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longship

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14. Well, I AM a materialist...

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 05:16 AM

Nov 2012

meaning that the universe very much seems to be made of baryonic matter (material) which very much seems to obey predictive rules to an extremely high degrees of precision.

I do not, as you say, believe in this as I have no dog in the hunt. On the other hand I certainly do not deny methods which work so well at describing the various behaviors we observe.

I do not wish to get into a philosophical debate here, or anywhere. I accept methodological materialism and will have no part of philosophical materialism.

The universe is what the universe is.

Have a nice day, my friend.

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Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson [View all] HarveyDarkey Nov 2012 OP

I will watch this, but it's its own purpose isn't it? nt patrice Nov 2012 #1

Yes we are nt tama Nov 2012 #10

Just total indifference. longship Nov 2012 #2

Except that tama Nov 2012 #11

Well, the universe existed... longship Nov 2012 #12

Just big numbers tama Nov 2012 #13

Well, I AM a materialist... longship Nov 2012 #14

Universe tama Nov 2012 #15

PS: tama Nov 2012 #16

Only the creator can have a purpose, not the thing created. nt jody Nov 2012 #3

... and, therefore, only what we call a God could say that. nt patrice Nov 2012 #5

He! He! "MORE POOP!!!" . . . fertilizer for more poop. I think that's somewhere in an patrice Nov 2012 #4

I liked that part too. Does poop have a purpose? cbayer Nov 2012 #9

Well done. I really like NDT and his way of explaining things and "Not Sure" cbayer Nov 2012 #6

I did not HarveyDarkey Nov 2012 #7

Oh, ok. I didn't see the video on the linked site and cbayer Nov 2012 #8