I would say misanthropy is a conditioned response to repeated unsatisfactory interactions with other people. It very much depends on one's experiences...
I think Trump has stuffed up in his latest argument with Iran. In the past leaders have just allowed Islamic leaders like Rouhani to huff and puff and...
My guess is that qualia does not stem from the brain but the metabolism, hence its elusiveness in searching the brain. The brain may in fact just cont...
Thank you for your clear demonstration of irrational behaviour by way of meaningless use of rhetoric in lieu of addressing issues. You, Kanye, and The...
We are conducting a lightweight and pointless conversation from which I have been keenly hoping to extricate myself so, in context, a gossip mag is an...
Wayfarer, it was just a game. Analyses of games treated as though serious are not going to yield much other than simple strawperson criticism. Krauss ...
Michael Jackson. Does anyone consider Kanye West to be a man of reason? A few quotes of his here: http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/th...
"Give us one free miracle, and we'll explain the rest". Firstly, Krauss's use of the word "nothing" was intended to bait theists claiming that God was...
It depends on one's circumstance. Some creative people function excellently while tending to be largely irrational. Isn't that right MJ and Kanye? Mea...
I am concerned about the economic bubble he is currently inflating by releasing so much previously protected land. Companies naturally use the "low ha...
A decent sci fi story lurking in there :) Lawrence Krauss would say that nothing is not actually nothing. Due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle,...
A shade off topic but, actually, there is evidence. Our microbiome, for example, extends beyond our bodies; we carry a cloud of our microbes around us...
No, he is distracting from his seemingly illegal interference with the Russian investigation - which he says is not illegal because he is POTUS and th...
Trump is helping to promote what is called a "carbon bubble", artificially propping up the rapidly-devaluing assets of Republican fossil fuel friends ...
I can't see any biological beings traversing interstellar space, not even in suspended animation. Even a a year in a space station, still protected by...
Answers to the other two are much less clear, although I think it would be fair to say that a mind, or at least qualia, is not essential for a flexibl...
Cheers Wayfarer. Kind of you to say so. Heh, we could then end up asking whether sophisticated learning AI has a mind since advanced machines respond ...
Amadeus, your thoughts don't seem too far from Michio Kaku's idea that consciousness can be quantified by treating each dynamic as a unit of conscious...
Yes, I do think he believed I was just giving him cheery talk rather than logic, and thus dismissed it. Being bright and articulate with a couple of m...
I don't see the subjective observation as a critique, Sam. I suppose I am differing with your prior point that, if NDEs were about subjective experien...
As the saying goes, "a part and yet apart" (also the title of an excellent jazz album by Earthworks). I find myself less in need of company with age, ...
Many good observations above. Also, self sabotage stems from self loathing, the belief that one deserves to be punished for perceived shortfalls and t...
Sorry for the slow reply, Sam, poor organisation on my part. Ultimately Sam, no matter which way you look at this issue the answer always must be "may...
First thought: the difference between interacting like a lawyer or like a judge, between pressing points and wanting to better understand the apparent...
I haven't been through all comments on this long thread so I hope there's not much doubling up. Ultimately Sam, no matter which way you look at this i...
My understanding is the the Planck scale is theoretically the smallest scale where the predictions of the Standard Model, QM and GR no longer work. Th...
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