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Re: Nice point
Tue, 6 May 2008 13:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
On 5 May, 05:27, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How can an event be independent of all other events though?
I tend to assume that every event has a cause, whether or not I know
what the cause is. However, I don't see how such an assumption could
be proved.
Dave ...
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The long and the short of behavioral statistics: A link to
depression?
Mon, 5 May 2008 05:44:19 -0700 (PDT)
You just move like a mouse, or do so abnormally like a mutant mouse
The brain is no longer a mysterious black box. Elucidation of the
human genome
is having a profound impact on the understanding of brain function in
health and
disease. However, genes cannot be systematically manipulated in
humans, and this
i ...
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Atomic meanings/words and the dictionary
Mon, 5 May 2008 05:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the
brain
The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000
pages of
definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research
suggests the
reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as
possible - a
form ...
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Before eight, children don't integrate sensory information
Mon, 5 May 2008 05:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
Young children rely on one sense or another, not a combination,
studies find
Unlike adults, children younger than eight can't integrate different
forms of
sensory input to improve the accuracy with which they perceive the
world around
them, according to a pair of studies reported online in Current
Biology on ...
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Re: Nice point
Sun, 4 May 2008 21:27:34 -0700 (PDT)
On May 4, 10:31?pm, Dave Smith <da...@dsmith60.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 4 May, 09:52, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
> > On May 3, 10:24?pm, n...@webtv.net (The Averdein Building) wrote:
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> > > >What makes an infinite regress 'insane'? What makes
> > > > a regress 'infinite'?
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> > ...
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Re: Nice point
Sun, 4 May 2008 13:31:32 -0700 (PDT)
On 4 May, 09:52, Peter Brooks <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 3, 10:24?pm, n...@webtv.net (The Averdein Building) wrote:
>
> > >What makes an infinite regress 'insane'? What makes
> > > a regress 'infinite'?
>
> > So you're not a fan of parsimony? To each his own.
>
> As the man said, things shoul ...
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How Michel Nostradamus stopped the Randi- Dawkins- Myers Corp
Sun, 4 May 2008 09:38:28 -0700 (PDT)
http://thomashawk.com/hello/209/1017/1024/Johnny%20Cash%20Finger.jpg
And PZ Myers, you self-deluded insignificant NUTCASE...
the ORIGINAL *KING OF TERROR* VIDEO.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsOqPDkIZY
the *MODEL* of mental health:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zBEbfiaZTfc
"Look at the ANGLE OF T ...
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Re: Nice point
Sun, 4 May 2008 01:52:17 -0700 (PDT)
On May 3, 10:24?pm, n...@webtv.net (The Averdein Building) wrote:
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> >What makes an infinite regress 'insane'? What makes
> > a regress 'infinite'?
>
> So you're not a fan of parsimony? To each his own.
>
As the man said, things should be as simple as possible - but not
simpler.
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> >Why roll over and di ...
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Re: Nice point
Sun, 4 May 2008 01:46:05 -0700 (PDT)
On May 3, 10:24?pm, n...@webtv.net (The Averdein Building) wrote:
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> >The notion of a 'random' or, alternatively,
> > 'uncaused' result that neverthess
> > shows statistical regularity is a
> > nonsensical one. There is no need to
> > ponder any QM or other reality, the
> > mathematics is sound.
>
> If yo ...
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Re: Nice point
Sat, 3 May 2008 15:24:07 -0500
>The South African phrase 'Ja, well, no, fine' comes
> to mind. You quote Carnap, but I think he wasn't
> much given to mysticism.
??? Shouldn't expect a reason for a non sequitur, but I especially can't
fathom why this one (mysticism) would even cross your mind in regard to
logical positivism or that era of ...
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