an_onanist

joined 2 years ago
[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except that theory has been proven effective and theology is guesswork of desert peasants.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Scientific laws allow for probabilistic predictability.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It depends on your definitions. Religion puts nonexistent intentionality into the system by adding a diety. Science explains the existing system using the language of mathematics.

 
[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

If that guy is in his 40's he has lived a hard life. I'm surprised he is still conscious let alone mobile.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My experience with libreoffice is that the word suggestions come from my usage.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My knowledge is sketchy, but I thought North Korea was losing until China stepped up.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Wish they were more specific about the Special Purpose.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

No I'm not. I am not interested in academic study. I am interested in real world application. I am aware of justified true belief and that most people don't apply it. My curiosity is in how people acnually think about the concept.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That is like the home owner's application of the scientific method: test the hypothesis until you decide it is a pretty solid system

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your description makes belief sound like willful ignorance.

It sounds like the real challenge is knowing when you have enough information to convert your educated guess into full-blown knowledge

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What about the ideas that can be neither confirmed nor denied like the existence of extraterrestrial life or a machine of 100% efficiency?

 

I'm not interested in what the dictionary says or a textbook definition I'm interested in your personal distinction between the two ideas. How do you decide to put an idea in one category versus the other? I'm not interested in the abstract concepts like 'objective truth' I want to know how it works in real life for you.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn't rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn't unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.

 
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