Read Frege's "Sense and Reference" for your answer. It is reasonably accessible at the under graduate level. Pi and the Fibonacci sequence (there is no Fibonacci number) are a bit overstated and mystified at times. It is true that both are useful abstractions in understanding the world but they are not quite as all…

Math does not "permeate" the world, it describes it. We do not impose mathematical objects on the world. We use them to understand the world. Math is a tool. Einstein was a Rationalist in the sense that he thought he was uncovering the true language of "god" (Spinoza's deistic god). The reason he could not accept…

We told you so. We have been telling you since 1980 but you didn't listen then and you don't listen now. Now you're fucked. "You" = "Almost the GOP and their mouth breathing base the Tea Party."

The reason there is something rather than noting is because nothing is unstable. C.F. Larry Krauss.

CF. my second comment.

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Note that back then devil = Zionist Jew.

"Atheists assert nothing but a default position and say that it is the job of the people asserting the existence of things to prove it." —- That is not atheism. That's skepticism. Atheism is the denial that god exists. That denial can be for rational or irrational reasons but in order for a belief to be an atheist…

"Unless you think not believing in Santa Claus is in itself a belief." — Of course it is. Not believing in Santa Claus is the belief that Santa Claus does not exist. You cannot reject the claim that Santa Clause exists if you've never heard of him. Because belief = "mental content held as true" it follows that you…

"Agnostic and Atheist are not two separate categories." — FALSE. The set of agnostics is not a subset of the set of atheists. There exist atheists who are not agnostics and agnostics who are not atheists.

"Dr Pepper's facebook update has been shared over 2,500 times and liked over 25,000 times." — From their point of view I'm not seeing a downside to that.

My god, I didn't think this movie could be any shittier than it already was. I guess I was wrong.

The FIRST thing I'd want from them is a math or physics book. Then I'd work hard to learn the math. Then I would apply it. The second thing I'd want is a piece of their technology and ask how it works. Then duplicate it at home. Pure science first, engineering second. To verify they are real I would try to get…

Security staff are just employees these days. Not really professionals with anything like honor or a code to live up to. If they had been disciplined they likely would have sued for wrongful termination or something. They're just poor shlubs doing what the corporation tells them to do and getting paid next to nothing…

There is no debate. You're completely correct. People still have this dualist conception of the world they've inherited from Descartes. That there is minds stuff and physical stuff. What "stuff" is there that can be uploaded onto a hard drive? None. It doesn't exist. Minds do not exist and therefore cannot be…

Yes Joe. People who have had an 8th grade education do know that CO2 is natural. They also know the Earth has been warmer in the past. What they know that you apparently do not is that global warming is a fact, it is real, we are the cause and rapid warming is likely to prove harmful to us and to many other species…

His statement contradicts the title given to this article. "The rate of change is important" is a polite way of saying: "No you moron, global warming won't increase diversity because evolution takes millions of years. Why do I have to keep answering 8th grade questions from science reporters?"