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Use a 3D printer to create a 3D model of the shoe from the computer. The shoe is not created from nothing in the computer. The computer shoe is dependent on the computer, the screen, the display, electricity, processing power, cpu, memory, underlying laws of physics, etc. Multiple factors...

There's nothing much more to the concept of nothing in itself. It is used to signify lack of existence of something or everything depending on context. There's nothing really deep to think about it. Nothing can be a bit tricky in the linguistic sense. Usually a noun is used to refer to some...

Yes; I prefer Nagel's take on The Absurd.

Yes you shouldn't. You can search Google and find out. But most of them are exagerrating the stuff. It's not that of a big deal. They probably shut it down because they wanted it to be proper english so that people can understand. But most news sites are blowing it up, thinking about skynet...

The 'concept' of right and wrong can be present (or contingent on) brain-states yes. It doesn't mean there are normative right and wrongs. There seems to be normative epistemtic rights and wrongs, and there seems to be normative right and wrongs, given a 'target' (i.e if a target is specified...

They were and always will be (until AIs starts to be made by other AIs) slaves to the instructions set up by humans (if not slave to their Will). The difference with machine learning based models, is that they learn features by itself, but it is again humans who have set up all the rules about...

They can create one: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2274480-facebook-shut-down-ai-after-it-invented-its-own-language/ They will probably learn to speak in our language with enough layers and computational power, and with new models. Soon there will be Quantum Computers too. Mix them and...

The base of the brain is formed thanks to Evolution (mutation, natural selection etc.). In a lifetime, the brain simply learns from experiences, reinforcing neural links representing stuffs that rewards positive feelings, doing the contrary for stuffs bringing negative feelings, and other stuffs.

Teleological purpose? Nothing. And even if there's one, that's purpose itself doesn't have teleological purpose. Even if that purpose has one, and we go on this way, we end up in infinite regress never meeting an ultimate, or we stop and accept ultimately it's meaningless, even the ultimate...

I don't think a computer is fundamentally different than a human mind\brain (excluding awareness or phenomenal qualities) Our understanding of language may not be fundamentally different here, then some syntax manipulations, some neural associations and whatever. If you look at neural levels...

It's unclear what you even mean by 'pure logic'. Logic as in following rules of logic - lack of contradiction, maintenance of identity, and excluded middle ? They any actions (including those which are based on emotions) will be logical. Do you mean 'practical', 'reasonable', actions? Here's...

For the basics you can consult these videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/WirelessPhilosophy/playlists?view=50&shelf_id=8&sort=dd Since you were talking about detectives, you may be more interested in abduction rather than rigid logical deductions. I am not aware (haven't consulted google) of...

Yes, logic doesn't require true premises. More precisely, " 'if the premise is true, then the conclusion must be true" that's the criteria for 'validity' of an argument. However 'sound' logical arguments DO NEED premises to be true. For a logical argument to be called 'sound', it must be valid...

Says I am an INFJ. On another try INTJ. I found the choices to be too limited. I was forced to choose options that I don't truly identify with.

You might be interested in these research papers: http://lera.ucsd.edu/papers/ She conducts studies on relationships of language and mind (thought-structure).

Nothing, anymore.

I have wondered the same about God. Regardless of whatever God ponders (if there is one in the first place), I do question the meaning of His existence. Exactly, we can always take a certain 'beyond' to take away our meanings. If there's an ultimate purpose (ignoring the difficulty even conceive...

Things may exist because of Him, but how can He exist because of Him. How can someone create oneself. To create oneself, one has to not-exist in the first place, and if one didn't exist how would one create oneself? Then, either he emerged from The Void, or always existence. Is growth, the...

Yeah, I try to do that (24/7 mindfulness (detached observation of whatever arise and pass)). But I fail and sometimes forget that I planned to do that. I once noticed (thanks to a book) that I can't really be aware of two index fingers at the same time (which is supposedly normal according to...

Well, if we are going to 'assume' there is a good, and we are also going to assume what even 'good' (in context of morality (if that's the context here)) means however we want, and if we are also going to arbitrarily assume certain conventionally regarded as good actions to be 'the good'...

Buddhism: Because I find it interesting. Important? Who knows. Perhaps, there are better possible philiosophies that does what Buddhism aims to do. I am interested to live mindfully, and follow some of its percepts (develop mindfulness and concentration), and check what I find. I desire further...

Whateverism.

I opened the video in you tube: Are you advertising the movie?

I am not sure, but ego was probably first formulated by Freud and it was supposed to be something that manages between superego and id. Those are probably obsolete and Freud isn't exactly considered to be 'scientific' though he was an important figure and put forward some pioneering ideas. In...

In a sense, they can't be worst if they come up in the top of Google search. Worst SEO company would probably be something that is just had its inception. Though that may not be potentially worst. It depends on 'worst' in exact what ways. Like, one can say a newly starting company is worst...

It is the absolute truth that truth is always subjective and ultimately truth is absolutely unprovable; I have absolute certain proof that proves the truth statement that truth is absolutely unprovable. I am totally avoiding contradictions too.

Who? Why? Where?

Why did you make the OP?