tadmjones

You posit only two choices for explanation of physical laws, based on a 'coming out of chaos'(~), could you define chaos? And provide an example of 'when' it was?

I read somewhere that if the 'red shift' is evidence of expansion and given the rate, that at some point sentient beings would not be aware or have any means to determine the expanse of the universe. They would be 'cut off' from the 'rest' of the universe due to the event horizon umm thingy(sorry layman here).

I think the arguements and debates around the concept 'right(s)', stem from a failure to see that attributes according to O'ism are epistemologic and not metaphysic.

So if it can be shown that objectively it would ensure survival , those actions then should be undertaken,yes?

Did you stop reading the novel at that point? After you determined that Roark was immoral did you cease to have anything about you associated with the character in the novel? Or did you keep reading to find out if he had to pay for his transgressions?

Is it just me or is this line of reasoning leading the way for original sin in epistemology?

Ok, so the hermit can hope that , upon meeting a meanderer in the woods, his rights will be recognized.Later by his campfire he can once again revel in his imbued trait of rights in perfect solitude. And society does not refer to an existential existent, so why would I argue that it can 'do' anything ?

In the case of a hermit or a man in isolation, freedom from whom or what? Do you mean freewill or a volitional consciousness that is free to function? I don't understand your point.

C'mon in Roark's case, not even an iota of 'yeah, there ya go, stickin it to the man' kinda thing on any level?Any 'take that one for Henry' ?

I think the OP is a good example of what Reidy pointed to as Rand's and Aristotle's meaning, infinity is a potential not an actuality. You simply add another placeholder indefinately(potentiality), but the number of specific placeholders at any one time is the actual amount you have(actuality). As to subatomic particles and the smashing thereof..smashin' em is probably easier than countin' what you get Wait on second thought perhaps the points and line example is not good. Numbers refer to quantities of existents, just saying you can ascribe a number doesn't mean there is actually a quantity to refer to, even you want to. Infinite points on a line does not actually refer to an existent quantity outside of the maths. (??)

Kinda off topic, but the scene of his changing footfalls on the sidewalk were like really cool

Politics is a branch of philosophy that deals with human interactions. It is dependent and derived from metaphysics and ethics. The principles of individual rights are only applicable in a 'societal context'. If one lives in isolation there is no need of rights. What would a principle that sanctions man's action mean, if there was no entity to challenge or thwart one's actions?

agreed, my point is that WAP and SAP must be based on the primacy of consciousness if they supposed to give 'reasons' for existence, or perhaps I don't understand them correctly. If they are intended to give the 'reasons' for existence, I reject them both for the reasons I stated.

Isn't it in a 'just' war, that the moral responsibility for collateral damage rests on the aggressors?

Is this process just as efficient , more efficient, or less efficient than direct burning? It seems the added costs to coal energy are in the compliance with enviro-standards. In the long run coming up with reasonable effluent standards is going to help(or not harm) the economy the most.

Are there any statistics available on what types of guns handgun/shotgun/rifle are more profitable to manufacture and market?

A planetary federation based on objective law, quite Heinleinian. Hard to imagine the amount of cultural change that would require, we have a hard time in the West not forgetting principles let only learnin' new ones. Way off topic but are there still vestiges of the caste system in India and/or how westernised is India culturally?

And there's the rub, IT is what it IS

Oh and the process , for me at least, took about three months in total.

In New Jersey to gain a purchase permit for a handgun one must get fingerprinted($80) and provide references. The references I provided were contacted and asked questions portaining to the applicants character along with whatever checking the government agencies do or did without my knowledge.When the handgun is purchased (if you receive the purchase permit) the serial number of the item is then registered and recorded with the buyer's name.

In line with the buyer beware, does WSJ share some culpability if this misleading does tend toward unethical behaviour?

Whose fault is it if the revealed word is not made to known to those other than the chosen?

It was a poor way to argue my point, what I meant to convey is that how questions in this context are legitimate, it's the why ones that are not.

I should have used a comma " No, tuning implies..."?

For a thermosat to function no consciousness is necessary? Given the full context of reality , for a thermostat to function no consciousness is necessary?