universeness

Yeah, I think that you could make too many voices in your head with that one but if you can be satisfied with I am aware that I am aware then fair eno...

:rofl: Along with tubs of lard and waffle irons. When you start to employ cooking images and supernatural fables, you lost the arguments ages ago. All...

All power to the brave people of Sri Lanka. It's fantastic to see the people make the nefarious bastards in charge of that country run for their lives...

The antinatalists here are convinced that if they keep repeating their ridiculous arguments then they will get some easily duped followers. All of the...

:up: Can that not go on forever? Are you aware that you're aware that you're aware? How do know that for sure? Does any aspect of the mind exist in th...

'All swans are white,' is falsifiable, all you need to find is a non-white swan. The existence of god is not falsifiable as there is no reliable evide...

Here is another offering from Stuart Hameroff with much more detail on the Orch OR Model: https://youtu.be/LXFFbxoHp3s What I like most about this pre...

Nonsense! Quantum is real god is not.

Sure we can. Time is vast in quantity. Even a simple idea like building a space station transit system may take us a million years but that million ye...

It's a shame you can't find (or you remain unwilling to find) enough hope in yourself to condemn the antinatalists based on the 'hope springs eternal,...

I am familiar with the starshot idea but it only offers information-gathering tiny probes. I am of course an enthusiastic fan of the starshot idea. I ...

Proxima Centauri is only 4.2 light-years away. It has an interesting planet, Proxima B. Perhaps we will build space stations along the way eventually,...

So I have to ask you a follow-up question based on your 'sometimes' support of antinatalism. If there were no humans then fantastic inventions like th...

:up: I think it's a very reasonable proposal that there may well be an emergent universal consciousness in the sense of a collective totality of all s...

Part of the problem is the error bars get wider if you base your musing on an inaccurate base such as the one stated above. The Sun DOES NOT IN FACT R...

Well perhaps I confirmed to you what you need to be confirmed in accordance with your own musings. I require empirical evidence before I move an idea ...

Well, that was an interesting trip through your personal musings regarding the universe. In my opinion, the answer is absolutely yes! The totality of ...

:up: We all have our preferred terms. Is your 'overall' view of the source of human 'awareness' akin to dualism?

Yep, I thought you might appreciate his position. He is as you say a fascinating scientist. I think his 'Deep Mind' group are leading edge and they se...

I have no problem with you airing your viewpoints. My problem is when you handwave away expertise in favour of your own musings using sweeping general...

Absolutely although I first realised how important human consciousness may be to the universe via Carl Sagan, but Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, anoth...

Hopefully not. Come on SETI, find them aliens!

I agree that the scientific method does not employ emotion but scientists are human and do employ emotion just like you and I do. Your position is def...

Ok, I recommend you go with 2. but I assume you meant to type 2) or IT DOES exist. Keep watching the offerings from the people I mentioned earlier as ...

Our place as the only species in the universe, as far as we know, that can build something like the James Webb telescope and find out a little more ab...

Why do you feel qualified to make such a statement, other than here is my opinion based on nothing but my own conjecture? What do you mean? Why make s...

:clap: :clap: :clap: I always appreciate your attempt to entertain others with your bizarre musings.

I think I have made my arguments against antinatalism crystal clear by now, so I have explained why I would help build and maintain cities. The two vi...

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End of our exchange then! I am glad I am not infected by antinatalism and I am immune. No doubt some of the crazies who jump on its coattails will cau...

But it won't survive without everyone! Again absolutely untrue a crowd often inspires their team to beat the other team. Ok, then you can wag your fin...

I watched about 6 mins of it then had enough. This is always the problem, extreme viewpoints like antinatalism, attracts some seriously disturbed indi...

Looks like my concerns are not unreasonable. I wouldn't like her as a neighbour! Let's see if the antinatalists around this thread will watch and comm...

I am surprised at your surprise. Because we have clashed on occasion does not mean I don't value your opinions. Our viewpoints often differ but if I d...

You are probably right that I am smashing a small nut with a large sledgehammer. Perhaps I am being over cautious or perhaps I am just future-proofing...

I knew your contribution would be an interesting one in this particular area. I enjoyed reading it. If you get a chance you should watch the Demis Has...

:lol: You sound much healthier than me!

Why destroy everyone in the city if you could save them, even if it takes a long long time to achieve it. It's like the Sodom and Gomorrah biblical fa...

Aw didums! :lol: :rofl:

Associating my mental prowess with the physical prowess of a gymnast is fine. If you are suggesting that I am contorting truths then I think you are w...

:clap: I think it's a lot more than a lot. I often complain with the words '10,000 years of tears,' and these are valid words when it comes to what we...

I prefer to use it as a measure of how misanthropic some humans can become. Let's lay some responsibility for pessimism onto the pessimist. I ABSOLUTE...

Because we can be smarter than that. We can have sensible population control methods and develop better, fairer socio/political systems and better tec...

I was not typing about individual judgments about how smart someone is. You keep typing about responsible procreation and sensible population control ...

I should have made my position clearer. The city scenario you gave and the ratio you gave of sufferers to inhabitants would be two situations I would ...

Is this not related to quantum field theory? Btw you did not answer me about the Demis Hassabis interview I posted above? Have you watched it? I would...

We may vary in our approach to dealing with an emotive topic such as antinatalism but I think we are at least both humanists who will do everything th...

I disagree because in the final analysis, for me, the single case of the person who honestly states on their deathbed that they have had a wonderful l...

It's not my fault you are rather sensitive. Never get into a debate face to face, with a group of average men in a pub about antinatalism. They would ...

We all have a lot to learn but some are not willing to learn because they are ossified in their viewpoint, even if that viewpoint is unpalatable to an...