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I agree, art is what is produced by things with 'spirits', 'consciousness', things which are alive and this includes the entire biosphere.

Interesting, people who are not immersed in the art world, or who have not followed the developments closely over the last 40 or 50 years, dictating w...

But they are closely related to us, their cells are virtually identical to ours, why would they not be conscious, is it because they don't apparently ...

I will get back to you tomorrow, as it's a couple of years since I have been involved in such a thread. Regarding artificial intelligence, I think you...

So a spider is conscious and has a mind, I agree, does a bacteria, or a tree as well? It's not left field, are you familiar with the threads on consci...

So is a spider conscious? Or a Bower bird?

I feel I should point out that you are not correct about consciousness, there are extensive discussions about what consciousness is in other parts of ...

Yes I think you're right, the construction isn't the nest, it is a kind of base, or pitch from where he operates. The females visit numerous bowers to...

Greta made a great speech in Davos today, that clown Trump also spoke, it was embarrassing, he is a laughing stock. I don't have a transcript to hand,...

"Either you're an American, or you're a Democrat" Trump will drive a wedge through the country dividing it against itself. What for? To further his am...

I'm working from two photos I took myself and google images of people riding horses on the same beach, Holkham beach, a famous beach for horse riding....

Yes most of them I keep, for example the white wash over the ripples in the sand in the foreground should be at the other side of the ripples, be done...

Here is a painting I finished yesterday, there is more accident in here than you might think, in fact I am mostly taking advantage of happy accidents ...

I wouldn't reduce this activity to instinct alone, although I agree that instinct plays a major role in the art. These birds are conscious, like human...

Because he is using his creative streak to create a refined work for a viewer to critically assess.

Here is the artist working on his next piece. https://i.ibb.co/p2xkqty/IMG-9002.jpg

Here is a female bower bird viewing the art. She is assessing if the male is a good artist, which will depend on her own artistic preferences. This ha...

I'm not attempting to define art, but rather identify it.

Yes, but some artists are better than others.

They are artists because they are performing all the processes that human artists and viewers do, short of intellectual introspection and comment, oh ...

I agree with your definition over all the others, it is a cultural phenomenon and plays the role of a mirror. For example, the Punk movement was a wel...

Its brave of you to attempt to define art as you have, I think there is some truth in what you say, but there are numerous counter arguments and I don...

I broadly agree with you, you have made so many comments I can't get into them all now.

I agree with this sentiment.

I agree with your thoughts about Consciousness, and I like your concept of the King but I would extend the definition of consciousness beyond the sens...

Thank you for your images, art works. They are very inspiring and intriguing. I would say from the moment they became artistically interesting to you,...

I agree that if the artist deems it art then it should be judged in that way, but there is also the audience who have their say, so we have the King. ...

Thanks for your comprehensive post and welcome to the forum. I think the answer to this question is complicated and is perhaps an evolution within soc...

Yes, I agree that it is an argument against what Lif3r said about population control. For me though, I don't recall anyone who talks about the climate...

What is art is decided by the artist. A group of people who are difficult to pin down.

They have, certainly in India. For decades the Indian government has tried initiatives to limit population growth with no success. They overtook China...

Yes, and I do, but in this case I don't know if the current policy is worse than the alternative, as I have pointed out. On the assumption (I know it ...

I remember back in the day, I was so angry about what China was doing in Tibet that I decided to protest at the Chinese embassy, there were daily prot...

I remember hearing Danny Baker trying to give an excuse when he was doorstepped the day after he was caught out. He said he was mortified when someone...

Agreed, my take on it was that he had a reputation for silly gags like this with racial overtones and got caught out. His excuse was not credible, he ...

Yes it looks like we're going to get a pincer movement between the EU and the US. No surprise there, but who are the Populists going to blame for that...

I approve of it more than I approve of the action by Assad to deal with Islamic fundamentalism. I have always been uneasy about the methods adopted by...

The last I heard from a Chinese spokesperson was that the Uygur muslims were free to come and go from the facilities and indeed, they had already left...

I'm surprised at this attitude, although it continues to surprise me how little concern there is for climate change in the members of the forum from t...

With the status quo, the residents of Gaza will be pummelled into the dust.

Yes, I realise this. But I have heard a summary of what questions will be asked of what witnesses, under oath. It will be difficult for them to deny i...

Now that Les Parnas's testimony is a available, Mayor Giuliani and Trump will be further exposed. If the Senate votes to exclude witness testimony, th...

Then we should hope the CIA isn't partisan.

So Trump was vulnerable to accusations of political expediency. I expect the CIA will be watching what politicians are up to in ex USSR states if they...

My point being that it was the role of the CIA to do the investigation, rather than the president, because the president could be vulnerable to accusa...

And what did the CIA have to say about Trump getting involved in the investigation of Biden? Or did Trump neglect to tell them. Presumably they were a...

I think we should give Meghan some credit, I think she is moving to Canada to protect the kids from that kind of exposure and vilification that is goi...

I say they were # hacked off.

Yes, I agree on Enfernity. I would have described the equivalent in my philosophy. For me it is rather like the asymptote you describe, I see it as an...

I was thinking of starting a thread on this myself. I think the video spells out the issue well. I would only reiterate the mention of the way the med...