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The great Goon Show is, not surprisingly, dead wrong.
The "Eccles" entity didn't have to be somewhere. The Eccles entity didn't have to be anywhere at all. Ever. The Eccles entity eventually emerged against near-infinite odds against ever being anywhere, during the universal quantum crap-shoot that occurred shortly after the big bang. |
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And I am sure everyone needs to be constantly reminded that they exist, 1=1, yada yada yada, and so on.
But that's not the question. That's the brute fact that gives rise to the question. But no longer the question as far as I'm concerned, as I have now completely lost interest in discussing the matter. Awk! The probability that I exist is 1! Awk! The probability that I exist is 1! Awk! The probability that I exist is 1! Awk!... Flap flap flap flap flap flap ....awk! |
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That's a very convincing parrot impersonation Toontown.
Perhaps too convincing. Since it's been established in this topic that surface appearance is the same as deeper meaning, and that making things up makes them true, perhaps Toontown really is a parrot.
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I am quite sure adequate intellectual resources are available here to beat about the bush of deeper meaning without my participation. I've seen people in philosophy forums beat about that bush for months on end. Then I"ve looked in months later to find the same bush being beaten about, much as it was being beaten about in earlier epochs.
As for making things up to make them true - no need to bother with that. Just stick with the standard tautologies. Can't go wrong there. |
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Yesterday upon the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish that he would go away. |
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Post 1: reverebison does not understand probability
Post 28: reverbison is a troll He goes onto my Ignore list |
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Gamemaster: "A horde of rotting zombies is shambling toward you. The sign over the door says 'Accounting'" |
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"Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.(Samuel Johnson) The gods are less for their love of praise....(Wendell Berry) |
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Simple probability tells us that we should expect coincidences, and simple psychology tells us that we'll remember the ones we notice... |
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![]() You feel sarcastic about getting what you want? Other than to comment briefly on the strangeness of feeling sarcastic about getting what you want, I will decline to dwell on the psychology behind that response. Like you, I am finding myself increasingly disinterested in any aspect of your unremarkable existence. |
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In most of the philosophical discussions I"ve observed, the participants demonstrated little more than a stubborn determination to avoid actually getting at the bush - a determination which has succeeded in preventing any of these matters from being settled over the course of millenia.
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The Onmyouza Theatre, An unofficial international fanclub forum dedicated to the Japanese heavy metal band Onmyo-Za: "In the interests of time and space, it is not unreasonable to cite one point at a time. Citing 30 is the equivalent of citing none. Obviously." - Robert Prey "Physical evidence must be observed and interpreted by witnesses which makes it subjective and subject to mistakes and to fraud." - Robert Prey |
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The Onmyouza Theatre, An unofficial international fanclub forum dedicated to the Japanese heavy metal band Onmyo-Za: "In the interests of time and space, it is not unreasonable to cite one point at a time. Citing 30 is the equivalent of citing none. Obviously." - Robert Prey "Physical evidence must be observed and interpreted by witnesses which makes it subjective and subject to mistakes and to fraud." - Robert Prey |
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A rigidly defined area of doubt and uncertainty
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What Would The Doctor Do? Some creative lies. "No. Liars aren't creative." - Justinian2 |
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the wrap tags are[yt] and ['/yt] (sans the apostrophe)
You take the ending of your video, which is "zw7AYJikDJE" and paste it between the wrap tags and voila!
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What part of "I've completely lost interest in discussing the matter" was difficult for you to accept?
Here. Badger Dawkins for a while. You can repost his video with your Shakehead under it. That will show us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGmu...layer_embedded |
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At first I was going to make some sarcastic comment about your reading comprehension because you appear to have understood my post to mean something diametrically opposed to my intent. Then I went back and reread my post and realized in an electronic format where tone cannot be heard and therefore intent not discerned it may have been ambiguous. Just to clarify, I was not being sarcastic towards you, I was sympathizing with you.
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a carbon based life-form
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Penultimate Amazing
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I owe my existence to Adolf Hitler.
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