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Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by ndsipa_pomu on Monday July 24, 2023 @08:22AM (#36846784)
I'm not clear on the meaning of 2 and how would it apply to something such as atomic decay? Who would be the "another" that causes an atom to decay?
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Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by throw0101a on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:12AM (#36848313)
See perhaps "Causality and radioactive decay":

* https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2014/12/causality-and-radio...

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Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by ndsipa_pomu on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:18AM (#36848408)
Is it my imagination, or does Fesser always leap into an accusation of the poor reading skills of people who disagree with him?

Anyhow, I can't really find a decent answer in that blog - my understanding is that he hand-waves it away by declaring that it is beyond physics and thus can't be confirmed or denied by such. Not a satisfying answer to my mind and I consider that tower of logic to be on shaky ground.

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Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by throw0101a on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:26AM (#36848520)
> Is it my imagination, or does Fesser always leap into an accusation of the poor reading skills of people who disagree with him?

He's been publicly writing (online) since 2008:

* https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2008/

At some point attacks on straw men gets tiring I guess.

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Re:Young people are flocking to astrology by kergonath on Monday July 24, 2023 @11:14AM (#36849340)
> Anyhow, I can't really find a decent answer in that blog - my understanding is that he hand-waves it away by declaring that it is beyond physics and thus can't be confirmed or denied by such.

Which is right, in a sense. The fallacy is to use that as a proof of his proposition even though it’s a non sequitur.

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