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All knowledge must as far as possible be treated with complete neutrality And so facts should not be regarded as either convenient or inconvenient but simply as data points. If something is true then it should be accepted and regardless of any consequences and likewise if something is false too

Being logical is far superior in argument than being emotional because emotion can compromise clear thinking But the only one who can change their thinking is themselves so it actually has to come from within not without This is true of all and is why I always try as much as possible to be open...

It is different over here for the reverse is more true : namely that atheism is an entirely reasonable position to take and Christianity is accepted but only as much as this is a free society. It may be trendy to actually be an atheist though my apatheism has nothing to do with being trendy...

In science less a hypothesis is capable of potential falsification then it has zero merit since they must be tested to determine their validity. This does not mean all untestable or non falsifiable ones are false just that they can not be demonstrated to be. For in point of fact could just as...

I think you shall find that they exist independent of our ability to construct them. Because apart from anything else if that were true then we would have no problem understanding everything about them If they are human constructs then how did they manage to exist before we did and for so long...

What are the odds on any one running twice for the Presidency and getting it the second time ? Nixon ran in 1960 and lost but won again in 1968 but has anyone else managed to And is it true in America that the tallest one with the most hair always wins ? But what has that got to do with...

One could argue for the existence of God using just reason but one can not do that with regard to evidence though. That is because the question of his existence is a meta physical one and so is beyond the remit of the scientific method which uses evidence to determine the validity of its...

One should strive whenever discussing specific subject matter to be as logical and as non emotional as possible because emotion can compromise lucid thinking. So one should be aware of committing logical fallacies or engaging in emotional reasoning. Sometimes given the subject matter it can...

If hackenslash were here he would tell you that every opinion is worthless including his own. Although I would disagree with him and indeed I have because I do not view them in isolation but in the context of which they are expressed and there is a definitive sliding scale between the...

Science is indeed a discipline in its own right and the various branches of it are also disciplines in their own right as well but it is also a branch of philosophy. And so the fact that science and philosophy are regarded as being entirely separate from each other does not actually change...

Ban nothing and consider all ideas worthy of discussion regardless of the consequences Then accept those ideas that are most justifiable and use them as a basis both for how to live ones life individually and how society could function collectively. And also to not allow the decision making...

Science is actually a branch of philosophy so any assumption that the two are non related is false Though usually philosophy is regarded as only the parts of that discipline that are specifically non scientific. Which are all the other branches which do not use empiricism as a means to...

I mean the classical world and the quantum world. Obviously they both exist within the Universe but they are nonetheless regarded as being separate from each other because the laws of physics governing them are not the same. Though I think of all so called physical reality as being on a...

Reasons To Love America Native American Culture The Star Spangled Banner The Separation Of Church And State The Founding Fathers / The First Amendment The American Dream / The Civil Rights Movement Reasons To Not Love America Watergate / The Death Penalty The Central...

It is may be more accurate to say that there are points within the spectrum of perceived reality which cannot be accessed rather than there are physical worlds which are entirely separate from each other Since the world we inhabit is conditional on the other one existing for if it did not then...