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I don't think that we were anywhere before 'birth' - unless you're working with some kind of reincarnation assumption.

In what way are you distinguishing between fear and anxiety?

Would it be a bad thing if there were stagnation in the 'light news' subforum? Most of it seems to be semi-inflammatory tripe anyway. Besides, can we accurately predict what effect an extra subforum would have on overall traffic flow to NCAP? Perhaps it would be worth at least trialling it...

Aye, I think that most religion debates could sit happily within 'philosophy' subforum. You could always make a 'Philosophy and Religion' subforum, though I would worry about the further proliferation of troll threads about Islam.

I intended for it to be vague - I don't know many fine details about the law or aboriginal communities. I simply assume that there may exist at least a limited number of cases where minor exemptions would be reasonable for historical/cultural reasons. Take for example the use of land - perhaps...

Bookstores are pretty awesome (speaking as a nerd). Sappho Books, also a cafe, on Glebe Pt Rd is fairly doable.

Word. <-- Le Profundity

They're getting ahead of themselves. A proper bill of rights for all Australians would be a better start. Indigenous rights, perhaps related to minor legal exemptions or similar, could always be built into it.

That's an overly simplistic view. It's akin to saying that we either have to permit all sex or we need to regulate all sexual acts, case by case. There are many (obvious, I should add,) options in between, so I am unsure why you have decided to push a false dichotomy here. Does your typical...

The main differences will mainly emerge (in my opinion) if you are keen on research - i.e. if you are considering academic medicine, a PhD or a specialty which is so competitive that prior research/publications are a pseudo-requirement. Naturally the Go8 (Group of 8) universities are better bets...

1. Mayo Clinic 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Harvard

Cheers Slidey, many thanks.

Yo, I've been wanting to try to develop a solid theoretical understanding of neural networks (such as underlie that neurophysics research), formalism and all. Do you have any thoughts on where I would do well to start? (given that I have no computing background, but a good grasp of different...

Coolest thing I've seen all day (ranks 2nd for the week). I was familiar enough with cellular automata (thanks to your prior education, I'm sure) to pick it right away. Very, very awesome. For another moment of geometrical excitement, see this article on hallucinatory neurophysics.

Agreed.

Ex nihilo nihil fit. Out of bogus non-arguments no conclusions will flow.

But, as Chadd would so readily point out, children have the same attitude with respect to santa claus and other entities (heading in a more controversial direction I would suggest that similar 'tacit acceptance' of certain claims takes place in the moral domain as well). However, note that...

Yeah, 3unitz, I'm glad you noted that in the passage that *true* quoted. To bring out the relevant part: My naive reading is as follows: god somehow transcends our worldly means of seeking knowledge and wisdom and thus, if we are to know god, we must cast aside our usual rational methods and...

That link isn't a happy one, but the image is too good to go unnoticed so here is another, hopefully functional, link: http://www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/archive/2007-01-15%20--%20science%20vs%20faith.html

Re: 回复: Re: 回复: Re: Does God exist? Mu. A further question needs to be asked in relation to your second question - do we have any reason to think that such a question has a determinate answer? The problem with your question (I am focussing on the second one here) is that it can be seen...