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1. Tick 2. What is a memory, how does it form and at what point is it projected back out into the matter field? If it is stored, how and where is it s...

Sure Rich, The short answer, for me at least, is yes. It is a game for me to see if we or I can come up with the best story of how chemicals brought t...

You talking to me or Apokrisis? The questions are on your OP about qualia.

Thanks for explaining what understanding is. I prefer to pop out on the wrong side of a speech act, so long as my logic has taken me as far as it can ...

That's right, you did. I don't think it's too much to ask for a definition when claims are being made. Hey, did you get my questions on your OP?

pragmatic adjective dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. It is t...

I see, but when you said mind only appeared in h sapiens, you seemed to have something specific in mind. I would like to know how it was, and why it i...

How would you define mind as a verb?

So, how do you define observation and reason?

By reason you mean the ability to determine the best option given multiple choices?

By observation you mean awareness of sensory input?

Cam you also provide a definition for the mind your speaking of, Apokrisis.

Can you provide a definition for mind please Wayfarer.

I can't find the dissipative systems reference you speak of, but in terms of the dissipative structures that Aprokrisis talks about, my feeling is he ...

Hi Navid, we're not arguing God's existence, for the sake of argument we are accepting it and arguing its nature.

You're making my case here Sephi.

Afraid I have no evidence to back up the claim other than the observation that small businesses are going out of business and big businesses are growi...

I've been really wrestling with understanding the concept you are trying to explain Rich. It is extremely difficult to grasp, so I want to ask some cl...

Hi Metaphysician, I find when thinking about semiotics it is best not to ascribe it the properties of a force or anything else. It is simply a way of ...

Hi Rich, Did you get my comment on behaviouralism? It would seem the model of mind you have actually fits in quite well. What do you think about that?

Hi Mad Fool, This is an interesting question. Just off the top of my head, based on your reasoning, it would seem that no thing belongs to sets. The s...

I was wondering about how the high concentation of proteins came about in a certain area of ocean before lipid membranes were used. They would need to...

And to further the point, those people who cannot make it in business now are forced into the workforce as employees. And what are employees but the w...

I'll give you an example Blue Banana. Business. It used to be that if you wanted to start your business, you could open a fruit shop, or a milk bar, e...

I've seen that 70's Show on TV. Regional and global issue I would say. They are different worlds with different degrees of freedom. My definition of a...

Actually Rich, I'm surprised you're not a behaviourialist.

I looked up Hebbian networks: Cells that fire together wire together? That is a neural explanation for the emergence of cognitive patterns and not at ...

Hi Sephi, you are right. I am exploring the theme of god and offering possibilities that can be reconciled with my understanding and observations of t...

The layers of cognition, being stackable in nature, have created a limited power central command that floats over parts of my thoughts. Today this pow...

Just so we're on the same page here.

Perhaps not, but it is a rudimentary understanding of cognition. Like I said, the bridge may be out between behaviourialism and mind, but the disagree...

I take your point Rich, but I take the opposite view. I don't like to use the word consciousness because it is a neat little bag we don't need to open...

The methodologies associated with Operant Conditioning may be primitive but it seems that the stimulus shock/reward slides in nicely with evolution an...

I know, that's a curly one, that up to now I have been ascribing to the features of the force that is driving the process anti-entropically - a force ...

You are asking about how the pieces came together in the assembly line. I have no idea whatsoever. We know they are together though. The closest thing...

Hi Sephi, You're right. A lack of a singular definition for God has both rendered it both disprovable AND brought it under great scrutiny. I'm not qui...

There seems to be a lot of semantic games here for what appears to be a relatively simple idea. Unless I'm missing something, Apokrisis is providing t...

I agree. The goal is not to unite atoms with mind per se, but rather shine a light on the unity so we can understand it in a new fascinating way. For ...

I use the word entrapment because there is a loss of personal freedoms. The entropy has been constrained. We have been constrained. Creative expressio...

Not a phrase, an explanation that unites. I take your point on its all mind, or life force. That is not in dispute here. The fact that these happening...

It comes down to the mind, the creative force, God, whatever it is that drives life. Life is built like Russian stacking dolls. Each layer begins with...

It forms a logical scaffold for me so that I can climb from atoms to mind. I like the semiotics idea, that there is function/purpose beyond the atoms....

That sounds like a good definition. Learning and evolving implies directionality. What do you think of the entombing ourselves idea?

Agreed. It is a cause and effect model of understanding behaviour, which could be extrapolated into explaining evolution or why we begin to identify s...

That sounds a bit like the rationale a behaviouralist might use. No depth to the mind. Have you heard of Operant Conditioning?

My dog can't touch type unfortunately, otherwise I would put him on. Splinter skill I'm afraid. But he did reply when I went outside with his lead thi...

Just because I like his ideas doesn't mean I'm going to dress up as him and run around. A good idea is a good idea if it fits the situation well. I th...

Thanks, I'll check it out. 20min sounds a good length for me.

I don't put any stock into claims that theories have been discredited. I like to see what works. A behaviouralist approach to physchology has many mer...

Thanks Wayfarer. I love this forum. What a breeding ground for new ideas when we have so many experts in so many fields all blending their knowledge! ...