Well done on the dialog, but it needs to continue. As defined so far, the capacity for experience is inherent in anything we consider to have a persis...
Jaegwon Kim's answer is more appealing to me: he considers qualia to be epiphenomenal, a causally effete byproduct of minds. It's still not entirely s...
IMO, the most important moment in Trump's "town hall" roast last week was his defence of tweeting falsehoods because the mainstream media is "corrupt"...
That's not possible. "The 20th amendment states: "The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January" Back...
Instantiating the function isn't enough - a zombie could record the frequency of reflected light and proceed to function appropriately. I'll go a litt...
I don't see that you've accounted for qualia. Consider Mary, who is the world's foremost expert on color, but has never experienced redness. She learn...
As a hypothetical, information that was known to be fake would be an inappropriate basis for an investigation. The problem is that you are jumping to ...
No, but it's reasonable to conduct surveillance on suspicious individuals irrespective of whether or not they are working on a campaign. Campaigns sho...
What are you basing that on? The only thing I'm aware of is the quote I gave from the Ratcliffe letter, and that obviously doesn't imply she did what ...
If there were comparable evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton, I would absolutely condemn her. It's pretty standard for a campaign to hire a company to d...
Here's the quote from John Ratcliffe's letter: In late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian intelligence analysis alleg...
"Something something Russia" = stealing emails from the DNC, coordinating with the Trump campaign on their release, and Trump denying that Russia did ...
Let's see now, Trump has been crying "fraud" since 2016, calls polls "fake" if they don't show him on top, has never acknowledged an efforts by Russia...
His supporters will no doubt express delight that he's done this. If they're in Trump's vicinity when he farts, they rush to get close and enjoy the b...
Should Trump lose, I would not be surprised if he tries do as much damage as possible in his last 2 months in office - for spite and to set things up ...
You're saying that the benefit (you and other committed supporters liked it) outweighs the negatives (exposure of the SS agents to the virus and the l...
That sounds like an interpretation that would appeal exclusively to Trump supporters. Surely you're aware that he's perceived negatively on his COVID ...
I'm sure his strong supporters will cheer this, but that alone won't get him votes. Trump's #1 political weakness has been his perceived response to C...
I know that's what he did, but why should voters think this was a good thing? It's undeniable that it exposed the secret service men to some unnecessa...
OK, give it to me. Play the role of Kayleigh Mcenany (before she tested positive) and explain what's good about Trump being driven around by a Secret ...
Physician Swipes At Trump In theory, these SS agents should now be quarantined for 14 days, for an act whose sole purpose was to feed Trump's ego. How...
What's going to happen if Trump has a speedy recovery? Will he be contrite? Will he begin extolling the virtue of social distancing and mask wearing? ...
It seems possible, in principle. It could be achieved by artificially stimulating the specialized portions of the brain that interpret sensory input (...
Trump is the guy whose example and vocal support encouraged people to not wear masks, and ridiculed others (e.g. Biden) for wearing one. Perhaps Trump...
I hate to wish pain or death on anyone, but the Trump supporters may actually learn to take Covid seriously if a bunch of infections arise from this e...
Biden did the right thing. Had he acted as badly as Trump, he'd have shared equal blame and shame. The net result is that Trump's performance was the ...
Wikileaks published information provided by Russians. Roger Stone coordinated with Wikileaks and lied to investigators. That's pretty strong reason to...
Has anyone actually pushed it being too dangerous to vote in person? I haven't seen any. If it's there, it's been drowned out by the bogus claims abou...
What's the problem? It's common practice to dig up dirt on political opponents and to utilize whatever dirt is available (consider Trump's use of Wiki...
Rejected ballots do not necessarily get trashed: The vast majority of these ballots were rejected because voters made a mistake or failed to fill out ...
Debates are typically good for the underdog, and bad or neutral for the guy on top. Biden's on top, so he could possibly lose votes. On the other hand...
Chemical stimuli. Consciousness is a vague term, aside from the fact that it reflects an aspect of human existence. It surely didn't "pop" into existe...
I'm as pissed off as you are that McConnell spouted that lie in 2016. In fact, the proximity of the election had absolutely nothing to do with the unw...
I agree this is the likely outcome. It's unfortunate the left didn't anticipate this in 2016. My view at the time was that SCOTUS appointments were th...
Interesting idea, but I'm skeptical they can do that. "Conservative" jurisprudence is not the same thing as conservative politics; it entails narrower...
I skimmed a bit of it, and my superficial reaction is that I don't buy such claims as, "Consciousness can be described as a process of self organisati...
If I'm not mistaken, every published SCOTUS decision cites Marbury v Madison as precedent for their decision - it's their bedrock. I wonder how strict...
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