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Why are there hardly any theists on internet debate platforms?

You could say the same about many religious people. 
Home is a different story when humans aren't "socializing".

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@Wrick-It-Ralph
I accidentally misread  the second quote. 
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I agree that they're collective, I don't agree that they're independent and I can prove it.  If it's independent that means my opinion can't change it. 

lets say we got 3 people who believe something and then 2 change their mind.  That was just a case of their opinions changing it.  Therefore, it's not independent. 
I said "I use the word independent lightly", because I couldn't think of a better word at the time.

I agree they're not mutually exclusive.  That doesn't speak to what you're trying to prove.  It's not mutually exclusive in any model that I know of. So this is just the same as all other models. 
You saying "I don't agree that they're independent.." goes to show you don't know what I'm trying to prove. or you're just strawmaning again.
Do you understand what not being mutually exclusive means?

Okay and when you explain yourself and your opponent disagrees with your definition, then what happens?  Do you give up and use the popular terms or do you waste time defining? 
I wouldn't consider it a waste of time. It sharpens my descriptive skills.

Well don't scald me too hard.  You're the one that lumped them into a category.  I'm justified to think you had a reason for doing this.  So prey tell what do they have in common such that they fall into the same group?  I'll let you answer so I'm not putting words in your mouth. 
How did I lump them into a category? If the category is labeled as "Institutions that can be wrong", then yeah, I did.

Sure.  If you say 2 or more people equals objective, then any two people agreeing on something is objective right?   So if me and you agree that unicorns exist that makes it so right? 
Like I've said before, groups can be objectively right, or objectively wrong. 
Saying something is objective doesn't necessarily say it's objectively right.
It's just like morality. When people say you're moral, it technical doesn't say anything about right and wrong.
People just assume it's moral righteousness. The same goes for objectivity. 

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All opinions are personal.  That's just a word trick.  If I have 3 people with the same opinion then those are 3 personal opinions. Just because you arbitrarily categorized them as being something bigger doesn't change what they are at the fundamental level.  A particle doesn't stop being a particle just because it's inside an atom. The very fact that you have to argue simple definitions like this only goes to further prove my point that your confusing language is impractical. 
Yes, they are three personal opinions, but they're also collectively independent of an individual (I use the word independent lightly). Think of it in terms of a Venn diagram to give you a visualization. 
Like I've said time and time again, subjectivity and objectivity aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

Lemme ask you this.  Would you rather spend your debate arguments defining things every two lines or debating?
I'm happy to explain myself.

What specifically about science makes it on the same level as religion?  What are religions standards for testing the truth of something?  Because science has a very strict process.  Religions give you a rulebook and tell you to follow it.  How is that reliable. 
I didn't claim science is on the same level as religion. I said science is more reliable when it comes to truth didn't I? I also said science doesn't require faith. You keep on forgetting what I say. That being said, any reasonable person would say 'science is sometimes wrong', roughly speaking.

 Furthermore, you missed the point of my contention.  Your standard can make anything true by opinion.  Your standard could literally have people arguing over the color of the sky and by your standard, all of them would be right.  Rape would be right and wrong at the same time.  Gravity would be true and false at the same time. How do you not see a problem with this?
Okay, can you please show me how my logic leads to that, instead of claiming it does?
If you can't , then I'm going to assume you're strawmaning. 

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@mustardness
Are observers resultants? If so, you're saying something is objective irrespective of resultants/observers, yet you agreed with me.
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@mustardness
...1} what is being processed ex photon of specific frequency, and,

....2} how it is being processed  by biologic animal, plant fungus, bacteria etc.

Both are objectively true irrespective if the resultant after processing is the same for each biologic.
doesn't a resultant have to occur for there to be objectivity? Observers would be irrelevant otherwise. 
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Cool so we're in agreement on the concept of it at least.  That's the important part. 

1) Your definition was "2 or more people"  That means I can get two people together and now I have objectivity.  That doesn't follow because 
      A) Objectivity is suppose to be apart from opinion
Objectivity is suppose to be apart from p͟e͟r͟s͟o͟n͟a͟l opinion. It isn't that personal if it's shared. Aren't the two of us, who are in agreement, objective?

B) Objectivity is suppose to be consistent in all time and all places and this system could produce contradictory truths. which is bad.
So you wouldn't consider religion or science objective? Neither religion or science for that matter are up to those standards. Though science is more reliably true.
Objectivity for me can produce both truths and falsehoods. All that is required is a common (shared) belief.

2)  Once I can get two or more people together to prove a truth.  I can prove anything, including pseudo science.  So now every god exist, so does the tooth fairy, Santa, Unicorns, Realicorns, Supercorns (Made that one up but all I need is two people).  Yeah.  I would say that door is pretty wide open. 
I believe you're more rational than that.
Can you please not strawman. 

I wasn't using it as an argument against you.  I was trying to help you with the definitions so you can communicate with people better in debates.  I'm all for personal definitions and I use them often, but What I've learned in a debate is that if you want to actually get points across, you need to speak a language that people can understand or you'll get blown out of the water every time because nobody is going to follow what you say and that will make them not believe you.  This is all my opinion so take it how you like. 
I try to stay simple.
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Objective means that we all experience it the same way apart from our opinions or distortions. 
That's roughly how I see it. 

Your definition is overly simplistic and opens the door for pseudo science.  
How do you think I'm actually defining it? 
And 
1) How is it overly simplistic?
2) How does it open the door for pseudo science?

So subjective is feelings. 

Objective is experience

and Absolute is actual.  


This is the way people use this terms.  Since words are defined ad populum, that makes you the one who is wrong. 

Like I said.  I don't subscribe to this.  To me, objective and metaphysical are one and the same. But I have unpopular views about things. 
So why are you using it as an argument to say I'm wrong even though you don't subscribe to it? 
Would you consider yourself a solipsist? 

EDIT: Sorry about the quote.

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I don't understand. 
You say:

"I don't believe in the metaphysical."
"Objective and metaphysical are one and the same."
"Objective is experience."

How do you reconcile them?

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Objective means that we all experience it the same way apart from our opinions or distortions. 
That's roughly how I see it. 

Your definition is overly simplistic and opens the door for pseudo science.  
How do you think I'm actually defining it?
And 
1) How is it overly simplistic?
2) How does it open the door for pseudo science?

So subjective is feelings. 

Objective is experience

and Absolute is actual.  


This is the way people use this terms.  Since words are defined ad populum, that makes you the one who is wrong. 

Like I said.  I don't subscribe to this.  To me, objective and metaphysical are one and the same. But I have So subjective is feelings. 
So why are you using it as an argument to say I'm wrong even though you don't subscribe to it?
Would you consider yourself a solipsist? 


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Subjective: Self
Objective: Two or more     
Absolute: No matter what

Note: Keep in mind of quantum mechanics and wave function collapse.

You conflate objectivity with absolute like many people do. 

Objectivity can be true or false. It depends on the context. When talking about science and objective facts, it would lean more on the side of truth. Science doesn't require faith unlike religious beliefs.   
 
Bob believes X.  Bob's Church believes X.  X is objectively true.  X could be gravity in this case, or some similar thing. 
Like I've stated before: subjectivity and objectivity aren't mutually exclusive. But what you call "objectively true" I would consider absolutely true which I don't believe in. I think "collective subjectivity" and objectivity are on the same level, but they're just describing two different aspects of the same phenomenon.   

Objective, by definition, means that it's true apart from human opinion.
No. Objective, by definition, means that it's true (or false) apart from p͟e͟r͟s͟o͟n͟a͟l opinion. 
Like I've said, you conflate objectivity with absolute

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I would consider 'collective subjectivity' beside my point of objectivity.
Take spacetime for example. It is both subjective and 'collectively subjective', yet the "reality" of it is objective. Everyone experiences it. 

2)
That's partly why I said language (not "words"). Although a language could hypothetically just be subjective, you would be intentionally missing my point. 

Your short hand would also be objective because more than one person experiences it.


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I find objectivity as a shared concept irrelevant to an individuals senses

How so?
Well like language, objectivity isn't just based on an individuals senses. It's based on the senses of multiple people. 

"irrelevant" might have been too strong a word. 
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Yeah I've thought about this before.
I find objectivity as a shared concept irrelevant to an individuals senses, although at the same time the concept with its nuances are subjective.
Just like language for example. 
Objectivity and subjectivity aren't mutually exclusive.  

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I suppose I should "choose" my words carefully then.
You're choosing your words partially influenced by what I've chosen to say. There are countless things people are influenced by and ignorant of. They all build up into one moment.

Choice / reason isn't in conflict with determinism.
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@TwoMan
alright, but you'll be explaining that to your future A.I. overlords.
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How about neural network computers. Do they have free will?
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@TwoMan
The first argument I made about free will on this thread:

Choice =/= free will

Choice is merely an act of choosing between multiple possibilities.
The act says nothing about whether free will is occurring.


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We're sort of delving into "consciousness".  

In the 13.8 billion years the universe has existed, when did we as carbon based entities first gain free will?
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@TwoMan
Wait, nvm. I think their definitions have changed. "Hard-determinism" used to be apposed to morality while compatibilism was for it.
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@TwoMan
And I would still argue your reasoning is deterministic. 

I'm technically a compatibilist even though I think "compatibilism" is just for convenience. 

I think of compatibilism in the same light as I do agnosticism. 

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@keithprosser
I think it's getting a bit boring too.

Want to pick an argument that you reckon you'll win?

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@TwoMan
TwoMan, would you consider the conclusion of a decision deterministic? If not, it sounds like you're arguing for an uncaused cause

keithprosser, what reasons?
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@keithprosser
An uncaused cause. 

"Free will" is on par with the cosmological argument.
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@keithprosser
What you call "free will", I call will.


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@Discipulus_Didicit
Merlin gets it. 

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@Discipulus_Didicit
keithprosser is right. People experience and observe (the illusion of) free will through a subjective lens. 
I'm trying to come from an objective materialistic point of view.  
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@keithprosser
I would say experience and observation are subjective, while materialism is objective.
I.e. You're arguing from subjectivity while I'm arguing from objectivity.  


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@Discipulus_Didicit
I've had this discussion before about choice and free will when it comes to determinism.
Here's how it goes down assuming we're going by the same definition(s):

Choice =/= free will

Choice is merely an act of choosing between multiple possibilities.
The act says nothing about whether free will is occurring.

I think the illusion of free will is just an effect of ignorance.
In other words: 
Belief in free will stems from experience or observation; it doesn't stem from materialistic explanation.

Assuming free will wasn't an illusion and actually existed, would we still have free will if we knew everything?






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@Discipulus_Didicit
I believe in metaphysical determinism.
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@keithprosser
Nvm, I posted to the wrong person.

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@keithprosser
Umm, okay. So do you have any questions, or are you several steps already ahead?

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@keithprosser
I believe in metaphysical determinism.
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So are you going to reveal more results? 
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@RationalMadman
Not sure why my autonomy is higher.

Man, your care, equality and equity are at 0, but your loyalty and authority are way up. How would that society function other than being a militant dictatorship? 
 
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That's a popular one. There are tons of videos out there on them.
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@mustardness
Still pretty neat. 

Also elephants have been known to use seismic communication to communicate miles away from each other.
Not quite sure how accurate that is.   

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Sperm whale sonar clicks can reach up to 230 db.
That's the equivalent of about 30 tons of TNT going off.



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@mustardness
How about multi-dimensional-coin. Is that better?
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@Discipulus_Didicit
Wait, can we start over. I've got a better belief that you'll enjoy because I've pretty much already won.

I believe everything exists.

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Partly to do with my belief in solipsism.

I knew we were going to go down this road. 
Do you now see why I asked that question at the start?
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@Discipulus_Didicit

The universe is singular is it not? We are just two sides of a multidimensional coin. 
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I believe I exist.

Are you questioning your own existence?

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@DBlaze
Is that what happened to you? Did you read anything about them beforehand? 

Thanks for the apology.  
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@keithprosser
I typed "Decriminalization". But if you people want to talk about legalization, go ahead.
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@DBlaze
What about people who also have anecdotal experiences that are opposite to yours? I personally would just chalk it up to a learning experience. I get paranoid with weed if I have too much. So I limit the hits to a couple.

With magic mushrooms maybe start with microdoses to get the feel of it (however little that may be) and work your way up.if you want the "full experience".
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@DBlaze
A bit hyperbolic. 
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Yay or nay?

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Carlism? I can't find a platform. Can you give me one?

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