Theists (and there are still vast numbers of them) consider god a valid 'fundamental' source for consciousness. God is also posited as irreducible and...
I understand that position, and have described my own similar frustration at times, via our recent PM. I see some value in us both encouraging each ot...
You declared yourself an agnostic to me (in a PM), so is there any reason why you have not answered my recent questions to you? You complained, by ins...
I think your response at: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/803443 has redressed the imbalance, or lack of detail, that remained after...
What credence level do you personally assign to the proposal that an eternal CAN exist? and if you assign a high credence level to such a proposal, ho...
I certainly agree that an eternal would be fundamental, but a fundamental need not be eternal, as no fundamental particle currently known or described...
To me, the concept of 'fundamental' allows for more than one to exist. Multiple eternals create too many 'omni' problems, such as omnipotent or omnisc...
Fair enough. I can only offer you my own musings on what you are asking. My attempt at answering your first question, would be, only that which can be...
Perhaps it might be beneficial to identify the 'fundamentals,' being referred to. How about from wiki: In particle physics, an elementary particle or ...
:starstruck: :love: I am so happy when someone gives me another 'conduit' to post AGAIN, one of my fav songs. Sorry, in advance to any of the 'we arra...
Based on Eugen's comment above, I would ask you to apply the same standard as you applied to @"Gnomon" If Eugen claims that you have not answered his ...
From Wiki: Take any perdurant and isolate a part of its spatial region. That isolated spatial part has a corresponding temporal part to match it. We c...
Good, keep doing that and I will do the same for you and others regarding my own fields of fluency. I agree we can inform and perhaps even inspire & i...
You have simply misunderstood my reference to you and your recent thread. Let me clarify. My use of the word 'novice' in my response to 180proof, cont...
So, you want me to stop doing something that I did not do? In what way do you conflate: with :roll: If @"180 Proof" challenges you a little more than ...
Well, I am trying to gain some insight into Mr Metzingers work and I see some crossover between our discussion here, and your discussion with @"Eugen"...
The 'Tedtalk' video was interesting: https://youtu.be/ZFjY1fAcESs Do you agree with it's main suggestions, such as: There is no such REALITY as self. ...
Ok, I remain fascinated however, regarding which processes/activities of the brain, can be proven to be 'contributory' towards what we consider consci...
Such processes exist in the systems software of computers as well, start up and shut down routines, refreshing the contents of RAM space, port polling...
Mainly because of the 'critical mass' or 'tipping point' concept found in nature. I think this is also found in various human illnesses. Physically we...
I see no logical difference in proposing an ontological or teleological argument for god than the logic, of asking for the biggest possible number. Su...
What do you mean? A computer does what it does IN time. Anything mathematical is an event that happens in time. Perhaps I am misunderstanding the aspe...
It's fine and I am sure, for some, quite self-admonishing, to merely complain about the failure of party politics and politicians to deal effectively ...
Gravity is considered true, as is quantum physics but they do conflict. Two truths can certainly conflict based on perspective. An observer may experi...
Sure, the democratic party supported slavery in the US before the American civil war. Lincoln was a republican president. I would have voted for Linco...
But that was all YOU offered, statistics! That's a rather large stretch you are attempting. Would you not agree that since the days of the ancients, t...
Yeah, but the stats you highlight are globally true, yet despite your chosen charts, we also have indicators of the hard work done by all humanists/so...
Well, do you have a gradation system in mind, that would satisfy your measure of significance here?Beyond the widely available statistical evidence or...
I think @"Count Timothy von Icarus" did a good job at outlining some of the major differences: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/80255...
So, even though we are pausing, I wanted to do what I said I would above: Even this first sentence in the article you linked me to: A strange loop is ...
I don't think the USA is fundamentally, a one-party state, but I think the notion of a global 'business party,' is a valid one, although it is not, in...
I think you identify and describe the main parameters, limits, shortfalls and developing tech, currently present in the efforts being made towards the...
The efficient, equitable, and uncorrupted control over the means of production, distribution and exchange for the benefit of all of the citizens it re...
Well, how about an extension of the IPO model, that is more in-line with current computer systems and their various network topologies (star, bus, rin...
Thanks for your interest BC. I understand the valid point you make. In the video I posted, Noam even describes his opinion, that within European polit...
I think the IPO model from computing science is only useful as a model for human consciousness, at a fundamentally mechanistic level. It does little t...
I suppose this is due to my computing background, but at the most fundamental level, I perceive what human/brain does, as an IPO system. Input - proce...
Based partly on the vid I posted earlier and Noam's left leaning politics, I would ask him; You have lived under the republican/democrat two party nat...
Perhaps it would be useful for some of us to watch this: https://youtu.be/av_0PhJdw9M I just watched it, and Noam covers quite a few current issues in...
Wow! Well done! That's very impressive. Is there an actual date in June, you would have to get a question in by? I also, would need time try to create...
Based on the article you cited, I think: four possible techno-umwelts, or areas of perception for a machine: 1) Verbal virtual; 2) Non-verbal virtual;...
Not merely, just upgraded eukaryotes, no. But I expect that the results of combining upgraded genetic material, will produce as many surprising result...
We have the issue of gradation, and the concept of 'critical mass/turning point' etc. This is an old discussion that I have been having with folks, si...
Another good video. Demis Hassabis merely repeated what he has said about AI developments at Deep Mind in other video's on the topic. BARD seems to fi...
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