Sunday 30 October 2011

On EU Domains of Internet - .EU - .co.eu - co.de.eu

I suggest that we leave the short codes to the U. S. Americans, iff insofar as they insist on short codes and WE, EU Europeans establish the enormous domains of .co.de.eu, that is, [organisatonal code].[country code].eu! What do you think?
The complete code is this:
[basic domain].[organisatonal code].[country code].[European Union/Europe Code]. I think this can be a good idea just in case we let go of the restraints of conventional thinking!
Isn't the new IPv6 allowing for this, even if the 4 quadrants of IPv4 didn't?
(More later...)

Note on "Equals" and "Pecking Order"

I advise people to only accept to be "equal" among friends and the "pecking order" in the hierarchical sense, by organisations, from the state leader to common bureaucrats, from the CEO to the programmer/IT administrators. Even then, the pecking order really only denotes how disciplinary reactions are to flow downward from the Company Board down to the common worker! Please, take note of this and life shines so much brighter!

The Cure Presented - WANT!!!

The Cure  - Want

I'm Crazy - Tribute to the Great Voice of Elvis Presley

I'm crazy, crazy about you...
I'm so crazy, crazy when I love you!

This is the beginning of a song... ;-)

Don't take this to be approval of psychopathy or any other lunacy!

Friday 28 October 2011

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...perhaps the best thing in some people's minds: The Standard Model of Elementary Particles May Now Be Complete! also by 1/2 blogs: http://blog.t-lea.net/#post189 . Good? I do enjoy your (silent) attention and I hope that you are enjoying reading and knowledge and ongoing science too! Cheers! :-D
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And http://blog.t-lea.net/#post192 . It should be noted that the wording and some information is different, but this is to be sorted out in near future.
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I've written about the Standard Model lately and you may want to take a look. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/t_daemon_lea/blogT/index.blog/1426763/some-words-on-the-standard-model/ .
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Regarding the legacy of my philosophy, I've written earlier that it belongs to my family. If you need some countries to "worship", you can _begin_ with Denmark, Germany and Austria. If this should change, I should do so in own person and by a video of live person on YouTube or somewhere. Alright?
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The Considerations of U.S. American Military Presence ->
This is now the activists' page for the surveillance of US American influence in the world, mainly outside Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq (10 000?) and South Korea! I hope people are with me in gathering and pointing out discrepancies to the information presented on the Wikipedia pages and that we, together, can force the Wikipedia pages to become more accurate and possibly set this kind of information up elsewhere!

Under the new world order, I can imagine a shift from the #coldwar/cold war against Soviet Union/#Russia and toward making super-power truly global by ramping up military power all over the world in order to become #symmetric to USA under "LoveToUSA-war" / #LoveToUSAwar and that this war is not really any war at all (and it also sounds a lot better than "The Cold War"! World, engage your people for a better future, please!!! #coldwar #Russia #China #superpower #global.

This time it's about #military #presence by #USA around the world. I mean, the bases USA has, have thousands of people in them, not just a couple of hundred. You can check with their presence yourself in terms of #bases around the world. I can mention #Germany, Saudi Arabia / #SaudiArabia, #Japan and various other engagements around the world that I see as nothing LESS than #downright #regionally #subversive #economic #suppression! On the other hand, I do have sympathy to the military presence in (in descending respects) #Iraq and in South Korea / #SouthKorea and in #Afghanistan, obviously. I also support presence in Somalia and (with caution) the ongoing operations against Libya! But this is it! These other countries, like Germany, have presence on grounding that can only be described as "misty"!

I therefore call for the removal/withdrawal, as soon as possible/ASAP, of these bases that don't take part in a CLEAR/#clear #threat #scenario (of war). Thus, in my opinion, the bases in Germany, Saudi Arabia ( #SaudiArabia ) and Japan should go, at least!!!

Some links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Un ... tary_bases (Funnily enough, Wikipedia IS incredibly accessible! Thank Heaven for Se...!!!) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta ... eployments.

I almost forgot: when #911 happened, USA suddenly got another excuse for its miliary "play!!!

The above relates to #NineEleven.

When I write military presence, do not stick only to military terms of thinking!!! No, please, think in terms of all the crazy range of actions, like: "#psychiatric #techniques", #torture, #rape, #suppression, #gang #tricks, #biological #foul #play, #sabotage, "#doctors' #games" (whatever the interpretation you "like" to add!) and the whole range of sh*t!!! So, military presence CAN/DOES mean A LOT!!!

Just some thoughts on the military stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Un ... in_Germany - NO number on personnel stationed there! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novo_Selo_Range - NO number on the personnel stationed there! So how many are they? I mean, the list on Germany is #Satanic! Even the Novo Selo Range is "surface area of 144 km2" ("note on 12X12"). "The US Army started in late 2008 a 61.15 m USD investment"! "...stationed troops in Vicenza to 5,000", just as an example!

This looks to be a lasting project just for the surveillance, but they say "with more than 369,000 of its 1,580,255[2] active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories." Alright.

Some more on these numbers:
Total: 369,000+ (2009(?))
Minus: 28,500 (South Korea, uncontroversial, 2011)
Minus: 90,000 (Afghanistan, uncontroversial, 2011)
Total2: 250,500 (hundred thousands and five hundred, possible nutcases doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the world, see list above, i.e., #gang tricks and so on...)
Then,
Germany: [numbers]
Spain: [numbers]
Japan: [numbers]
Italy: [numbers]
Greece: [numbers]
Brazil: [numbers]
Cuba: [numbers]

Note on Iraq: "By December 31, 2011, all U.S. military forces will withdraw from the country." by http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6804.htm!

USA! You get the Tommy Gun from Emily Thompson (known for the etiquette), that's for sure!

Note: this has first been published on Twitter and later added to the Philosophy Now, just today, 12.05.2011.
Note2: This has been edited today, 12.05.2011.
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I've written a few little things lately and I'll present two of them: In Support of the Chinese Currency Policy/Policies - I hereby declare my full support to the Chinese currency policy or policies in the sense that the currency is set to encourage domestic demand (and inflict poverty in relation to all business abroad) and for limiting imports (because they are then expensive).

I can't say I find anything wrong with this, ethically or economically. This is indeed the most sensible thing to do when you're the developing country for the reasons above.

As a matter of fact, the OECD, the developed world has for a long and unjustified time relied on dubious matters like cheap coffee and cocoa and other (like minerals and what have you). This logic now needs to be removed from the (self-)deluded "western" minds!
These goods have been cheap way beyond what can generate an ascent for these countries of these products and this unreasonable pricing has lead to a constant poverty in exactly these countries. China seems to be aware of this and does consequently what is good for them, having in mind the decadence of the leading developed world. (You can check out my suggestion for Syndication...)

The matters should change when China breaks through as a developed country because I think it's plausible then that we will see a currency that levels out and become stable along with all other developed nations.

The obvious conclusion is then that China is now, rightfully (insofar as it is on this low level), using the economic mechanisms correctly for ensuring a continued (maximal/optimal) growth for their country.

Note: if USA (and possibly more or fewer of the OECD countries) are pushing this issue down on the Chinese and it becomes evident that they "suffer (to some degree) detriment/adversity more than reasonable (by the hard work of becoming a developed nation or, excl., by the recipe of the world(?) in the sense of the recipe for society in "pricing in" corruption)", this change will become a mark of the time when USA (by world power) has been negative as matter of being humanistic toward the world and in this matter, most prominently, the Chinese! This should be very shameful in case it's allowed to happen.

Note2: this has first been published on blog.t-lea.net 2011-05-11 20:19:40.
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Hei dere. Selv om dette defineres som en "distortion"/"warping" av tid-rom så er det ikke noen spesielle problemer med å kalle disse samme effekter ...av tid-gravitasjon og videre ...av tid-Cascading Effects of Strong/Weak Nuclear Interaction Forces! Bare så dere er klar over det! :-) Ha en fortsatt fin helg!
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Et av de mest langvarige forskningsprosjekter i NASAs historie er avsluttet.
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Terje Lea You know, when evaluating the combination of Strong/Weak Nuclear Interaction Forces, please, bear in mind that this is a possible inclusive "or" relationship! I've not made the calculations yet on how this may look like! Cheers!
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Terje Lea You should know this, however, that it only relates to the explanation of gravity. By themselves, they are good as they are!
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Further suspicion of U.S. American ambiguity: I think there are two significant sets of Windows flaws, one almost flawless Windows set for USA and a much bigger one for the rest of the World. Thus I call for a world wide-comparison into Windows systems flaws on a world scale and that investigators should have access to Microsoft data on this (unrestrained).
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Terje Lea What do you think?
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Terje Lea I put on the table the science of programming! I mean the languages are clear and most of those programming routines should be fairly given in terms of consequences. Also, as a leader, Microsoft may set the social code of tone on how programming should be done, that is, in a calculated faulty way, bringing further demise to European business life while, by social routes, avoiding them themselves!
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Another suspicion of U.S. American ambiguity: I also happen to think that there are 2 kinds of processors (esp. Intel):
One "channelled" type of processors to USA (for special customers).
And one for the rest of the world, un-"channelled" type of processors.
"Channelling" in this instance means the division of the processor-"tubes"/"pipes"
where the signals are carried through in processing by logical ports, minutely
speaking, the magnesium atoms/silicone atoms are placed in a processing set-up.

Thus, "channelling" in this sense means there are processors where these "tubes"/"pipes" are separated by plastic(?) or some to prevent computing anomalies in case electricity could "jump" into the other "tubes"/"pipes"!

Thus, lastly, un-"channelled" processors are hazardous and can bring frustration to programmers who may get funny or weird computing results.
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To the extent it can be uttered: was Osama Bin Laden a U.S. American "sandwich"? That is, first they created him. I think they've partly admitted this. And during the last 24 hours, they also nailed him. Thus, there may be something in the smoke of "USA brought 911 onto itself"! This should be something for the World (exc. USA) to consider!!!
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I've updated the blog on One.com for the 5th time and it concerns U.S. American Patriotic Radicalism - in Financial Terms: http://blog.t-lea.net/ ../#post134
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Terje Lea Sorry, http://blog.t-lea.net/#post134 , for 2nd time.
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On Ted Bundy!

If you want my opinion on Ted Bundy, it's this: first, change the name, thus, Ted Bundy - Ted - the many people - Bundle Bundy! Consequently, this suggests that all these murders must have had more than one killer, taking into account the not-always-angelic Police force (you know, of the account of suicides and "general social control"!!!

Underlying facts for my view: "...who assaulted and murdered at least 30 young women", "...but the true total remains unknown; published estimates have run as high as 100 or more" and "...final apprehension in Florida in February, 1978"!

It should be noted that ALL of his criminal activity has run in the span of 18(?) - 31 years of age which I find highly dubious. The three above quotes are from this link on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_bundy!

It may be corollary that all these murders have been put on his name for the sake of public (emotional) safety!

Also note that this is purely speculation from my myself, my own point of view!
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Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy, born Theodore Robert Cowell (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989), was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered at least 30 young women, and possibly many more, in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Idaho,
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A Little Update Concerning Telepathy

Just because you support the short-sight (of Telepathy) doesn't mean that this forum has successfully discussed the case of telepathy.
Just as me, you haven't made much academic references yourself.
I don't blame you (the repliers to this topic) for this, but it doesn't make your case stronger either.
Conclusion: I recognise that I've been airing some views on the physics foundation of telepathy in terms of serious reductionism that I really believe in. I also see that more literature-research is to necessary to determine the most plausible argument of this telepathy phenomenon. As such, I deem this CASE still OPEN!!! I probably won't add more to this topic, but you are, of course, welcome to add the whole world to this topic if you want to!

To your help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepathy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_investigation_of_telepathy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_experiment
http://dbem.ws/FeelingFuture.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/science/06esp.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=esp&st=cse
By NYTimes, quote:
"One of psychology’s most respected journals has agreed to publish a paper presenting what its author describes as strong evidence for extrasensory perception, the ability to sense future events."

"The paper describes nine unusual lab experiments performed over the past decade by its author, Daryl J. Bem, an emeritus professor at Cornell, testing the ability of college students to accurately sense random events, like whether a computer program will flash a photograph on the left or right side of its screen. The studies include more than 1,000
subjects."

My underlining.

Thus, Daryl J. Bem, Cornell University is the man to look up for. I stick with him as I find it definite too or "statistically significant" as it's otherwise expressed! Enjoy your reading! Cheers!

(I've just recently published this to the Philosophy Now forum.)
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Telepathy (from the Greek τηλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθη, pathe meaning "affliction, experience"),[2] is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research,[1] and h
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I've now updated both blogs and they are similar except for a comment that's missing from the blog.t-lea.net ! It's The importance of this discussion hinges on what the nature of Black Holes is and thus how this nature has implication on a tacky or defined edge! So the nature of the edge of a Black Hole is really a discussion of the nature of the Black Hole.
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I've also added the Kursk issue to "U.S. American Patriotic Radicalism - in Financial Terms"! Link: http://blog.t-lea.net/#post134 !
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I've written more on The Threat of USA - Beyond North Korea and Iran : The issue of Kursk has been added! Link:
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post156 - Addition to My Argument of Dualism - Philosophical Notes
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Terje Lea It has gone down as rubbish AND it's not an addition to my argument for Dualism. That's the way it goes sometimes! Cheers!
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Please also note my presence on Angelfire with blog and website: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/t_daemon_lea/index.html
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RSS feed for this site. Alternatively, 10 latest additions of RSS. Here are the RSS archive files collected in items/writings of 100 each, link.
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The Argument of Dualism - my angle to it, http://t-lea.net/philosophical_notes.html#AD
Philosophical Notes of Intellectual Music
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These are the Philosophical Notes of Intellectual Music. I make the points here that matter most to me in my (hobby-)philosophical life.
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post155 - Over Mixing Science with Religion - A little advise to the Religious people ∧ (wedge) relaxation to the Atheists.
Over mixing Religion and Science: always do like in chemistry, acid into the water and NOT the other way around. This goes for religion too! Always science into religion and NOT the other way around! Alright? Now the teaching should be sorted out forever! (By Twitter, 6:28 PM Mar 24th via web.)
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post154 - The Death of Religion and CNN/Journalism
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post152 - On the Status of Social Science, Political Science and Psychology
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post151 - Suggestion to Photon Experiment (1/2)
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post150 - On Psychiatric Diagnoses
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I've now written several additions to the blogs you may want to read: http://blog.t-lea.net/#post149 - Philosophy of Psychiatry - The Definite Illnesses!
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Advise from a Friend to Believers in God - Christianity

Over the status of Jesus and how to remove the apparent contradiciton and the moral trouble with Jesus being tortured and killed on the cross, it can be worthwhile to consider this thought:
if you consider Jesus to be a kind of symbolism that goes like the following, I think you'll be better off. Alright, Jesus is (now) to be considered "purely symbolic" and it should spark these lines.
1. It might be that God loves humanity so much that he would incarnate on earth as "his Son, Jesus".
2. But this thought is so abruptly wrong because humanity loves God back and can't bear such an experience. Thus God is asked to refrain from this and the humanity to God and vice versa of love is by this affirmed!

Hallelujah! Enjoy your religion!
(First published on Twitter and blog.t-lea.net .)
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Terje Lea Just in case it's worth something, it may be that my interpretation as suggestion to Christianity may unite it to Islam and Judaism because it hypothetically can be accepted in all three, yet only has a definite status in one -> Concl: Theology stays the same, but the 3, JCI now with the possibility to share a greater deal of understanding and coming across as honest, cross-religiously with this.
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Terje Lea Oops "contradiciton" -> "contradiction" :-D
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post150 - On Psychiatric Diagnoses
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I've now written several additions to the blogs you may want to read: http://blog.t-lea.net/#post149 - Philosophy of Psychiatry - The Definite Illnesses!
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Advise from a Friend to Believers in God - Christianity

Over the status of Jesus and how to remove the apparent contradiciton and the moral trouble with Jesus being tortured and killed on the cross, it can be worthwhile to consider this thought:
if you consider Jesus to be a kind of symbolism that goes like the following, I think you'll be better off. Alright, Jesus is (now) to be considered "purely symbolic" and it should spark these lines.
1. It might be that God loves humanity so much that he would incarnate on earth as "his Son, Jesus".
2. But this thought is so abruptly wrong because humanity loves God back and can't bear such an experience. Thus God is asked to refrain from this and the humanity to God and vice versa of love is by this affirmed!

Hallelujah! Enjoy your religion!
(First published on Twitter and blog.t-lea.net .)
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Terje Lea Just in case it's worth something, it may be that my interpretation as suggestion to Christianity may unite it to Islam and Judaism because it hypothetically can be accepted in all three, yet only has a definite status in one -> Concl: Theology stays the same, but the 3, JCI now with the possibility to share a greater deal of understanding and coming across as honest, cross-religiously with this.
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Apart from the view on Psychiatric diagnostication elsewhere, I start this topic just to see where it goes (or just for the f*ck of it)... nicely alongside the other...

Diagnoses: It's my view that Psychiatric diagnoses _are in fact_ best categorised by the two sides (of two) of Schizophrenia and Depression. It's also inherent that these two categories also contain these two concepts as actual psychiatric illnesses. Thus:
Category: Schizophrenia - Illnesses: Schizophrenia, Bulimia, Psychopathy, Compulsive Obsession (particularly of people), (more?)

Category: Depression - Illnesses: Depression, Anorexia, Stress Syndromes, PTSD, (more?)

This view is a mere suggestion.

(This has first been published on the Philosophy Now forum, today, 30.03.2011, about 30 minutes ago.)
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Terje Lea This writing has also been put on my blog as "On Psychiatric Diagnoses" by the link, http://blog.t-lea.net/#post150 .
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Some more bragging: I've recently or not so recently made these feats as well,
* A good possible solution/description to the corona of the Sun that used to be a mystery
* A 100% or so, possibly, solution to diagnostication of psychiatric illnesses beside the solutions of metabolism test by blood sample and the (f)MRI
* The obliteration of the possibility of Graviton and the Higgs' boson
* The obliteration of string theory as multi-dimensional by power of description and critique of Schrodinger's theory as implication, i.e., string theory is obliterated by implication and not explicitly in my papers/notes/outlines of ideas

(possibly other ideas on science like cancer preventive measures you can count to this) Cheers! :-)
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I've also written these to both blogs:
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/t_daemon_lea/blogT/index.blog/1425241/philosophy-of-psychiatry-the-definite-illnesses/
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http://blog.t-lea.net/#post149 ! :-)
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Some thoughts on Psychiatry: Philosophy of Psychiatry - The Definite Illnesses!
...and _no_ blowing of white smoke or mystic diagnostication. Here comes:
Mental illnesses are generally scientifically determined by and pathologically defined by the functioning level of the case in question, being the functioning that is defined by ALL parts of a normal life, i.e., social, work, personal, mental and physical.
Thus, any absurd notion that mental illnesses are in a haze is firmly _removed_.

The next problem is really the diagnostication. Not only are the the categories unclear/definitely undecided by consensus, but the approach to the patients is not entirely set by procedure either. I have this fourfold suggestion:
1. Cognition of patient's language. You can make good manuals for clues to look for in the patients.
2. Patient's behaviour. This is really the brain-child of B. F. Skinner and is still in good use, although a little more intelligently, like mimicry, possibly by computer pattern recognition.
3. The classic questionnaires incl. (the rather unserious) Rorschach test.
4. Patient's self-reports and general reports about the patient by close friends, family, etc.

Not only are these good, but you can still add the metabolism test from blood sample and new approaches by (f)MRI.

By this, diagnostication should be seen as 100% and there should be little margin of error unless the mental illness is in its very early stages!
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Opinions on Science in Expression of Evolution and Other
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Opinions on Astrophysics, Possible Explanation of the Paradox of the Corona of the Sun and its Temperature Differences. Opinions on Science in Expression of Evolution and Other. Cancer-Preventive Measures. Form of evolution or forming a frame for evolution. Opinions on Physics.
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Some more words on my "Opinions on Physics": My angle to solving or providing a better explanation of gravity can be considered Cascading Effects of Weak and Strong or either of them as _purely_ magnetic force (thus constituting gravity) and holding off Electromagnetic force to itself (by the property of electrons and possibly others). Link: http://t-lea.net/Evolution.html
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Terje Lea
Idea for electronic voting: Concerning electronic voting, it may be that a parallel login window for the political vote can be used! Thus, privacy and security is guaranteed to that degree, that is the bank-account by web can be used to this end! Clarity: one log-in window for bank-service and one log-in window for the vote!
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Terje Lea This idea has first been published/tweeted on Twitter, time 22:06, 21.03.2011.
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I'm also to write it to the Evolution webpage as I usually do with such writings. Cheers! :-)
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The actual economic idea is written to the blog: http://blog.t-lea.net/#post144
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Question, shouldn't there be a quantified number for what the universities' turnover is, at least crudely and that this in turn yields an Efficiency number? What do you think? Cheers! :-) PS: Having written earlier for the support of education (yes, a plain standing, really), link: http://blog.t-lea.net/#post117 . Fx. you can choose the sectors that require highly skilled workforce to determine an inital start for inquiry and see how these change each year with the number of graduates. Good?
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I think, if it hasn't already been quantified, that higher education can now, most certainly, BE quantified along the lines that I have described above. This relates, first and foremost, to the generation of wealth and industry OUTSIDE the ...Vis mer
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Terje Lea The title of this writing is now: "On the Definite Value of Higher Education to Society"!
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Erklæring: Om kompetanse og utvikling av denne - De akademiske institusjoner

I den grad de akademiske institusjoner i Norge feiler i å være den intellektuelle rettesnor for hva som skal være det beste i Norge hva enn det angår etikk, profesjonalitet, talent og prestasjoner så er det IKKE tvil om at dette i høy grad faller på nettopp de akademiske institusjoner. Det nytter ikke å vise til feighet i de tilfeller man kan komme til å måtte "krype til korset"! Så i den grad de kan anklages dvs. utover gjeldende politiske "klima" i den grad de unnskylder seg med det av typen "Sovjetisk System", så gjør jeg nettopp det! DERE KOMMER IKKE UNNA SKYLD I TILFELLE DET KAN VISES AT DERE ER INTELLEKTUELT MANGELFULLE ELLER INTELLEKTUELT UÆRLIGE!

DENNE LILLE TEKST RELATERER SEG TIL DET SÅKALTE "INTELLEKTUELLE ANSVAR" VED AKADEMIA I NORGE.

Det er det jeg har å si! Jeg har prøvd alt!
(Dette er først skrevet på bloggen blog.t-lea.net .)
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Terje Lea Jeg beklager at dette presenteres 2 ganger, men jeg har gjort noen forandringer. Se den bedre tekst over.
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Just in case you want to contact me on Facebook by message, the email for my Facebook account is terje_lea1975@hotmail.com . All good?
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In case you find the "Opinions on Science in Expression of Evolution and Other" by http://t-lea.net/Evolution.html ! I'll see if I'll add some H2 headers on it, esp. the writing of "Opinions on Physics"!
Opinions on Science in Expression of Evolution and Other
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Link for the view on Graviton and the Higg's boson: http://t-lea.net/Evolution.html
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I'd like to present a short abstract for why I think Graviton and the Higg's boson don't exist! Here: Concerning the Graviton and the Higgs' Boson,

I think it's clear at this stage that the Graviton and the Higgs' boson are blown out the window and are not to return to the world of physics ever again.

Why? Because they need to show that the photon is relevant to both of these concepts when it's hard in the first place to show the definite particle nature of the photon. Thus, photon necessarily must have both of these properties by which are hardly ever conceivable to prove, as separable particles apart from the photon itself!
It's clear however that the photon has "graviton" and "Higgs' boson" properties before we start out simply because "graviton" is to explain why particles are drawn to other objects, especially planets, and "Higgs' boson" is to explain why particles have mass whatsoever which all(?) have. It's therefore a kind of cheating to add "false particles" or "false names of properties" when they do not add explanatory force. The "mystery" of the (basic) particle of photon remains and also the mysteries with how mass and gravitation arise in the first place. Simply adding two names isn't very constructive in the general work of physics, I think (as mass and gravity are already in place).
I acknowledge that the Fermilab has set a confidence level for the finding of the Higgs' boson to 95%, but I'm sceptical of how they get there and if their work is more than mere "string theory work".

It's definite though, that the photon has both properties of mass and particle nature since it is affected by gravity (fx. from Mercury passing by the Sun). Yet the problem arises when you are to identify the graviton and the Higgs' boson, separately from the photon itself!
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Om kompetanse og utvikling av denne - De akademiske institusjoner

Erklæring! I den grad de akademiske institusjoner i Norge feiler i å være den intellektuelle rettesnor for hva som skal være det beste i Norge hva enn det angår etikk, profesjonalitet, talent og prestasjoner så er det IKKE tvil om at dette i høy grad faller på nettopp de akademiske institusjoner. Det nytter ikke å vise til feighet i de tilfeller man kan komme til å måtte "krype til korset"! Så i den grad de kan anklages dvs. utover gjeldende politiske "klima" i den grad de gjør det av typen "Sovjetisk System", så gjør jeg nettopp det! DERE KOMMER IKKE UNNA SKYLD I TILFELLE DET KAN VISES AT DERE ER INTELLEKTUELT MANGELFULLE ELLER INTELLEKTUELT UÆRLIGE!

"Det er det jeg har å si! Jeg har prøvd alt!"
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I guess I can make a comment on the Libya military operation: I think it may be wise to do it, but it's yet to be seen what kind of support the new rule, if any, gets from being backed by this operation. It's also uncertain what kind of support the rebellion has since it has not achieved 50% of the Libyan military, my inference, before the actual rebellion started or before this UN supported military operation started. Alright?
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I have an idea over tele-medicine! Why just not have _the office_/"booth" with the nurse in it and have the doctor to administrate 5 of them or so as much of the actual medicine can be carried out by the nurse/secretary. This can be much more efficient and lower the threshold for seeking the services, i.e., a kind of "medical McDonald's". Hush, don't tell the grumpy doctors! Cheers! :-)
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"Jeg har oppdatert mine nettsteder flere ganger i det siste. Siste gang de er oppdatert er 24.02.2011 og det er med Evolution og kommentar over Aether theory og Modified Gravity theory by combining or not the strong and weak interaction forces of the atoms. Link: http://t-lea.net/Evolution.html"
"Hjertelig velkommen som leser!"
Opinions on Science in Expression of Evolution and Other
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"about 3 months ago"

[To be sorted under main post of 100% Society right below.]
As my brother points out in a deleted post there are limitations on handguns to former criminals and people suffering from insanity as there should be.
"19. December 2010, time, 04:13 CET"

I have formerly written about "lenient" gun acquisition. I see now that this possibility is plentiful and sufficient and this is all that is required. Tasers can be a good alternative or combination for a less bloody, potentially, society.
"10. February 2011, time, 01:55 CET"

100% Society: I've already written about the Data Storage Directory on my blog that I think should be implemented as part of this idea. There should also be sufficient possibilities to defend oneself by guns, tazers and pepperspray canisters. I would also let the Police do the necessary surveillance by video cameras either by possible harddisk review from scenery or by actual monitoring and control. The 2 options are both good. This surveillance should cover the most used places, the places by most people-traffic. One should also allow private people do their own video-surveillance of private space and property including estate-entrance. The rest of the laws can basically remain as they are. Social justice: I think it's fair to allow people who "fall through" a kind of safety net, an arrangement of benefits for the newborn/kids, unemployed, the disabled and the retired. This should secure decency and stable society (without desperation). I've yet to consider the definite divide between a kind of private arrangement and public arrangement, but there should be no doubt that the 2 can go well together, with the private option being more rewarding than the public one, especially in the scope of retirement. This should be mostly it. The other laws can remain basically the same.
"about 2 months ago"

Also by handguns, I'm thinking of the 9mms or some thereof as it provides sufficient "stopping power".
"18. December 2010, time, 15:39 CET"

As my brother points out in a deleted post there are limitations on handguns to former criminals and people suffering from insanity as there should be.
"19. December 2010, time, 04:13 CET"

I have formerly written about "lenient" gun acquisition. I see now that this possibility is plentiful and sufficient and this is all that is required. Tasers can be a good alternative or combination for a less bloody, potentially, society.
"3 minutes ago"

I'll also write some on the "100% Society" in some time to come, both in response to Popper's political comment and to the much hated and paranoid Welles' "1984", according to myself. Much of "1984" is deeply unfounded, I think. And to be educated is also to seek rationality in others, thus this Police State regime is probably put away for ever. More later...
"about 2 months ago"

"Welles'" should perhaps be "Orwell's". I'm sorry I've written the author's name wrongly, although, "1984" is famous enough...
"19 minutes ago"

The Refutation of the Problem of Induction
[time stamp]

An Attack on Indexicality - Now complete.

Posted 05/02/09 - 11:12 AM; forums.philosophyforums.com
[More...]
"44 minutes ago"

I think I've made updates to it on the 23rd and 25th of January. I'll see to it that the updates are reported by RSS. It must be noted though that these updates have been available on the Philosophy Now forum a while already!
"42 minutes ago"

http://t-lea.net/philosophical_notes.html#PSST
"33 minutes ago"

Next addition to be made and one that I've forgotten to add previously: Further to the argument, by myself. What are these examples of nature supposed to mean then when we walk around in nature and discover them, classically speaking by ind...uction? By this induction-free thinking, it's simply the "lawfulness"/"law of nature" that this nature is ABLE to produce this impression, this fact of animal or facet of nature! This is an interpretation of "law of nature" that is very wide and loose, but I think it should be allowed (and valid) to formulate "laws of nature" this way! [More...]
"27 minutes ago"

"Jeg har lagt til et nytt prosjekt jeg kommer til å forfølge:"
Philosophy of Language/Logics, The Relation Between Syntax and Semantics in Terms of Reduction

This is the start of the project of writing about the relationship between syntax and semantics for reducing semantics to only syntax (to a certain point). This may only be a summary of existing literature or my addition to that line of thinking. I think Searle is inconclusive about syntax at best, but there are good chances that there are others who are more prominent in this sense of this project that I like to investigate.

Here we go!

(Interesting books and possibly people:)
"34 minutes ago"

http://t-lea.net/philosophical_notes.html#RSSTR
"34 minutes ago"

There is a simple line for religious people in response to Atheists/Humanists and it is this: to be a religious person is just a BIGGER meal with religious issues gently encircling the science portion in the middle! Cheers! :-)
"about an hour ago"

With NO detriment, necessarily, to the science issues as such... Just so you get it!
"about an hour ago"

On the Question: Is Religion a Force for Good?
Yes! And undoubtedly so! Ethics and thereby good[ness] lies at its very heart! What else is religion supposed to be? Who else? The Atheists? No, you dumba**!!! I agree, though, that religion is also abused to obtain other ends, but ultimately, it's a definite force for GOOD!!!
Cheers!
PS: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xbgr3, The Munk Debate on Religion!
BBC - BBC Parliament Programmes - Intelligence Squared Debate, The Munk Debate on Religion
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Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens debate whether religion is a force for good.
"about 3 weeks ago"

This is written formerly on the Philosophy Now forum by myself: "Even though the religious people commonly speak about Good and Evil, you can easily convert the terms into right and wrong and be able to communicate independently of all beli...ef systems.

Good and Evil are extra concerns for the people who are religious and can/should be neglected by people who are not part of such a belief system! [More...]
13. January, time: 02:58 CET.

First written on Twitter (Aetixintro, I don't bother to write something different): News concerning NDNID: it's now final (and irrefutable for the next 200 years or so, if not forever)!! Links (3 places): First - http://t-lea.net/god.html !
God.Materialism.Idealism.
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This is my writing over God and the making of the new modal argument of God, being NDNID. There are also views of God's nature here, first and foremost in the natural sense.
"about a month ago"

Lastly, my wishes to the readers: HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone! Take care and make the most of it! I thank you for your support and I will probably need for the few immediate years to come! Cheers! :-)
"about a month ago"

It has finally been worked first at the Philosophy Now forum here: http://forum.philosophynow.org/viewtopic.php?p=66721#p66721 !
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"about a month ago"

Third - http://home.online.no/~terlea/ !
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"about a month ago"

Second - http://www.angelfire.com/realm/t_daemon_lea/god.html !
God.Materialism.Idealism.
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This is my writing over God and the making of the new modal argument of God, being NDNID. There are also views of God's nature here, first and foremost in the natural sense.
"about a month ago"

I'd like to remind of 2 information doctrines that I've made: 'Information should be free in the sense that it enables people to do [ethical/moral] good and only to this extent!' TL and 'Information is [ethically/morally] good if and only if "information is free in the sense that it enables people to do [ethical/moral] good and only to this extent!"' TL and these have originally been a response to what used to perceive as William Gibson's sentence, 'All information should be free.' This Cyberpunk doctrine of Chaos has now been put away for good! (The sentence has originally been MADE by Steven Levy. I've written it like this: (This is a precision of Steven Levy's '3rd Commandment of the Personal Computer Revolution': 'All information should be free.')

The Information Doctrines have been made, respectively, 28.07.2010 and 30.09.2010! I hope you like them! Cheers! :-)
"on Saturday"

You can possibly consider me as serious because of these feats of mine:
Finalising Ethical Objectivity
The New Modal Conception of God
Reestablishing the De-Dicto position in relation to Indexicality
Solving the Demarcation problem in Philosophy of Science
Making an Irrefutable and Certified Solution for Epistemology
The sinking of the Paradigm theory by Thomas Kuhn by ICT
The definite Time theory and putting away McTaggart for good
"on Friday"

"41 -- 55? of 55? (combining 4 files)!" There are several issues here. I'm looking for presenting a more unified time-stamp image and also a better count of the actual combined files needed for each page while counting the posts at "34" now. (This accusation of Facebook X4 for being dishonest because I post the content from old files from Facebook has no force! This is because the time-stamp for this particular posting has no relevance to the content presented other than saying that I'm on it, giving the readers a "live" image of the blog of following it as I write and this has been the only intention by this!! Comprende, you ********?!

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I just recently heard the Israeli sentiment of non-escalation of the tension of Israel-Palestinian Gaza... Alright... alright... Let's see peace coming...!"
[some time stamp]"

As I sense the world is no longer rewarding good performances, apart from the "monkey"-biz fuelled inhumanities, I've decided to hold back on my writings in general until I enter more positive contexts. Even Ubuntu can't get their feet together for the most basic stuff. Just as an example, one is tweaking Firefox/dedicated services from Ubuntu through some Python-based services (or possibly some other) to topple the processor to 100% just to make them crash that much faster! So why
should I bother? The world is a crazy place...
"[some time stamp]"

I've written to Phil. Now forum about Facebook: Post subject: Why are there no European "Facebooks"? PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:38 pm
For f*ck's sake, why are there NO European "Facebooks"? It took them, 3 people, 3 months to program what has become today's Facebook. It's revenues are going sky-high so why can't we decide upon ONE or TWO PAN-European Facebooks? Isn't it just to insert some language modules?
Come on, people!! Let's do it!! We are indeed 500+ Million people vs. the puny 310 Million U.S. Americans!!!!
Europe should dominate Europe!!!!
PS: Let me give you the formula: password auth. protocol, links to profiles, various segments of interest (hobbies or whatever), language modules, server space and some graphics in the end! On top of this goes the European enhancing interests, hyping Euro-biz for a change, and the rest! In finishing: what is Facebook's originality? What copyright are they entitled beside the Facebook name and logo? Look, this is NO problem!!
PS2: Are we being stopped by a psychological game??? F*ck it and let's get it done!
"2 hours ago"

Not to mix Scientology and The Foundation for a Better Life, but I think people who are sympathic to Scientology also have brought this Foundation to life as well. Link: http://www.values.com/ . So I bring this "weapon" to the table and I expect @Anon4Freedom to show off their "devotion"/devotion if they have one at all...
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"4 hours ago"

Here, From the OP:
"Concerning telepathy, just laugh, ignorance has never solved anything, but if you're curious and mindful enough, you should know that experiments on telepathy have shown statistical significance and that in one experiment, perhaps in Scotland, two American couples have gotten 100% scores, perfect scores! I'd say a way to telepathy is hypersensitivity and the way to enhance those feelings is to be conscious about them. Not only that, but to make the necessary connection that if it's done correctly, puts you into the telepathic domain, is to analyse the feelings you have by lying on a bench, not being occupied with anything. Some of those feelings are clearly due to you lying on a bench, a comfortable place, preferably, but others are sensations coming from somewhere else, most likely people who are inclined to engage with you emotionally. There are, beside the telepathy of feelings, also visual, auditory and the combination of all three telepathy. The impressions vary from what you make in your own mind to more reasonable results of various. Telepathy can be very inexact and it can be troubling to discern it all. All of this is just assertions based on personal experience, but I've written it so now you can find out yourselves. Godspeed!"
Now, do you think they had a boatload of Americans to test? NO, God dammit! I think, by admission, the Americans, 4 of them, landed on the bank of Europe, Scotland, Edinburgh or Glasgow, and made their point! And what a Hell of a point! Are we in Europe dumb or something? I say no more!!!
"6 hours ago"

In relation to a topic on the Philosophy Now forum, Psych. Views and Findings, http://forum.philosophynow.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3442 , I write this: ...(next posting)...
Philosophy Now Forum • View topic - Psychiatric Views and Findings
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"6 hours ago"

That is, incoming internet traffic may get automatically routed to a new site with a false "site down"-poster...
"16 hours ago"

I realise also that it may be the best to have the internet-accessible portal on separate servers so that the bandwidth is preserved for other operations like intranet and processing that has a different nature than being a visitor to a corporate web-site. Thus we can imagine 3 servers, one for the initial vulnerable internet-portal, one for the steady operations and one (a little one?) for the "fake/diversion" server for "web-site down!"
"5 minutes ago" (as comment)

I've just been thinking: in case of DDoS attacks, why not just add a generative programming that activates new code that takes the visitor to a new "index-page" that says that the site is down and in the meanwhile also takes all the hits, while in this new cover, the site is rather running as normal? Ehh... eh... eh... :-)
"16 hours ago"

That is, incoming internet traffic may get automatically routed to a new site with a false "site down"-poster...
"2 minutes ago"

I realise also that it may be the best to have the internet-accessible portal on separate servers so that the bandwidth is preserved for other operations like intranet and processing that has a different nature than being a visitor to a corporate web-site. Thus we can imagine 3 servers, one for the initial vulnerable internet-portal, one for the steady operations and one (a little one?) for the "fake/diversion" server for "web-site down!"
"7 hours ago"

"A different nature" may mean accepting information on incoming payment transactions that enters through other mechanisms shielded from the ordinary internet traffic. Or it can be machine signals in a factory that enter the system differently than the ordinary internet traffic, yet being unified in presentation to the operator/system controller.
"7 hours ago"

I guess I'm sharing this thought with some people: keep adding writings, but keep the "poster", the notification of the human rights violations. So maybe I'll do this instead... It sounds indeed better...
"10 minutes ago"

I'm intending to add it to "Issues From the Internet" (on my websites), but I await this situation I'm in and during this boycott I'm also very reluctant [to give up in opposition to idiots and plain "Cro-Magnon" criminals]!
"13 minutes ago"

The collected writings are found on Philosophy Now forum, here: http://forum.philosophynow.org/viewforum.php?f=13 .
Philosophy Now Forum • View forum - Political Philosophy
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"14 minutes ago"

100% Society further: This is not all, however, we need to start out projects that evaluate what kind of
diversion of industry over this same kind of symmetry is needed in respect to cost and opportunity for abolishing unemployment. This can easily be socialised and effectuated by import barriers to make the desired level of price of product and for giving the "right" (social) message to the exporting country that its prices for this particular product is too low for this area to be (safely) sustainable most importantly in terms of employment! This SHOULD be accepted by the WTO given that the members begin to agree on this kind of agenda that makes the symmetry formula to the world the norm/normative! I would be HARD on this issue, making a ferocious campaign if necessary!
"2 minutes ago"

100% Society: Everybody knows there are hidden and tacit business routines around the world even if OPEC remains the most open, I've already asked for the syndication of all primary industry like aquaculture, fishing, agriculture, mining and all else.
This is for the betterment of workers in these kinds of industry simply.
We already know that most agriculture is very organised in the "Western" world to the point where we can't anymore claim those profits are given by competition, but rather the reasonable demand from the industry itself due to expenses of making the agriculture go around and for the workers to receive decent salary.
We should admit this elegance to the rest of the world, obviously for the same betterment of living and opportunities that we enjoy ourselves or those next door.
"2 minutes ago"

"15 -- 34 or more of 34 or more posts (combining 8 files)!" There are several issues here. I'm looking for presenting a more unified time-stamp image and also a better count of the actual combined files needed for each page while counting the posts at "34" now. (This accusation of Facebook X4 for being dishonest because I post the content from old files from Facebook has no force! This is because the time-stamp for this particular posting has no relevance to the content presented other than saying that I'm on it, giving the readers a "live" image of the blog of following it as I write and this has been the only intention by this!! Comprende, you ********?!

Facebook X2

To the added comm.: 3. I've not implied a single, tiny intrusion on your privacy classically speaking, i.e., within your private space, at the loos, at the private meeting where ever, every private place and property, and also not in all public buildings. You're right, of course, potentially, I see every little inch of public space, "under the blue sky", as surveilled, but only potentially. (By response to Impenitent on the PN forum.)
"13 minutes ago"

100% Society: the business plan... I'm coming back to this, but it should already be clear that this is about symmetry of both competence and industry between nations all over planet earth (and other potential places as well). So how to do it? I'll think about it...
"6 minutes ago"

Symmetry in this sense is understood as competence and industry _divided_ over the nation's citizens. You can't assume that Belgium is capable of setting up everything from complete aircraft factories to assembly lines for spacecrafts and satellites and building aircraft carriers in the same breath. Belgium has only 10,8 Mill. inhabitants and it can only do this much...
"33 minutes ago"
100% Society: I've already written about the Data Storage Directory on my blog that I think should be implemented as part of this idea. There should also be sufficient possibilities to defend oneself by guns, tazers and pepperspray canisters. I would also let the Police do the necessary surveillance by video cameras either by possible harddisk review from scenery or by actual monitoring and control. The 2 options are both good. This surveillance should cover the most used places, the places by most people-traffic. One should also allow private people do their own video-surveillance of private space and property including estate-entrance. The rest of the laws can basically remain as they are. Social justice: I think it's fair to allow people who "fall through" a kind of safety net, an arrangement of benefits for the newborn/kids, unemployed, the disabled and the retired. This should secure decency and stable society (without desperation). I've yet to consider the definite divide between a kind of private arrangement and public arrangement, but there should be no doubt that the 2 can go well together, with the private option being more rewarding than the public one, especially in the scope of retirement. This should be mostly it. The other laws can remain basically the same.
"8 minutes ago"

By guns, I mean primarily the handguns (I favour the pistols). I see absolutely NO need for automatic weapons in private hands except as part of the home-guard, possibly, but not necessarily. Today there are storage places all over the country (Norway) for the home-guard and the army and sufficiently so for preventing any Police State/Dictatorship to take place.
"appx. one minute ago"

Also by handguns, I'm thinking of the 9mms or some thereof as it provides sufficient "stopping power".
"48 minutes ago"



[By further discussion with my brother and checking some legal documents on Police servers, it becomes clear that handguns (and rifles) are, by laws and regulations, withholding the actual practice, available to a sufficient degree to say that everyone has a fair opportunity to acquire one or more, perhaps not more than 5, though.]

In relation to the "100% Society", I think there are 2 major concerns. One is the justice system and how to achieve this society by what kind of regulation/laws. The other is how business is supposed to be organised everywhere in the world for people to be employed (<95% or more) and for rewarding profit and utility to be made along with it. I'll deliberate more on this as the days pass by... Cheers!
"26 minutes ago"

I'll also write some on the "100% Society" in some time to come, both in response to Popper's political comment and to the much hated and paranoid Welles' "1984", according to myself. Much of "1984" is deeply unfounded, I think. And to be educated is also to seek rationality in others, thus this Police State regime is probably put away for ever. More later...
"7 minutes ago"

In relation to China's Confucius prize, an Asian alternative to the Norwegian awarded, Nobel Peace Prize, I think China should seek a peer's perspective when awarding it for it to represent any good "competition" in the future. I must say, as China is this developing country, it should be both valuable and good to have this competition, to a world, the developed that has commonly looked down on and exploited the rest of the world to the benefit for itself (i.e., racism and eugenics to name some). So I advise China to seek its own political line for awarding the Confucius Prize by what it thinks supports the best/good world, especially in terms of cooperation and economic development. After a "unfortunate" starting year and hasty decision probably to award such a prize, it may indeed be valuable as Asia's outlook to world-politics to its taste. I welcome this prize and it should be exciting to see what comes of it the next year. It must also be noted that the name, Confucius, sets a rather high bar, that I also love, if China is to live up to it. Cheers!
"11 minutes ago"

The former comment falls in line with a report of 26,8% likely Høyre voters, today.
"54 minutes ago"

Considering our own Høyre, the Norwegian Conservative Party, I think one should aim for a plausible 51%-party program, that adjusts accordingly, that is, it's defined less principled, especially on the Hard Capitalism, in order to win over the sufficient political center. As Socialism, straight, lacks the virtues to a good and entrepreneurial society to make it progressive, also rewarding extra initiative, I think this line should win through with relative ease. The danger is, really, only the other real alternative of a 3rd way Labour Party.
"56 minutes ago"

It's my opinion that this years NPP could have been given to pres. Hamid Karzai, a man in obvious struggle or a more diplomatic line for saying the same thing to China yet in a more constructive way. Not in this way, rude, like a blow in the face!
"appx. one minute ago"

In relating to the NPP Award to Liu Xiabo, it may be worth remembering what has taken place following "Western" demands in Russia/Soviet Union when people has been complaining about WORSE times than in formerly. That is, order and steadiness can be GOOD and desired above absolute and revolting "demands" to a country/political system. We should allow China TIME to come around with its steady rise to "developed" standards. It's also funny that Thorbjorn/Thorbjørn Jagland mentions that the Nobel committee is rewarding prof. Liu Xiabo the award BECAUSE he's in prison! Is then, implicitly, the NPP committee encouraging chaos, disruption and destabilisation in China (with all its consequences like violent demonstrations, destruction and infighting)?
"4 minutes ago"

"Concerning my 2 posts on Friday, I see it as a wide-open invitation to "abuse me to death", sic, becoming this degraded..." Sic is written in the latin meaning. A little correction. It's not an abbreviation/acronym.
"on Sunday"

You may also want to take note of the date, Friday, 22 October 2010.
"on Sunday"

The link to the blog posting: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/t_daemon_lea/blogT/index.blog/1419460/letter-to-amnesty-international-in-norway-notice/
What is written...
www.angelfire.com
This is my personal blog of views and whatever else information that I come up with. Enjoy!
"on Sunday"

Concerning my 2 posts on Friday, I see it as a wide-open invitation to "abuse me to death", sic., becoming this degraded f*ck-bag of what has been a person, by keeping me in this crippled and isolated condition where it seems hard to get to reliable services such as Police, Health and legal. I must also point out that I've written to Amnesty International in Norway on my blog.
"on Sunday"

15 -- 34 or more of 34 or more posts (combining 8 files)!

Wednesday 26 October 2011

Views on Scientology Today!

I approve of Scientology up to OT Lv. II (2) and no further!
The point is that Scientology is always in the scope of the Basics, best depicted by its pyramid symbol and in light of this, if anything is wrong, it's because of the bl**dy people!!! There are no excuses to bad behaviour and bad behaviour is as much bad behaviour in Scientology as everywhere else! Just take them down if you get them, Scientologists and everyone else, for it! Indeed, investigate ALL you want, withholding breaches against the letter of the law!

Tuesday 25 October 2011

Principle (of God): Under truth, perfect justice!

If I utter, I think this is a principle (of God): "Under truth, perfect justice!" will I then have made a version of "by Jesus 2nd coming everyone will be judged by truth", (loosely)?

Charges against Me on Grounds of Common Sense

Charges against Me on Grounds of Common Sense

If charges are brought against me on grounds of common sense, I have this 3-fold counterattack to make.

1. Common sense is more rare than people think.

2. Common sense in other interpretations is not sufficient or adequate.

3. Common sense in the historic sense should have produced what I have written by this time, yet history hasn't produced my work this far.

My work isn't of common sense and many people in the patent industry know that ideas are simple, yet they are difficult to obtain because several factors need to come into place at one time. Those people who think that I can rely on common sense alone fail to understand the importance of intelligence. Smart is smart, to say it with Tarski!

You can check out all the ideas history has produced yourself and you will see that they are far harder to get to than many people may come to believe. The foundation for all ideas is hard work and hard work (along with serious attitude) is what I do. Good luck with yours.

Note: some words are added on top of the original words. Thus this writing has been made on 2 occasions today.

Note2: I also happen to think there is a book on the market that's named "Common sense isn't common!" You may want to check this up.

Monday 24 October 2011

Speculatively on Elections and Election Fraud (Speculatively in the academic sense, not a different kind of fraud!)

I note that the Carter Center, by former pres. Jimmy Carter, has never monitored a single U. S. American election apart from a Cherokee election if this is to count at all. Of course, in real terms, it doesn't because Native U. S. Americans are just the ordinary voters themselves in the ordinary elections! Cheers!

When I write about the Carter Centre above it has the grounding in the following:
On Fixed Election Outcome!
[Apart from this bombing in Oslo today, and concerning a much more serious issue:] Hypothetically, what if the elections in a country, whichever country, would be _fixed_ so to assure a certain election outcome? Who should see to it that these undemocratic forces get stopped? First of all, I must say I would have used all resources to prevent such and that everyone got addressed and reminded what an atrocity such would be in terms of leading the given nation into the best future. And also, I may have addressed legislators to raise punishment, formally and informally (ugly, but necessary) up the capital punishment of death. Secondly, one may invite foreigners in to help bring light into circumstances (and increase the embarrassment of the pillory effect for this matter, implicitly). Thirdly, whistle-blowers protection arrangements should be in place and there should be plentiful opportunity for common people to visit some place to evaluate election supervision and election security, that is, the votes are counted properly and that this is evidently certified! This may become troublesome in electronic voting arrangements so my suggestion is that people may get a receipt afterward that they may keep, especially in terms where the log-in portal to the bank has been used (bank-id) so that this doucment can be stored and printed along with all the other bank-statements, incl. the running accounting of your bank account. Like it?

Formerly from "Static Display...", 22.07.2011 CEST-wise, that is within the day by CEST. I have, though, no definite time-reference now. Though, the first lines on the Carter Center are first written with the time-stamp that this writing on Blogspot has attached to it.

On the Phenomena of MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

It's my view, in light of the 60 Minutes report, that MRSA has its roots in overprescription of antibiotics as well as the abuse of bacteria killing detergents rather than using "clean" petrol-based detergents (like the Zalo basic of Norway, old variety) and alcohol-based countermeasures! You can also include chlorine-based detergents and the rest of the traditional products (esp. the ammoniac-based). In fact, I'd draw a line in time when to STOP developing new ones (and I think this will serve the developing countries well)!
Hand-soap and general body-soap should also be of the "non-bacteria" killing kind, that is, it's not a specialised detergent for killing bacteria, i.e., it consists chemically of the traditional set of detergents. So the conclusion and advise with this, is of course to use the traditional products, enhanced, but only up to a point, for the daily use. Hospitals use of course the whole range as they see fit and as they act under expert ethics and professionalism, esp. the knowledge!
As with cancer, you die from the rest of the conditions (by failing immune system, etc). There is no use to try to dodge this, outside the hospital treatment!


From my former Facebook writings some time ago, just for keeping a line of recorded judgments alive.This time it has been taken from "Thoughts from mr. Terje Lea", the forerunner to "Static Display..."!

Sunday 23 October 2011

Criticism of Today's Tectonic Theory and the Launching of a New Investigation Angle - Relaunching

Criticism of Today's Tectonic Theory and the Launching of a New Investigation Angle
- Also to be known as the New Crust Formation Theory

Today's issue: Tectonic theory, the theory that deals with the Earth's crust, it's "moving plates". I'm sceptical toward the version of tectonic plates that says that mountains extend all the way down to the lava/magma under the crust of the Earth.

While this may be true in some cases, I think most of the time, one finds "sediment layers", very compact at that that can negotiate the roundness of the Earth much better than the harder materials can justify. Thus, the plates are more like the semi-firm/hard "dough" (of peppercake kind) than the rock-hard impression most people have.

But this is of the enormous scale such that our impression of standing on rock-hard ground stays with us. These are just thoughts and I'm not well-read on this matter.

But what this does, is to corroborate or pave the way for how hydrocarbons (fossil fuels, pop. speaking) can be found even under the mountains and that hydrocarbons in this way are _not_ "dead plants, dead dinosaurs" and so on, but are created in a different way, out of the "bio-nuclear" reactor core of Earth.

This way of creating new matter, you know, from the very formation of the Earth may have entirely different origins for coming into being than what is hithertho known/understood/thought of. Your thoughts, please. (It is now made a proper note/document/communiqué.)

In asserting hope for people in terms of water and fuel: Water, estimated findings 0 - 1 km below Earth's surface, Oil/Gas, estimated findings 1 - 15 km below Earth's surface. Agree? :-D (This is without any particular knowledge, but I know of Deep Sea drilling (Mexican Gulf catastrophy) and general water basin consideration, something I find to be function of surrounding sea levels and other, rain etc. You can consider Japan vs. China/Inner China, fx.)

A more serious formulation:
I've now come to name this: new Crust Formation Theory.

It says that, given a certain body of Earth Crust, there is a (steady probability) proportional, "equal" chance to that of fx. USA to actually find oil and gas there, *where-ever* you search!

That everywhere on the planet, given this basic unit of Earth Crust there is a certain precentage chance to identify oil and gas, if not the minerals as well.

What's been stopping us? I believe, the politics, the lies and craving for financial power, the greed, from the "first" powers and the people with them (the powers as nations), like that of Old and Decadent Europe, that of Nazi-Sponsoring USA.

So now what? Yes, on a broader level, big units of political power need to establish "best standards" oil and gas institutes with the heart of the exploration, the resources identifying geological unit very central, to establish the IIT equiv. of oil and gas geology here and there in the World, going head on against companies like Halliburton and Baker-Hughes!

This is my advise and you're now responsible for carrying it through! Go, go, go!

Note: This has originally been posted to Static Display... on Facebook, 17. August 2011 by time 05:58 and 06:39.
Note2: The original note on Facebook, "This is written to the Facebook group, Static Display of Work... today, 17.08.2011, at appx. 05:58 and some 20 minutes backward from this point in time."
Note3: A more serious formulation has been entered today, 2012-12-09.
Posted by Leonardo F. Olsnes-Lea at 09:31 0 comments

Labels: deep sea drilling, fossils, gas, minerals, oil, plates, resources, tectonics

Note3: This is the original posting on Blogger with the corresponding data. This has been posted right above the note on Genuineness and Non-Plagiarisation! This writing has also been marked with "Friday, 26 August 2011"!

Saturday 22 October 2011

*European* Creditcards for Us in Europe/EU

I want to make a clear statement that I would like to see European credit-cards for us in Europe/EU. Just for achieving a European owned credit-card arrangement, as opposed to the VISA card and the Mastercard, all we need to do, in addition to charging a (little fee) is to incur some float (up to 2 days or so) on the transactions. So by this, WE should have one or more of these, bank backe, i.e., supported by big/bigger bank(s) so that this becomes no nut-sh*t!
We are 501 Million people in our good place and we shouldn't we dominate OUR place?! Profits shouldn't be a problem with such a large primary customer base and we can use social code to make it happen, i.e., make it the social norm to reconquer Europe for Europeans...!

Set this up now, please!

(In addition to all the social data that THEY are sociopathic on, by VISA and Mastercard, perhaps we can prevent something going over to them or keep it ourselves?!)

On "Grand Economical System"

I'd say right now that there are probably attempts in the World, trying to make a s*tanically big economical map of the World, in the normative sense, of how you can fit the entire World into a functioning World in the modern, industrial sense (incl. less than 5% unemployment)!

This concerns stuff like how many car-manufacturersshould the World have? How small should they be in order to be "regional" enough? How many other businesses should there be? Manufacturers of everything from processors, computers, clothes, shoes, books, electronics, heavy machinery and so forth!
The key thing about this is of course the desired, viable price tag for each and every consumer while maintaining rewards for the developers, the makers, the copyright-holders.This means of course that there should be proper salaries for everyone else too, incl. people in all parts of the World, also incl. all industries, like coffee producers, tea producers and all else!

So how can you make nations develop the fastest without making the machine running too hot and destroying it? How much FDI, national assets, World Bank/IMF resources can you put into action and make controlled and justifiable returns in the sense that the people of the nation are elevated to a higher level of both development and industry (incl. all welfare, like medicine and so forth)!

There is a lot going on in the World and you should look into possibilities of breaking settled opinions on fx. tectonics and rather look to fx. my "peppercake theory", considering there has been so much oil in God's own country rather than the rest of the World, remembering my old geography book describing resources around the World, with USA FULL of all, from oil to agricultural resources to mining resources! So I don't buy the docile anymore! Get your teeth in there and think new, please! Fx. "all of a sudden" oil is found outside Argentina and Brazil! Why is this? Why now? How many search companies are there in the World for identifying all these resources incl. mining resources of all kinds? Do we need more of them? Cheers!

(I'm coming back to this!)

Thursday 20 October 2011

Suggested Name to the European Film-Industry - Eullywood

Suggested Name to the European Film-Industry - Eullywood after the scientist, Euler!
This should put us nicely beside Hollywood (USA), Nollywood (Nigeria) and Bollywood (India and Pakistan)!

I guess there are other names in the running for our place, not stealing them from other people in Europe, like Jollywood (Jolly man/woman) and Gollywood (after Gee)!

Again, I've aired this name on Facebook earlier!

Breaking Down the Divide of Idealism, Realism and Practicalism in the Science of Politics

Regarding Political Science, I'd like to write that I hold the line of being realistic to the actual political conditions, i.e., some "political realist" (if such exists). But I also hold these lines, the way to the ideals, that is, I like to suggest possible solutions to the ideals out of the realist "swamp" of politics today AND I also like to write on what can represent possible ideals in an ideal world, i.e., Utopia. Therefore, my approach to Political Science is three-fold as herein explained. I also like to make you aware of Maajid Nawaz, MSc in Political Science (by his TedTalks lecture, a man to follow).

I've formerly written about the D. Democracy of Norway, i.e., d for deficient, and also, prior to this, laid down a judgment of "Fundamental Defeat" for trying to wage a minimal or ascending standards of the Norwegian legal domain. This has failed "catastrophically", yielding no chance for such a thing to happen. Quite the opposite, Norwegian "powers" or people of legal practice actually insist on corruption to happen, a shock that I haven't yet recovered from! This is the Realist affirmation of the legal system (of Norway)! The way forward is the practical approach and the end, our target, is the Idealism, the work for a better World, but one rather that has the status of Utopia. I am pessimistic about Utopia to occur in my life-time, but I refuse to hold anything but the best views of everything! Anything else is a professional flaw and shouldn't really take place in any-ones life! Therefore, description is of course key because it provides an analysis for removing "the corrupt, the unprofessional"! Good?
Additionally then, even though the laws of Norway ("Norges Lover", www.lovdata.no) are interpreted more loosely than before, officially, they still represent power, but on a slightly different note. Now the laws may be interpreted in manners of "behaviour, character, shame, retribution (by Police or not) and various other ways"! So despite the "D. Democracy", laws are still fairly "powerful" (even in Norway)! To disregard them is to be blind in the legal sense, but there is obviously a "play" going on in the Norwegian society where the laws are just a part of the expression of all the power combined "wherever the people end up" (naively or not, by black comedy/tragedy or not), an incredible (and stupid) test of character of kind, at least in their deluded heads as if the mere test of life wouldn't be enough for those who are without the expressed blood-lust! Good further?


From my former Facebook writings some time ago, just for keeping a line of recorded judgments alive.

On NASA and Vesta Concerning the Outcome of Investigations

If NASA thinks this is going to prove aspects of the early stages of Earth's creation, I think they're WRONG _because_ Earth's mass (of the planet) has been greater at this point, contributing to entirely different "chemical"/hyper-chemical phenomena than those you'll ever find with these smaller astronomical objects, i.e., dwarf planets, proto-planets and the like!!! (I challenge NASA today!!!)

Dawn Mission: Dawn - Home Page
dawn.jpl.nasa.gov. It reads:
"Dawn Mission: A journey to the beginning of the solar system. Dawn will provide new answers to the questions about formation and evolution of the early solar system. The Dawn Mission marks the first time a spacecraft will orbit two planetary bodies, Vesta and Ceres."

From my former Facebook writings some time ago, just for keeping a line of recorded judgments alive.

The Scribblings File - Starting from the Top - This is Nr. 15

Posted Apr 29, 2009 - 7:33 AM: Can Socratic method break down its own principle?

I broadly agree with ciceronianus. The Socratic method is certainly not a "gold standard" with me. I haven't read a single dialogue of Socrates where there is any result other than negative. Now, "is it possible to use the Socratic method to attack its own premise?" This is tricky! I can't find anything that takes down the method, but there is always a chance for innovation of a good description. So to answer the question straight in an innovative, sound manner may be the best way out of the question asked.

Posted Apr 29, 2009 - 6:26 AM: A good comprehensive book in Metaphysics

I'm looking for something between the introduction (on university level, of course) and the more advanced courses. It's not enough with giving 20 pages on time, 20 pages on causation, 20 pages on substance and so on.
I think I'll go for: Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings (Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy) (Paperback), 544 pages, 2001, edited Michael Loux. I have gotten this urge to read Rudolf Carnap, but the article that is cited in the Forums is not in it. I'll get it somewhere else.
Hurray! Luckily it turns out that there is Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings (Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy) (Paperback), 2. ed., 664 pages, 2008, edited Michael Loux. It is now in the box!

Posted Apr 29, 2009 - 6:14 AM: The Slingshot

xzJoel wrote: 2) Why is any proof required to understand that our language bears no fundamental relationship to its object such that a sentence has no truth value of its own? In other words, doesn't the idea "x corresponds to the fact that p" immediately lend itself to the criticism that you can't know that x has any correspondence to p? Language has evolved with people in relation to their perception of reality for the most parts. There may be innovations that don't reflect reality in any way. As the language has become extensive, there may be bits and parts there implied by it that have remained overlooked that may contribute to our understanding of nature. Mostly, I hold that language is language and that there is nothing in it that will solve any problem outside of language itself. Even then, it remains a large sheet of a grid of calculations of possibilities from the nature we want to describe in the first place. I have said there may be something, some relations that are overlooked.

Posted Apr 29, 2009 - 5:53 AM: Universe=God

When one states that God is the universe, one is implying that the universe has a quality outside the natural sciences. Heck, one is even saying that the universe has an eternity to it that gives meaning in various ways. The relationship indicated is always outside the sciences and though one may include the sciences as qualities for one's religion, the opposite is not true. In a religious context, "God is the universe" is always significant. I think the sentence also says that God is not transcendent which is a considerable claim.

Posted Apr 29, 2009 - 5:34 AM: Performative Utterances and Scientific Papers

There is no speech-act in a scientific paper. Just in case you say there is, this speech-act has no context outside the scientific paper. Therefore, there really is no impact of Austin in the scientific paper that yield any worth to Austin's theory and the semantics is thereby seized wholly, again, by the classical theory of meaning, nullifying Austin. Is this nothing? I guess some people like to protest to what I'm saying and I'm interested in exactly what this is. Can I also return the question? Why is there no problem? Have I missed something that makes me think I have a point?

Posted Apr 28, 2009 - 6:14 PM: Phenomenology vs. Structuralism

This is only speculation. Maybe it suggests something like the approach given by two philosophies. I believe structuralism is built on an empirical foundation and is objective in viewing a problem. This objectivity has a tension to the phenomenological approach that views its object in wider perspective that assumes uncertainty in its investigation of what it tries to describe. Uhh.... is this any good?

Posted Apr 28, 2009 - 3:25 PM: Performative Utterances and Scientific Papers

In Austin's own words from the Performative Utterances, p. 144-145 in The Philosophy of Language, Martinich, 5.ed: What we need besides the old doctrine about meanings is a new doctrine about all the possible forces of utterances, towards the discovery of which our proposed list of explicit performative verbs would be a very great help; and then, going on from there, an investigation of the various terms of appraisal that we use in discussing speech-acts of this, that, or the other precise kind - orders, warnings, and the like. Really, it may be necessary to read the whole thing to get it, but there you have some of it. Have you tried Wikipedia or Google?

Posted Apr 28, 2009 - 2:26 PM: Language is universal?

patito de hule wrote: "Do we have reason to believe that we would ever be able to communicate with them (in our language or theirs) even if we can vocally reproduce their sounds and they can reproduce ours." Given that it seems there is an inherent capacity to form languages to cope more efficiently in the environment, it should not pose a bigger problem to apply such a universal capacity in exchange of languages or the formation of a new, common one. We should include sign-languages in this regard. So, it may boil down to pointing limbs and drawing in the sand.

Posted Apr 28, 2009 - 1:38 PM: Performative Utterances and Scientific Papers

It seems to me that while the power of Frege's On Sense and Nominatum and Grice's Meaning is well retained in the context of scientific papers, this is not the case with the argument of J. L. Austin when he launches the attack on classical meaning theory by Performative Utterances. The power of pragmatics just dwindle to virtually nothing if you are to consider it in relation to scientific papers. Scientific papers are usually exhaustive in all sorts of manners and I find this is particular true in contexts, ie. outside factors that may play a role in the experiment. This is just a first thought and I'm wondering what you think? If one is scientific in one's approach to daily communication, is it possible to clear most misunderstandings?

Posted Apr 28, 2009 - 1:57 AM: The arbitrary nature of the Good

I'd say you're very much on it. I think there is no significance with God before the creation and with the creation. God just stays the same, God has lied down and lies there. It's a dormant entity. It has no problems to solve because everything is taken care of by the various functions of nature. We are living a journey in God's body, so to speak. On some level, we'll return to God. Maybe God and Heaven are the same? There is no difference in God's being and Heaven. Alright!

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 11:14 PM: Thinking implies existence

Well, it turns out we disagree deeply here, I think. Good luck with your theory! I don't know if there is any use for having me posting anymore in this thread. If I do, I'll promise I'll stick to cognition.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 8:41 PM: Scientific vs Philosophical Methods

Alright, et cetera, formally I realise you are correct and you point out one essential problem in the Philosophy of Science which is good. I think Donald Gillies speaks about parsimony. I don't know if you're familiar with him. Let me try with this: all of a sudden I also get a "metaphysical" hunch. I think the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is involved in the making of DNA. We then have: T1) DNA -> O T2) DNA & God -> O (your God) T3) DNA & FSM -> O (my God) By agreement to further research in the name of science and avoid quarrelling and possibly also the indecision-problem, we, the both of us, go with only T1. You can't find FSM and I can't find God. I think this may pose a solution to the problem you draw which is really a classic. The literature mentions other solutions. I look forward to your reply.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 3:19 PM: Thinking implies existence

So you actually contend the following: the cause is "self" and its effect is "thinking". In your words, the thinking is the self. I'd say that is bold, indeed. Let me think some more! However, nice going! Also, can't you write a longer article so that your point is more obvious, perhaps explicating words here and there.
jorndoe wrote: So, by "this existence" you mean "thoughts", no? No, I don't. By "this existence", I mean whatever it is that generates the mind and the consciousness. I don't really have to explain exactly what I mean since the effect is the human being even in the physicalistic sense. To be honest, I connect this "lowest" reality to God through the soul, directly, but I don't think it's the issue here. You may be able to generate a more complete picture from what I've written in the other threads.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 3:04 PM: Intelligent Design

Sometimes, I.D. sounds like bad emergentism. I mean I.D. is flawed. Although you can make the theory beautiful in your mind, the actual theory is badly camouflaged religion. Get it out of schools, USA! I have become outraged by the notion of I.D. since I have investigated it some time ago. "Rubbish" is the only word I have for it. I may commend Christians for leaving the Creationism far behind and replacing it with I.D., but there is still some realisation to take effect. Rather orthodox people clinging to insane ideas is the expression of I.D. Final!

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 2:06 PM: About Time, Motion and Mind

Truden wrote: "Why would be nec[e]ss[a]ry another event to occur?" It seems to be that once an event comes into existence another event immediately follows, like the persistence of the object of this event or the extinguishment of the object of this event. I don't think it's possible for something to come into existence and go out of existence at the same time. Therefore, I think it follows that there are at least two events besides the empty space.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 1:19 PM: Thinking implies existence

"Thinking implies existence, but what existence?" I'd say it implies this existence. How can it be otherwise? An anchor-point is necessary for your thinking. The thinking of thinking of thinking has a certain limit to it. What are the answers supposed to be? I hope you write some more about the issue you are concerned with. Even if you're dreaming of an existence, it's nothing more than a function of the existence from which you are thinking.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 9:52 AM: Irrational Economics

ssu wrote: Think how difficult it is to mathematically model something the Swstephe is trying to say. Exactly, it ruins the whole economics and I think it's not the case. People are able to handle the market quite well, but when the details kick in, only the experts survive.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 8:32 AM: Capitalism

Capitalism combined with restraints and regulation is what best enables people in choosing life and degree of activity. I opt for strong government including police that also cares for those who fail to fulfil life's obligations, ie. social benefits-programs. There is an abyss in USA today, I sense, in that some people are chained to "stupid" work without being compensated enough for it. I hope this changes so that respect completely permeates every society. I think the future consists in capitalism that merges with socialism toward the centrist position. The fringe is, of course, Russia and China as they are a little chaotic, but they will come around. It's funny to observe how politicians always close in on the middle of political discussion as the election day nears. Anarchy is not an option! It fails to give the people in such a system qualities in life. It's usually both corrupt and chaotic, only upheld by pockets of people who agree on projects and duties.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 7:03 AM: About Time, Motion and Mind

I'm just wondering: if you have one event, doesn't it include that at least one more event will occur? Another issue is the perceiving consciousness. If you have consciousness around, I think there have already been series of events already occurring and thus, yes, something is given.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 6:18 AM: Truth must be a constant.

I strongly agree with Yahadreas! Everything we put into existence or have the potential to put into existence is already given by nature.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 6:03 AM: Irrational Economics

Maybe the picture blurs when people are required to be mathematically perfectly rational, but otherwise, I think, most people handle a bad offer and a good offer sufficiently well to the degree that economics is largely useful. All in all, I don't think it's so bad that people trade in emotions ie. wear a certain brand to feel better. Revolutions in science and creativity will always have the potential to make an earthquake in the economical landscape. It doesn't mean we should rule out economics. P.S. More economics issues in the forums, ehh, fora, please!

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 5:44 AM: Scientific vs Philosophical Methods

What is this "tertiary" structure? I don't want religion mixed in here so the "God designed it that way" is really very unnecessary. What is "the former theory" of the DNA? You have to explain ""inert" auxiliary assumptions". If you can't make an impact by a certain assertion, is it not, then, useless? That is, our assertion should at least envision us a possible truth. Science, of course, is in the absolute demand of more tangible results or hypotheses or theories. About the philosophical method: I think philosophy today is all in the mind. Maybe you can draw on the results of sciences to make indications in your description or question, however, the speculation is a central theme and innovations of new angles and ideas are crucial toward the material of philosophy. You may be able to invent new areas in philosophy, but I find that incredibly hard. I'm satisfied with the classical questions for now. One project I have been thinking about, is to make an economic index in philosophy of science where you evaluate the impact of new scientific findings and express it in economic terms. In this way you may find the answer to your precision of evaluation which may not be bad. While scientists spend a lot of time designing experiments and working with engineers in this regard, philosophers innovate and evaluate the pure ideas that may lead to actual testing or normative standards. So words, words, words, that is all there is to philosophy.

Posted Apr 27, 2009 - 5:16 AM: The arbitrary nature of the Good

I have a suggestion of something: God is creating the best possible world. In creating the best possible world, God chooses the best possible process, namely the evolution. In showing shortcomings, people may fail the belief of God and replace partially that belief with ideas that lack in quality and therefore adhere to the instance of nothing. The beliefs that lack in quality make people fail. A bad quality is a quality that lacks in greater quality. The bad quality is therefore marked with something that is missing, it is marked with a degree of nothing. Evil is therefore of instance of nothing. So there it is, the world of something and nothing. God is represented with full and all quality. Perfection in this is open to all but it is of course difficult. In making the small great God is going full circle hence God’s own nature and this constitutes the perfect drama of full quality. It doesn’t necessarily end there. It can continue into more circles of even new dramas of the full scale of smaller quality processes into greater quality processes and back again to the full quality of God. The conclusion of this is naturally that we are a part of a perfect drama between the gravities of nothing and all on the path back to God from where we originated.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 6:04 PM: The Slingshot

Even though I'm a coherentist in epistemology, I think this argument is largely unreasonable. A Big Fact necessarily "gravitates" inward to itself suggesting "retraction", but I find it plausible that descriptions "gravitate" outwards, expand, and thus making it impossible for the Big Fact to accommodate it all in its diversity. May this be something? I'm unsure if I answer it correctly.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 5:50 PM: What is the point of the pope?

I dispute that the Pope is powerful to me. Firstly, he is shrouded in ancientry and he is speaking like the world is not changing. Secondly, he has strict boundaries and rituals for almost everything he does so that it incapacitates him. Perhaps the church is rich, but I bet the money isn't spent on cocaine and whores. What about the Pope himself? Being elected Pope at 78 surely requires you to be passionate about the teachings. I'm surely not in envy! Somehow, I think some people need to take care of the institution and make it consistent. They may be seen as a kind of diverse counselors. I also think some people need to develop the religious thought, yet that may not bring them very far. If churches haven't been erected, maybe we still would live in paganism and maybe in turn, we would have failed to develop into the modern world. I don't know. To hell with Christianity, it's just a profanity today! I sense the rise of "religious scientism" in its place.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 5:14 PM: Society, Tool For Leveraging Value.

Is this negative? Society needs to have rules in place to make everything go smoother. Besides, society is not some alien. It's given the power by the people and we are the people. I think many people put too much in the fact that some people are elected to rule for us. I see it as efficient and I find no good alternative.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 4:56 PM: Scientific vs Philosophical Methods

The Modus Tollens. Alright. It's the logic tool. I believe this is already assumed in HDM and the rest. The part on underdetermination is true, but there is virtually no effort to try to make UD a significant argument. Take the double helix DNA threads. Is there a competitor? I believe this is mentioned by Philip Kitcher in Science, Truth, and Democracy.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 9:26 AM: Irrational Economics

I sense a rather dark view on the possibility of rational people here, but so be it. Don't you think that the activity of people doing science points in a different direction? I have great hopes of science, perhaps also the science of economy.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 9:16 AM: Is Knowing something exist important?

AO2012 wrote: "Why are they not? Are men supernatural, unnatural? Are we not living, nor a part of nature?" We don't have intuitive notions of the fundamentals of nature like the periodic system or the standard model and it is possible to perceive this, the nature, external to us. We are not embedded into the very nature. I can't explain why that is. Maybe you can invent a new religion? Maybe you will find Maurice Merleau-Ponty useful in your philosophical journey? He mentions something similar to you. Again, nature is outside of us. What do you mean by "incomplete memory"? Are you thinking of Plato's Meno dialogue? I'm not going to try to explain the impossible.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 8:52 AM: Truth must be a constant.

ragus wrote: "If the cat may be on the mat or may not be on the mat then is the statement "the cat may be on the mat or may not be on the mat" true?" I'd say that is logically true.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 7:09 AM: The arbitrary nature of the Good

I'm sorry if I interrupt this thread. I want to add a comment. I think it's impossible for God to have any values. The God-phenomenon entertains itself in a perfect way. I want to say that there are considerable problems regarding description and thus existence of God unless only perfect principles play in. What do you say regarding perfection?

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 6:52 AM: The nature of proof

Outside logic, let me suggest that you look at http://forums.philosophyforums.com...ophical-methods-32945.html. Postmodern Beatnik wrote: Okay, but the falsifiability of hypotheses is surely an important part of the experimental part of the scientific method, and a falsified thesis is of very little scientific value. Neither am I, but there are probably typical methods and commonly prescribed methods.
I like this question. As above, I don't know if we can define a strict philosophical method, but I do believe there are certain general methods. One might be seen as directly parallel to the version of the scientific method you give: 1. Define the question. 2. Gather information and resources (do a literature search). 3. Form a plausible and defensible hypothesis. 4. Design arguments and thought experiments to defend the hypothesis. 5. Analyze the arguments and draw conclusions – has the hypothesis been demonstrated, or at least defended against possible objections? 6. Optionally, go back to step 3. 7. Publish results and conclusions. 8. Reformulate in light of responses (frequently done by other philosophers). While the above method has the virtue of being parallel to the given version of the scientific method, it does not satisfy me. I can't say that I've spent a great deal of time formulating a superior philosophical method, but as a first attempt I would perhaps suggest the following variation: 1. Pose a question. 2. Refine the question into something explainable and conceivably answerable. 3. Gather information and resources (do a literature search). 4. Consider the logical space (that is, the space of possible answers). 5. Examine arguments for and against the various possible answers. 6. Design arguments and thought experiments for and against the various possible answers. 7. Analyze the results of these arguments: Which possible answers have been shown to be untenable? What do the various answers entail, or what are they entailed by? How does this affect the reasonableness of any given possible answer? 8. Form an opinion. 9. Publish results and conclusions. 10. Reformulate or abandon as necessary in light of responses. One of the key differences between the first and second philosophical methods is when one forms an opinion. It is my own belief that far too many people have opinions first and look into philosophical justifications for them afterward, rather than examining the whole of a logical space and following the arguments where they go. No doubt I succumb to this temptation myself from time to time. Hopefully, a philosophical method more like the above would help mitigate this problem. That said, I'm sure the method I suggest could deal with some refining of its own. And maybe you can add this:
Aetixintro writes:
The instance of where scientific and philosophical methods align is that of Naturalism. Otherwise, I'm with the list that has been made by Postmodern Beatnik in his post of 01/19/09 - 07:51 PM. I'd like to add to point 1 the making of invention of fitting descriptions and what else like that of fallibilism, locutionary, illocutionary, perlocutionary, performative, transcendence. I think you can get far by inventing an appropriate perfect description in one of the philosophical fields that may set the course for others to follow.
Is this totally off?

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 6:01 AM: Irrational Economics

Has Ben Bernanke been irrational? I think Bernanke has been "not so bright" [formerly "stupid"] in the past, but he may have been learning after that. I hope the economy gets the best in the end. Edit: Is there anyone who knows where to access a historical overview of the interest rates of the Fed? I believe I've tried the Fed itself, but there is no way in that jungle.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 5:42 AM: Debate 12 discussion: Does God Exist?

There are people who tell stories of out-of-body experiences and intimacies to God and other from such dangerous situations and to simply reject their stories may not be a wise way to conduct one's life. I remain open-minded to nature's remaining mysteries. I hope there may be decisive accounts in the future. Make the most of your experience!

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 5:29 AM: Is Knowing something exist important?

"Is Knowing something exist important?" I'd say it's obvious that something exists and thus already given. It may be important in the sense that your life in your life-world depend on it. Since your life-world and nature are not the same, the problem you describe with Joe also applies to your own body. Language is the tool for expressing thoughts and communicating and you apply it to your life-world and trying to make it as exhaustive as possible in the best way possible and that is what there is to it.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 4:32 AM: What is time?

From http://forums.philosophyforums.com...what-is-time-31310-48.html. Same thing. Aetixintro wrote: Time is the "organic" nature of succession of events twining as it unfolds. P.S. I haven't read the whole thread. I think animals have a sense of time. They seem to prepare for the night, think of feeding offspring in time, coordinate time for fleeing and hunt and so on.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 4:23 AM: What is time?

Time is the "organic" nature of succession of events twining as it unfolds. P.S. I haven't read the whole thread.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 3:10 AM: Irrational Economics

I consider economics the way this thread goes or perhaps not totally the same. The question in experiment #2 is given to a limited set of business people if I'm not wrong. I'd say there is something wrong with it. To say that price is unaffected by salaries is plain wrong if it applies to everyone in a given system, say a particular country. After the labour unions and the employer unions have set the new salaries standard for the next year, it doesn't take long before there is a reaction in the market. I think it may be right to choose to earn twice as much as absolutely everyone else. Surely, something must happen inflation wise in such cases. I think it's very rational to seek a labour union if you're engaged with blue collar work. Even white collar labour unions have some guide lines in the interest of their members. The way with unions on both sides of the working situations has proven quite stable and good, I think, with increased safety and better working environment where it applies. I hope this system gets applied everywhere. Speaking of the economic crisis, there is something insane going on when people fail to get paid for risks when their only goal is exactly this task, as with the risk of sub-prime mortgages. It doesn't get any better when the successor of Alan Greenspan who has been known for allowing interest rates to be set quite low, is Ben Bernanke who figures he's going to be the nice schoolboy and all of a sudden shifts focus to protecting the value of the dollar with a subsequently steep rise in interest rates so that the market which has bet on steady, low rates goes BUST! Well done, Bernanke! Now you can really defend the dollar. However, mostly I find the economic systems very good and contributing to the development of the whole world. Eventually, the planet's population is more or less earning the same (in two hundred years?) and the differences will lie in resources, cultural streaks and creativity of entrepreneurs. The future is good if it is managed properly by alert democracies.

Posted Apr 26, 2009 - 2:27 AM: Why Act Morally?

morgenrote, why can't this person with the power or the illusion of power in one's eyes that is in the interest of this person be Hitler or another lunatic? I see nothing from what you write that determines your actions toward other people.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 8:41 PM: Truth must be a constant.

Banno wrote: "So it can't be true that the cat is on the mat, because he might get off it?" That the cat may be on the mat is certainly true. To say that you should include propositions of every object in all perspectives, micro and macro, the cat and the cat's quarks, is to demand too much. I think it's sufficient to describe the possibilities as included natural laws, such that if a living thing isn't physically prevented to lie down somewhere, it does. I see where you're coming from and I understand. I emphasise in this regard that the physical conditions with the energy and matter in it, doesn't change, therefore I think that the truth about all possible instances in the universe stays the same. This is not a big deal to me, but I think it's fun to consider it this way.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 8:01 PM: Truth must be a constant.

I agree with AO2012 that truth must be a constant. If we consider our universe, there are only that many propositions about. As the universe turns out to be coherent as in our world the phenomena are equally represented everywhere. F.x. the speed of light is the same everywhere given the factors and this pattern is repeated with all substances, the laws of natural sciences and so on. Nothing changes outside the boundaries of natural sciences. I believe we have yet to see any changes to truth. Regarding the Goodman's paradox, it is really a misnomer as time proves an "organic" whole with the other dimensions. "So does this define light as truth?" I don't think it's necessary to bother with "ultimate truth" issues apart from the description of light. If the description proves spot on, is confirmed, truth follows. Science forever!

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 6:48 PM: Why Act Morally?

morgenrote wrote: Just because a thing is commonly believed hardly makes it right. People have written a great deal about religion, too - should we accept it on that basis? I don't suggest it becomes right if it is commonly believed. If we people write a lot about a given subject I think it indicates the this subject occupies their minds. In the case of terms like honesty, integrity, social viability and bodily and intellectual sensitivities, I think most consider them as beneficial traits, not various ills. morgenrote wrote: The fact that a thing is troubling is hardly any argument against it, either. This is true, but how likely is it to ever find such people? I think such a person is indeed having strange quirks of psyche. If I ask you, is it possible to be fully amoral? Don't you have any consistent moral sentiments toward some people? I doubt the existence of totally amoral people. If I can't point to social disadvantages because of immorality, I give up arguing for moral behaviour. I don't want to refer to religious systems because they hinge on metaphysics and I think I certainly lose the argument automatically to start with if I do so. I don't have enough knowledge to base an argument like this on psychological grounds. You, meaning anyone, is by definition at a loss of integrity in case of immorality like vile lying, but this is falling short, I think. I, personally, will continue to be a moral person as I'm strongly inclined by sentiment to be moral. I'm not calling names. "You" in this instance is a hypothetical person. Very well, morgenrote, there you go. I'll see if something of significance comes up in relation to morality. If then, perhaps we can argue over this again. I'll just add a note here. To me, it seems that the developed world has in place systems of morality in the expression of laws and I have yet to hear established people publicly propagate gross immorality like assaults and rapes, bank robbery, murder, arson and the like. I also find the moral sentiment quite common. Grossly immoral people are usually looked down on in my circles.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 2:59 PM: Debate 12 discussion: Does God Exist?

I haven't written "primoidal", but besides, I don't know the answer to that question. There may be a kind of undetectable substance around that may in turn constitute God or whatever thereof. If I explicate the right way in a thought-experiment it may turn out there is tangibility of the existence of God thus, indirectly, I believe I'm touching the discussion. Thanks for the quick reply.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 2:41 PM: Scientific vs Philosophical Methods

The instance of where scientific and philosophical methods align is that of Naturalism. Otherwise, I'm with the list that has been made by Postmodern Beatnik in his post of 01/19/09 - 07:51 PM. I'd like to add to point 1 the making of invention of fitting descriptions and what else like that of fallibilism, locutionary, illocutionary, perlocutionary, performative, transcendence. I think you can get far by inventing an appropriate perfect description in one of the philosophical fields that may set the course for others to follow.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 2:24 PM: How do we measure the 'greatness' of philosophers?

I think great points may well include "they are both plausible and innovative for their time".
Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 2:11 PM: 180 Proof wrote: "Aetixintro wrote: "Can I ask if it is really necessary that God is transcendent?" Is a non-transcendent god "god" in either a religious and/or theistic sense? Examples would be helpful." I can imagine, somewhere in the future, that we can get to experience some kind of entity-matter and that it therefore is not transcendent, yet at the same time this entity-matter may be more primordial than the singularity or the Big Bang or whatever is behind there. I can also imagine that there is no further need to go beyond the God entity-matter because no matter how it behaves there is not another more ultimate explanation than this. This may be rubbish to some people, but I find it important to point out possibilities, at least for myself while giving others a chance to follow.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 1:52 PM: Can I call myself a philosopher?

Some working titles are "protected", ie. given legal recognition. You can't call yourself something unless you have completed a certain education. I think this goes for: Engineer - finished 3 yrs. technical college education or the equivalent university ed. Usually works as an engineer. Medical doctor - finished 5 yrs. university profession-education. Lawyer - finished 5 yrs. university profession-education. Psychologist - finished 5 yrs. university profession-education. others Then: Bachelor degree in philosophy - Answer: I have completed minor degree in philosophy. Masters degree in philosophy - Answer: I have a degree in philosophy. You also work as an assistant in college or university. Answer: I am a philosopher. Doctorate degree in philosophy - Answer: I am educated a philosopher in which I am also a doctor. Works in college or university, teaches and the rest. Answer: I am educated a philosopher and I am a philosopher, actually I am a professor of philosophy. I think the word "philosopher" has some of the same status as the word "therapist". There is really no formal qualification for calling yourself this. It is already said that "philosopher" is very different from f.x. "lawyer". This is, however, of no importance.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 9:26 AM: "Knowing" and Attempting The Impossible.

We know that some issues are possible just as we know that some issues are impossible. We don't know of the possible and impossible in the entirety. We don't know the complete framework of nature. Discoveries may still cause revolutions.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 7:18 AM: Is intelligence a bad thing?

Your argument is extremely wide, yoomzoom. I don't know if it's possible to escape your argument, especially if you include survival of human kind. As for survival, I agree that we should optimise for it so it may be that we agree completely after all. I'm afraid I've interpreted you too narrowly. I've been thinking you imply that we breed like nuts, have constant warfare over resources and act primarily on base instincts. My apologies to you, yoomzoom. By the way, I have forgotten to define good and bad in this instance. Good is everything that makes the human kind to survive. Bad is what is detrimental to the survival, preferably collective. If people suicide, I think they view their remaining life in despair and pains and less of the possibility to a happy, successful life so that it may be the best option for them. I think I may align with this thread like nothing else.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 5:58 AM: How do we measure the 'greatness' of philosophers?

I think it helps to be right in philosophy and thus the philosophers who have made the greatest points, are the greatest philosophers. I can't help thinking of Karl Popper as one of the greatest. Kant has surely made some excellent craftsmanship of philosophy. I also think Descartes is of some importance and I have Maurice Merleau-Ponty as a favourite. Although the logical empiricists can be seen as wrong because of verificationism, I'm in deep sympathy with Rudolf Carnap. Can I add a question? Which contemporary philosopher do you think highly of? I have troubles getting an overview of important contemporary philosophers. I can mention John Searle, but for some reason I don't like him very much. I think he has too much emphasis on linguistics.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 4:21 AM: Why Act Morally?

Many people have been writing considerable volumes from the inspiration of terms like honesty, integrity, social viability and bodily and intellectual sensitivities. I therefore think you are wrong. Do you think of all ethical arguments as circular and pointless? I'm just wondering. Somehow, I get the sense that you don't believe in ethics for some reason. What is this reason? Do you treat your friends well one day and bad the next? How do you think others view you as a consequence of your amoral life? If you argue for amoral systems, I take it that you are amoral yourself. Don't you have sympathies for people in difficult situations? I find it very troubling that one should be able to live without any moral compass.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 4:13 AM: Life for the Unattractive

I'm only beautiful from a certain angle, in a special light! Is there no hope for me? You may say there's only hope for me from a certain angle in a special light. Uggghhhh!

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 4:05 AM: Why Act Morally?

morgenrote, I have just wanted to point in certain directions with the single sentence, like to honesty, integrity, social viability and, of course, bodily and intellectual sensitivities. It's certainly, as you say, insufficient, but it may not be unfruitful. You can also consider my post of 04/24/09 - 08:08 PM.

Posted Apr 25, 2009 - 3:51 AM: Authentic Philosophy

Usually, it's difficult to see final solutions to any one question in philosophy so generally I don't think people are obliged to stick to or "practise" a certain direction in philosophy as there may come up new and interesting arguments that may turn people around or tend to other questions. I do, however, think that people should be honest and give their best in the philosophical discussion. Just my opinion.

Posted Apr 24, 2009 - 7:13 PM: Is intelligence a bad thing?

Let me jump into this discussion! To begin with: is intelligence a bad thing? It is never a bad thing! In this, I include morality as a trait of intelligence. You write that people who spend the most of their resources to their prospects of reproducing will dominate the future gene pool. I'd like to make an example to virtually prove you wrong. Let's say, I'm a scientist who lives his life, fucks for the fun of it, works for the career, makes absolutely no children and has a joyride in full. The only contribution of this scientist for the sake of reproducing, is that he has his full genetic code stored on a computer system. The scientist gets old and dies. After that and quite a few years into the future, a few people analyse the scientist's life and find him worthy of a project that reproduces the gene code into a virtually perfect sperm-cell which they fertilise an egg with from a very healthy woman. They do, indeed, seem to be the perfect match. If the woman gives birth to this child, it will mean that this scientist has succeeded in his primal duties while not, perhaps, having a single thought of feeding or caring for any children. Obviously, this is not the case today, but any model barely resembling this example where the scientist hasn't put down a dime for his offspring, that is, his effort for the sake of reproduction is close to zero percent, 0%, of his total resources. There is more, of course. Intelligent people are also the best servants. They get the most work done, the fastest. Now, further assume that this particular country has a population that stays stable. As people die, people are born. The consequence of this is that optimal amounts of attention and resources are used on the future generations to provide the country with the most promising future possible according to resources of which the intelligentsia refines. I just want to strongly protest against that kind of rat-race philosophy insinuated by yoomzoom in starting this thread in this fashion. I suggest you spend your time well in the Philosophy Forums and give your posts more thought before you post them. What is presented in this thread by you is certainly not up to the standard, I think. When probably 90% of the world population contribute to the future genepool, I certainly don't think it strengthens your argument of natural selection, does it? What I'd like to imply with my post, is that there is sheer intelligence in choosing to contribute to fewer offspring when the environment is cringing under the weight of overpopulation. Actually, I think the best alternative is to naturally decrease world population to half of what it is in 2006.

Posted Apr 24, 2009 - 4:45 PM: Debate 12 discussion: Does God Exist?

Can I ask if it is really necessary that God is transcendent? If we by the God-particle doesn't mean the Higgs particle, but something pointing to a God phenomenon of playing a vital role in the formation of consciousness, let's say, hypothetically, what then? If we make some tremendous discovery of finding a vast entity necessary for our being in this universe then what? I don't think it may be necessary to put the God-concept out of reach of experience to argue for the fantastic. All in all, I think of the singularity just as well or even more mind-blowing than the concept of God. Just to make a scientific theory with all its words, jargon and consensus is certainly not enough to make the cut with me! Unfortunately, God is still some way off a description pointing in its direction. So, transcendence, is it really necessary? What do you say? Edit: I'm very irritated by the lack of completeness in the Standard Model in physics, but it may also be a hope with us, believers. Is not like a miracle unravelling just to consider completing the Standard Model?

Posted Apr 24, 2009 - 3:07 PM: God as "good" or "bad"?

To turn against God may be the same as turning against yourself if God is really permeative. The best betrayal may be the pure egoism combined with atheism, but I think even that may be eclipsing God's ways.

Posted Apr 24, 2009 - 12:48 PM: Insanity?

"How can we tell who's really insane?" They make really stupid choices from a normal, functioning point of view. Like that of having a collection of dead people they have killed in their closet. Or having a number of ladies' panties in a hollowed out book of Grey's Anatomy.

Posted Apr 24, 2009 - 12:08 PM: Why Act Morally?

Let's say we have a teleological ethics-system that has as its tangible goal to stay socially included. This is the conclusion of this argument. A premise for the argument may be that we should behave morally to be social people. If we behave immorally, we become asocial people. A situation that may be amended by behaving morally to that degree that you are included again into the social fold. We can perhaps add that if we cross a certain line, we may lose the possibility forever to achieve a social life. If it's getting that bad, what is left than to die in shame and with a bad conscience? It may well be viable that our morality is the lubricant of society and that there many issues further from that point on. Thus I disagree with your analysis in your answer, poiko, to me. I also think there are contextual matters that are explained here that are included in my previous post in this thread. Is this alright with you all? P1) Acting immorally makes you blind to further immorality. P2) Acting morally makes you keep a sense of what is moral. P3) If you act morally you are a social person. P4) You act morally. C1) You are a social person. A possible alternative: P5) You act immorally. P6) You become morally blind and unable to become a social person. C2) You die as a reclusive, deviant f*ck!

Posted Apr 24, 2009 - 11:10 AM: Why Act Morally?

You should act morally so that you stay sanely sensitive to other people. If you don't, you become one dumb, insensitive bully and I don't think it is any good.
From http://forums.philosophyforums.com...findpost=549880#post549880
Aetixintro writes:
What you do to the common pool of humanity is what you bear with you to the moment of death. This includes attitudes to humanity, as well.
There are probably a hundred other reasons I should mention, but I don't.
P.S. Excuse me for not having read the whole thread. If it's a serious mistake, I'll get back to it.

Posted Apr 23, 2009 - 5:02 AM: Scientific truth

erik_n wrote: What is scientific truth? I take it we are past the epistemology, but still the same I say that scientific truth has been through the processing of both the tripartite definition of knowledge and the HDM, hypothetico-deductive method, and has been given consensus in the scientific community and thus given the status of scientific truth. One example is the model of the atom. I'd like to remind people that every object in the fringes of and in the combined life-world of every human being is regarded in science. Many of these are of course scientific truths. I believe there is little use of contesting the status of certain grain in the agriculture and certain trees and plants in biology. There are consequently very many examples. I'd also like to remind people they should hold scientific theories and scientific truths apart, but this is implied in what I have already written. erik_n wrote: Can truth change? As such, truth is as stable as the world is coherent, I hold. If truth changes one should be able to see many funny effects, but they are of course absent. erik_n wrote: Do new theories mean that old ones are "untrue"? I say yes on this one. Let us look at the example of Newtonian theory that has been relieved by Einsteinian theory. The two theories conflict on several issues and the theory of Einstein has proven superiority by far. By the way, it has been known for a long time, even before Einstein has delivered his theory that the Newtonian theory is wrong or unable to account for certain facts. longfun wrote: To accept theory as truth does not make it truth. I think in this instance that truth goes as far as the word truth can be used. Is it true that the world exists for humanity now? Of course it is! longfun wrote: Look at "the earth is flat" or even "evolution" Can you elaborate on this?

Posted Apr 22, 2009 - 4:47 PM: The Potential of Science

The Potential of Science is the revelation of all miracles and the proper description of them in the coherent whole!

Posted Apr 22, 2009 - 4:02 PM: God as "good" or "bad"?

If you attribute non-superior qualities to God, I believe you equally well do away with the whole monotheism. Why is this? If God is not the representation of the best then God can be a number of things. It's not necessary that it's one entity even. There may be many lesser Gods doing this and that and suddenly the flying spaghetti monster pops up. The way I see it the whole logic of a God breaks down. A possible consequence may be that you assign, let's say, one day in the week to a dominating force of a kind of God so that you have 7 given gods or a variation of this. This is less credible than the idea of God representing the best, perfect of certain kinds. Why should we think God is good? A human being may in some circles be seen as the best there is in terms of consciousness. As people flourish you also celebrate this consciousness and I therefore think the implication is given. Consciousness is given an eternal, heavenly life. A possible solution to the problem of evil may be that evil can't in real terms compare to the miracle of God. As the evil is no comparison to the good of God, only the good counts, finally given by the relief of death!

Posted Apr 17, 2009 - 2:57 AM: Down the road of Philosophy of Mind

What lies down the road in Phil. of Mind (PoM) in light of empirical findings? I find that the various theories of PoM are useful comments to my favourite theory. How do you see the possible reinforcements of theories? Are the mainstream theories equally strong? Do you think there is a chance of any decisive finding in this century?

Posted Apr 6, 2009 - 8:51 PM: Reverse Engineering God

The anomalies of life, consciousness and existence itself are reasons to believe in some kind of God, in my eyes. You are wrong to assume that I keep any religious belief in the face of evidence of the contrary. Children learn quite quickly that their wishes do not make it so. That is correct. However, adults may give any unlikelihood a shot still the same, despite the odds. As for the argument, I'm happy with coherent body of sentences, no matter how loosely connected, that make up a belief in God. If a good competing body of sentences turn my head the other way, so be it! Also, I guess you and 180 Proof are atheists. Is it the case then that you'll not accept any belief in God presented by others when it comes to the argument because you believe in the best option there is? If you confirm this then we have come to the end of discussion.

Posted Apr 6, 2009 - 5:47 PM: Reverse Engineering God

Thanks for your response of 04/06/09 - 06:11 AM in particular, 180 Proof! I think you, Kwalish Kid and 180 Proof, miss the point that this is not about knowledge, it is about belief. This belief is not supposed to be a founded belief as in a known entity. It's therefore a religious belief. You can, of course, wish the scientists working on abiogenesis good luck and I'm among them. To me, you say science gives the answers and not only that, but the only answers and I stand critical to that kind of view. I don't have the time to rely on answers that may come about in another 2000 years from the scientific community, my mind demand those fundamental answers now! While the non-believers are apt to accept final death, I'm not and this sense is deeply founded in me. It's one of those questions where the current science falls short. As I have pointed out, God remains the cause of the effects of the anomalies of the origin of life and consciousness, essentially and the rest, secondarily. When it comes to reality, it's not necessary to mention "beginning" and I may just the same claim that God constitute the reality from a primordial view to which we know reality today. I don't think it's dishonest to have a religious belief. I see the science as you do and Intelligent Design is not in it. I'll answer you, Kwalish Kid and 180 Proof, in greater detail later though I'm happy if you respond to this latest reply as well.

Posted Apr 5, 2009 - 8:55 PM: Reverse Engineering God

God is unknown. How would you try to define something unknown? I'm not some maniac defining God to be Superman in outer space. It has to be vague. What kind of improvements would you like to see? There is certainly something that separates my view from the atheistic.

Posted Apr 5, 2009 - 8:07 PM: Reverse Engineering God

180 Proof wrote: "Define god." My concept of God is ad hoc on what adheres to the beginning of reality, which includes the universe, with life and consciousness in it. The concept needs to be a kind of consciousness and can be a mechanism or dormant entity that has laid down the functions of reality beforehand. It is the sole source of origin of life and souls. Is it good enough?

Posted Apr 5, 2009 - 7:15 PM: Reverse Engineering God

I'm a Deist. I have considered the cases of non-believing and believing a lot and there may not be so much separating the two. I agree that the belief I hold to some kind of God is uncertain, I think the non-believers have a lot of explaining to do regarding the miracle of life. Isn't it crucial whether we can create life from the classically viewed dead material? If we at some point may be able to do so, I see that my case for belief has weakened. The stuff Dawkins is getting at is perfectly alright. It is not the issue. I want to identify the mechanism of consciousness no matter how far out it may seem or how minute its origin is. I go with all of science, that should be perfectly clear. What is the attitude toward consciousness and origin of life that is held by non-believers? Why do non-believers cut the amount of possible explanations to that lesser than what is needed for the equation to unlock? Maybe I wrongly place my belief, but at least the possible amount of explanation is greater than what the reality seemingly holds. Instead of all the anomalies, I place that stuff with the concept of some kind of God. In addition, I find a nice haven for morality as well. throng wrote: Is it man's perogative to declare there's a God? Yes, it is! But the affirmation should not contain God more than as a causal possibility of greater or smaller likelihood. Who else is supposed to assert anything like that of a God? We represent the epitome of consciousness combined with range of action. Of course, this doesn't include any eventual aliens that are superior to us. At last, I have one question. Where or how does the reverse engineering enter all of this?

Posted Mar 31, 2009 - 2:07 PM: The flipping of Coins...

Apropos tossing coins.
Donald Gillies in Philosophy of Science in the Twentieth Century, page 209 writes:
"I tossed an ordinary coin (an old penny) 2,000 times. Calculations show that, if we assume probability(heads)=1/2, there is a probability of 97.3 per cent that m/n will lie in the interval (0.475, 0.525). The observed value of m/n was actually 0.487, giving a confirmation, rather than falsification."
I absolutely recommend the book. The suggestion is that one side in this case receives punishment from a factor of 0.487 because of rubbing contact to the surface.

Posted Mar 24, 2009 - 4:53 PM: Should humanity be kept alive artificially by technology?

I don't think people of ancient times have been any stronger because they have lived without the use of medicine. Technology furthers humanity. It raises the likelihood of tapping a well-educated mind for another 30 years, more or less. I think humanity learns to be stronger in new ways these days. We are discovering new synergies between humanity and technology. If we can keep people alive indefinitely, I say "Do it!". That is, if the system you are part of can afford it. What if we discover some new method in the future where it is possible to leave one's old body with a new one prepared and ready for you? We can take the next step and prolong the most valuable lives even further. Go humanity! Go technology!

Posted Mar 24, 2009 - 1:42 AM: Integrating Human Consciousnesses into Technology

Maybe we are using 10%-12% of the whole brain, but I believe we are using close to 100% of the relevant modules or centres relative to what we cognize. I think it may prove impossible to activate the whole brain at once. It may be that subconsciousness is also taking up some of the capacity. If the human brain is to improve, it needs to get bigger and the hippocampi faster and more potent. There may be a cybernetic version of the hippocampus that is called a gimp. I agree with the computer compared to human.

Posted Mar 23, 2009 - 10:35 AM: Is history invented or discovered?

History is being recorded. One major characteristic of history, is that it is supposed to be documented. Maybe it is the search and the special ways of recording histories that make history interesting, I don't know. Let's say we write history in logical notation, then every account of history should look the same. I find few controversies in history. How many ways are there to account for Gordon Brown speaking to the U.S. Congress or how many ways are there to describe Bill Gates' way to his success? Obviously, there is not so much room to maneuver in. Further, let's say you have a video-recording of something that you are going to narrate and the recording is being archived as the documentation, what is the problem? Are you going to tell about the ghosts?

Posted Mar 22, 2009 - 6:36 AM: What do you think proves God's Existance?

I believe the sentence "I love you" may be open to scientific inquiry by fMRI and mapping the results with Neural correlates of consciousness.
Anyhow, I have a suggestion with this:
A Solution to the Problem of Evil - A Theodicy
God is creating the best possible world. In creating the best possible world, God chooses the best possible process, namely the evolution. In showing shortcomings, people may fail the belief of God and replace partially that belief with ideas that lack in quality and therefore adhere to the instance of nothing. The beliefs that lack in quality make people fail. A bad quality is a quality that lacks in greater quality. The bad quality is therefore marked with something that is missing, it is marked with a degree of nothing. Evil is therefore of instance of nothing. So there it is, the world of something and nothing. God is represented with full and all quality. Perfection in this is open to all but it is of course difficult. In making the small great God is going full circle hence God’s own nature and this constitutes the perfect drama of full quality. It doesn’t necessarily end there. It can continue into more circles of even new dramas of the full scale of smaller quality processes into greater quality processes and back again to the full quality of God. The conclusion of this is naturally that we are a part of a perfect drama between the gravities of nothing and all on the path back to God from where we originated.
There is an assumption in this that everything is created with a certain degree of perfection, that there is a bit of the perfect in all of us.

Posted Mar 20, 2009 - 8:28 PM: Can a Machine Know?

A machine has never shown anything outside syntactic results and therefore, if we never achieve anything better, fundamentally, a machine will never know. There should be a revolution in engineering computers before there is some possibility for it to show something else than mere calculations.

Posted Mar 20, 2009 - 7:18 PM: External World, Does it exist?

A suggestion may be: I am and my being of perception is my internal world. This internal world is my mind, but since I have a mind and genetics tell me I'm a genetic representation of my parents, the function of the mind must follow my being that has been given the birth by my parents, therefore my parents must have minds too and as people die, my parents will and I remain. As my parents represents others who also die, I die. That which remains when I'm dead, is the external world, the world between myself, my parents and others.

Posted Mar 20, 2009 - 6:45 PM: I'm HAPPY ---- argue for unhappiness!

I think that putting yourself and your mind in the most prospective way possible of beneficiaries, here and now, all respects considered, is going to reward you, rightfully, with eternal bliss and reach. Now, go and be unhappy!

Posted Mar 20, 2009 - 6:28 PM: Can we comprehend "nothingness"?

Perhaps, where there is perfect vacuum, on the outside the universe.

Posted Mar 20, 2009 - 4:33 PM: Are Humans a virus to planet earth?

We have the established National Parks, sanctuaries for animals. I also believe that most developed nations have populations that are declining, less the immigration. The solution for the uncontrolled growth is for the world to become developed and arranging 90% of the population to live in cities.
Somehow, I think it is insecurity that is driving people to multiply so much.
Gloucester wrote:
"If we're a virus what is the antibiotic?"
Self-control.
As for The Matrix:
I see the "rebels" as propagating humanity and existentialism and I see the agents, Agent Smith and the like, as representing limiting factors and short-sightedness, in many ways, the materialist who clings to routine and conventional world views.

Posted Mar 15, 2009 - 10:07 AM: Foundations of Philosophy

reincarnated wrote:
"OK. But that doesn’t tell me what “knowledge” is exactly. Does knowledge entail truth, for example?"
I write something simple because I'm very unsure about the induction issue. I think there may be a way around it. It is a hugely complex issue, the issue of knowledge and epistemology in general. I don't want to answer it right now.
reincarnated wrote:
"But the question is whether you believe everything can (in principle) be explained by science/logic, or whether some things require some kind of supernatural explanation?"
Yes. I believe that everything can in principle be explained by science and logic.
reincarnated wrote:
"I’m not sure that any of the propositions in my list are provable (except possibly tautologically) – they are assumed true."
I'm sorry. I shouldn't have used "proved". Apart from that, I think the point is made.
reincarnated wrote:
"If morality is defined as the rightness and wrongness of things, you believe that what is considered right and what is considered wrong is not subjective?"
Yes!
180 Proof wrote:
"3. We know about quarks, Calabi-Yau manifolds, blind sight, Euclid's axioms, etc. None of which we "experience"."
You're right, but it's not my point. I want to write that the work of the mind is a kind of experience. We build up a more powerful mind as the years pass and it is this that I write is the experience to point to. Euclid's axioms haven't come about overnight. Nowadays, people are quite old and well-educated before they publish something novel worth the attention. It takes experience. I have also omitted the induction issue, see above.
180 Proof wrote:
"8. As a metaphysical claim it cannot be proven and as a methodological statement it need not be -- either it works or it doesn't."
It is taken, see above.
180 Proof wrote:
"10. I think I understand this but..."
Alright.
180 Proof wrote:
"11. Kant was mistaken."
We disagree here. I think one is wrong to point to Kant's Christian background.

Posted Mar 8, 2009 - 12:10 PM: Psychiatry-Pseudocience?

Can I just add, I haven't followed the entire discussion, that psychology/psychiatry is not always based on consensus of what is normal, but also the degree of functional capacities, you know, like speed of reactions, steadiness of mind, capacity and reliability of memory, all in all, the cognitive abilities?
Mental illnesses usually come with defects in functional abilities like with social interaction. I believe psy./psy. are not so much about the mindset as long as one is interacting well in social terms and one deals well in the workplace. You can believe what you want, but there is a demand that you cope with the environment in functional terms as long as the environment is not of extreme kinds.

Posted Feb 27, 2009 - 12:57 PM: H. P. Grice, Logic and Conversation

I am reading the article, Logic and Conversation, and I am struggling to get to terms with it. It seems to me that any implication in ordinary language, important, can't make an implication without breaking a rule of clarity or falling victim to contextual infinite regress.
What do you think of the article and what are your opinions about it? Can you, please, make references when possible?
Obviously, there are major differences in clarity between unnatural and natural languages. I look forward to your replies.