Igor Grossman – Uncommon Descent

Intelligent Design Philosophy Psychology Science

What happened when someone tried making “wisdom” a science

The problem with naturalizing wisdom is that wisdom isn’t natural. It necessarily comes from a perspective beyond our own troubles in our own time.

Seversky Kairosfocus/103 Emotivism is the view that moral utterances are neither true nor false but are expressions of emotions or attitudes.... – An interview on God and mathematics
jerry I'm not sure how a discussion on God and mathematics got twisted. But I guess there are an infinite number... – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus F/N: Webster's 1828 is helpful on freedom: LIB'ERTY, noun [Latin libertas, from liber, free.] 1. Freedom from restraint, in a... – An interview on God and mathematics
William J Murray In another thread I said we don't have the right to life. I also don't think we have their "right"... – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus WJM, that is in fact highly relevant -- and worrying. My context on ethics actually comes through sustainability, and things... – An interview on God and mathematics
William J Murray JVL & VL, I have an analogy that I think may give you a better understanding of what KF has... – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus PPS: It is probably worth noting a classification by Clarke & Rakestraw, which will help us to clarify ethics and... – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus JVL (& attn VL), you are now projecting and personalising distractively. The difference is not in the Math, it is... – An interview on God and mathematics
BobRyan Einstein's cosmological constant was based on a static universe. It should not work if the big bang theory is an... – Universe’s number of galaxies may be...
mahuna KNOWING that an answer is WRONG, and WHY it's wrong, is VERY useful. Ya don't wanna HIDE info like that.... – Why is Retraction Watch not what...
orthomyxo You made the comment on March 22nd, clearly referring to the whole world (and comparing tothe global impact of flu:... – Darwinian time trees don’t really work
PaV Orthomyxo: Please get your facts correct. I've already corrected you once. The estimate of 27,000 was based on the Chinese... – Darwinian time trees don’t really work
orthomyxo What a cast of characters, ET things vitD could have prevented the pandemic, PaV is unchastended after his prediction 27k... – Darwinian time trees don’t really work
Viola Lee Thank, JVL. I think letting these folks talk among themselves as much as possible is probably for the best. I... – An interview on God and mathematics
polistra It's tempting to speculate that "crossover" critters like this were able to crossover after a dose of HGT. Having a... – Australian lungfish has largest animal genome
JVL Kairosfocus: I have nothing more to say to you about mathematics and morals. Clearly you have not experienced higher level... – An interview on God and mathematics
JVL Viola Lee: Thanks for the encouragement. Love you really!! It's an odd thing . . . I consider myself a... – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus JVL, Let's see, just your first sentence: >>That is not correct.>> - appeal to duty to truth, and also to... – An interview on God and mathematics
Viola Lee Thanks for the encouragement. – An interview on God and mathematics
JVL Viola Lee: Forget it, I say to myself. If you keep repeating it you might believe it one day! – An interview on God and mathematics
JVL Kairosfocus: why a proof, a particular type of warrant? Ans, because we are prone to error so we seek reliable... – An interview on God and mathematics