resistance is futile, you will be assimilated

[Mister Agenda]

A dualist might say that because spirit can't be detected by experimentation because it is completely invisible and intangible, your argument for monism doesn't defeat dualism. I think monism is the case, but I don't believe it can be proven.

what is "spirit"?

The nonphysical part of a person which is the seat of their emotions and character and which survives after the person's death.

[Mister Agenda]

What is the difference between deterministic and self-deterministic that makes self-deterministic not determistic?

"calling anything deterministic requires a dualistic or objective perspective (the observer is treated as separate from the deterministic phenomena he perceives)"

self-determinist requires a monist or holistic perspective (the observer is treated as part of the phenomena he perceives)

Determinism only requires that all events be inevitable and can be the case whether you're a dualist or monist.

Self-determination is the process by which a person controls their own life, and can be the case whether you're a dualist or monist.

[Mister Agenda]

Spinoza never claimed it was proven.

what does "QED" mean?

I stand corrected. Spinoza was more arrogant that I initially believed, given the weaknesses in his ontological argument for God.

[Mister Agenda]

How do you know that what you spoke to was God?

that is a little young to hear voices

That is a little young to remember hearing voices, since human children usually lose most of their biographical memories around age 4. This is known as 'infantile amnesia' and occurs because the hippocampus is still believing. It is notoriouisly easy to convince young children (or for them to convince themselves) that they remember something that never happened.

But you may be an exception. About 12-13% of children age 5-12 report experiencing having heard voices. It's harder to get coherent reports from children younger than five.

Even assuming you weren't 'hearing voices', if you say 'I was too young to hear voices, therefore the voice I heard was God', the conclusion doesn't follow from the premise.

[Mister Agenda]

Have you ever not done what God told you to do? Have you ever been able to improve on God's commands?

yes

God is lucky to have someone smarter than him to improve on his commands.

[Mister Agenda]

Yes, but the TLDR is that we know the rate at which radioactive isotopes decay and what they decay into. That rate is constant. Measure the rate and measure the amount of decay within a sample, do some pretty rudimentary math, and you get the decay time. There are a few assumptions that you'll need to check for a robust result, but they probably aren't what you think.

How do you know the decay rate for anything besides carbon 14... we know that the carbon 14 is from the radiation hiting the atmosphere but where does the radio isotopes come from from the other processes?

I've never previously encountered a scientist who knows how to conduct Carbon 14 dating who is mystified by how radiometric dating works in all other cases.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

How do you know the decay rate for anything besides carbon 14... we know that the carbon 14 is from the radiation hiting the atmosphere but where does the radio isotopes come from from the other processes?

I've never previously encountered a scientist who knows how to conduct Carbon 14 dating who is mystified by how radiometric dating works in all other cases.

I’ve never encountered a scientist who doesn’t know the scientific definition of the word ‘theory’. Call me an old hide-bound pragmatist if you will, but that seems sort of problematic.

Boru

[SubtleVirtue]

can you prove quantum indeterminacy?

It's already been shown. Of course, Wile E. Coyote, Supragenius™, would already know that.

has it been shown by you?

[SubtleVirtue]

These minerals form from the cooling of magma?!

Are you claiming that heated atoms don't radioactively decay?

Can you prove that?

Yes, the minerals form from the cooling of lava. That's what lava is, liquid mineral.

No, atoms don't stop decaying just because you heat them. The minerals stop recording the decay product above a certain temperature. So the decay product still happens but all trace of it is lost. Above the closure temperature all record of the decay is erased.

closure temperature has nothing to do with decay...

[SubtleVirtue]

/Crickets...

Yeah, about what I thought.

I am currently rebutting the theory of the other dating methods... when that is done, if you still want it... i will present it