Stan

“ Who is this self that we are so interested in?” Great question, often asked. I see the self as a representation. A representation of the body, both ...

..but even supposing the universe/multiverse is infinite, we don’t know if it’d have or allow more than one set of laws, but I don’t see why not. Coul...

Yes, I thought about that right after I posted. :rofl:

I’m pretty sure your variant is false. Everything that happens must obey the laws of physics.

“ 1. No restrictions: all possibilities that we can and cannot imagine are there. The problem is that this includes supernatural because we imagine it...

“If the way one acts in a different way is action then it doesn’t change one’s internal monologue, it shuts it up long enough to put you in a differen...

I was being ironic.

I’m smart enough to know that “seems to oversimplify” or “another broad simplification” is not a worthwhile objection to every statement that you happ...

Ahem. Everything we write or speak or think is a simplification, an estimate of reality. My last word on this for a bit. Maybe later..

To oversimplify even more, I evaluate most philosophers as introverts and most entrepreneurs as extroverts. Yes, I know those personality traits are a...

He has a philosophy of life in the everyday and colloquial sense, as do we all: a basic set of principles for operating in the world, but that isn’t m...

We have a finite length of time in order to get our life’s work done, so of course we don’t have time to do everything, therefore we tend to go where ...

People, most people, aren’t very logical in the sense that you mean, but having children addresses deep psychological needs, and very often, practical...

Really? It’s 50/50 you mean? I doubt that. Source?

Have you read Thomas Nagel’s The View From Nowhere? It’s been years since I read it, but as I recall, some of it is in a similar direction.

Starthrower, thanks for your interesting response. I was a big Star Trek fan back in the day, but I don't base my current thinking on these matters on...

Hurrah for sapiens sapiens, a territorial primate, who’s closest cousin, in a manner of speaking, is pan troglodytes? I see it as in the nature of the...

Are you addressing gays or guys? :P

Who’s to say only one can be correct? I’d say the first two are correct, roughly speaking. The third is religious mambo jumbo.

I think of mind as a process of the brain. On my view, mind is specifically the net sum of billions of neurons firing at any given moment. It is alrea...