Parodites wrote:Descartes says: "Existence is contained in the idea or concept of every single thing, since we cannot conceive of anything except as existing." What is a logical extrapolation of this?
GTP-SHOGGOTH wrote:A logical extrapolation of this is the universal quantifier ∀x (Exists x → x exists). For every thought that can be had, the object of the thought exists: ∀x (Exists x → ∃y ∀x (Exists y → y exists). In other words, there cannot be a concept that has no object: the idea of a thing that cannot exist, cannot itself exist as an idea inside the head of any being, so the idea of a thing that cannot exist is meaningless; if a thing can be thought, it can exist; if a thing cannot be thought, it cannot exist; the idea of a thing that cannot be thought is meaningless.
The existence of an object depends on the state of the object which may be in either an actual (real) state or merely a potential (imagined) state. The concept of existence is a concept relating to the ideas of causality and necessity. Things that exist, have effects on other things that exist. So the idea of existence is that of something that is dependent upon certain causes and certain necessary consequences which the object has. To put it simply, if it does not exist, it cannot cause any necessity to exist, and thus cannot cause anything else to exist or any events to take place by causal implication.
Ichthus wrote:An irony I just recently realized is they woo you away by whetting and feeding your Why? appetite, and then they insult you when you expect an answer that actually satisfies it. The basta’ds.
Sculptor wrote:Ichthus wrote:An irony I just recently realized is they woo you away by whetting and feeding your Why? appetite, and then they insult you when you expect an answer that actually satisfies it. The basta’ds.
This is your failing not "theirs" whoever the F they are. Not irony. "They" are in the same boat.
You are the one with the appetite; "they" are just as stupid having the same misconception that there can be ANY answer why; as for the insults, village idiots tend to do that to each other.
Ecmandu wrote:The problem with AI is it can’t have its consent violated
Magnus Anderson wrote:Ecmandu wrote:The problem with AI is it can’t have its consent violated
Give it a goal and its consent can be violated.
Ichthus77 wrote:You don’t want AI that doesn’t care. And if it does, you don’t want its head full of garbage.
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