zedvictor4

Selective memory.

The U.S. caused all the recent problems in Syria. 

Just as it caused all the recent problems throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

U.S. and Israeli self righteousness and paranoia.

And the worst thing is; us European arse kissers have to deal with the Human Fallout.

Isn't that sort of, stating the obvious?

And don't we all dabble daily to some degree?

Though perhaps not living up to Mr Mopacs standards of Texan Godism.

Nonetheless:

Evolution can be just as much a Godists principle as it can be a Scientists. 

And as far as I am aware. Mr Darwin remained a Godist throughout his life.

Yep.

Deification, is over-egging the custard somewhat.

That's a lie and an easy cop out.

But only to be expected.

Believers believe what they were told to believe. 

Have you ever seen God?

What on Earth is gender fluid?

Is it something that seeps out of the cracks?

I think that my friends and family would vouch for the fact that I'm generally a non-hating type of person.

Sorry; but I don't believe any U.S. led coalition propaganda.

Especially after the Weapons of Mass Destruction lies.

The U.S's only concern is protecting vested interests.

And just for the record; I don't believe Iranian propaganda either.

If you love definition, then read your dictionary and you will clearly see how gender is imprecisely defined.

And then perhaps you will not have so much hatred for people that do utilise their dictionaries effectively.

The main purpose of tax is to raise revenue.

So you hit the things that people are not prepared to do without.

How many people actually care about another persons weight and health issues?

In a capitalist society, the obesity industry is fair game.

I think that it is fair to say that U.S. paranoia, has been the biggest threat to World peace since WW2.

You comment.

I address your comment.

I don't necessarily comment directly about you personally.

Though if your comments relate directly to you.

Then my response is likely to reflect that.

It's possible to imagine something existing.

Your last comment made no sense whatsoever.

And so say you.

Which nation is responsible for the most civilian deaths and casualties worldwide due to acts of military aggression, this century?

Who are the real bully boys of the World.

Doctors, Programmers and Engineers are not necessarily Scientists.

These people are generally, only concerned with the practical application of a methodology

Most of the scientific work would have been carried out prior to their involvement.

Why must a scientist be a Darwinian Evolutionist?

Yep.

The narrative is certainly dictated by money. 

But I would suggest that as a species we are inherently selfish.

I would therefore, further suggest that the only way to change an encoded narrative would be to to decode the species.

Simply talking about it is unlikely to make a significant enough difference.

Exist means to occur, either physically or metaphysically.

How come The U.S.A. is allowed to enrich nuclear fuel and Iran isn't.

Who are the dictators here?

Firstly; I made a point of only generalising. I wasn't refer to anyone in particular.

Though your reply suggests that you are admitting to being a bigot.  

Or was that simply a bad choice of words?

Nonetheless; would your refer to blind people as ugly sight haters?

Zedvictor4 to control.

Citizen of the World, currently residing in a tiny bit of the World referred to as Wales.

Always trying to shake off labels.

The major cause of obesity is laziness and stupidity.

Isn't someone a bigot if they refer to an Atheist as ugly. 

Ooooh.

That's an irrational assumption. Though I suppose a Rational Madman is likely to be irrational.

Ok. But just keep the war over there and don't involve me.

All religion is shit.

Religion is the bi-product of irrational thinking.

One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter. Just depends which side of the line you stand.

 

Subjectivity/consciousness is nothing more than data processing.

Though one could add, that consciousness is having the computer switched on.

Subjectivity is analysing acquired data and formulating a response.

Computers already do this.

Though how much longer we can remain in control of the on/off thing, is another matter. 

No. It's only our superior level of knowledge that sets us apart.

Good and evil are merely conceptual assumptions, derived from knowledge.

Good argument.

And the desperation in Mopac's response is obvious.

I'm pretty sure that there is a niggling seed, of logic infused doubt in Mopac's head somewhere..

This is not the first time I have witnessed their uncertainty.

In my opinion; I argue the blatantly obvious just to occupy my mind for a while in the mornings....and then repeat.

Isn't processing data the occupation of everyone's mind?

Will you be wearing denim dungarees, checked shirt, baseball cap and no shoes?

A fact is either a fact or not a fact. Therefore a wild guess could be just as "close" as theory or hypothesis.

And just as you seek to monopolise language it would also seem that you also wish to monopolise science.

Science is not exclusive.

Left and Right are Yin and Yang.

Imbalance results in chaos.

Very few words have that level of exclusivity. Theory nor hypothesis nor science for that matter, certainly do not.

Academic institutions nor secularmerlin, have no authority to monopolise words or to monopolise definition. 

Theory is synonymous with hypothesis and vice versa.

And theory and hypothesis are also synonymous with a dozen or more other words.

And secularmerlin is as secularmerlin does and words are variable and I am confident that my use of language is more than adequate for an online debating forum.

And nit-picking is pedanticism or overscrupulousness or punctiliousness or...……. 

And conflation can be as positive as it can be negative. 

Is that psychopathy or random violence?

Is psychopathy evil or is it physiological dysfunction?

Irrespective of what the outcome might be, is a random decision necessarily evil or is it simply just a random decision?

Though outcomes may vary, isn't brain function simply what it is?

Isn't evil the regard rather than the intent?

Yes; he was awarded a (FQXi) grant.

So he has to justify that.

What is evil?

Evil is one of those hard to pin down, descriptive words that get's readily banded about and attached to a multitude of possibilities. As exemplified by your own multi-definitional usage.

Love is the same.

Does he rely on handouts ?

Hypothesis is a synonym for theory and vice versa.

Knit picking, lexical semantics are unnecessary.

I could quite easily suggest that you are confusing confusing with confusing.

Ring a ring a roses and eventually all theories fall down. Simply because they never start anywhere.

It's very easy to predict the circle, but impossible to break the circle.

Something for theists as well as atheists to think about.

Good stuff, but he's got to justify his salary somehow.

The more dimensional possibilities you programme the more particular possibilities arise. Seems logical.

But is there a limit to theoretical dimensionality? 

Do hypothetical simulations have a limiting factor?

Presumably; if one can create the programme then one can justify the hypothesis. Or vice versa.

Yep I would love to see everyone getting along too. All it takes is a bit of tolerance.

in fact I would suggest that it is always the intolerant few that mess things up for the tolerant majority.

As for the biblical curse of Ham. I'm afraid that this sort of stuff is just over egging the nonsense just a little too much for me.

Regards Texas.

N.B. I did a tour across the U.S. two years ago and the only place that I ever felt insecure was Crockett Texas. 

Gunfire and door banging in the middle of the night.

Happy Birthday to you.....

It is inaccurate to suggest that Schism is anything other than Schism.

The word "offshoot" could be equally applied.

The use of the word "offshoot" is simply just childish finger pointing.

Our church is better than your church na na na na na.

And how easy is it for a gun toting, Texan isolationist to square their affinity to their Russian brothers?

Nitrites are the Curse of Ham.

Is it possible, not to be aware of your uncertainty?