Philosophy
Probability
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The question of probability is of great importance above all because it could be a basis for deciding between determinism and indeterminism ("determinism or indeterminism). If the probability of quantum mechanics can only be interpreted indeterministically, as many physicists believe, determinism is refuted.
Explanations for the "successes" of homeopathy
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To put it briefly: homeopathy cannot not be successful. Not not successful. Because the whole system is structured in such a way that successes are always attributed to homeopathy, but failures to circumstances outside of homeopathy. So within the system of homoeopathy it is not possible that homoeopathy does not work. If one leaves this system - it is obvious that it does not work, as dozens, if not hundreds of studies and scientific as well as logical arguments have long since proven. In the following, we will show how homeopathy works.
Quantum physics and esoterics
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Quantum physics is a big topic in esotericism. Many esotericists are convinced that quantum physics can explain many esoteric phenomena that are inexplicable in a "natural" way. This is definitely not the case, but it is noticeable that some interpretations of quantum physics themselves sound surprisingly esoteric. For example, some interpretations assume that contradictions really exist in the field of quantum phenomena (Schrödinger's cat; Knapp: contradictions as part of reality). Or that the (material) world does not exist independently of immaterial consciousness (Bunge: Copenhagen interpretation), i.e. that the material world is dependent on an immaterial "observer". Also very esoteric is the idea that quantum phenomena, in contrast to the rest of natural science, should obey partly indeterministic, partly deterministic laws, that they are quasi "free of will". This is a dualistic idea that is otherwise strictly rejected in the natural sciences and leads to the probably fundamentally unsolvable measurement problem. There are no serious doubts about the results of quantum physics. But there are different interpretations of these results, some of which seem to be more esoteric than others. How can this be evaluated?
Freedom of the will
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Without free will, many of our ideas around human accountability are wrong. It seems downright absurd to hold people responsible for their decisions and actions, even though they could not have decided otherwise, even though they were not free of will. Since in a determinism everything that happens was already fixed at the beginning of time, freedom of will in this sense cannot be compatible with a determinism. But since freedom of will obviously exists and is a necessary precondition for responsibility, freedom of will and indeterminism must be compatible. This, however, is a fallacy. For while various forms of freedom are compatible with a determinism, in an indeterminism every form of freedom is impossible.
How many biological sexes are there in humans?
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In the summer of 2022, a downright absurd dispute broke out at Humboldt University in Berlin. The university had disinvited a biologist doing her doctorate because, among other things, she wanted to lecture on the fact that there are exactly two sexes in humans. In forums, emotions ran high, nerves were on edge and it was suggested that this statement was controversial. Of course it is not.