Mark Nyquist

Paradoxes are markers for failure. You definitely have an excellent point if you mean why drug a healthy brain. My opinion is, the best use of an fMRI...

This type of question would benefit from considering order of analysis. Should you ask "theism, atheism or agnosticism?" first or something like "how ...

Just came across this and I like the breakdown, but it seems like it should conclude in something singular. Or, given three beliefs, why can't two be ...

I'm suggesting that stand alone non-physicals do not and can not exist but non-physicals contained by neurons do exist and that is a state that should...

Here is why I think you have reached a false conclusion. You did not consider that thoughts are always inseparable from the neurons/brain matter that ...

In a narrow, defined sense the question of "what is mathematics?" is the same question as "what is information?". Neither is physical matter and neith...

It's hard to do better than a good math teacher and an interested student but probably good to have a mix. The field trips or outings I remember were ...

The "or they are not" part to you is agency but logically it's not singular but in fact can be anything else that can be considered the source of our ...

After many failed attempts I am back to try again. It's a character trait. My analysis is that you have presented a false dichotomy. State 1 -Our facu...

So you observe an inanimate object like a pie in an oven, that results in representative content. Why the extraneous insertion of agency? The pie has ...

Karl Popper's falsification principal would apply to your argument. For your argument to be valid it needs to be testable. For me a counter example pr...

I tried a post on another forum 'What is information?". It was a psychology forum. It didn't even come close to any consensus, just a wide range of op...

I did say 14 pounds before the edit. My mistake...Chaos.

I did edit from pound to stone. It's on topic enough to consider information conveyance as an encoding to physical matter, transmit as physical matter...

No, the leaf is not telling you my weight. You must have a British background. I'm 14 stone. Had to convert, I did.

Ok, it's your post. I'll just read.

I think what information is, in your terms, is representative content. Something held by our neurons. That way physical signals as input are just phys...

Bartricks and Echarmion, could I ask what you think information is? I asked before and you thought I wasn't being serious. Now Echarmion is using the ...

So your first premise is nested and unnecessarily convoluted. Why not just state "unguided evolutionary forces cannot produce faculties of awareness"?...

The if, then form of your first premise contains a conclusion within the premise without giving the reasons for the conclusion.

Gosh, can't figure out how. So sorry.

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If you would like a picture of the problem just click on my name and go to my profile page, then enlarge the profile image about 300 percent. What you...

So Bartricks, your strong suit as I see it is discovery through chaos, and there have been a few things of interest to me along the way. Maybe three. ...

Is it just me or did Bartrick slip a conclusion into the first premise? The word "then" seems to be a tip off. I think a reset or restatement of some ...

You have actually addressed something I was asking about. Is it fair to say communication uses physical matter only to transfer mental content from pe...

This is what I'm getting at. You seem to view current mental state as dependent on some agency and somehow our mental state is different if it where e...

There is also the question 'is the faculty of awareness emergent?'. First it didn't exist, then it emerged in simple form and developed to its complex...

We are getting along just fine and I'm working on being less sneery. And Mr. Guru has his own opinions. Back to the OP, it seems our faculty of awaren...

Maybe awareness. Is that the answer you want? tim wood warned us.

Fair enough...I guess. Something else you mentioned was the term "imparting information". Is that just common usage or do you envision information pix...

You used the term "agency" so I'm asking if the same agency applies to the origin of the universe.

Every case and the origin of the universe too?

Can you identify a point where unguided evolutionary forces fail? For example plant life, simple organisms, complex organisms, brains, brains with awa...

I couldn't get to the end of what you wrote...just started daydreaming about porches from fifty years ago.

So going back to yesterday and looking how time shows up in mental content, I would suggest to look at the things we write. This is probably the best ...

Ok, I'll look for some good examples that aren't too trivial. Got stuff to do. Might be tomorrow and my internet is bad.

I use my own notation for doing this and I'll show you how I do it. If notation isn't your thing just skip it. Most people don't like it but I do. I u...

They pass physical signals that can be used as input...not all...some or a lot of inputs we just ignore but mentally we try to prioritize and process ...

I think WE can sort this out. Go to a dictionary or dictionaries and check the multiple definitions of perceive and perceptions. Also notice how they ...

I am wondering where entropy theory is coming from. Is it academic programs, publications or comments here?

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I was modeling time perception as mental content that would not be subject to the laws of physical matter. As a psychological matter, It would be more...

Entropy could apply to the thermodynamics of the brains metabolism. Is that what you mean? There is also Shannon entropy and entropy used as an analog...

Thinking of time perception as mental content also works well for physical processes like charging your cell phone or filling your gas tank or watchin...

I'm suggesting our brains handle time in a generalist way in our cerebral cortex. What am I going to eat for my next meal? I have forty dollars in my ...

There was some middle of the night stuff about sex I read a day later. Maybe that's why. I did get through your list of neuro philosophers on Wikipedi...

I did ask for opinions and you can never guess what might turn up. I like it. As for psychology, I think it might be correct.

It seems you sort of restated my original premise, maybe, maybe not. But why would you give up on understanding the psychology of time? My view is phy...

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