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Yeah, it is regulated by money and dogma which puts it well within the sphere of religion. More money begaths more theories. A Genesisl story of a dif...
September 13, 2017 at 00:20
In short, natural selection is a nothing theory that explains nothing other than "things happen" but it does provide fodder for supremacists and of co...
September 13, 2017 at 00:17
Let me provide my own theory of evolution: The more money that is available for research, the faster the theory of evolution will mutate. Scientists o...
September 12, 2017 at 23:54
Well that's the point, isn't it? An yes, the it just happens explanation. Natural selection is just a nice story, without a shred of evidence, that ap...
September 12, 2017 at 22:45
This kind of stuff gives me a headache, but for those so inclined here is one perspective of the current state of the evolution of evolutionary theory...
September 12, 2017 at 22:33
They are running way in a very novel, creative way, by throwing in a myriad of ancillary new co-theories which neatly hides the old ones. It is such a...
September 12, 2017 at 22:21
The mind experiments and comes up with enumerable variations, and variations within variations. Everyone is experimenting continuously, all of the tim...
September 12, 2017 at 22:01
Life is not a numbers game. It is a learning game. Trump it's merely a manifestation of middle America anger toward a government that is controlled by...
September 12, 2017 at 16:27
All to admire the innumerable variations of all life that inhabits all environments both internal and external. The creative mind, as in football play...
September 12, 2017 at 16:06
All of these definitions come without any definition. What is fittest? What is adequate? The terms are self-defining. It is adequate until it no longe...
September 12, 2017 at 15:49
Usefulness is not the guage of creativity. Creativity is interesting onto itself. Most of my life is spent creating. This is why I study the arts. It ...
September 12, 2017 at 15:04
Unconsciousness (blackout, dream states, death?) would appear to be a state where access to memory had been impaired, sort of like a TV set that no lo...
September 12, 2017 at 13:30
Of course, one must ask why would a piece of matter with no consciousness seek to survive? Being this, where is any evidence of such a thing? That som...
September 12, 2017 at 13:21
The go to person with all problems relating to current biological theory and an alternative to it would be Rupert Sheldrake. Numerous videos on Youtub...
September 12, 2017 at 12:54
Yes, this is an interesting aspect. Bergson writes that the disorder (decay) is the waste of life. In other words spent Elan vital.
September 12, 2017 at 12:43
Choice is constrained. Life is self-organizing.
September 12, 2017 at 12:34
Process is something the mind perceives. Like I said it is second nature to imbue all kinds intelligence into chemicals (processes or otherwise). Whit...
September 12, 2017 at 06:14
No where ... except every other word. Imbuing chemicals with a mind has become second nature. What was that again? They signal "yes"? In Morse code ma...
September 12, 2017 at 05:30
Let's count the number of traits of the mind that this statement attributes to a soup of chemicals: 1) We 2) look 3) mystery 4) intelligent 5) behavio...
September 12, 2017 at 04:56
Unless it is possible to divorce people from science, then the scientific method will remain a textbook concept. The politics of science are overwhelm...
September 12, 2017 at 03:05
The so-called scientific method only exists in textbooks. It has no counterpart anywhere in the world whether in academia or industry. Science had mor...
September 12, 2017 at 02:47
This, what is suggested to be a little leap, is actually one giant Whopper of a Tale. Any reference to any mind-trait (e.g. information), is just more...
September 12, 2017 at 00:37
The feeling of wanting to survive is a trait of life, not of a soup of chemicals. Survival works against entropy. Materialists have no explanation of ...
September 11, 2017 at 14:37
The holographic-like universe is patterns of energy and our minds sense some of this energy via our senses. Sound has a vibrationally aspect to it tha...
September 11, 2017 at 13:56
Sorry, I missed your post on sound. If you wish to copy it here, I'll read it and see if I have any comments to share with you. The mind filters and c...
September 11, 2017 at 13:22
Working out problems takes lots of patience, lots of skill (it is detective work), a willingness to change and an ability to effect the change. Such a...
September 10, 2017 at 22:13
You'll find life very easy to understand once the money becomes primary. Everything is exactly as it is experienced. No illusions. No miracles. No, it...
September 10, 2017 at 22:01
Yep, man has evolved so that it claims it has become that what it loves most - a computer, and then spends all of its time its time sitting and playin...
September 10, 2017 at 14:56
For further evidence, just observe today where people choose over and over again to build their homes in Florida. And observe how many people in Flori...
September 10, 2017 at 14:30
Yes, this is the essential feature of life. It is continuously learning, adapting and evolving. It is moving against entropy. Tools are in constant st...
September 10, 2017 at 13:56
Let's contrast the "scientific explanation" to the creative mind explanation: 1) The Creative Mind explanation recognizes the universal, every day exp...
September 10, 2017 at 13:46
The holographic-like image is the real thing that is being observed out there. The brain is creating the reconstructive wave that is revealing the obj...
September 10, 2017 at 13:25
Right. When the Federal Reserve gives the ultra-rich unlimited access to 1% money, they can buy anything and everything and humans become disposable. ...
September 10, 2017 at 06:16
Observation is a skill that is developed over time. It is not reading. Trying drawing something, anything or listening to music or trying to learn a n...
September 10, 2017 at 06:07
Viewing people a commodities is limited in our society. It is mostly held by those who can gain an economic by such propaganda - you know, stuff like ...
September 10, 2017 at 06:03
Just observe. It is not complicated, though one can make it complicated in order to create a lifetime game or of it. It is your Mind that is observing...
September 10, 2017 at 05:52
You might be surprised at how limited is the population that actually believes in such goop. Those who work in the technology or medical fields might,...
September 10, 2017 at 05:11
The purpose of survival is to allow the mind to create. To create and learn it's the purpose of life. If you don't believe me, just observe. This is t...
September 10, 2017 at 04:53
The mind is no more a decoder than it is a steam roller or a cotton gin. I realize that neurology creates such some stories so that people buy into th...
September 10, 2017 at 04:50
No, Russell obviously had the standard myopic education which apparently much of Western academia relishes. As I said there are some European authors ...
September 10, 2017 at 01:55
If you don't mind, I'm really disgusted right now. I know Russell was narrow minded, but to be this poorly educated about the world is unbelievable. I...
September 10, 2017 at 00:45
If Russell actually intimidated or actually said this, it shows how poor Western education was and continues to be. Incredibly myopic. It reminds me o...
September 10, 2017 at 00:40
Technology is just a fancy shovel. It's not living. Life requires life to continue to live and create and it self-organizes in order to do this. As fo...
September 10, 2017 at 00:27
The only way to fully appreciate the materialist-determinist point of view is to discontinue the use of pronouns when discussing anything. Forget abou...
September 09, 2017 at 13:02
I'm just thrilled that we have a significant thread that treats minds and humans as real and not just robotic computers that are emeshed in some sort ...
September 09, 2017 at 01:46
I agree with your analysis and anyone who spends just a minimum amount of time analyzing selective evolution will quickly realized how preposterous it...
September 09, 2017 at 01:37
I guess in this case we are talking less about the selfish gene and more the urge to impress gene, both of which evolved naturally through selective e...
September 08, 2017 at 22:41
Thanks for taking the time to articulate your views. It seems there are two primary threads in Hoffman's approach: 1) Consciousness is primary, fundam...
September 08, 2017 at 12:34
In terms of philosophy, I prefer succinctness and clarity. If someone had something interesting and new to say, then say it so that everyone can under...
September 08, 2017 at 03:35
This was my first reaction. He tries to hard to be acceptable to academia. But who can blame him considering what academia (dominated by materialists)...
September 08, 2017 at 01:02