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Wmhoerr2

['Member']Joined: January 08, 2019 at 19:28Last active: December 28, 2020 at 11:591 discussions2 comments
Location: Queensland, Australia

Bio

An evolutionist.
I think the coming of life by biological evolution is now fairly clear.
The new unknown is the existence of physical matter from which life evolved.

Favourite Philosopher

Bertrand Russell

Favourite Quotations

Don't marry a house.

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In: Monism  — view comment
Mind could come from body if the mind is a pattern of body. Here, for example, genes or mental ideas are patterns of chemicals that are more than the ...
January 12, 2019 at 06:48
In: Classical Art  — view comment
A few people above have said that there is no "wrong" in art. Well, I have been wandering around the art galleries in Europe for a bit and I saw plent...
January 08, 2019 at 23:05
In: What are some good laymen books on philosophy?  — view comment
A lot of people have their own websites these days where their ideas are summarised. Drek, Amity, Not, do you have your own websites? And books you li...
January 08, 2019 at 22:11
In: Atheism is far older than Christianity  — view comment
If we accept that homo sapiens are about 200,000 thousand years old and religions about 4000 years, then we have been atheists for 98 percent of our p...
January 08, 2019 at 21:25
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