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Yes. Darth_Katie Send a noteboard - 01/12/2010 01:44:41 AM
It's pretty messed up when one of the resident physicists can't follow the conversation when the matter at hand appears to be cosmic principles :P

That anthropomorphizing the universe does not represent an irrational cognitive error if you are assuming from the start that there is a Creator of some sort that is relatable on human terms, as you might assume from a religious viewpoint. So you're not misattributing human characteristics because they really do exist - given the assumptions of a particular metaphysical framework (i.e. religious beliefs).

Is that right? I think that's right.

So, if there's a God, who is kind of like people, other things might be too? Yes?


If there is a God who's like people, then it's not unreasonable to assume that the universe has a goal, thus making that particular anthropomorphism justified.
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Is NASA set to reveal on Thursday signs of possible extraterrestial life within the solar system? Larry - 30/11/2010 03:49:40 AM 1316 Views
Interesting. Darth_Katie - 30/11/2010 04:43:15 AM 748 Views
crap! I will be watching this! dacole - 30/11/2010 05:04:58 AM 923 Views
Goddammit Wikileaks get on this *NM* beetnemesis - 30/11/2010 05:05:19 AM 384 Views
There's no one to smear, why would wikileaks be interested? *NM* Macharius - 30/11/2010 01:45:58 PM 361 Views
photsynthesis using arsnic hmm I am going to have to check this out dacole - 30/11/2010 05:07:22 AM 904 Views
If there is life in the solar system then it is likely a natural development in the universe. Tom - 30/11/2010 05:12:38 AM 785 Views
Re: If there is life in the solar system then it is likely a natural development in the universe. dacole - 30/11/2010 05:18:05 AM 968 Views
Seems to put atheists in a bit of a catch-22 there. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 05:54:25 AM 954 Views
Bwa? Craig - 30/11/2010 06:45:33 AM 840 Views
Sorry, yeah. That is not my position. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:03:17 AM 827 Views
The best will be when we find other intelligent life beetnemesis - 30/11/2010 02:32:35 PM 736 Views
Well, I don't actually agree with the first part of your Catch-22. At least, not entirely. Tom - 30/11/2010 02:43:13 PM 870 Views
Using anthropomorphic terms to describe the universe only reflects on you, not on the universe. *NM* Dreaded Anomaly - 30/11/2010 07:31:04 PM 374 Views
What an arbitrary and meaningless statement. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:52:13 PM 312 Views
Anthropomorphizing concepts is a cognitive bias. Dreaded Anomaly - 30/11/2010 11:19:23 PM 738 Views
Only given a certain metaphysical framework. Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 12:18:09 AM 786 Views
Mind dumbing that down a bit? Isaac - 01/12/2010 12:43:47 AM 745 Views
I think he is saying Darth_Katie - 01/12/2010 01:26:34 AM 912 Views
That ain't not a lot simpler Isaac - 01/12/2010 01:35:38 AM 856 Views
Yes. Darth_Katie - 01/12/2010 01:44:41 AM 817 Views
In short, demanding that everyone use your particular worldview is unfair. Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 02:21:26 AM 828 Views
Those worldviews are unsupported by empirical evidence. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 01:41:27 AM 942 Views
No worldviews are supported by empirical evidence. *NM* ranagrande - 01/12/2010 01:57:23 AM 353 Views
Empiricism is unsupported by empirical evidence. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 02:21:52 AM 318 Views
Empirical evidence is the only objective standard. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 02:59:18 AM 791 Views
Empirical evidence cannot fully explain reality. ranagrande - 01/12/2010 03:28:41 AM 898 Views
Re: Question (use google now!): what's the net energy of the universe? Gaps - 01/12/2010 03:35:57 AM 798 Views
Re: Gaps - 01/12/2010 03:45:22 AM 987 Views
Re: Re: ranagrande - 01/12/2010 04:04:38 AM 784 Views
Time does not exist separately from space, as Einstein demonstrated almost a century ago. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 03:36:56 AM 862 Views
I have my own theories about time, but they're not ready for presentation yet ranagrande - 01/12/2010 03:56:38 AM 1148 Views
Re: I have my own theories about time, but they're not ready for presentation yet Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 04:30:44 AM 1164 Views
Yes. I know what empiricism is. Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 05:17:05 AM 1087 Views
Re: You are a smart person. Gaps - 01/12/2010 03:09:13 AM 767 Views
Thanks. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 03:30:46 AM 1013 Views
Interesting. I agree with what you're saying, actually. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:49:51 PM 716 Views
It won't change the argument in the least. Dannymac - 01/12/2010 05:26:16 AM 907 Views
I have the feeling it's probably not going to be that. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 06:02:48 AM 798 Views
Ohh, exciting! ironclad - 30/11/2010 08:37:32 AM 756 Views
noooo! Yunalesca - 30/11/2010 10:19:27 AM 707 Views
Boring primitive things would be cool. Darth_Katie - 30/11/2010 02:54:10 PM 755 Views
Hey, there's a name I recognize, "Iron Lisa" Isaac - 30/11/2010 09:25:01 AM 918 Views
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE beetnemesis - 30/11/2010 02:33:30 PM 819 Views
I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords. *NM* ranagrande - 30/11/2010 02:35:04 PM 327 Views
"I, for one, welcome our new INSECT overlords"! Isaac - 01/12/2010 12:40:27 AM 787 Views
but we don't know if they're insects yet! ranagrande - 01/12/2010 12:55:52 AM 740 Views
I'll not bow to any mere Bacterial Overlords, Eukaryote Overlords only!!! *NM* Isaac - 01/12/2010 01:02:20 AM 338 Views
So you're prejudiced against the nuclearly challenged? ranagrande - 01/12/2010 01:09:57 AM 749 Views
It's this kind of blind adherence to political correctness that is tearing us apart! Darth_Katie - 01/12/2010 01:28:39 AM 727 Views
Down right genocidal toward them Isaac - 01/12/2010 01:31:47 AM 731 Views
Genocide is a bit extreme ranagrande - 01/12/2010 02:13:18 AM 749 Views
They had better have a green man *NM* Camilla - 30/11/2010 10:45:56 AM 310 Views
Because you need somebody to attack Aginor and Balthamel? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 01/12/2010 01:04:23 AM 311 Views
Oh no you didn't *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2010 01:14:55 AM 307 Views
Seriously. Craig - 01/12/2010 01:26:54 AM 708 Views
Re: But then you got turned on just thinking about the phrase? Gaps - 01/12/2010 02:23:02 AM 822 Views
I'm actually a tiny bit giddy about this. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 01/12/2010 01:04:49 AM 311 Views
Re: Arsenic. *NM* Gaps - 01/12/2010 02:09:51 AM 326 Views
Re: Perhaps just as awesomely: Gaps - 01/12/2010 02:21:35 AM 870 Views
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