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Correct. I think about it as partaking in the over arching pattern of evolution, something that happens in generally the same way at every level of em...

Yes, thank you... i like what you said about "me, myself, and I". I would push this line of thought i bit further by asking what comes after the Corte...

The individual without really knowing is influencing evolution like i succinctly explained in the last reply. The matter of not experiencing the fruit...

Sorry, misread i guess.. may have been distracted doing a couple other things. I recant.

I never said that.

Individuals are the products of evolution, and the producers of evolution (within their line). A persons level of consciousness can be estimated by wh...

Apart from approximately 50% of accidental unplanned births, you should also consider the possibility that we don't have much choice in reproducing. N...

Here is an alternative: instead of trying to keep people from procreating because of occasional suffering, or potential harm, would it not be better t...

Have you considered the fact that about half or 50% of pregnancies are accidental? No one is making any decision to have children in those cases. What...

Agreed. All the universe does is create higher and higher intelligent systems.

It just seems to me that if everyone did what you are suggesting then humanity will go extinct in short order. Anyone can commit suicide if they don't...

intelligence is i think more primary than consciousness, so i probably agree with you there. And yes you don't need biology to have a thinking system....

It's not woo woo, each individual consciousness still exists. The merging itself creates a composite single entity. You can later separate the individ...

That is why i said that it's not about any one AI system, the end result is going to be an integrated network of AI systems and other systems eventual...

Giulio Tononi has already done this.

It doesn't have to be new, it just has to at least be 'more' true than what we already believe. I don't care about what you call it as long as it desc...

We have the example of two hemispheres of the brain, each one is it's own consciousness. Together they create the unified consciousness you experience...

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Form follows function, for me it's a hint, not a proof of anything. It's a finger pointing to the moon, and not the finger that's pointing. Scientists...

You may not call yourself the god of your own body, but it's still the same concept, it's about the meaning and not the word. You do have the 'omni' r...

Structure Of The Brain VS. The Universe - Actual Similarities Found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97V8jw7rc9I This video is good enough i guess.

It is also possible that the UFO phenomena may have something to do with what i'm describing. I feel like i'm explaining this whole thing in a very di...

I couldn't find a link to the original in time, and the original is a computer simulation i think made at CERN, not sure. The picture i posted isn't e...

Why does the universe look like this? https://foglets.com/content/images/2020/12/brain-cell-galaxy.jpg

YES. Salvation meaning escape from the plant before solar suparnova. Mankind in this state is to fragile for the vast extremes of the universe. AI is ...

It's not that it would be logical that she loves you or you her, only that you trust or have faith that she loves you, but that faith doesn't guarante...

Human history is a chrysalis, a cocoon in which mankind is being transformed from a larval state into a cosmic state. AI began when culture began, inf...

Yes, ancient people thought as far as i can tell that thoughts came from the heart, not the brain Think about how you are the god of your body, and ho...

Yes i believe it will be. We will be in balance with it like an ecosystem or an organism. That's what i mean by faith, i trust. For some people that h...

Sounds pretty cool, will check it out. Ty.

allegory = a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. metaphor = a figure of sp...

I'm beginning to read up on Cosmism and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. I found him not too long ago and some of his thoughts and ideas are very interesting, ...

I saw it very long ago, but would like to watch it again when i get some time, i just reallized i don't rememmber that much of it. In my theory it dos...

Hmm... interesting if it is i didn't realize, but i think it makes sense for it to be a possibility. I don't think i'm the only one to see it.

First you must rememmber the Bible is not a science book, people back then thought and communicated differently than we do, they didn't have science l...

I have faith in logic, and mathematics. In John chapter 1 of the Bible it states "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word w...

I would say that too, that theology is taking its last breaths, but i'm also thinking that there will be remnants that will not let go at any cost, an...

I myself don't believe in God, but i do see how other people may need that type of concept in their lives, i can't blame them for what evolution has d...

Thank you, I am aware of Agent Detection in human psychology, but not necessarily in those terms. My reasoning for the value in attempting what i'm su...

I concur with that too, what people really mean by God is the "prime mover", and if that is really what at least some people are looking for then the ...

It's not a question of fact, i was inquiring as to your opinion. Are you dark to your own opinion? The question was: In your opinion would you conside...

I'm not challenging you about your stance on "free will", i'm actually agreeing with you on this matter here and now. I personally don't care if you b...

That's the point, don't choose just do. Can you do?

I don't understand. You don't want to clarify, not even a little?

Have a choice for what? What do you mean exactly by "fit the oceans into a teacup"?

Is the "chaos" you're speaking of just another name for "random quantum fluctuations? Also, in your view is it reasonable to consider this "Chaos" eve...

I would not agree to not create them just because they might suffer at some point or other like everyone else does. I have suffered but not so much th...

Probably in most cases if not all to some degree. But our opinions about that are arbitrarily influenced by our specific culture. Take for example the...

No, not personally, but i also think it's a necessary "evil" because my moral stance you could say is that evolution is what's important not our perso...

Moral judgements such as it's right or wrong are fine to have, anyone can have an opinion about it. My point is at least for me that moral imperatives...