Scientific, or natural, laws are theories that have been used to reliably predict outcomes in applicable situations. When a law is violated by a result which is not expected or accounted for by any other means, research is used to determine the cause of the unpredicted outcome. If the law is proven to be untrue in a particular situation by its own nature, and not by another explanation, the law is thrown out, and new theories are developed and tested in order to account for the new cases.
This is basic scientific process, and yet I see time and time again people trying to prove god exists by claiming scientists believe something they don't. Do any of you people remember 5th grade science class?
The day you present non-hypothetical evidence to the scientific community that stands up to scrutiny is the day gravity, thermodynamics, or whatever law you are disproving is totally thrown out of the window. I wish you luck, 'cause it's gonna be pretty tough to find.
That argument contains a few fallacies. First and foremost, in the derivation section, based on simple logic, he's trying to prove the converse of a statement to be unequivocally true. This can only be done with the contrapositive of a statement, as a condition that causes another condition is not necessarily the only cause of said condition. What he's essentially saying is 'because when a rocket launches, there results a cloud of smoke, and there is a cloud of smoke, that must mean a rocket has launched.'
Secondly, given that we aren't god, and therefore don't know everything, unfortunately necessary truths as defined the the modal logic section do not exist. There may prove to be a dimension where 2+2=5. Even his base definition of a necessary truth is based on a contingency and cannot be verified "for all worlds."
Also, please tell me why a 'possible truth' is any less truthful than a 'contingent truth'. The only way for us to know anything as a 'possible truth' is if it is possible within our realm, making it a 'contingent truth'.
Nothing ever has to be any one particular way. Humans have found this to be the 'contingent truth' throughout the course of history. Everything is contingent upon something else, and at the core of it all, it is recursive.
Life is a gray area. I respect your right to argue that there's black and white in the universe, but there will always be a brighter white, and a darker black.
I grasp the similarities between Oolon Colluphid and Dawkins, what with Colluphid's masterpiece "Just Who Is This God Person, Anyway?" but I'm wondering what either of them has to do with Zaphod "Phil" Beeblebrox.
Didn't you read Orwell's guidebook? We're supposed to forget that terrorists ever used open source software. Terrorists pirate commercial software. They always have. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
*queue 350 replies about how great Ron Paul is... er.. would have been.*
Hate to say it, but the fact that we're still voting, rather than acting, is a very strong indication of why we are sheep. Change will only come when they decide it will. Welcome to slavery. If you want a solution, look up where my sig came from.
You know those ads that pop up as comments on/. now? I just got the funniest one ever as a reply to your post...
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(that only police cars... I think it's quite likely that you've hit the nail on the head.
Police cars are derived from standard consumer-grade vehicles. Do you really think they should be permanently limited to Crown Vics? We have a couple of highway patrol people here that drive vehicles non-standard to police cars... one is an Impreza WRX STI, the other a 2004 Mustang Cobra. Wouldn't it be great if they could carry on with their duties without burning 91 octane gas at 18 MPG?
Ron Paul's great and all.. whatever. But there are 2 things I notice about his supporters...
1) They seem to be extremely obsessive.
2) They seem to have forgotten what a sense of humor is right around the time Dr. Paul stepped up for candidacy. GP is having a laugh, not being an ignorant troll.
Sometimes it helps to take a breather.. step back and take a fresh look at the good things in the world, and try to notice that they don't all have the initials R.P.
The other thing I'd like to add is the simple fact that when a corrupt organization is in power, they will do what they can to maintain that power. Ron Paul will not win any presidency, not because he's 'unelectable', or 'fringe', but because the current government doesn't bloody want him there.
If you're looking for change, I hate to tell you this, but it's going to take more than writing a name on a piece of paper. See MY signature for a start on that.
Well, I'm glad that Microsoft finally decided to support a DirectX capable driver of their own for my GeForce 6600GT. For a while, there, the one that was provided to me by the manufacturer was causing my machine to reboot every time it tried to render in D3D. Not even the updated driver from nvidia seemed to help. Good thing Microsoft is there to save the day!
What? Microsoft doesn't have a D3D capable driver for the GeForce series? I don't understand how that can be when my card runs compiz-fusion while watching video, allowing me to rotate to another desktop without even interrupting the video under just about every distro of Linux out there. Are Microsoft's drivers just TOO GOOD for my hardware?
Unfortunately, Ubuntu's WPA support in this regard is a little bit hit-and-miss... You see, the problem is that Ubuntu always passes WPA. Clearly, at least to those who have worked extensively in Windows environments, this is not the way WPA was designed to work. WPA is supposed to generate a false negative from time to time.
Well in that case, I'll admit I'm impressed. Out of curiosity, what do you use those notebooks for? Are you running IIS and SQL on them, or are they more just enterprise workstation machines?
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It would be well deserved.
Scientific, or natural, laws are theories that have been used to reliably predict outcomes in applicable situations. When a law is violated by a result which is not expected or accounted for by any other means, research is used to determine the cause of the unpredicted outcome. If the law is proven to be untrue in a particular situation by its own nature, and not by another explanation, the law is thrown out, and new theories are developed and tested in order to account for the new cases.
This is basic scientific process, and yet I see time and time again people trying to prove god exists by claiming scientists believe something they don't. Do any of you people remember 5th grade science class?
The day you present non-hypothetical evidence to the scientific community that stands up to scrutiny is the day gravity, thermodynamics, or whatever law you are disproving is totally thrown out of the window. I wish you luck, 'cause it's gonna be pretty tough to find.
That argument contains a few fallacies. First and foremost, in the derivation section, based on simple logic, he's trying to prove the converse of a statement to be unequivocally true. This can only be done with the contrapositive of a statement, as a condition that causes another condition is not necessarily the only cause of said condition. What he's essentially saying is 'because when a rocket launches, there results a cloud of smoke, and there is a cloud of smoke, that must mean a rocket has launched.'
Secondly, given that we aren't god, and therefore don't know everything, unfortunately necessary truths as defined the the modal logic section do not exist. There may prove to be a dimension where 2+2=5. Even his base definition of a necessary truth is based on a contingency and cannot be verified "for all worlds."
Also, please tell me why a 'possible truth' is any less truthful than a 'contingent truth'. The only way for us to know anything as a 'possible truth' is if it is possible within our realm, making it a 'contingent truth'.
Nothing ever has to be any one particular way. Humans have found this to be the 'contingent truth' throughout the course of history. Everything is contingent upon something else, and at the core of it all, it is recursive.
Life is a gray area. I respect your right to argue that there's black and white in the universe, but there will always be a brighter white, and a darker black.
I grasp the similarities between Oolon Colluphid and Dawkins, what with Colluphid's masterpiece "Just Who Is This God Person, Anyway?" but I'm wondering what either of them has to do with Zaphod "Phil" Beeblebrox.
New Slashdot meme:
"Wow.. cool.. Imagine a Botnet of these!"
To replace antiquated Beowulf Cluster reference.
Didn't you read Orwell's guidebook? We're supposed to forget that terrorists ever used open source software. Terrorists pirate commercial software. They always have. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
*queue 350 replies about how great Ron Paul is... er.. would have been.*
Hate to say it, but the fact that we're still voting, rather than acting, is a very strong indication of why we are sheep. Change will only come when they decide it will. Welcome to slavery. If you want a solution, look up where my sig came from.
...or "Drink your own Kool-Aid".
It's orbiting the star Sirius. It's one of the five that do so... I don't remember which one, though.
Of course, now that I've said that, I'm likely to be tak-;laisnnvianeiaavnabe- NO CARRIER
Pretty sure he was referring to "public" in the same sense that C++ refers to "public".
You know those ads that pop up as comments on /. now? I just got the funniest one ever as a reply to your post...
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Police cars are derived from standard consumer-grade vehicles. Do you really think they should be permanently limited to Crown Vics? We have a couple of highway patrol people here that drive vehicles non-standard to police cars... one is an Impreza WRX STI, the other a 2004 Mustang Cobra. Wouldn't it be great if they could carry on with their duties without burning 91 octane gas at 18 MPG?
Safeguards like, say, WARRANTS?
Ron Paul's great and all.. whatever. But there are 2 things I notice about his supporters...
1) They seem to be extremely obsessive.
2) They seem to have forgotten what a sense of humor is right around the time Dr. Paul stepped up for candidacy. GP is having a laugh, not being an ignorant troll.
Sometimes it helps to take a breather.. step back and take a fresh look at the good things in the world, and try to notice that they don't all have the initials R.P.
The other thing I'd like to add is the simple fact that when a corrupt organization is in power, they will do what they can to maintain that power. Ron Paul will not win any presidency, not because he's 'unelectable', or 'fringe', but because the current government doesn't bloody want him there.
If you're looking for change, I hate to tell you this, but it's going to take more than writing a name on a piece of paper. See MY signature for a start on that.
I'm having a hard time telling if you're joking. If not, get back to me, and I'll answer anything you like.
Well, I'm glad that Microsoft finally decided to support a DirectX capable driver of their own for my GeForce 6600GT. For a while, there, the one that was provided to me by the manufacturer was causing my machine to reboot every time it tried to render in D3D. Not even the updated driver from nvidia seemed to help. Good thing Microsoft is there to save the day!
What? Microsoft doesn't have a D3D capable driver for the GeForce series? I don't understand how that can be when my card runs compiz-fusion while watching video, allowing me to rotate to another desktop without even interrupting the video under just about every distro of Linux out there. Are Microsoft's drivers just TOO GOOD for my hardware?
The Universe also already has the future. Kinda hard to surprise it with a gift...
I was referring to "very".
I thought it was spelled Barrie... Have you been spending too much time at the Roxx?
He said "verbed" not "adverbed". =P
Unfortunately, Ubuntu's WPA support in this regard is a little bit hit-and-miss... You see, the problem is that Ubuntu always passes WPA. Clearly, at least to those who have worked extensively in Windows environments, this is not the way WPA was designed to work. WPA is supposed to generate a false negative from time to time.
Can I have the drive?
So this might not be so safe after all?
Well in that case, I'll admit I'm impressed. Out of curiosity, what do you use those notebooks for? Are you running IIS and SQL on them, or are they more just enterprise workstation machines?