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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread What Is Philosophy?.Chimps, horses, and wolves have strict hierarchical structures. A wolf pack has an alpha male and female. In horse culture males do...
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SI don't think that anyone is saying that there is no relationship between science and philosophy, just that science as a means of...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread 3I/ATLAS: Probably NOT an alien interstellar probe.Haven't heard this one before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorquer Regardless of what methods you use you can't get around...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread What Is Philosophy?.Transnational there was Doctor Of Law, Doctor Of Medicine, Doctor Of Theology or Divinity, and the rest was Doctor Of Philosophy.
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread What Is Philosophy?.Drop the word philosophy. Human thought has evolved. That ancient Greeks came up with the idea of a smallest particle of a substance...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread What Is Philosophy?.Meaning and knowledge. By usage and an informal on census in English we use the word rock with an object. Other languages use different...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread Moved Bilby/Algor Derail.Oh those poor misunderstood trampled Christians who run over gays, abortion rights, atheists, and anybody they deem in conflict with...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread 3I/ATLAS: Probably NOT an alien interstellar probe.Things to do when traveling on an interstellar rock: 1. Take a walk around the rock in a space suit. 2. Gaze at the stars. 3...
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SIt's still a matter of biology, just that with humans a greater range and depth of thought is enabled by the architecture of our brain...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread Marxism.An old joke A communist, a s socialist, and a capitalist arestranded on an island. One night a big crawls on the communist. Hr grabs...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread What Is Philosophy?.Pood I still do not understand what you mean by the word philosophy and what you are trying to prove. Like when you say philosophy...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread What Is Philosophy?.There is the ancient question, how many philosophies can fit on the head of needle. What constitutes a specific philosophy? Is...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread Are we now in full blown fascist totalitarianism?.I took a wait and see approach. Now it seems we are getting there. If congress does bot prevent Trump from attacking Venezuela...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong.When it comes to Newtonian mechanics and mechanisms I doubt there is much that has has not been thought of, tried and used before. It...
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Ssteve_bank replied to the thread A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong.Air has kinetic energy .5*m*v^2 in watts. The sail has an area, energy into the boat in watts/m^2. The boat or land vehicle has kinetic...
