3-D – Uncommon Descent

Have you ever wondered why the world is three-dimensional?

Why not two or four spatial dimensions? One researcher, James Scargill, argues that we could possibly have made do with two dimensions.

bornagain77 Jerry: "I would be interested what is the latest, not from an ID perspective but from an energy metabolism one."... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
Origenes CR In #128 you are misquoting me. And you follow up with: Thank Zeus we’re not limited to whatever Origenes... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist “..trying to come up with an explanation of the underlying objective reality that explains what all of the sources say.”... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @KF Already addressed here: https://conjecturesandrefutations.com/2013/07/ Did you get those quotes from Dykes? – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist For example, when I get a non-technical report of some application, API or system providing a "wrong result", I ask... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, kindly note the problems in the wider cite, not to mention my own in extenso cite from the preface... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus L&FP, 68: Cognitive Dissonance and fallacies of projection etc – L&FP, 68: Cognitive Dissonance and fallacies...
critical rationalist @Origenes Second, what counts is not whether any particular piece of information we get is flawed. Rather, what matters is... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Querius Upright BiPed @40, While Alan Fox has posted numerous critical comments on other topics, it looks like he's been hiding... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Origenes CR It is not true that the fact that our senses are theory-laden implies that we are cut off from... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist KF's on Willard vs Popper. Other clips from Popper cannot even be rescued to that extent: Popper: “Precision and certainty... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
jerry I’m placing this argument here because it is relevant to the assertion that ID per se does not have a... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
kairosfocus Origenes, solid question. I suspect, that in the ideas climate of 1962, with scientism dominant, Popper sounded very different from... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
jerry They had a discussion on CRT at a school board meeting in Temecula, California recently. A black professor presented the... – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
critical rationalist @Origenes: More wack-a-mole? See #85 and #112. Bonus: The logic of experimental tests, particularly of Everettian quantum theory See 2.... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR @ Given that criticisms are mere unjustifiable conjectures and tests are not neutrally interpretable due to our untrustworthy senses... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist CR, it is clear that something is very wrong with the frame we are seeing from Popper et al. Only... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes How then do you establish the validity of a specific criticism or test? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=folTvNDL08A So, being proved wrong by... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, it is clear that something is very wrong with the frame we are seeing from Popper et al. Only... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist This reflects the last 60 years of debates and has the major advantages of recognising ordinary people, rejecting selective or... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus PM1, yes, it is arguable that the original sense of justified included issues of objective warrant. But over the past... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...