@Plinz@broudsov You can reject physicalism as a fundamental ontology and still use science and engineering as an instrument to predict. Physicalism isn’t just prediction, it makes a further metaphysical claim which is entrenched in our collective culture but is not the simplest explanation.
@Plinz@scottastevenson Knowledge is conjecture that survives criticism. For all its merits, physicalism is not surviving criticism that well. It fails to account for qualia and non-locality without making metaphysical contorsions. The alternative, while less developed, is a simpler explanation.
@brivael Andreessen doesn’t want to harm anyone. But the idea he carries is dangerous. Some of my friends are techno-optimists, and they all have one thing in common: they want more. When endless ambition takes over—you destroy yourself from the inside...
You catch my drift.
@Jkylebass@FrankLuntz@nickhedley Mate no one with a brain thinks Iran wants to nuke Europe. They want (need!) it as defense against Israel. Take your fear mongering somewhere else, America has been exposed for what it is, a paper tiger full of narcissistic, ignorant and overconfident cheerleaders.