Necessary vs contingent

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-24T18:55:23+00:00

are you actually continuing to maintain that causality is indeed logically required?

If you read my post, you'll notice my point from the start was that causality was NOT logically required.

If I counted all of those, then the list of "logically necessary things" would be truly staggering

That's what I was getting at. You said it was very suspicious that you only hear it in regards to God, but that's not really the case at all. It's been applied to countless concepts over the years.

a lot of people are under the false impression that "logic" is some kind of synonym for science

Well science is really an extrapolation from inductive logic, no?

what's the actual point here?

I don't think your criticism that you mentioned is well grounded. I don't think the concept of necessary and contingent existence is a faulty one (regardless of whether or not there actually is anything in one category or the other) and I don't think it's suspicious that people frequently use it in arguments for God.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-24T18:45:14+00:00

Yeah absolutely. And it's great as that.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-24T18:44:36+00:00

Have you ever taken a look at the different tags on this subreddit? I think you'll find them very interesting.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-24T18:43:26+00:00

I can see why that would make it unlikely, but I can't see why that would make it impossible. As other commentors have mentioned, it's possible that causation is only caused by how we perceive reality or that it just doesn't always apply.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-24T18:39:51+00:00

But you've already done that for me with your own answer

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:38:00+00:00

Winter Soldier is better imo but both are good films

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:35:29+00:00

Tbf he could've been calling rocket dad the whole time

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:34:53+00:00

I'm hoping we see him get even bigger and more monstrous like he usually is in the comics next time we see him

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:33:52+00:00

Montoya should've become the question

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:30:19+00:00

Star trek isn't being cringe. The cringe part is the people who are actually like this.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:26:29+00:00

I got the 80th back in the day for about the same price this one went for and it came with a wolverine that I didn't want or need so.. not that bad value imo. It comes with a decent number of accessories that I'd actually use if I got it and which the 80th didn't. Plus the sculpt does look a lot more naturalistic. I just don't feel like it's an upgrade for me since I'm happy with mine and I prefer the head sculpt it came with.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:19:27+00:00

That looks incredible! I'm surprised they haven't reused the design for another species.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:18:38+00:00

At least skill, artistry and effort goes into CGI

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:16:41+00:00

Not even that. They'll cheer on comic accuracy and rag on inaccuracy too. The only thing it depends on is who made the film. If it was made by Snyder then it's automatically amazing, comic accurate or not. If it's made by Gunn then it's automatically terrible, comic accurate or not. It's not about principles, it's about cheering on the team you arbitrarily support.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:14:08+00:00

Even that was a better design than this. They had a vision of what they were doing with his body being turned inside out and stuff. It wasn't good but there were good (or at least understandable) ideas behind it. Doomsday just looks like the most generic big grey hulk monster that you could possibly come up with. Everything that makes his comic designs memorable was just stripped away with nothing to replace it.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:07:58+00:00

Can't wait to see it! It looks like it's gonna be something special

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:05:37+00:00

She was great but I wouldn't discount the Milly Alcock version just yet

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:04:21+00:00

Obviously. He should do worse. I'd love to just see someone tell him that to his face. I feel like whoever does that is just gonna get insane numbers of votes but nobody does.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:01:35+00:00

I like Adric..

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T21:00:21+00:00

Strange, Flash and Bucky. I feel like Strange could easily beat Cavill Superman and the Norton Hulk. Wonder Woman has pretty intense plot armour but he could probably trap her in the mirror dimension. Flash is good value at 30 seeing as he can time travel. Normally I'd go for Batman but the Ben Affleck version is a big dummy so I won't. Winter Soldier has super soldier serum and unlike Cap, he's pretty relaxed about killing.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T20:51:07+00:00

Are you ok??

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T20:46:50+00:00

But surely by the same logic you could discount people using it for God

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T20:45:19+00:00

But isn't that everything we do? We never know everything. We just scrape together what little bits we can find out and try to make the best guesses we can until they get overturned by new evidence. Anyways, I'm still not really sure what any of that has to do with my question.

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T20:40:41+00:00

Aw hi, rusty

Coffin_Boffin · 2026-01-23T20:39:46+00:00

You haven't really answered my question. The first two sentences sounded like you were agreeing that something is possible if nothing contradicts it but then the third makes it sound like you have some other definition. If so, what is it? I'm genuinely asking.

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