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Thanks. Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 01/12/2010 03:30:46 AM
I would write your replies if I cared enough, which I no longer do (in this context). The anthropomorphic bias, I'm convinced, is the cause of many misunderstandings and biases in "discussions" such as these. Eventually, I do think most people will get there -- I know it took me a few years to really get it. Taleb explains it well by referring to Casanova.

Regards,

MM


Assertions like the one to which I replied press my buttons because scientific discovery is impressive enough to be appreciated in its own right. It really bothers me when people misappropriate science (new or old) to fuel their own irrational philosophies (something which happens more often with quantum physics, but there's plenty of misunderstanding of biology to go around, too).
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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 1273 Views
Interesting. Darth_Katie - 30/11/2010 04:43:15 AM 708 Views
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Goddammit Wikileaks get on this *NM* beetnemesis - 30/11/2010 05:05:19 AM 356 Views
There's no one to smear, why would wikileaks be interested? *NM* Macharius - 30/11/2010 01:45:58 PM 343 Views
photsynthesis using arsnic hmm I am going to have to check this out dacole - 30/11/2010 05:07:22 AM 857 Views
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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 916 Views
Seems to put atheists in a bit of a catch-22 there. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 05:54:25 AM 907 Views
Bwa? Craig - 30/11/2010 06:45:33 AM 800 Views
Sorry, yeah. That is not my position. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:03:17 AM 790 Views
The best will be when we find other intelligent life beetnemesis - 30/11/2010 02:32:35 PM 697 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 835 Views
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What an arbitrary and meaningless statement. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:52:13 PM 296 Views
Anthropomorphizing concepts is a cognitive bias. Dreaded Anomaly - 30/11/2010 11:19:23 PM 705 Views
Only given a certain metaphysical framework. Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 12:18:09 AM 745 Views
Mind dumbing that down a bit? Isaac - 01/12/2010 12:43:47 AM 689 Views
I think he is saying Darth_Katie - 01/12/2010 01:26:34 AM 877 Views
That ain't not a lot simpler Isaac - 01/12/2010 01:35:38 AM 820 Views
Yes. Darth_Katie - 01/12/2010 01:44:41 AM 774 Views
In short, demanding that everyone use your particular worldview is unfair. Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 02:21:26 AM 800 Views
Those worldviews are unsupported by empirical evidence. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 01:41:27 AM 899 Views
No worldviews are supported by empirical evidence. *NM* ranagrande - 01/12/2010 01:57:23 AM 337 Views
Empiricism is unsupported by empirical evidence. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 02:21:52 AM 300 Views
Empirical evidence is the only objective standard. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 02:59:18 AM 746 Views
Empirical evidence cannot fully explain reality. ranagrande - 01/12/2010 03:28:41 AM 850 Views
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Time does not exist separately from space, as Einstein demonstrated almost a century ago. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 03:36:56 AM 825 Views
I have my own theories about time, but they're not ready for presentation yet ranagrande - 01/12/2010 03:56:38 AM 1108 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 1134 Views
Yes. I know what empiricism is. Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 05:17:05 AM 1053 Views
Re: You are a smart person. Gaps - 01/12/2010 03:09:13 AM 728 Views
Thanks. Dreaded Anomaly - 01/12/2010 03:30:46 AM 967 Views
Interesting. I agree with what you're saying, actually. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:49:51 PM 676 Views
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Boring primitive things would be cool. Darth_Katie - 30/11/2010 02:54:10 PM 716 Views
Hey, there's a name I recognize, "Iron Lisa" Isaac - 30/11/2010 09:25:01 AM 865 Views
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I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords. *NM* ranagrande - 30/11/2010 02:35:04 PM 310 Views
"I, for one, welcome our new INSECT overlords"! Isaac - 01/12/2010 12:40:27 AM 752 Views
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I'll not bow to any mere Bacterial Overlords, Eukaryote Overlords only!!! *NM* Isaac - 01/12/2010 01:02:20 AM 320 Views
So you're prejudiced against the nuclearly challenged? ranagrande - 01/12/2010 01:09:57 AM 711 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 688 Views
Down right genocidal toward them Isaac - 01/12/2010 01:31:47 AM 696 Views
Genocide is a bit extreme ranagrande - 01/12/2010 02:13:18 AM 712 Views
They had better have a green man *NM* Camilla - 30/11/2010 10:45:56 AM 285 Views
Because you need somebody to attack Aginor and Balthamel? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 01/12/2010 01:04:23 AM 292 Views
Oh no you didn't *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2010 01:14:55 AM 290 Views
Seriously. Craig - 01/12/2010 01:26:54 AM 674 Views
Re: But then you got turned on just thinking about the phrase? Gaps - 01/12/2010 02:23:02 AM 779 Views
I'm actually a tiny bit giddy about this. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 01/12/2010 01:04:49 AM 293 Views
Re: Arsenic. *NM* Gaps - 01/12/2010 02:09:51 AM 308 Views
Re: Perhaps just as awesomely: Gaps - 01/12/2010 02:21:35 AM 830 Views
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