Jon’s Quora Content
Since Quora has switched from blogs to ‘spaces’ I’ve been unable to update my permanent material stored there. In the interests of continuing to update it and making it readily available, I’ve decided to shift it here instead.
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‘Is it possible that…’ questions are usually daft. Here’s why.
Is it possible that… … gods exist? … there is an afterlife? …there are new forms of science we haven’t yet discovered? …Satan used a miracle to alter DNA? … etc, etc, etc… It’s possible, but it’s a vacuous possibility, in that there is no evidence whatsoever to support it. A vacuous possibility is a hypothesis which is… Read more
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Seven Ways To Ask Stupid Questions on Quora
Did you ever hear your teacher say “There is no such thing as a stupid question?” Well, your teacher was wrong. Here, with examples, are some of the daftest ways to ask questions on a social media site. And yes, there is a lot of overlap. People who ask questions like this can be dysfunctionally… Read more
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Afterlife theory or physics? Take your pick
Given that there is no evidence for an ‘afterlife’, arguments against it are unnecessary. But it may be worth pointing out once again that any ‘afterlife’ theory implies that our current understanding of physics is completely wrong. Imagine for a moment a world in which sentient minds really do transfer ‘somewhere else’ at the moment… Read more
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