Comments by "Technolus" (@technolus5742) on "TED"
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@drop0112 //Why (...) there cannot exist a rational being capable of creating? In our universe, man is also not needed, but, nevertheless, it exists.//
1st: man effectively exists (man is necessary because you'll have to include us in whatever explanation you end up giving).
2nd: I'm not saying that a "rational being capable of creating" can't exist (in fact many do), I'm saying that my conjecture the universe does not need a creator (making it superfluous) and that cosmical creators aren't known to exist nor even to be possible.
//our universe was once a point with infinite density of matter (...) it will expand forever (...), it will never return to the point. How could this opportunity be realized?//
Actually the part about infinite density is not known, it's extrapolated from equations that should not be expected to be accurate at those scales.
I don't know, it might be impossible that our universe return to its initial state. If the laws of physics don't allow it, then I guess it won't happen. The existence of a multiverse doesn't need to make anything and everything possible.
//"As such the existence of life as we know it is in no way dependent on the existence of any creator god. And the supposed existence of a gods is still superfluous to this whole thing."
You do not know this.//
It's part of my conjecture, in a multiverse where all possible universes come into existence in no way is a god needed for our exact universe to exist.
//And again, returning to the topic of proof of evolution, I insist that there are no mistakes in my arguments and requirements.//
And I insist that there might (and probably are at least some minor errors in our understanding of the specificities of the systems involved in evolution) and that even meteorologists knowing the relevant formulas can't predict the weather accurately a long time in advance: "It is impossible to be in possession of the entirety of available information" and "Small unknown variations in the data could have a huge impact. (Same goes for a ball rolling on a rough surface...)
I insist that as explained there are definitely mistakes in your argument and related requirements.
But if you insist that there are no mistakes in your argument and requirements I expect you can use the known formulas of classical mechanics to determine precisely where an paper airplane will land after being thrown off of the roof of my house. Bear in mind that if you can't demonstrate the accuracy of your calculations (be it because you don't now where my house is or the exact moment I'm going to throw the airplane or that small differences in the airplane can make a huge difference or because there are too many variables, ...), I will have demonstrated that classical mechanics doesn't work without gnomes.
//Because evolution is not the movement of air currents, as is the case with weather prediction, but a completely understandable and discrete process of transforming a DNA code from one species to another.//
Oh really? I guess you can show me exactly how that happens. Cause as far as I'm concerned a rare random mutation bearing organism being wiped out by some minor cataclysm could change the course of evolution towards different paths that would still be beneficial and still lead to speciation and so on.
But here you are again wanting me to calculate probabilities of events that did happen...
Again I tell you that: I can generate a sequence of random number with very low odds and nevertheless the numbers that I end up with are the4 numbers I end up with, regardless of how improbable those specific numbers are.
Here are my numbers (clearly manipulated by gnomes because they are so very unlikely about 10^110): 8483623561296075283911533653 3210311177391768317833474343 1660490381375815957916001865 6761662042493690751308125550
Again I tell you that:'Except those probabilities represent the state of your knowledge, as the event 100% did happen. Ignorance is the basis for your assertion that "god did it".'
As for the evidence that evolution did happen, again you have all the various remains showing organisms that were subject to the mechanisms by which evolution unfolds and graudally changing based on those processes, and whose genetic codes match ours in preciselly the ways that would be expected if we had evolved form the same ancestor.
Meanwhhile your claim that "goddidit" still has no evidence whatsoever and runs counter to claims athat are actually substantiated by the facts.
Oh and we're all equally well adapted (which is why we're all still alive), and we're descentends from common ancestry which means we're here for the same time. Evolution does not select for complication nor for adaptation, it selects for survival, that is the vector (and it lead to both the simpler and the more complex to the broad and to the specialized - indeed there is no cosmical vector towards intelligent life unlike you want to believe).
//You can certainly think about chance, but only when this chance is justified//
Randomness is a known unknown, that is not even accounting for the unknown unknowns. As said, your dichotomy is fallacious.
And randomenss is justifiable. Given enough random shaped rocks there is bound to be a copy of mount rushmore.
//your brain is completely unable to identify the signs of mind intervention in the process of evolution//
So far it's not just my brain, it's any brain that is not engaging in fallacies upon fallacies....
And if you stil think that probabilities of things that actually happened are relevant: 9095573917792868599961591698876741094641 1989681016634266420311498663336127558987 2229600004489996052059794708686988248945
The odds of these numbers are now at about 10^220, It's gnomes I say. Wait, no I don't actually say that... It's a fallacy I say!
//Let's take a closer look at what scientific data is your confidence based on//
It certainly is infinitelly higher than that of claims were based on nothing but fallacies and counterfactual myths.
//I have a 100% certainty that God exists//
But hey I've actually been explaining to you that your confidence is purelly phychological.
// you have neither a scientific nor a logical argument against my arguments of faith//
I merelly have the one thing required: your fallacies and your lack of logic basis and evidence.
In the end you have faith which as justification amounts to 0. In sum a purely psychological, unwarranted confidence.
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@drop0112
//What prevents the existence of mathematics, which will allow the existence of an omnipotent smart being able to create?//
What prevents the existence of mathematics, which will allow the existence of a full multiverse where all possibilities come true?
The thing is that the universe actually is known to be a possibility, while god is neither necessary (cause the multiverse would guarantee the existence of this universe), nor is it known to be possible.
As such the existence of life as we know it is in no way dependent on the existence of any creator god. And the supposed existence of a gods is still superfluous to this whole thing.
//a multiverse with a Googleplex universes can exist, but a higher world with a smart creator and extreme math cannot.//
Have I said that? What I actually said: "and the supposed existence of a gods is still superfluous to this whole thing."
//You do not know how this event happened//
I do know that it happened. You claim I don't know the mechanism, but I do know some such as evolution and gravitation. But perhaps you haven't gotten the point: your argument is fundamentally fallacious.
your argument consists of a series of fallacies:
- lack of contrary evidence (appeal to ignorance):
"show the illogicality of this postulate" <-- show the illogicality of me being bald right now? I guess I must be bald then...
- [can't explain it? therefore] goddidit (equivalent to "gnomesdidit" or "magicdidit"):
"suggest the best model of the world" <--- tell me nintendo's proprietary algorithm? you can't? It's magic I tell you.
- low probabilities can't happen (when all probabilities are low) (unnamed fallacy, but illogical none the less)
"If the probability of an event is 10 to 500 degrees, it will mean that your theory should be thrown into a landfill" <-- Only 1/6th probability of your dice landing on a 3? It should have landed elsewhere, your dice is biased (or gnomes purposefully guided it to a 3).
- Ludic fallacy
According to wikipedia about the ludic fallacy:
"It is impossible to be in possession of the entirety of available information";
"Small unknown variations in the data could have a huge impact;"
//And I suggest you calculate this probability based on knowledge, but not on ignorance.//
And I suggest meteorologists accurately forecast the weather for next summer. After all you do know the formulas... Oh wait: "It is impossible to be in possession of the entirety of available information" and "Small unknown variations in the data could have a huge impact. (Same goes for a ball rolling on a rough surface...)
Oh and there is a new one now:
- loads of people believe it - appeal to the people fallacy
//Only children believe in gnomes, but half of the globe believe in one Creator.//
I hope you're not pointing out that your type of arguments can be used to make such absurd claims that only children qwould believe such a thing.
And I also hope that you're not saying that if we indoctrinate a large number of people with a false belief that same belief suddenly is true.
Neither objection helps your case, a case that is on it's own right purely a fallacy.
//And hardly all of them are more stupid than you.//
I guess people throughout history who believed that bloodletting was actually curing disease were stupid, that must of been it...
The thing that actually is relevant: none of them that I have heard from actually had the only thing required: a sound justification for their belief.
//only creation can be an alternative to the theory of evolution//
Pretty sure that is a false dichotomy. Right off the bat I can think of at least one other: randomness. Regardless: unknown unknowns, another reason why even if evolution was wrong, that would still not translate into creationism being right.
But... so far evolution is holding up just fine, and there actually is evidence for it.
"In order to make 100% reliable conclusions about evolution, it is not at all necessary to know everything about genetics."
100% reliable conclusions - like humans evolved from other species? I wouldn't say that is 100% reliable, but definitely can be said with a very high degree of confidence.
On the other hand the sort of conclusions you want actually require you to know everything, not just about genetics, but also about initial conditions on which evolution was acting upon. The largely random seeds and high sensitivity of these sorts of processes makes it so that not knowing the precise conditions leads to multiple potential scenarios.
//Your knowledge of reality is so small that you cannot draw conclusions about the existence of the Creator, the multiverse, evolution without the participation of the mind and authenticity of the Bible.//
As already stated:
I base my claims on the information I do have, rather than fallacies and a fixation for some obligatory truth of a cultural myth. Biblical claims are consistently invalidated by real world data.
You can claim that I can't be sure, but I can be a heck of a lot more sure than you since facts actually support my claims and contradict yours.
But I'm sure the compelling and understandable (did I mention counterfactual?) narration of harry potter is a testament to the existence of magic beyond the world of muggles.
And again: But I get why you're downplaying knowledge, after all: don't know, therefore god.
Regardless downplaying our knowledge does not provide any validation for your claims that continue to lack evidence and logic.
//The information about the world, which is recorded in the Bible, is fully consistent with modern scientific data.//
Trees and earth before sun and that's just the tip of the iceberg. You must be joking.
//And so that your soul does not perish//
That is the stuff of fantasy. You'd do better to simply think and act in reasonable ways, at least you'll get closer to whatever goals you are pursuing.
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BTIsaac Let's shed some light on why a typical job is what makes a robot out of you:
-Commute time:
Previous: 2 hours.
Current : NA.
-Flexibility to work OR not to work depending on what I feel like doing:
Previous: very limited.
Current : extremely flexible.
-Work hours per day:
Previous: 8 & 1/2 hours (there was a mandatory lunch break in the middle).
Current : 4-5 hours (includes breakfast while working, no need for a break unless I feel like doing one). Yes, my workday is now half of what it used to be, and I still earn more than I previously did.
-Breaks:
Previous: Mandatory
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Current : most of my work is done in the 2-3 hours in the morning and 2-3 hours in the evening. Most of my day is a break.
-Days off:
Previous: 2 days; mandatory; fixed.
Current : 1-2 days; on whatever day I feel like doing something else; optional/varies with the number of hours worked on a given week.
-Life and playtime:
Previous: vacations + weekends + a couple free hours per day.
Current: most of my day, nearly every day.
-Work conditions:
Previous: workers boycotted my efforts, many coworkers were not interested in working at all, actual work was often secondary to silly and blind implementation of methodologies (like 5S and SCRUM).
Current : I only work with people I think are serious and whose goals I can get behind so that we are all working towards the same goals. And I follow the methodologies in the way I think they should be applied based on my expertise, which yields better results with much less hassle.
-Environment:
Previous: Factory, conditioned air that made a noticeable difference in my airways - and I have always been a perfectly healthy person without respiratory afflictions.
Current : my cozy setups are comfortable, ergonomic, varied and essentially I can work however I feel most comfortable and wherever I feel like being for as long as I can get some kind of internet connection (wifi or mobile).
So what the heck are you going on about? I most certainly spend less time inside a room than the average office worker. (Not to mention that I can breathe air that doesn't require constant treatment and monitoring so that we don't all die around here.)
And what about cons? Certainly it can't be all roses.
The lack of a senior mentor was an issue for a time, but I've found other ways to expand my knowledge which ended up being comparable to the benefits of having a mentor.
That was the only complaint I had so far and it wasn't anything that couldn't be fixed. Some people speak of loneliness and other issues, but I have never really felt like that was a problem for me (I live in a nice place where neighbors are friendly and besides I now have my partner/wife who is also very nice and also works remotely although in a completely different area).
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