Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi

Naturalist. Humanist.

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

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[Olori🍒 @OloriOfOloris]

Mirror selfie thread?

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

@yeankhar Make England fans tear them chop? 😂

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

I discovered the jamovi software recently, and it's been an absolute revelation for me!

jamovi: A Free Alternative to SPSS that Provides a Gateway to R https://t.co/QcRuzunGzm

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

To be fair, the Bible does suggest that Satan rules the current world. Paul calls the devil "the god of this world" (2 Corinthians 4:4) and Ephesians calls him "the prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2). In that context, that Matthean demonology makes sense.

[Kelvin O johnson @_OKJ__]

According to the author of Matthew, Satan offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus would bow down to him.

But if Jesus is God…as Christian doctrine teaches…then Satan would already know that Jesus is the creator and rightful owner of everything. So what exactly is Satan offering him?

It’s like a gateman promising to give the owner of the house the very property the owner already possesses, on the condition that the owner bows to him. The offer makes no sense if Satan knows who Jesus really is. … this is what happens when you make up stupid stories.

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

A philosopher’s 5 tips on how to become the most likeable person in the room - Big Think https://t.co/3a6tVGcNeN

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

"Tinubunomics" never shows you the temporal change in GDP per capita, inflation rate, consumer price index, health insurance coverage, cost of doing business, percentage of under-13 children out of school, or percentage living below US$ 1.40 daily. Just "FAAC" and "IGR." 🙂🙂

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Dear beloved sports-loving Nigerian youths,

After watching the performances of Davido, Burna Boy, and Rema at the opening of the 2026 World Cup—at a time when Nigeria, the giant of Africa, is absent—I felt a measure of consolation. This was reinforced by the fact that many Nigerians playing for clubs worldwide are representing other countries. Felix Nmecha, for instance, set a record by scoring the fastest goal at six minutes for Germany. I write to you therefore, knowing that this country belongs to you, the youth.

You are more of stakeholders in Nigeria’s future than I am. I am 64 years old; by God’s grace, much of my journey is behind me, while yours lies ahead.

It is therefore imperative that you rise to the challenge by obtaining your PVC, your most powerful tool for driving the change you desire.

In the last three years alone, over 15 million Nigerians have turned 18—enough to decide who becomes President, Governor, Senator, Member of the House, or Local Government Chairman. Indeed, enough to shape the nation’s future.

I know many of you are sceptical about politics and political parties. I understand why, but scepticism must not become surrender.

You do not need to belong to any party or wait for anyone to organise you. Organise yourselves in your streets, campuses, communities, workplaces, churches, mosques, and social groups. Mobilise, debate, demand accountability, and take part in choosing those you wish to entrust with leadership.

If you are organised and wish to hear directly from me, invite me. I will come and share my plans for you and our nation.

Do not sit on the sidelines while others decide your future.

I appeal to you to register and vote. Your vote can shape who becomes the next President of our country.

My young friends, this is your country. Take it back.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Sustainable Success Is Built on Competence, Integrity, Discipline and hardworking.

On Saturday, I had the privilege of interacting with young entrepreneurs, professionals, business leaders, and members of the emerging generation at the This Generation Conference hosted by Summit Bible Church in Abuja.

Our discussion focused on what it takes to thrive in the marketplace despite prevailing economic challenges. I shared insights from my years in business and public service, emphasizing that sustainable success is built on integrity, competence, discipline, and a commitment to creating value for society.

I reminded participants that no nation develops by consumption alone. Nations progress when their citizens are productive, innovative, and committed to excellence. Our young people must resist the temptation of shortcuts and instead embrace education, skills acquisition, entrepreneurship, and ethical leadership.

The future of Nigeria depends largely on the quality of leadership and enterprise this generation is willing to build. We must move from a culture of sharing poverty to one of creating prosperity through production, innovation, and responsible governance.

I left encouraged by the energy, intelligence, and determination of the young people I met. Their questions, ideas, and aspirations reaffirmed my belief that Nigeria’s greatest resource remains her people.

Together, through hard work, integrity, and purposeful leadership, we can build the New Nigeria that is POssible. -PO

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

CS Lewis humiliated. The argument from reason debunked. The SciPhi Show (via @YouTube) https://t.co/iFgqCaXQCQ

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

"In the beginning (time) God created the heavens (space) and the earth (matter)."

And people were clapping!! 🤣🤣🤣

[The Christian Guy @DeChristianguy]

This explanation debunks most atheists claim about who God is.

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

@OmolewaAbraham It's a reasonable starting point. It lets governors know that they won't be spared when the time comes to hold them accountable because the person at the top cannot be accused of such. Corruption isn't our only problem, but it is a massively impactful problem.

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

I will always say that everything rises and falls on leadership. If the foundation is faulty, nothing you build on the house will stand forever. We are where we are because we fail to get the basics right, and we will continue to remain here until we course-correct.

[Vahyala Kwaga @Thegrey8]

“The game is the game”!…..🤡🤡

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

Views where I agree with most/majority of contemporary philosophers

✅ A priori knowledge — yes
✅ Abstract objects — nominalism
✅ Aim of philosophy — understanding
✅ Analytic-synthetic distinction — yes
✅ Omnivorism — yes and yes
✅ Gender — social
✅ God — atheism
✅ External world — non-sceptical realism
✅ Knowledge — empiricism
✅ Meaning of life — subjectivism
✅ Metaphilosophy — naturalism
✅ Mind — physicalism
✅ Moral judgement — cognitivism
✅ Race — social
✅ Science — realism
✅ Time — B-theory
✅ Truth — correspondence

Views where I disagree with most/ the majority of contemporary philosophers (my views are named)

🚫 Aesthetic value — subjective
🚫 Free will — no free will (incompatibilism)
🚫 Metaethics — moral antirealism
🚫 Normative ethics — consequentialism
🚫 Zombies — inconceivable

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

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[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

@MeePlusYou Happy birthday, doc. Many happy returns. 🎁🎂

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

Rare L for Rufai Oseni here. Ayo Mairo-Ese is absolutely on point.

[BLESSED 🥷 @Dee_9889]

BREAKING: Fire on Arise TV!
Ayo Mairo-Ese and Rufai Oseni clashed heatedly this morning over Peter Obi’s ₦5B defamation suit against Kenneth Okonkwo.
Ayo backs Obi’s right to protect his reputation. Rufai calls Okonkwo a “political surrogate” and says Obi shouldn’t waste time on him.

[Jaydon || #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225__]

Lol. Just keep reading the tweets. We will be here in two years' time. 🙂🙂

[Obey Emmanuel @soft_obey]

Twitter is playing a huge role in trying to shake my faith in God

Jesus is real, and none of these tweets will get to me

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

⚠ A VERY, VERY LONG RESPONSE

Although you have already concluded that I am being dishonest—which is quite the conclusion to make about a person you neither know personally nor have had any interaction with prior to this period—I will respond with my view for the sake of those who will read the conversation as well.

First, while it is true that I correctly identify (as I will demonstrate soon) that this particular retort about science being "a slave to philosophy" is often a tool that religious apologists use to give excuses for their failure to defend their baseless theological ideas, my argument does not at all aim to attack this apologetic motif as a primary focus. In fact, the first people on Twitter that I made this correction towards were my fellow atheists! (One of them is suspended now, and I will not tag the other so as not to disturb him unnecessarily.) This specific view is not an anti-religious stance, and it is even much less an anti-philosophical stance! I made the point to you several times the other day that I am not against philosophy by any means, yet you find a way to sneak in the claim that I despise philosophy. How is that for being dishonest!?

My argument remains fundamentally the same:
1. Science is worldview-agnostic. Science, inherently, does not presuppose any philosophical view over another.
2. What you guys have been calling "philosophical assumptions" are not scientific "assumptions" at all. Rather, they are intuitions that all persons—scientist or nonscientist, expert or amateur, clergy or laity, even old or young—are born with and operate their day-to-day lives by.

To drive home this point a little bit further, let me share my view on what I think qualifies as an assumption. There are many ways "assumption" can be defined. Still, I will go with the Collins Dictionary's definition (for no reason other than personal choice), which defines an assumption as a belief that "you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof." https://t.co/G49rb58BY4

The keyword that should be focused upon here is "accept." You may disagree with me on this, but the idea of "acceptance" carries with it, first, the idea of awareness and conceptualisation. In other words, to be justifiably said to accept or reject a view, it must first be established that you are aware of the view. (This is one reason why I do not define atheism as a mere lack or absence of belief in gods, by the way.) However, most people who go into science are not even aware of the philosophical "controversy" surrounding, for example, Hume's discussion of the problem of induction or Kant's critique of pure reason. I can say for myself that nobody ever taught me any of such while I was studying microbiology or public health! It is just not a controversy that any scientist is required to be aware of in the practice of science.

Consequently, it cannot be said with certainty that all scientific endeavours invariably accept assumptions for which it is unknown whether they were first aware or not. It makes no sense to ascribe an "implicit assumption" to any specific scientific endeavour without also ascribing implicit awareness. Yet, no such ascription can be justified by you or anyone else. This is why I requested that any one of you demonstrate that their claim about any scientific endeavour possesses this assumption by illustrating it being explicitly admitted in any scientific paper (which routinely, perhaps even invariably, state assumptions, hypotheses, and working theories).

Also, you said, "When a philosopher identifies that science presupposes the intelligibility of nature, they are not inventing a new assumption and inserting it covertly. They are naming something that is already structurally operative." But the "structurally operative" concept the philosopher identifies is not an assumption (for the reason I already discussed); rather, it is a practical intuition that all humans possess. It takes no deep intellection to develop that operative framework. And it is only this intuition that the working scientist carries through their work. Any semblance of belief in epistemic realism, consistency in the laws of nature, or other such so-called assumptions is an artefact of our fundamental intuitions.

You also said, "Ordinary human cognition, left unexamined, also includes cognitive biases, motivated reasoning, and the firm intuition that the sun moves across the sky." I do not deny that ordinary human intuition is fallible and problematic. That is why I said that science aids in refining those intuitions! That, however, does not mean they serve as a defective starting point for science. As we progress in the practice of science, collect more data, and observe results that clash with our prior intuitions, we are forced to refine these intuitions. Thomas Kuhn highlighted this in his discourse on how scientific paradigms shift over time. Moreover, philosophy itself provides no more than shaky, heavily debated grounds for any scientific endeavour, for it is always up for discussion what philosophical views hold valid and true; and to the extent that this is an underdetermined problem, science does not have to privilege any one philosophy over another.

About the role religious apologetics plays in this discourse... Although I have said ad nauseam that my argument is not strictly about religious apologetics, I freely admit that religious apologetics also takes the cane here. That's primarily because, in almost every context I have heard this argument made, it is either by people who are themselves religious apologists or those who have often stayed so close to religious apologetics that they have swallowed this drivel with little pushback. A few examples of this are:

1. William Lane Craig: https://t.co/NvubPjhL8w

2. Frank Turek: see here https://t.co/zw08FLEG3n and here https://t.co/U8RmHKuQEH

3. John Lennox: https://t.co/JhauFuubml

Something entices religious people about this notion, which is the fact that it allows them to sneak in the idea that, "Well, since science makes philosophical assumptions that it cannot justify, we also make philosophical assumptions about gods and spirits and miracles too." And for the record, AT LEAST ONE PERSON on Friday when we had the discussion CLEARLY made this appeal, contrary to what some of your friends have told you.

Finally, while I do respect the fact that you have done your best attempt at educating me on this issue, I humbly disagree with the points you have made. However, unlike you, I will not call you dishonest or any such insalubrious and demeaning terms because, by my nature, I do my best to respect interlocutors, especially those whom I do not know where we might meet in the future (assuming it comes 😉).

FINIT!

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

Hume, D. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

The pastor preaching on Trinity na heresy. Everybody wey dey try correct am na heresy. The people wey dey correct the people wey dey correct am too na heresy!

Nobody understands the Trinity in 1800 years of its existence!

😁😁😁

[Jaydon | #YorubasForPeterObi @Jaydon225]

Those arguments aren't necessary to have faith. In fact, I dare say that 90% of religious people don't need or care about such arguments. William Lane Craig, for example, has said that arguments and evidence aren't how people come to know God and that even if all the arguments and evidence turned against his faith he wouldn't give up the faith because he has what he calls "the self-authenticating witness of the Holy Spirit." These arguments are often used as "intellectual" bulwarks for those who want to FEEL rational in holding to faith. They don't produce faith. Rather, they reinforce faith for those who need such "intellectual" reinforcement, who want to hold to outdated religious faith in a modern rationalist world. For those who don't care much about such intellectual defence, for whom just faith is sufficient—and that is, overwhelmingly, the majority of religious people—these arguments have no necessity.