DividesByZero

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by DividesByZero 14y ago
Tyson appears to distinguish between the two on the basis of topics under investigation, but not by any difference between the scientific method and the methods used by philosophers. I am not sure I agree with this distinction from an epist
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I would suggest logic is a tool for measuring and observing in the universe in the platonic forms just as the large hadron colider is in the universe of the physical.
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by DividesByZero 14y ago
You can perform empirical experiments on the topics philosophy is concerned with in the same way you can perform experiments in the realm of 'pure' mathematics. I don't think there's any such distinction as philosophy/science.
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by DividesByZero 14y ago
I would suggest that describing and explaining a behavior is the same as constructing a predictive model of that behavior, and that controlling it is in the realm of engineering, not science.
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The question of whether or not we inhabit a simulated universe only matters insofar as we would be able to determine the fact or not. Any speculation beyond that is unscientific. Incidentally, the mathematical construction I believe you are
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by DividesByZero 14y ago
Science is not a belief system, it is a knowledge system and the distinction is quite precise and necessary. Science is a method for developing predictive models based on material observation and nothing else.
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by DividesByZero 14y ago
It's more difficult to profit from scientific exploration than it is from weapons and the maintenance contracts that come with them. The military industrial complex has a stranglehold due to simple market forces.
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by DividesByZero 14y ago
I can understand how one might come to be a libertarian: through disillusionment with the government of the day, one comes to believe government itself is the problem rather than its particular form. The problem at the core of libertarianis
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How is it in the interests of the united states to support Dr. Afridi? Does this mean it's OK for US citizens give information to a foreign government to perform extrajudicial covert operations on US soil?
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by DividesByZero 15y ago
What sort of internship are you looking for? I interned for Google and Hitachi while at university and might be able to answer some questions.
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I'm unsure how an organisation which does not add any value and is based on dead labor can possibly have anything other than a toxic culture. When your primary goal is to repackage existing value and make money from usury, it's a little bit
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by DividesByZero 15y ago
I'm unsure how any company founded on dead labor can possibly have anything other than a toxic culture.
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by DividesByZero 15y ago
That's really interesting, especially about the lawyer underemployment problem - do you have a link to some data backing that up? Is it possible to create some sort of legal instrument where a case is simplified by first creating a contract
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by DividesByZero 15y ago
I'm not suggesting something like an app to solve legal problem just by plugging in all the data. I just wonder if there isn't a better way to make the law more 'user friendly'. Maybe the problem is the firm system - what about a way for pe
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by DividesByZero 15y ago
The formation of a cartel indicates market failure. The source of this is usually due to some property of the good or service. In that link, the property appears to be the licensing of legal practitioners as a sign of competence to represen
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Ask HN: What can a startup do to help fix law for the average person?
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Humanity continues to hang from Eisenhower's 'cross of iron'.
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by DividesByZero 15y ago
I was frustrated in looking for a cofounder, so I built the very basics of the prototype myself, then continued to talk to people about it and show what I had done. Pretty soon, people became interested enough to ask about getting involved.