Re: From Atheism to Islam

2017-02-05 Thread Telmo Menezes
> Inconsistent? Would you have people who oppose fascism not have a > definition of fascism - so that they were just opposing some undefined, > amorphous ideology? It is interesting that you bring this up. Are you familiar with the essay "Ur-fascism" by Umberto Eco? He discusses precisely how

Re: From Atheism to Islam

2017-02-05 Thread PGC
On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 12:14:27 PM UTC+1, telmo_menezes wrote: > > > > Then they built monuments to science and progress, made to inspire awe > > and fear, just like cathedrals. An example is the Fernsehturm in > > Berlin, made to resemble the Sputnik and the be seen from afar. It was

Re: AI apocalypse

2017-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2017, at 06:53, Brent Meeker wrote: I wonder if Bruno's theory of mind can help with this: http://www.sciencealert.com/experts-have-come-up-with-23-guidelines-to-avoid-an-ai-apocalypse I remember Marvin Minsky once said something like, "In the future there will be machines more

Re: From Atheism to Islam

2017-02-05 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/5/2017 3:14 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Inconsistent? Would you have people who oppose fascism not have a definition of fascism - so that they were just opposing some undefined, amorphous ideology? It is interesting that you bring this up. Are you familiar with the essay "Ur-fascism" by

Re: From Atheism to Islam

2017-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Feb 2017, at 19:53, Brent Meeker wrote: On 2/3/2017 1:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Feb 2017, at 17:50, Brent Meeker wrote: On 2/2/2017 1:40 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Initial remark: I am not a theist! It is possible to reject both theism and atheism. It's called agnosticism.

Re: Brainwashing by atheists

2017-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Feb 2017, at 15:25, PGC wrote: On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 2:36:19 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Feb 2017, at 20:38, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 2/2/2017 9:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> I do think the greek get the "correct" mystical insight, which is >> that Truth is

Re: Brainwashing by atheists

2017-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Feb 2017, at 23:52, Brent Meeker wrote: On 2/3/2017 5:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Feb 2017, at 20:38, Brent Meeker wrote: On 2/2/2017 9:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I do think the greek get the "correct" mystical insight, which is that Truth is bigger than Reason. It's