Philosophical Speculations

I began reading a Sci-Amer article on Naked Singularities, and did not get very far, before I ran into the statement that physical reality has to make sense. Does it? And if so, why? I am asking, of course, from a physicalist standpoint. Ideally or Spiritually, the answer is easy. If the universe is...

I saw this quite some time ago in a Dilbert comic strip. There was a machine that generates random numbers. One by one, it printed them out. They were: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, etc, always a nine. Someone said, that does not seem very random to me. Another said, that's the problem with randomness-...

Here is a question which may strike you as peculiar at first, but if you can resist the temptation to dismiss it out of hand, it may lead you to some interesting metaphysical inquiry. The question arose when, while visiting a friend, I glanced at his cat. Up until then, the cat had not seemed to pay...

Vernon, allow me to reply "outside the box," if I may call it that. Physical reality is every bit as real as consciousness. Conscious perception is part of a hierarchy of interconnected realities. The hierarchy may be thought of as Creator, Creatures (us) Creation (physical reality). This ...

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ParadoxZone to Robert, Thanks. My anticipation and your subsequent defensiveness have saved some time. I suppose then, as you fall back predictably on that koan, the next question could be framed as : Can one be human and not worship God? I won't be checking back here for at least 12 hours. If you ...

Paradox Zone wrote: My question to you is as follows : If the idea that there is no real meaning is absurd, and the idea that we can concoct one is more absurd, then what is the meaning? (Partial disclosure; I have seen previous posts of yours, so have some idea of what your response might be.) The...

Paradox Zone wrote "Is this the point of your post, that search for meaning? It's hard for me to tell. I made no point, but simply quoted an online article. I will say, however, that I find absurd the idea that there is no real meaning to anything, and even more absurd the idea that we could e...

Quoted from Scientific American online article July 27, 2021 Steven Weinberg, who died last week at the age of 88, was not only a Nobel laureate physicist but also one of the most eloquent science writers of the last half century. His most famous (or perhaps infamous) statement can be found on the s...

It is one thing to merely say that things matter. But, do they? We can say that things matter temporarily, or to our way of thinking. But, is it possible that, in the long-term, nothing really makes any difference, because as the famed economist said, "In the long-term, we are all dead." (...