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The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in most sciences

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My CO2 emissions in the light of Russia burning thousands of tons of it a day

answered Sep 6, 2022 at 0:48

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We know Classical Mechanics is wrong. But can we also say every other theory is wrong except the Theory of Everything?

answered Jun 20, 2022 at 20:57

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Obvious wrongness of Aristotle

answered Jun 4 at 0:57

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Is there such a thing as weak evidence?

answered Jun 25, 2023 at 0:18

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What is the name of the fallacy where people assume that complex ideas are automatically better?

answered Jul 4, 2021 at 1:42

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If Socrates said he was ignorant but was in fact knowledgeable, was he simply a liar?

answered Aug 22, 2021 at 19:09

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An argument in favor of the existence of God

answered Aug 3, 2021 at 22:45

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Is there any counterexample given against radical skepticism?

answered May 22, 2021 at 19:11

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What is information?

answered Jun 6, 2021 at 10:13

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Does absence of evidence mean evidence of absence?

answered Jul 27, 2022 at 17:31

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Is it ever rational to stumble onto the conjunction fallacy in probability?

answered May 3, 2023 at 21:52

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Can randomness create patterns?

answered Aug 31, 2023 at 7:28

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Is it a "shifting of the burden of proof" if I show evidence in favor of a position, and ask the audience to debate that evidence if they disagree?

answered Jun 20 at 5:53

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Multidimensional utility

answered Apr 21, 2021 at 20:56

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Do all systems of ethics boil down to maximizing pleasure and/or minimizing suffering?

answered Aug 11, 2021 at 22:12

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Are there any fallacies in Stephen C. Meyer's argument for classical theism from the Big Bang singularity?

answered May 8 at 6:42

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Is the Skeptic's Prayer a valid scientific experiment?

answered Jan 31 at 7:25

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Isn’t everything absurdly improbable?

answered Jul 30, 2023 at 0:33

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Is it consistent to say "X is possible but false"?

answered Jan 5, 2021 at 4:19

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Is there anything more fundamental than quantification?

answered Feb 12 at 10:25

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What do professional philosophers mean by physicalism or "everything is physical"

answered Jul 10, 2023 at 6:40

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What, if anything, is the flaw in SMBC's "happiness-3" comic?

answered Dec 28, 2023 at 0:43

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If we encounter what appears to be an advanced extraterrestrial technological device, would the claim that it was designed be falsifiable?

answered Jun 5, 2023 at 17:21

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Should I ever be influenced by an argument that I can't understand?

answered Jun 13, 2023 at 17:55

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Why do some physicalists use the Turing Machine as a model of the brain?

answered Apr 30, 2022 at 19:09

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Should the evidence of OBEs and NDEs increase our epistemic probability of non-physicalist views of consciousness?

answered Mar 12 at 8:27

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Orderings in Philosophy

answered May 29 at 3:42

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Can the simplicity of a hypothesis be objectively measured?

answered Sep 10, 2022 at 5:48

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Has Scientism drastically declined as a worldview in the last 100 years?

answered Aug 23, 2023 at 5:13

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The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in most sciences

My CO2 emissions in the light of Russia burning thousands of tons of it a day

We know Classical Mechanics is wrong. But can we also say every other theory is wrong except the Theory of Everything?

Obvious wrongness of Aristotle

Is there such a thing as weak evidence?

What is the name of the fallacy where people assume that complex ideas are automatically better?

If Socrates said he was ignorant but was in fact knowledgeable, was he simply a liar?

An argument in favor of the existence of God

Is there any counterexample given against radical skepticism?

What is information?

Does absence of evidence mean evidence of absence?

Is it ever rational to stumble onto the conjunction fallacy in probability?

Can randomness create patterns?

Is it a "shifting of the burden of proof" if I show evidence in favor of a position, and ask the audience to debate that evidence if they disagree?

Multidimensional utility

Do all systems of ethics boil down to maximizing pleasure and/or minimizing suffering?

Are there any fallacies in Stephen C. Meyer's argument for classical theism from the Big Bang singularity?

Is the Skeptic's Prayer a valid scientific experiment?

Isn’t everything absurdly improbable?

Is it consistent to say "X is possible but false"?

Is there anything more fundamental than quantification?

What do professional philosophers mean by physicalism or "everything is physical"

What, if anything, is the flaw in SMBC's "happiness-3" comic?

If we encounter what appears to be an advanced extraterrestrial technological device, would the claim that it was designed be falsifiable?

Should I ever be influenced by an argument that I can't understand?

Why do some physicalists use the Turing Machine as a model of the brain?

Should the evidence of OBEs and NDEs increase our epistemic probability of non-physicalist views of consciousness?

Orderings in Philosophy

Can the simplicity of a hypothesis be objectively measured?

Has Scientism drastically declined as a worldview in the last 100 years?