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-That's better. Well its turns out that being conscious offers survival advantages, so the brains that could reflect upon the environmental and organi...

This is the implication of such outlandish claims.

btw when you talk to Penrose, give him this paper. Our Brains Use Quantum Computation https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-quantum-computing-21695/

Are you familiar with the the role Ascending Reticular Activating System and Central Lateral Thalamus? -Do you really thing that's the main issue? How...

-you don't say..... -"but nowhere do I see any answer to the question "That's all fab, but why can't that happen in the dark? Why does any of this con...

You don't sound to be familiar with Aristotle's work on the systematization of the field. -And this is why those two steps are important in any Philos...

Ignorance is bliss...I guess

Sorry mate, I attempted to end this conversation twice with a greeting and wishes but you kept responding,so I thought you wanted this interaction to ...

-Strawman. Religious fundamentalists people avoid facing facts or logic and use techniques to avoid any challenges of their beliefs...like using a str...

Agreed. I only pointed out the a pseudo philosophical assumption in its core. Is it ok? Such a thread wouldn't be convenient since the shaky auxiliary...

Judgement...? Sir, do you understand what Public forums are FOR?? We are here to present and challenge our opinions, expose the weaknesses in our argu...

Physics is not your strong suit right? We don't assume "particles" in the sense you understand it. Its NOT an existential claim of an entity in the cl...

I tend to raise red flags when I spot pseudo philosophy in Philosophical forums....that's all. No bad feelings.

Well the way you evaluate statements explains why you are susceptible to Pseudo Philosophy. You will need to provide an argument, identify your premis...

Well this is why we have Logic.... Logic is what renders the material important and conclusive. Of course it wasn't. My material render your claims wr...

Because they are!!! We observe fundamental particles interacting with each other and producing Empirically regular properties that we can observe , qu...

-Not really lets analyze them. His three main questions are: "1.Why are physical processes ever accompanied by experience? 2. why does a given physica...

Ad hominem. -"What you aren't getting is that I didn't start this discussion to argue with physicalists." -No I get it, just don't accuse me for monol...

Well I am biased towards logic and objective evidence. Opinions without epistemic validation are weak. Mine are strong because they are backed up by f...

Why do you think you can practice meaningful philosophy when ignoring our most credible epistemology on the subject????

Seriously? You yourself accepted Chalmers's conclusion (Hard problem of consciousness) and played favorites with a specific philosophical conclusion (...

So you admit that you can't prove me to be unfair in my evaluations?

Correct , the diversity of properties emerging from different arrangements of matter is the amazing thing. Asking "why" this is possible its like a ki...

But I am not the one declaring the existence of "hard problems" in specific field of study that I know nothing about (from a scientific aspect that is...

First of all they have PhD's (doctor of philosophy) so technically they all are philosophers. Second important point is that they all publish literatu...

Haidt,Zimbardo,Weinberg, Fresco,Josheph, Sandel,Kagan,Ogilvie,Ramachandran and I am not sure if I must include Pinker

Well PhD's aren't necessary, what's important are the contributions to our Philosophy. Hoyningen, Sanders, Harris, Kraus, Carroll,Sapolsky,Solomon,Har...

Can one be arrogant enough to believe he is the sole source and author of all great music, all architectural marvels and technological achievements, t...

There isn't such a thing as a hard problem of consciousness. Chalmer's "Hard problem" is nothing more than fallacious teleological "why" questions. Th...

-The facts/data available to us changed.Advances in technology improve our observations which in turn allow us to gather more data . Hindsight, sure. ...

anyone with a PhD) and with important contributions. Just pick a field, Natural Philosophy (science),Philosophy of Science, Atheism, Secular Ethics et...

?? obviously I don't. Evaluations of truth aren't defined by the ideal of absolute knowledge but by whatever facts you currently have access to. Again...

there are many modern philosophers who produce valuable work. My opinion is that we the audience are polluted by worldviews( pseudo philosophy) keepin...

Are you claiming that there are philosophical methods that ignore those two basics steps(all our epistemology ) but they still managed to steer our fr...

Bad language mode is common in these threads unfortunately. So you will keep insisting on that while ignoring all the academic material I offered you ...

It was Ayn Rand and Wittgenstein who pointed out (I paraphrase) don't attempt anything before your definitions become clear . The term "truth" is used...

Truth is an evaluation term of a quality we apply on claims based on our current available epistemology(knowledge). (Do you agree with the definition ...

I think we have a misunderstanding here. You are confusing Socrate's interest in a specific topic (how best to live) with the overarching Philosophica...

-its more than ok! -True. As humans we are curious and we value learning facts about our world. Its human nature. We observe it in small kids asking "...

-That's true ! I must say though I was pretty sure we were going to disagree on this one! - I agree , words don't have absolute meanings, they have co...

-Not really, but feel free to describe different meanings. I can only boil it down to one thing:"our love to arrive to wise statements fuels our intel...

Cherry picking is a fallacy. You just hide behind a negative which says nothing about his theory's claims. QM mechanisms are in every Biological Syste...

The real problem is that most "philosophers" do "plumbing" while they think they are doing Philosophy.

-Again please educate your self on Science. Learn what a Scientific Hypothesis (Metaphysics) and try to address the writings of your interlocutor. I d...

I think now you are just being dishonest. We are TALKING about a scientific theory formed by a Physicist who also provided a Falsification Method, whi...

Its a very accurate critique on a failing Academia especially when a specific Philosophical Category (Natural Philosophy) is doing great mainly becaus...

-Its not an assumption. It is defined by the etymology of the term "philosophy" (love of sophia(wisdom). Knowledge is what verifies claims as Wise. So...

I think his view of Metaphysics is the only meaningful one. After all Philosophy's goal is nothing more than our efforts to produce wise claims about ...

I have been posting this video for many years in this platform. Its good to see that you appreciate it. You are right , Carrier is an atheist and a Me...

Maybe you don't really know what the Orch OR theory states.The core claim is that consciousness originates at a quantum level. Computational or not co...