Originally Posted by wendylove
I didn't do it first, you appealed first. With you mentioning Buddha. All I said was that Einstein was the first to right down how matter relates to energy, which is correct. You didn't even mention appeal to authority before I mention it, look back and see who used it first.
Einstein! it has been known for about 100 years.
I win.
I base my reasoning on facts or logic, not belifes. Anyway, I can believe unicorns exist, but they don't.
You need to clarify the way to distinguish fact from belief. Unicorns is too broad an example
Concepts are a subset of reality, the number 2 doesn't create the real numbers, its just an element in the subset. Also, second question was just metaphysical jibberish.
Isn't the metaphysical another subset of reality? Stop acting like a Cartesian Denialist.
Thoughts are not symbols, they are a collection of lots of complex things for example how you brain processes words and how neurons fire e.t.c.
Also, the left hemisphere does not operate in symbols, this is a gross oversimplification and is wrong.
^ symbol
Word is not a symbol, again I don't know how you're defining symbol. A word is made up of lots of ideas and symbols, not just one, hence you can't reduce words down to one thing. Also, direct knowledge is silence concept is just senseless metaphysics.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This sym⋅bol
/ˈsɪmbəl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sim-buhl] Show IPA Pronunciation
noun, verb, -boled, -bol⋅ing or (especially British) -bolled, -bol⋅ling. –noun 1. something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign. 2. a letter, figure, or other character or mark or a combination of letters or the like used to designate something: the algebraic symbol x; the chemical symbol Au. 3. a word, phrase, image, or the like having a complex of associated meanings and perceived as having inherent value separable from that which is symbolized, as being part of that which is symbolized, and as performing its normal function of standing for or representing that which is symbolized: usually conceived as deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in which it appears, and generally distinguished from a sign. –verb (used with object) 4. to symbolize.
No its just a subset of reality, kind of like how matter is a subset of reality. Everything in this universe including silence is a subset of reality.
If you plan on ever using the word subset again let's make a thread about dualism. Seriously, you make, and start describing this concept of reality where things are divided into subsets of reality, and then I'll respond to that.
Originally Posted by drewmandan
I would love to see Buddha correctly calculate the kinetic energy of a 5 kg object moving at 0.5c.
What would be the point of doing that in an era where people don't understand what kinetic energy or 0.5c is?
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