What is real? — A Realist

And how can you know that for real? — A Realist

It's odd to assume time and space are really infinite and discontinuous on one hand, then deny the existence of a kilometer. — Nils Loc

I wonder how clear everyone is on what we mean by this word and to what extent our understanding of the concept overlaps. — Vera Mont

Is it possible for anyone to have total freedom? — Vera Mont

What kinds of freedom can a person have? — Vera Mont

According to your basis, free will always pushes us to commit sins. Only in a predetermined life would we all be perfect then? — javi2541997

Any other complaints about god …apart from him not existing ? — simplyG

Why is it right to conclude that time and space are really infinite and continuous rather than discrete and discontinuous? — Nils Loc

Either of these abstract properties are just mathematical inventions/conventions which prove to be useful. — Nils Loc

Time and space can obviously be divided (measured in units) — Nils Loc

If time is infinite, it's still divisible by seconds in relation the diurnal or lunar cycle. — Nils Loc

If space is infinite, it's still divisible by length of feet in relation to how much horse food, water or minutes it takes to get to town. — Nils Loc

So what am I missing? — Nils Loc

I already answered your question 5 years ago: — Benkei

What passes as a rigorous explanation for why Zeno's paradox isn't a paradox? — Nils Loc

One can race a man against a turtle and see that men and turtles traverse finite distances over time. — Nils Loc

This is the dream of some mathematician, who introduces infinity as a problem to a real world scenario. If a finite distance is infinitely divisible in the realm of maths, so be it, but it doesn't apply in a way that makes motion in time impossible — Nils Loc

So you mean you have a brain and there's still a mind in there? — Wolfgang

Even Descartes couldn't find it. — Wolfgang

Or do you think there are two descriptions of the same thing, one physiological and one psychological (or philosophical). — Wolfgang

If you talk about two levels of description ... — Wolfgang

You;re right - I don't understand your comments. They seem to miss the point. — FrancisRay

if you take it as axiomatic that facts cannot be moral, then you can't have moral facts. — Count Timothy von Icarus

the term facts, or "facts of the matter" often refer to states of affairs which can be assigned a moral ranking. — Count Timothy von Icarus

I could see an argument that acts are only good or bad in virtue of the fact that we expect said acts to bring about states of affairs that are more or less just/good (and indeed I think this is a fairly common view in moral philosophy, consequentialism and all). In which case, the morality of the facts is the key player here, the morality of acts is derivative of that. — Count Timothy von Icarus

the morality of the facts is the key player here, the morality of acts is derivative of that. — Count Timothy von Icarus

If we ask whether we have won or lost the lottery then the answer will be yes or no.. — FrancisRay

If we ask whether two plus two equals three or five then we are abusing the rule for legitimate pairs. — FrancisRay

If we ask whether the universe begins with something or nothing then we are assuming one of the answers is correct but do not know this. — FrancisRay

Logic tells us that neither answer is correct. — FrancisRay

In metaphysics the second assumption is generally considered to break the laws of logic. — FrancisRay

If we make the wrong assumption in such cases this is either a fallacy or a basic mistake. — FrancisRay

For sound reasoning we must know that a contradictory pair of propositions are mutually exclusive and exhaust the possibilities. We never know this for metaphysical questions. . — FrancisRay

Of every contradictory pair one member is true and one false — FrancisRay

This is the input rule for his system, and when it is violated the entire system breaks down. — FrancisRay

one common fallacy which occurs too often in Wikipedia and other forums: namely, the assertion that Euclid's Postulate 5 and the parallel postulate are logically synonymous. — alan1000

You said this, as ↪L'éléphant pointed out:
Modus tollens logic is of the form "If A, then B. Not A. Therefore, not B."
— Alkis Piskas — Leontiskos

What I am missing in this OP is the participation of the author. niki wonoto seems to be absent from his own thread... — javi2541997

as far as i can tell this is a modus tollens argument.
seems perfectly valid. (it does not have the form of a fallacy) — KantDane21

I had imagined quantum entanglement as random noise, and the dis-entangled particle as a recognizable image. It never occurred to me that a tangle of photons would look like a Taoist symbol. :smile: — Gnomon

OBJECT EMERGING FROM NOISY BACKGROUND — Gnomon

I doubt that even he, as a physicist, would imagine that entangled photons would graphically resemble an ancient symbol of harmony & balance. — Gnomon

“Physicists do not need mysticism,” Dr. Capra says, “and mystics do not need physics, but humanity needs both.” — Gnomon

If the workers are angry enough and united in their anger, they overcome their fear and move against the employer in spite of the dangers. — Vera Mont

"working against the company" is a bit of a stretch, I'd say. "the company" is primarily comprised of employees, after all. But the union is for the employees, so it doesn't make sense to say "against the company" from that standpoint. (against management, now...)
Anger works against fear that management uses in its negotiations — Moliere