On Occam’s RazorSven Gelbhaar2/17/2025 So this whole series is named after Occam’s Razor, but what exactly is thisrule of Philosophy? Given that all things are equal (/ as likely), the explanation that relieson the fewest assumptions has the highest chance of none of its assumptionsbeing wrong, thereby ensuring that the explanation is correct as long […]
On The Cosmic Speed Limit (c) And Time DilationSven Gelbhaar2/12/2024 Special Relativity stipulates that there exists a universal speed limitin the Physical World: that of the speed of light (c). I intend onfalsifying that. An easy counterargument to this notion — that nature has a speed limt —would be to shift inertial frames (that is,
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On God of the GapsSven Gelbhaar2/11/2024 Atheists are generally loathe of the God of the Gaps argument,whereby the only explanation for an event or object is an all-knowing, all-powerful, etc God, for every other possible causehas been discounted. This might not seem to be proof, butmiracles are as close to proof as theists can possibly
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On The Problem of (Good and) EvilSven Gelbhaar9/5/2023 The skeptics and critics of monotheism always proclaim that aloving God and Goddess would never allow for evil to exist intheir creation. I claim the opposite. God and Goddess allowfor Evil in their World for a number of reasons. Without Evilthere is no Good. Good and Evil
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On God’s Involvement In Present CreationPseudochaos9/1/2023 The last paper covered God’s right to impact creation post hoc, so this paper willtalk about how God may (or may not) be doing that. Most people imagine that God can only work on the world as it is. That is, physicalcharacteristics of creation. This is certainly true, and
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On Divine Command TheorySven Gelbhaar8/25/2023 In the Abrahamic Faiths (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), God is said to beall-knowing, all-powerful, and morally perfect. Furthermore, God is said to bethe creator of the world. With all of this in mind, who better to rule the worldthan God? Deists claim that God doesn’t interact with the world, but
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The Goal of PhilosophySven Gelbhaar1/24/2023 The much sought-after goal of modern philosophy is A-Priori knowledge — thatis: knowledge which is known before consideration, logic, and experience.This sort of knowledge is un-assailable, and as such is highly prized by theIntelligentsia which turns a critical eye to everything in its purview.However, I maintain that A-Posteriori knowledge is
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Anthropogenic Climate ChangeSven Gelbhaar25.07.2019 The debate rages on as to whether the increase in global average temperature isanthropogenic, or even if it exists at all. Normally I wouldn’t weigh in onthis as other, more-than-competent people have already done so and continue todo so. Something along the lines of 90+% of scientists who have been surveyed(not
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On DensitySven Gelbhaar25.07.2019 Upon re-reading my earlier paper /On Black Holes/ (16.10.2018), it occurs to methat there must be a proscribed maximum density when it comes to the compositionof atoms (and therefore superstructures of the same). In the paper I had arguedthat a conglomerate of matter cannot have infinite density, but used a rather(glancing at
ZeitPunkt: InterludeSven Gelbhaar24.07.2019 Elise opened her eyes. She looked up at a faintly reflective surface andfollowed it down and around. She noticed that it was all rather spherical. Herattention was drawn down to the satin sheet upon which she lay. Shehalf-propped herself upward on the bed. A faint breeze came from a placeunseen. A portion
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