I can think of no examples of metaphysics becoming science. — Janus

... we may need to specify whether we are talking about Physics (science ; energy [experimental transformations]) or about Meta-Physics (philosophy; enformation [reflective interpretations]). — Gnomon

Maybe a new animated B5 movie will be better than no new B5?
— 180 Proof
I do think Mr Straczynski is trying to protect his 'baby' from the corporate profiteers, but I suppose it's hard to know who are the true good, bad and ugly characters in that world. — universeness

[Trump's] scared shitless. This is the way he compensates for that. He gives people the appearance he doesn’t care by doing this...For the first time in his life, it looks like he’s being held accountable...Up until this point in his life, it’s like, ‘I’m not going to pay you. Take me to court.’ He’s never been held accountable before. — John Kelly, retired US Marine General and fmr WH Chief of Staff (R)

[Trump's] scared shitless. This is the way he compensates for that. He gives people the appearance he doesn’t care by doing this...For the first time in his life, it looks like he’s being held accountable...Up until this point in his life, it’s like, ‘I’m not going to pay you. Take me to court.’ He’s never been held accountable before. — John Kelly, retired US Marine General and fmr WH Chief of Staff (R)

Biosemiosis is based on the physics of dissipative structure. And dissipative structure is also the basis of cosmology. The Big Bang theory describes the Universe as a cooling-expanding structure of dissipation - a system falling into the very heat sink it is making.

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So reality as a whole - the entire shebang from cosmology to consciousness - can be modelled in the fundamental coin of thermodynamic theory. That is why information-entropy has become the basic metric employed by physical and mental theories. It is used in quantum theory. It is also used in Bayesian Brain theory. — apokrisis

Apparently, something about my information-based worldview is discomfiting for you.
— @Gnomon

It’s the crackpottery. Simple enough — apokrisis

The significance is clear.

"Conventional physics deals only with closed systems, i.e. systems which are considered to be isolated from their environment."
— Ludwig von Bertalanffy, General system Theory (1968) — Metaphysician Undercover

Isn't climate change ultimately coming to liberate us from the cycle of death and rebrith? Why act to prevent it? — Tom Storm

Such is the bane of all speculative metaphysics: there’s no empirical proofs, but only internal logical consistency and strict adherence to the LNC, the only form of certainty we have to guide our contemplations. — Mww

Literally all of good metaphysics tries to extrapolate based off of the real world their best explanations of it and only bad metaphysics ventures so far beyond reality with merely LNC. — Bob Ross

↪Mark S Ninth thread on the same topic; same problem as the first thread:

At the core, that we do cooperate does not imply that we ought cooperate.
— Banno — Banno

There's no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous. — Cormac McCarthy, d. 2023 (today)

You give up the world line by line. Stoically. And then one day you realize that your courage is farcical. It doesnt mean anything. You've become an accomplice in your own annihilation and there is nothing you can do about it. Everything you do closes a door somewhere ahead of you. And finally there is only one door left. — The Sunset Limited (2006)

The problem is that this means the only way out is through. — schopenhauer1

The case against him is not regarding his time in office. It's about the records he stole, hid, and lied about possessing after leaving office. — creativesoul

Regardless, though, the indictment isn't limited to the PRA or civil remedies available under it. It involves violation of the Espionage Act, obstruction, and other criminal matters. — Ciceronianus

All of this then implies that it was best to not have this brought about in the first place. — schopenhauer1

It's not worth the bother of killing yourself or refusing to procreate, since you always kill yourself and go extinct as a species too late.

How about a man/boy who no longer consents to be a man/boy?
And of course a woman/girl who no longer consents to being one? — universeness

I believe that humans should be treated as if we are special. — Andrew4Handel

I don’t think he broke the law nor do I care if he did.
— NOS4A2

Well that just says everything — Michael

(Update pending on imminent US Federal indictments for Obstruction of Justice, Espionage, etc.) — 180 Proof