Recent content by BSilvEsq

Your persistent insistence upon demonstration is demonstrably limiting.

To say that two objects (however small) are in precisely the same place / location (including howsoever many dimensions may exist) is not a self-contradiction. Rather, that statement is a contradiction to the proposition that no two objects (however small) can possibly be in precisely the same...

You have nailed it once again. The problem, as I see it, and have written about previously in this thread, is that many (but not all) of the self-proclaimed compatibilists on this thread have a view of compatibilism that is based entirely on their unshakable faith that they have free will and...

For once, I largely agree with what you have written -- at least about Einstein and his views and approach to the intersection of philosophy and science, and also about the fact that philosophy guides science and that science, itself, is a form of philosophy, which lacks a provable or...

Great post, Steve. I agree with everything you wrote. I also love the reference to Durant. The simplicity and clarity of his work is brilliant and a joy to read. The last sentence of your post comes close to rejecting the notion that science is philosophy, but you do not quite say so...

OMG! You nailed it (once again). Your logic and clarity of writing are impeccable -- albeit improving with each post. There is no persuading folks on this thread who are unwilling to examine their deep-seated biases, which preclude their ability to so much as consider the possibility of a...

It is one of the few things you have posted on this thread that I both understand and truly appreciate. 😂 I am referring to your correction of my poor grammar, and not your referring to yourself as a grammar Nazi.

You are 100% correct. Thank you for that explanation. It is much appreciated. And I do not perceived your point to be pedantic in the least.

My bad on dropping a word. Not sure how that happened. It was not intentional. I thought I read you were an editor. If not, I retract the modifier. As for the "pedantry" -- I suggest that you put down the magnifying glass and pick up the mirror. The problem is not that I am pedantic. It...

Exactly -- you nailed it, and the existence of free will is just one of the many current theories we might expect to be strictly false. The point is that nobody truly knows. Yet, you and others on this board, consistently post as if you know, for a fact, that your paradigm is true and the...

I feel like singing Breakfast at Tiffany's. For those who don't get the pop reference, are the pertinent lyrics are quoted below. It is a great song if you haven't heard it.

As an editor, I am confident that you know that the following two statements are materially different: 1. "If you could rewind the history of the universe to the start and replay it, you would get the same result."\ and 2. "to best of our current knowledge, if we could rewind the universe...

And you know this to a certainty -- how? Perhaps I am mistaken, but it is my understanding that the scientific method requires empirical proof as a foundational basis for accepting the validity or truth of a hypothesis and also that a hypothesis that is not falsifiable is not scientific. In...

Query: Are you suggesting that you subscribe to only one theory of "time"? If so, can you please point me to a source where I can read of that single theory that is superior to all others? If you are not saying that, are you able to state how many theories of time you accept as possibilities...

Perhaps, I am just a luddite, but I view the stuff of which you speak to be as fantastical and self-contradictory as you view the paradigm I have posited. The main difference between us is that I view all such paradigms as possible and do not accept the reality of any of them, and you seem to...