I think all of these proverbs (including the ones posted above) don't actually contradict each other. At least, they would only do so if you make the ...
Well if at birth it is known what the socially constructed gender roles are in society then it is confirmed for the baby isn't it? Although not confir...
I notice people tend to move from a conversation to an argument very quickly as soon as topics get complex or opinions differ. What people unconscious...
The second any of those fields/disciplines loses this structure then you can invent a new name for them all. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
I agree with the OP that certain brains are wired in a more systematic way that can process and analyze data with more calculation than other brains. ...
You don't know whether substances remain. All you know is a vantage point from which you see other people disappearing and "apparent" energy being re-...
proof? there is no proof that others exist, or will continue to exist outside of sensory perception. That is a belief based on the consistency of how ...
So if I can't go beyond subjectivity, how can I know the truth about what a human life is worth. Is there not an absolute truth to all things? A prime...
There is more than truth and happiness. There is experience alone, of both good and bad that define the value of life itself. We always chase one over...
Any brain can be taught anything we can possibly conceive of given they have adequate "normal" cerebral abilities. We should break away from arguments...
Thanks, I guess I ought to work on that. Again I talked about why you don't need to be a reasoning being to be a moral system in my OP which a few on ...
That was already covered in the OP, if you just cared to look... you could have responded to that specifically but I notice you have a tendency to not...
1. No animal likes to feel pain, therefore they inherently agree with our morality by their actions to avoid pain. Our morality is simply pain = bad t...
Yes all possibilities aside, I am interested in understanding how physicalism fails in providing an accurate reflection of death. Does the fact that w...
That's more in the direction I am wanting to go here with this thread. Why is there incomplete evidence in support of materialism? Can one not have su...
That is a nice clarifying description of how materialism exists in the modern world, at least in most societies at any rate. I agree with what science...
Haha, not sure if you actually meant that as a response or just a joke. What put forth doesn't say anything about your choices being governed or even ...
How can you prove life is ultimately meaningless? Granted sensory perception does not accurately reflect reality and our interpretations are also flaw...
They arn't sources of meaning for ones life because they are circular. "The meaning of life is to fuck as much as possible then die" Why fuck? To proc...
Well if that's true then ANYTHING can be a source of meaning for ones life, which plain ludicrous. Meaning comes from definition and explanation. Havi...
You mistook what I said, I wasn't saying apples exist and therefore need to seek meaning. I was saying it is foolish to call an apple or a brick the s...
Ha, it sounds like a bunch of humans who realize they are in a meaningless existence and so therefore mistake processes and objects in their life to g...
I have thought something similar along these lines. Think of this scene: http://www.socialpoliticalcommentary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/matrix-po...
How can you be sure of that he is actually influencing other phenomenal worlds? When all you have to go off of is the phenomenal experience of experie...
Are you speaking of a pre-verbalized thought? It all springs from the unconscious and suddenly appears in my consciousness where I watch it spew out o...
Yes, OP you should look in to the distinction between subjective and objective as I think you are getting confused about this. You're line of thought ...
But what is this meaning that is self-created? It seems that anyone can pick up an object, even a brick, and call it the meaning of their own life. Ho...
So if a christian believes in christianity then he believes in the afterlife. Atheism flat out rejects christianity so it therefore rejects notions of...
But you can't prove consciousness is created within the brain because correlation is not causation. There is no way you can prove that you cease to ex...
Maybe I should have said materialist instead of God in the thread title but tell me then.. what is an "atheistic view on death"? I know atheism is the...
Exactly! At least if i think what you're saying is correct. Are you saying that we can only know what absolute unconsciousness is from the standpoint ...
The quote can be put into syllogism format if you wish. P: The meaning of life exists P: We can give our own life meaning by ourselves alone C: Theref...
Yeah, but how many atheists are panpsychists? Come on! They usually subscribe to suspended judgement like agnosticism for a more inquisitive standpoin...
Yes because every belief system presupposes without evidence which is therefore "not air tight" airtight=factual and impossible to disprove By definit...
Is that all the counterevidence you have? I am trying to find as much as I can but I've got nothing and the one you supplied seems pretty weak. I mean...
Oh yeah, i see your point. I would say all atheist would agree that there is no religious afterlife, as that is how atheism is defined. Furthermore, t...
I thought nature/reality used mathematics like computers use code. It would seem silly to think the mathematics is fundamental and reality is then bui...
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