Fed by a steady stream of hyperbole from AI researchers, the reporting press, and the entertainment industry, it’s no wonder that misconceptions about science are running rampant among the public.
Will do next time. Promise.
Of course it’s fallible. Humans are not unlimited. Our sensory apparatus only shows us so much, given that it evolved to deal with specific circumstances. But if you look at modern science, you’ll find that it now operates largely beyond that apparatus. You’ll also find that, contrary to what many claim, scientific…
Not a very good argument. The first part does not apply to humans since we are mammals. The part applicable to humans just lists a bunch of (rare) conditions (genetic disorders), which are, as the name suggests, not the biological MO of Homo sapiens, unlike, for example, temperature-dependent sex determination in…
Despite what postmodernism made you think, “objective reality” does exist.
It is our biological predisposition to believe in things for which there is no evidence in empirical reality (which is actually a survival strategy gone haywire) which leads to genocidal nonsense like religion. But the root of ALL evil? Nah. That’s a stretch. Religions are merely man-made…
“And funny how you add a scripture about judgment to my comment [...]”
True. But the content of the reply was disrespectful. “Have respect for other people’s points of view”, you wrote, only to call people who hold views incongruous with your own arrogant and nonsensical.
But my comments weren’t „off-topic“. As I’ve said, they are only tangentially related. Religion plays no small part here, given that the girl is kept alive because of her parents’ religious belief, and because NJ laws state that braindead patients can’t be taken off ventilators if families have…
“Have respect for other people’s points of view. While I think it’s arrogant and non-sensical for human beings not to believe in something greater than themselves, [..]”
Like most of the time, the discussion gyrates around the meaning of words: intent, purpose, function, weapon etc. Most of your points are certainly valid. The contention is in the definition of purpose. A lot of points you make I solely disagree with because I use “purpose” in a different way than you do.
“The intent doesn’t really matter.”
“That’s as much a perversion of the intended use of the inanimate object as your example where someone “accidentally” fires a gun (which seems odd to say right before implying that consequence was intended).”
But every state requires you to own a license to operate one. Which is what I wrote:
“If a gun goes off accidentally, it didn’t do what it was supposed to do.” Yes, it did. It fired a projectile down a metal tube. It just didn’t do what the user intended at the time and in the circumstances.
“If a gun goes off accidentally, it didn’t do what it was supposed to do.” Yes, it did. It fired a projectile down a metal tube. It just didn’t do what the user intended at the time and in the circumstances.
“Closing your eyes and saying “Just don’t have a gun!” [...]
“Guns are also used for sport and competition.”