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@platosophia

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Bachelors in Science in Computer Science. Masters of Arts in Philosophy. Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/jairohtuada

steemit.com/@platosophia
VOTING POWER100.00%
DOWNVOTE POWER100.00%
RESOURCE CREDITS100.00%
REPUTATION PROGRESS0.00%
Net Worth
0.037USD
STEEM
0.000STEEM
SBD
0.000SBD
Effective Power
5.007SP
├── Own SP
0.635SP
└── Incoming Deleg
+4.372SP

Detailed Balance

STEEM
balance
0.000STEEM
market_balance
0.000STEEM
savings_balance
0.000STEEM
reward_steem_balance
0.000STEEM
STEEM POWER
Own SP
0.635SP
Delegated Out
0.000SP
Delegation In
4.372SP
Effective Power
5.007SP
Reward SP (pending)
0.000SP
SBD
sbd_balance
0.000SBD
sbd_conversions
0.000SBD
sbd_market_balance
0.000SBD
savings_sbd_balance
0.000SBD
reward_sbd_balance
0.000SBD
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Account Info

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rank1,348,743
reputation81498894
created2017-08-12T12:52:48
recovery_accountsteem
proxyNone
post_count4
comment_count0
lifetime_vote_count0
witnesses_voted_for0
last_post2017-08-15T08:38:18
last_root_post2017-08-14T14:38:54
last_vote_time1970-01-01T00:00:00
proxied_vsf_votes0, 0, 0, 0
can_vote1
voting_power0
delayed_votes0
balance0.000 STEEM
savings_balance0.000 STEEM
sbd_balance0.000 SBD
savings_sbd_balance0.000 SBD
vesting_shares1032.085493 VESTS
delegated_vesting_shares0.000000 VESTS
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reward_vesting_balance0.000000 VESTS
vesting_balance0.000 STEEM
vesting_withdraw_rate0.000000 VESTS
next_vesting_withdrawal1969-12-31T23:59:59
withdrawn0
to_withdraw0
withdraw_routes0
savings_withdraw_requests0
last_account_recovery1970-01-01T00:00:00
reset_accountnull
last_owner_update1970-01-01T00:00:00
last_account_update2017-08-14T15:02:06
minedNo
sbd_seconds0
sbd_last_interest_payment1970-01-01T00:00:00
savings_sbd_last_interest_payment1970-01-01T00:00:00
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Withdraw Routes

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From Date
To Date
steemdelegated 4.372 SP to @platosophia
2026/05/18 05:09:03
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares7111.574313 VESTS
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steemdelegated 2.705 SP to @platosophia
2026/05/12 23:41:42
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares4399.363908 VESTS
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steemdelegated 4.380 SP to @platosophia
2026/04/26 04:22:33
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares7124.090069 VESTS
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steemdelegated 2.730 SP to @platosophia
2026/01/23 20:57:18
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares4440.910727 VESTS
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steemdelegated 2.831 SP to @platosophia
2024/12/17 16:08:12
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares4605.129924 VESTS
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steemdelegated 2.935 SP to @platosophia
2023/11/14 07:49:33
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares4774.263456 VESTS
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steemdelegated 4.741 SP to @platosophia
2023/09/22 09:02:06
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares7711.172242 VESTS
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steemdelegated 4.877 SP to @platosophia
2022/11/03 16:40:33
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares7933.223680 VESTS
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steemdelegated 5.013 SP to @platosophia
2022/01/17 21:59:45
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares8153.331281 VESTS
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steemdelegated 5.126 SP to @platosophia
2021/06/14 05:13:30
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares8337.525569 VESTS
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steemdelegated 5.241 SP to @platosophia
2020/12/11 15:26:42
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares8524.947543 VESTS
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steemdelegated 1.176 SP to @platosophia
2020/12/06 09:02:51
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares1912.543513 VESTS
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steemdelegated 5.245 SP to @platosophia
2020/12/05 19:04:33
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares8531.155397 VESTS
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steemdelegated 1.180 SP to @platosophia
2020/11/03 00:35:30
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares1920.017158 VESTS
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steemdelegated 5.370 SP to @platosophia
2020/05/09 10:04:45
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares8733.960756 VESTS
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steemdelegated 1.201 SP to @platosophia
2020/05/08 14:20:03
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares1953.311140 VESTS
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steemdelegated 5.378 SP to @platosophia
2020/04/16 02:38:42
delegatorsteem
delegateeplatosophia
vesting shares8746.848204 VESTS
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2019/08/12 14:33:33
parent authorplatosophia
parent permlinkhas-the-gardener-showed-up
authorsteemitboard
permlinksteemitboard-notify-platosophia-20190812t143332000z
title
bodyCongratulations @platosophia! You received a personal award! <table><tr><td>https://steemitimages.com/70x70/http://steemitboard.com/@platosophia/birthday2.png</td><td>Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 2 years!</td></tr></table> <sub>_You can view [your badges on your Steem Board](https://steemitboard.com/@platosophia) and compare to others on the [Steem Ranking](https://steemitboard.com/ranking/index.php?name=platosophia)_</sub> ###### [Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steemitboard&approve=1) to get one more award and increased upvotes!
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2017/08/15 13:27:03
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2017/08/15 13:26:39
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body>Oh no. This is not our rational standard. This is not even rational. Rather, this is an informal fallacy in logic called argumentum ad ignorantiam that says a proposition is true because it has not proven to be false (or vice versa). For instance, we didn’t have any evidences for the existence of electrons not until Thomson discovered it in 1897. Does that mean that electrons didn’t exist back then? Of course not. That is why I said that things without evidence do not exist **until proven otherwise**, ie, they are hypotesys by default. If you argue that they are not mere hypotesys, you have the burden of the proof. >For instance, the laws of arithmetic or logic. We can’t prove them (w/o reasoning in circle), rather we only presuppose and utilize them to prove other things. Math is not true or false, it is only an instrument of reason. But even reason itself isn't onthologicaly true or false. It is true in some situations and absolutely useless in another ones. >I don't where you get that number. For each one thing that you show me to exist, I can imagine and describe to you 10 things that you won't believe to exist. > However, I see no reason to deny that agnoticism is not compatible with dobut and the demand for some evidence. Perhaps you want to show your evidence for this too? >May know where you get this general rule you affirm? (And by the way, you need to show your proof for this too!) Are you agnostic regarding leprechauns? Are you agnostic regarding ETs? Or you don't believe them **until proven otherwise**? >And lastly, please upvote this if you think the conversation is fruitful. Thank you for engaging my first post! :) Done.
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      "body": ">Oh no. This is not our rational standard. This is not even rational. Rather, this is an informal fallacy in logic called argumentum ad ignorantiam that says a proposition is true because it has not proven to be false (or vice versa). For instance, we didn’t have any evidences for the existence of electrons not until Thomson discovered it in 1897. Does that mean that electrons didn’t exist back then? Of course not.\n\nThat is why I said that things without evidence do not exist **until proven otherwise**, ie, they are hypotesys by default. If you argue that they are not mere hypotesys, you have the burden of the proof.\n\n>For instance, the laws of arithmetic or logic. We can’t prove them (w/o reasoning in circle), rather we only presuppose and utilize them to prove other things.\n\nMath is not true or false, it is only an instrument of reason. But even reason itself isn't onthologicaly true or false. It is true in some situations and absolutely useless in another ones.\n\n>I don't where you get that number.\n\nFor each one thing that you show me to exist, I can imagine and describe to you 10 things that you won't believe to exist.\n\n>  However, I see no reason to deny that agnoticism is not compatible with dobut and the demand for some evidence. Perhaps you want to show your evidence for this too?\n>May know where you get this general rule you affirm? (And by the way, you need to show your proof for this too!)\n\nAre you agnostic regarding leprechauns? Are you agnostic regarding ETs? Or you don't believe them **until proven otherwise**?\n\n>And lastly, please upvote this if you think the conversation is fruitful. Thank you for engaging my first post! :)\n\nDone.",
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2017/08/15 08:38:18
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bodyHello @discernente, thank you for responding. Let me respond to your claims also. >In reality we never have absolute certainties in this life. By the way, does absolute certainty even exist? Yes, concerning absolute or rational certainty, I agree with you with the majority of the philosophers. That bar is too high for knowledge (i.e., human knowledge). This was the mistake for the rationalists (esp. Descartes) for their epistemology (which resulted in dogmatism). So anyone who claims to have an absolute certainty of knowledge, the best response would be suspicion. Let's catch that person and study him! >But regardless, what I meant is that our rational standard is that things without evidence do not exist until proven otherwise. Oh no. This is not our rational standard. This is not even rational. Rather, this is an informal fallacy in logic called *argumentum ad ignorantiam* that says a proposition is true because it has not proven to be false (or vice versa). For instance, we didn't have any evidences for the existence of electrons not until Thomson discovered it in 1897. Does that mean that electrons didn't exist back then? Of course not. >It is more rational not to believe in the existence of things without any evidence, than to simply believe and even propagate this belief without proving anything of what is being affirmed. That sounds even slightly arrogant and dishonest intellectually. Yes. I couldn't agree any better with this. >Well IMHO I think that the context matters little, since the question is objective. What matters is the affirmation itself, of the objective existence in the real world of something without having to prove it. The human mind is prodigal in imagining things, but not even 1% of the things we imagine exist in the factual reality outside our imagination. Yes. I also (a lot of times) imagine things that don't exist in factual reality. Especially before sleep. But may I know where you get that number from? >Thus, regardless of context, whenever the claim is that there is something without any evidence, the first natural reaction of any rational person should be the doubt and the demand for some evidence. I agree with the latter part, but I think where you err here is when you start it with "regardless of context". Philosophers actually recognize *a priori* truths (i.e., truths that are true by their own nature.) For instance, the laws of arithmetic or logic. We can't prove them (w/o reasoning in circle), rather we only presuppose and utilize them to prove other things. On the other hand, where you view is compatible is in *the belief of the non-occurence of events without any evidence for it*. Irving Copi, in his his helpful book *Introduction to Logic*: _In some circumstances it can be safely assumed that if a certain event had occurred, evidence of it could be discovered by qualified investigators. In such circumstances it is perfectly reasonable to take the absence of proof of its occurrence as positive proof of its non-occurrence (1953, p. 95)_ That is, *occurence* is not identical with *existence*. And my post is about the latter (and so are your objections). >Therefore, I think that the most rational position for 99% of the claims of existence without evidence is first and foremost the doubt, the demand for some evidence, and not simply agnosticism. Adopting agnosticism just because you can not prove otherwise would be almost like a reversal of the burden of proof. I don't where you get that number. However, I see no reason to deny that agnoticism is not compatible with dobut and the demand for some evidence. Perhaps you want to show your evidence for this too? >What is affirmed without proof can be rejected without proof, that is the general rule. May know where you get this general rule you affirm? (And by the way, you need to show your proof for this too!) And lastly, please upvote this if you think the conversation is fruitful. Thank you for engaging my first post! :)
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2017/08/15 08:30:09
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2017/08/15 00:17:27
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2017/08/15 00:11:00
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body>Good point. Yes, if I understand where you are coming from, you are claiming that there are some things we don't believe to exist because we have no evidence for it. You are correct. For instance, a flying crocodile or a unicorn. We are perfectly rational to hold the belief that both don't exist with the absence of any evidence. But that doesn't mean it's logically impossible that both of them don't exist. Although experience tells us that it's highly plausible that they don't. In reality we never have absolute certainties in this life. By the way, absolute certainty even exists? But regardless, what I meant is that our rational standard is that things without evidence do not exist until proven otherwise. It is more rational not to believe in the existence of things without any evidence, than to simply believe and even propagate this belief without proving anything of what is being affirmed. That sounds even slightly arrogant and dishonest intellectually. >However, when we say "absence of evidence does not mean the evidence of absence," we need to understand this in a context of a debate where two sides are claiming to have opposing view points. For instance, suppose that two people (i.e., John and James) are discussing whether Batanes Island exists. Now for John, since he went there for summer and took a photo of him in its beach, he is perfectly rational to hold the belief that that island exists. But for James, who just heard the island for the first time, he cannot claim that Batanes island doesn't exist (although he can believe that it doesn't) because he simply doesn't have any evidence for it, because John is claiming the opposite and showing some evidences. Thus, the best position for James would be agnosticism. (Of course, that doesn't mean that James can no longer believe that that island doesn't exit. But that's not equal to saying that the island doesn't exist. For one reason that the first one is a belief about how the world is, and the second one is how the world really is). Well IMHO I think that the context matters little, since the question is objective. What matters is the affirmation itself, of the objective existence in the real world of something without having to prove it. The human mind is prodigal in imagining things, but not even 1% of the things we imagine exist in the factual reality outside our imagination. Thus, regardless of context, whenever the claim is that there is something without any evidence, the first natural reaction of any rational person should be the doubt and the demand for some evidence. Therefore, I think that the most rational position for 99% of the claims of existence without evidence is first and foremost the doubt, the demand for some evidence, and not simply agnosticism. Adopting agnosticism just because you can not prove otherwise would be almost like a reversal of the burden of proof. What is affirmed without proof can be rejected without proof, that is the general rule.
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2017/08/14 14:52:30
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body*Does God exist?* <b>Scientific naturalists</b> often claim that we don’t have any evidence for that. A lot of them identify themselves as atheists. That is, positively claiming that <b>God does not exist</b>. But generally, the “absence of evidence does not mean the evidence of absence.” Thus, the consistent position should be <b>agnosticism</b> (i.e., claiming to <b>know nothing</b> positive or negative about the issue). Atheism, however, has been defended by the late philosopher <b>Antony Flew</b> (1923-2010) for much of his life. He was even considered as the most widely read skeptic for half a century. His popularity was also factored by his popularization of the *<b>Parable of the Invisible Gardener</b>*: _Once upon a time two explorers came upon a clearing in the jungle. In the clearing were growing many flowers and many weeds. One explorer says, "Some gardener must tend this plot." The other disagrees, "There is no gardener." So they pitch their tents and set a watch. No gardener is ever seen. "But perhaps he is an invisible gardener." So they set up a barbed-wire fence. They electrify it. They patrol with bloodhounds. (For they remember how H. G. Well's The Invisible Man could be both smelt and touched though he could not be seen.) But no shrieks ever suggest that some intruder has received a shock. No movements of the wire ever betray an invisible climber. The bloodhounds never give cry. Yet still the Believer is not convinced. "But there is a gardener, invisible, intangible, insensible, to electric shocks, a gardener who has no scent and makes no sound, a gardener who comes secretly to look after the garden which he loves. At last the Sceptic despairs, "But what remains of your original assertion? Just how does what you call an invisible, intangible, eternally elusive gardener differ from an imaginary gardener or even from no gardener at all?" (Flew 1950)._ However, few years before his death, Flew changed his mind. He renounced atheism and began to consider himself as a <b>deist</b>. And that conversion lead him to publish his last book entitled *There Is a God* (2007). How come? Well, Flew admits that the discovery of <b>DNA</b> “has shown [him], by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved.” In other words, *the information in the DNA cries out for an intelligence!* As Bill Gates confessed: “DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created” (1995). Unfortunately, deism only leaves you with a god who doesn’t care. Or perhaps a father who abandoned and walked his own way, while leaving his children bewildered. But this is not the case for <b>Christianity</b>. As the scholar <b>John Warwick Montgomery</b> responded to Flew’s parable: _In Christianity we do not have merely an allegation that the garden of this world is tended by a loving Gardener; we have the actual empirical entrance of the Gardener into the human scene in the person of <b>Jesus Christ</b> (John 20:14-15), and this entrance is verifiable by way of his resurrection (see Montgomery 1956 on issues of theological verification)._ So to answer the title, yes, the gardener showed up. He was not only the gardener but the <b>Creator</b> as well (c.f., John 1:3). And he went even further to die with two pieces of wood for the sins of the world, just to offer forgiveness and life for those who believe in him. <h2>References:</h2> Flew, Antony. "Theology and Falsification." (1950). —. *There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind*. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Print. Gates, Bill. *The Road Ahead*. 1995: Viking Press, n.d. Print. Montgomery, John W. "Inspiration and Innerancy: A New Departure." *Evangelical Society Bulletin 8 1956*: 45-75.
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STM63SdEzxVvnJ8m8Aok98DxhYbmUB3bz3upzQgb8RANxs4CcPqSV
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