Recent content by Yahweh

Paradoxes certainly exist in the universe. It takes a bit of preperation, but any engineer or statistician is familiar with Simpson's Paradox (that link describes how a datatable can be created from legitimate study to demonstrate how those with no education in Physics perform better on Physics...

Short answer: Logic is not a set of laws which govern the universe.

Pantheism If god is everything, then that pretty much reduces god down to nothing more that "the universe" (I might be wrong but that sounds like pantheism to me). That's almost atheistic. Nothing mystical, nothing magical. Panentheism is a bit different. Panentheism is represented in every...

I believe I've already explained that when you experiment for something, and nothing comes up, then its reasonable to say it doesn't exist. That make the method of "assuming that ESP does not exist" different from the process I embrace which is "demonstrating that ESP does not exist". You can't...

You have inadvertantly created a strawman. The underlined part is the strawman. If there is no evidence that a certain thing exists, we can assume that it exists for the purposes of hypothesis and experimentation (such as Quark Theory), but if repeated experimentation and/or observation fails...

What is the present? Its just a word which means "between the past the future". Something to keep in mind, time is a relative concept (WOW!). Just like there is no absolute North but instead a "North of...", there is no absolute Past but instead an "Earlier than..." (or "Simultaneous with"...

You probably won't be picking up songs from the radio, 88 to 108 MHz isn't likely to be picked up by something which isn't specifically designed for FM radio. However, it is very probable that you would be picking up AM radio. I know my computer speakers will pick them up if put my hands near...

Yep. Paranormal events are beyond the range scientific explanation. Yetis, Nessies, Champs, Sasquatches, Aliens, Gnomes, Pegasuses, Unicorns, Smurfs, could all very well exist in perfect accordance of scientific law, they are not paranormal. As for Yetis, that was a translation error...

Its already been established that Internal Monologue (which arises from the Corpus Callosum) plays a major part in self-awareness. There are no "consciousness neurons", but all the parts of your brain work together to make humans the conscious devils that they are. (Devils? )

One thing I've learned in my life: There are just some people who choose to believe things based on their firm inner convictions, and not based on the evidence presented to them. Just a thought to ponder...

Best character ever written in Fantasy-Fiction. Go Yahweh!

I am a member of a Skeptics Organization, and I must say Electronic Voice Phenomena is fairly easy to debunk... Have you ever noticed that sometimes, you computer speakers pick up radio signals? When you push electricity through a nice coil of magnetized metal (or magnetic tape), you create a...

Most people adopt Methodological Naturalism. It doesn't rule out anything inconsistant or impossible, it merely notes that this is the "consistent logical reality" is the only one we have experienced so far.

In fact I am "echoing" the statements, I find them very intelligent and well thoughtout. The point is that Stimpson is differenciating between sensations which occur in the "mind" and things which exist concretely. Sensations (the smell of a fart) do not exist concretely (i.e. Sensations...

Good to see you, Ian.