topherreynoso

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by topherreynoso 12y ago
Meditate on free will for a while with our friend Krishna and when you "know" that materialism can not be reconciled with free will, I'll let you know where you can send my porsche. :) The smartest people I know are at least
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by topherreynoso 12y ago
What you're describing could easily be said about gravity. If you really start pressing physicists on this subject it gets muddy really quickly, even the definition (don't just tell me what gravity does or the effect it has, tell
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by topherreynoso 12y ago
I'll be the first to admit that I've heard a lot of irrational arguments from people trying to advocate or disprove a particular religion. But you're saying that because you've only heard or explored irrational arguments
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by topherreynoso 12y ago
Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough. Questioning the existence and using rational arguments for or against the possibility of free will itself is a rational argument that affects theism or atheism. My point wasn't to tell you what
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by topherreynoso 12y ago
>> To try and dress up either atheism or theism in rational arguments is absurd Why? I know plenty of philosophers that are great with rational arguments that spend their time in atheism or theism. I know several who believe in God or
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We Need a Place to Crash in Philadelphia and (maybe) NYC
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by topherreynoso 12y ago
Jonathan Swift is slow-clapping somewhere.
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Finance Pro With Law Degree Looking for a New Challenge
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by topherreynoso 14y ago
I think we need to determine what free will is first because to me random or just unpredictable does not equal free will (that's how I think of the buffer overflow you describe). Nor does complete freedom to act or do whatever you want equa
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by topherreynoso 14y ago
Glad to see the questions raised but I fail to see how free will can at all be compared to buffer overflow or how in doing so we draw any closer to an explanation or understanding of its existence. I think if your goal is merely to show tha
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What's a tech startup worth?
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by topherreynoso 14y ago
unreal, no matter what your stance is on how people should enter this country, i think we should all agree that if you've been here 10+ years, paid taxes, and have no criminal record, citizenship should be automatic. my father immigrated to