Absolutism!

Jarod

Jarod

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I’m not an absolutist, very few things in this world do I believe are absolute rules…


I’m interested, can you come up with anything you believe to be an absolute rule?
 
Cypress said:
The universal law of gravitation.

Speed of light in a vacuum.

The second law of thermodynamics

The Pythagorean theorem
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I agree that as stated here, these seem to be absolute, but the emerging study of Quantum Physics seems to suggest some of those are not absolute at the quantum level.
 
Phantasmal said:
Death
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Maybe, but it is a moving target at times. People are brought back from death if you use traditional methods of determining when death occurs. Years ago that football player would have been consider "dead" when his heart stopped beating and respiration ceased to occur... Now he is "alive" after having his heart restarted and with the use of a respirator.
 
My best example is....

Most religions would take absolutism to the extent that their God is the absolute supreme God over all of mankind.
 
My 2nd best example is...

Most Trumptards take absolutism to the extent that their Orange Idol is the Supreme Being over all mankind!

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Jarod said:
I agree that as stated here, these seem to be absolute, but the emerging study of Quantum Physics seems to suggest some of those are not absolute at the quantum level.
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Because of the limits of human language, one would always have to add caveats and qualifiers to mathmatical concepts.

The Pythagorean theorem only works in Euclidian space.

The speed of light varies depending on the matrix it travels through.

Quantum foam is perhaps mathematically a violation of the conservation of energy, but at time scales greater than Planck time it does not constitute an actual violation.

Newtonian and relativistic gravitational laws work for every satellite, rocket, or probe we have ever launched, but our knowledge of physics ends when time and density approach that of a singularity or a black hole. Gravity may be a force leaking into our universe from spatial dimensions we cannot percieve.
 
In the most horrid of displays of evil by some humans


Kindness always appears from some humans



It is deep in our souls


And has saved mankind from extinction repeatedly throughout our existence
 
Cypress said:
Because of the limits of human language, one would always have to add caveats and qualifiers to mathmatical concepts.

The Pythagorean theorem only works in Euclidian space.

The speed of light varies depending on the matrix it travels through.

Quantum foam is perhaps mathematically a violation of the conservation of energy, but at time scales greater than Planck time it does not constitute an actual violation.

Newtonian and relativistic gravitational laws work for every satellite, rocket, or probe we have launched, but our knowledge of physics ends when time and density approach that of a singularity or a black hole. Gravity may be a force leaking into our universe from spatial dimensions we cannot percieve.
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Exactly, and the list goes on and on... But I contend that most religions are based in the idea of some mythic certainty that doesn't seem to exist.
 
Jarod said:
Ok, so I could agree that through humanity, kindness toward fellow humans has always been a component, at some level, of human culture.
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Thank you



Without that constant neither of us would have ever graced the surface of this planet
 
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