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The Scientific Basis of Morality
November 13, 2012 at 9:07 pm
I think this is interesting:
This is part one of episode 23:
Part two:
or the link to all of the other videos in this series
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=...541E8576D7
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
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Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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RE: The Scientific Basis of Morality
November 14, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Everything looked fine and dandy until 1:13
What kind of "something" are we talking about here? What are the ontological properties under consideration?
The visual they use in the video is mathematical 1 > 0.
But if 1 is something, is -1 also something?
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RE: The Scientific Basis of Morality
November 14, 2012 at 8:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2012 at 8:26 pm by Gooders1002.)
(November 14, 2012 at 2:52 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: Everything looked fine and dandy until 1:13
What kind of "something" are we talking about here? What are the ontological properties under consideration?
The visual they use in the video is mathematical 1 > 0.
But if 1 is something, is -1 also something?
It's explained in part 2 as he clears it up. Also the video was made in Christians and people who don't over analyze, really you need to watch the whole series.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
