"Block universe fails to account for so much of reality: direction of time,entropy, past present and future among other things," "that ^ is just 3 different ways of saying "the direction of time" " ...erm, no, I think you'll find they're different. As an example: direction of time is shown...

Oy Vey! Block Universe?! No wonder you're so confused about all of this stuff. Block universe fails to account for so much of reality: direction of time, entropy, past present and future among other things, or in other word: what is it that makes time a true dimension in the sense of the...

...You know what knocker, you might be on to something here... or it could all just be gnomes: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Phys ... out_Gnomes

Sorry about the late reply, I've been obscenely busy. On induction: "it has no logical foundation" Thats not true - the process in induction is a logical (read as "systematic") one, but unlike deduction it doesn't create a "logically invincible" answer - but one to high probability instead...

"Watch the Oxford Murders, a really good movie IMHO and some good thoughts about inductive reasoning etc." Thanks for the link, good film once it leaves behind the clunky begining. A film about the failure of logic, probably should have had a less obvious murderer though! especially not one...

*["1, 2, 3, 4, 5..........." The reliability is dependent on the*size of the dataset*: having "1" means it is about as good as a guess, having 1,2,3,4,5 is better, but, a meaningful dataset still hasn't been presented, having 1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5 is much better, but even still, more...

" the bible originally doesn't promise anything after death" plagerised from wiki: Examples of the different terminology referencing the concept of "heaven", in the Christian Bible are: the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3), the kingdom of the Father (Matthew 13:43), life (Matthew 7:14)...

"I didn't expect you to get to the low theistic argumentation of evil" I know, its a bit of a "low blow" but, despite its brutal, shallow approach, I think the problem of evil brings up relevant points concerning peoples conceptions of what god is. I personally reject the idea that the problem...

Studying philosophy, you'll probably know that all theodicy's are defeated and mitigated: which includes what you've said: One way to take it would be that the balance between good and evil is a bit skewed - all you need to know what sight is like, is to see for an instant, to know what evil...

"There is no such thing as sequential causation" Could you explain why you think this in clearer terms please? Entropy seems to say otherwise. What I think is really "inherently inexplicable" is why you think absolute certainty is required for scientific knowledge, but we've already gone over...

"Hmmm yes but I never heard of it as a study subject. It isn't available where I live." Its doable in the USA - . R. Schultes lectured ethnobotany at Harvard. plus, I studied Plants and Civilisation last semester here in SC. I'd just say that an overwhelming thirst for learning is more...

"this idea you're discusing is nicely exemplified in a book by the guy who draws those dilbert comics. it's called god's debris: a thought experiment (here, you can read it in a sitting, only 132 p)" Thanks very much for the link - a superb piece of writing.

" there was also another episode actually featuring Mohammed, but it didn't spark an outcry. Why?" Super best friends aired the summer of 2001... To say muslims wouldn't be aware of southpark in 2001 is difficult to believe - it was still somewhat of a schoolyard phenomenon at the time, and...

I think the guy in the quote is making things more complicated than they need to be. use the glass test - a drop on a clean glass surface - dry with no residue = safe. I don't think naptha is a problem, infact I think you've succeeded in your extraction, my only real concern is the use of...

don't worry, its what your looking for *, I get a brown gum, and it works a treat, although I extract HBWR. I assume you let the naptha evaporate till the seeds were bone dry - crushing the seeds further at this point can help with evaporation and extraction. I'm concerned about your use of...