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Didn't read the article, but existence is obviously not a property. It is an operator, and it takes a property (e.g. "x => x is a brown unicorn"), and then sear

Didn't read the article, but existence is obviously not a property. It is an operator, and it takes a property (e.g. "x => x is a brown unicorn"), and then searches the whole universe for something with that property. Philosophy is a funny thing. You need some word to describe what you are doing when you are thinking about something you haven't fully grasped yet, and which is on shaky foundations. That word might as well be Philosophy. But all too often Philosophy gets lost in intellectual games which make no sense. I have to read the article to see if that is one of those cases.

auggierose 3y ago
Just skimmed the article. Yep, this is obviously one of those meaningless intellectual games. Nothing to see there. Does God exist? Well, something makes logic, the mathematical universe, and the physical universe work. We might as well call that something God. That doesn't mean that God is a conscious being. But then again, it becomes increasingly difficult to define what a conscious being is.
mistermann 3y ago
> Didn't read the article, but existence is obviously not a property. It is "obviously" also a property. > But all too often Philosophy gets lost in intellectual games which make no sense. Did you consider how "makes sense" is implemented? > Philosophy is a funny thing. If you think philosophy is weird, you should check out reality!
- auggierose 3y ago
  > It is "obviously" also a property. Nope, it is not. If it was a property, if would be everywhere true, and that's not really interesting, is it? > Did you consider how "makes sense" is implemented? You are the implementation. Does most of Philosophy make sense to you?
  - mistermann 3y ago
    > Nope, it is not. Yes it is. > If it was a property, if would be everywhere true It would only need to be true sometimes. > and that's not really interesting, is it? I think how humans generate and then perceive reality is extraordinarily interesting actually. >> Did you consider how "makes sense" is implemented? > You are the implementation. Then why are you acting if your implementation is correct? >Does most of Philosophy make sense to you? I've only read tiny portions, so no. How about yourself?

auggierose 3y ago

Just skimmed the article. Yep, this is obviously one of those meaningless intellectual games. Nothing to see there. Does God exist? Well, something makes logic, the mathematical universe, and the physical universe work. We might as well call that something God. That doesn't mean that God is a conscious being. But then again, it becomes increasingly difficult to define what a conscious being is.

mistermann 3y ago

> Didn't read the article, but existence is obviously not a property. It is "obviously" also a property. > But all too often Philosophy gets lost in intellectual games which make no sense. Did you consider how "makes sense" is implemented? > Philosophy is a funny thing. If you think philosophy is weird, you should check out reality!

auggierose 3y ago
> It is "obviously" also a property. Nope, it is not. If it was a property, if would be everywhere true, and that's not really interesting, is it? > Did you consider how "makes sense" is implemented? You are the implementation. Does most of Philosophy make sense to you?
- mistermann 3y ago
  > Nope, it is not. Yes it is. > If it was a property, if would be everywhere true It would only need to be true sometimes. > and that's not really interesting, is it? I think how humans generate and then perceive reality is extraordinarily interesting actually. >> Did you consider how "makes sense" is implemented? > You are the implementation. Then why are you acting if your implementation is correct? >Does most of Philosophy make sense to you? I've only read tiny portions, so no. How about yourself?