy at the expense of the rest of the universe." As for life receiving energy from the sun which is of course true, my focus involves where the stuff of earth and life originated in the first place. Entropy...

I can see where I should say that it is usually but not always applicable rather than usually but not always "true." Thank you.

Entropy is a statistical law which is given as a reason for the existence of complexity although I agree that it is hard to imagine any exceptions. Neither argument is my point anyway. My book concerns how nature barters with entropy and how the second law facilitates life.

I would agree with what you are saying in essence, especially in terms of how it applies regionally. In the U.S. we seem to have a lot of people who are good at making money and have degrees to that effect but who are often terribly ignorant of larger issues and/or woefully illiterate. In a positive...

Forgive the seeming redundancy if you can find it within you. Lol. In my experience there are many for whom the notion of being intellectual seems a thing that exists only when it is officially sanctioned by the ministry of smart folks or the like. So there seems a tendency toward a hive mentality w...

Thank you. I am largely self educated as my sojourn in America's education system often felt less than transcendent. I also am guilty of questioning what I am told. Additional charges include independent cogitation without a permit and formulating my own ideas.

Hello. My name is Mike. Friends, Roman, philosophers, I salute you! I reside in the sprawling desert wilderness of Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am the dedicated divorced father of an awesome kid who is currently getting straight A s in his freshman year of college. I drive a cab and consider myself a ...

First off, the "heat death" is theoretical. Secondly, my understanding is that if it proves accurate as a truly final state for the universe, we will not know for some one hundred trillion years yet. After, say, 95 trillion years, I expect that I may drum my fingers nervously on my desk no...