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by dmfdmf 11y ago
To get to Cantor's theories you have to accept his concept of a "completed infinity". This implies that infinity is a metaphysical concept, i.e. that infinity really exists in the universe. For example, do you believe that
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
This crisis in Physics makes me happier than anyone can know. It signals the end of the dominance of Kantian philosophy in Physics. Mach's principle (Einstein's polestar), Popperian falsifiability, Cantor's paradise of infi
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
This link was dead but I vouched for it. I know on HN et. al. Feynman is a big hero but Gell-Mann was totally respectful and just gave his view on the person of Feynman, not his image that he apparently spent some effort cultivating.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Motivations; 0) Why did you get your PhD in EE? What was your expectation?
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
I used to hang out at the B&N a couple of times a month and bought a number of books per year. They got rid of all the comfy chairs and tables throughout the store and now the only place to sit and read or peruse a book I am thinking ab
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
I am fairly certain that it doesn't matter since the NSA will foot the bill. In any case, cost is not an argument against mass surveillance.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
> Therefore morality has a logic of relativity. Your syllogism equivocates on the concept "observation" and does not follow. The "observation" of measuring velocities and the "observation" of self and ot
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
The principle of relativity is for velocities not morality.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Its only a myth if you accept Kantian epistemology and its implied ideal of consciousness as an observerless observation.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Does this include the free cross-connect to the NSA?
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Genuine answer: http://www.amazon.com/The-Virtue-Selfishness-Centennial-Edit...
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Who is paying for this pipe dream?
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Define "ethical" please.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
As long as the leaders in the field accept that Econ is held to be "value free" and that science and reason are divorced from defining values then, yes, the field is lost. To reclaim the field requires a revolution in philosophy a
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
> The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. It was Hume and Kant who injected skepticism back into Western thought and are responsible for empowering
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
What a hash of her ideas. I recommend reading her directly and see what she actually said.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
I wonder if there is a conceptual equivalent of this technique. Instead of "keep your eye on the ball" prior to some complex physical action you'd use "keep your eye on the principle" prior to some complex mental a
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
>"Rational" is not a property of ends, it is a property of means (and beliefs). All ends are arbitrary. So let's just skip the trip to Mars and spend the money to build high-tech pyramids in the Nevada desert and sacrifice
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
There are only two fundamental positions in philosophy from which all else derives; the primacy of existence versus the primacy of consciousness. In ancient times the former was staked out by Aristotle and the latter by Plato. On this basis
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Because one of her points was that under Communism, Boris Spassky's talent was "a horrendous waste of genius". Don't fret, my comment was not meant for you.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Perhaps... it is just an escape http://cassandra2004.blogspot.com/2008/01/bobby-fischer-ayn-...
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Excellent.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
"facing" as in accused but not yet convicted? The DUI is a big deal in that you should stop doing that but not a big with respect to employment except maybe in jobs requiring you to drive. As for the assault, wait till it plays
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
On the computers that I support I now exclude optional and recommended updates, security patches only. Microsoft can no longer be trusted. I had one customer who's computer auto updated to Win10 and it trashed his system and the rollba
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
>If you want our data, get a judge to order a search warrant. Otherwise it is Unconstitutional. This is my position and nothing will move me from it because it is the principled position. Moreover, the advocates of mass surveillance fai
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
You might as well conclude that freedom is unnecessary because that is the implication.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
Used to be the statists/Keynesians like Krugman just ignored the Austrians. This is progress.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
How convenient, another goal to rally people to sacrifice. Perhaps THAT was always the goal of global warming.
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by dmfdmf 11y ago
I voted CGI. The tip-off was in the eyes. Doll's eyes like the shark in Quint's speech in Jaws. https://johnnycat.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/quints-speech-fro...

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