...absence of cognitive beings. All theories are produced and evaluated by such beings, and the only means of evaluating them is by comparison of the predictions they entail regarding the experience of the beings who formulate them. No explanatory purpose is served by postulating and contemplating models which cannot be evaluated via their consequences for experience. That is what the model is (presumably) constructed to expain.

...with water infrastructure on my mind, I took an extra moment to contemplate my water's journey through city pipes to the wastewater-treatment plant,... I gazed balefully at my hotel toilet in Santa Ana, Calif., and contemplated an entirely new cycle. When you flush in Santa Ana, the waste... even drier, water managers around the country, and the world, are contemplating similar schemes. Los Angeles and San Diego, which both rejected potable reuse...

... boues des marécages. Nous n’avons pas le choix. L’eau et la terre définissent pour de longues années encore le destin national, sa faillite ou sa réussite. Voici donc que nous sommes le dos au mur, aujourd’hui, contemplant le drame. Les photos, les témoignages nous renvoient à l’image d’un échec collectif qui est bien notre échec. La solidarité à quoi personne ne peut dire non nous mènera-t-elle à de grandes déterminations ? Verrons- ...

... over the world. Christianity was supposed to be a religion of peace, of turning the other cheek, of loving your neighbor like yourself, and it was very clear it was not, its philosophies did not work. I contemplated the Genesis creation story, Adam and Eve as the first couple, Noah and the flood, the many prophets, the Messiah, the crucifixion, the resurrection, revelations, and the many stories and prophecies in the Bible. Then ...

...> years old? don't remember precisely) I actually used to worry about the Primordial Existential Question. That was when I had first started reading about physics and cosmology, and knew enough about the Big Bang to contemplate how amazing it was that we knew anything about the early universe. But then I would eventually hit upon the question of "What if they universe didn't exist at all?", and I would get ...

... big bang, and the concept of the creation of time is manifest in a neurological structure of the human mind. The mind consists of energy,time and space, so can only relate to such frames of reference.To grasp this, one has to contemplate that we are not our minds But to move on... I disagree. I thnk the concept of "nothing" precedes the concept of number(s). Numbers were invented to count things. If there are no ...

...> years old? don’t remember precisely) I actually used to worry about the Primordial Existential Question. That was when I had first started reading about physics and cosmology, and knew enough about the Big Bang to contemplate how amazing it was that we knew anything about the early universe. But then I would eventually hit upon the question of “What if they universe didn’t exist at all?”, and I would get legitimately frightened. ...

... tell no one. Then what do you want the information for? If you "will tell no one" then what would anyone gain by telling you the information except to possibly... well, I do not even want to contemplate. -- I'm an opinionated bastard. Everything I post is my opinion. If you do not like my opinions then killfile me - if you like my opinions then send me money. The KTO Dictionary of Subjective Language Tard: n Someone...

..., and it might also be a nice alternative route to Tower Hill where I work at present (go down from BLY/MKC to CJ then into Waterloo) if I'm bored. For a moment there I thought you were contemplating the District line from West Brompton, which would be interesting if you like introducing a wild card into your journeys (what with the possibility of being dealt the Earls Court - Do Not Pass Go^H^H Through card). Nice ...

..., and it might also be a nice alternative route to Tower Hill where I work at present (go down from BLY/MKC to CJ then into Waterloo) if I'm bored. For a moment there I thought you were contemplating the District line from West Brompton, which would be interesting if you like introducing a wild card into your journeys (what with the possibility of being dealt the Earls Court - Do Not Pass Go^H^H Through card). Nice walk down the...