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I would say a creative intelligence that underlies everything. One way to visualize this would be to envision quanta as being that intelligence creati...
September 02, 2017 at 13:57
Creative intelligence would be the vital force of life (Bergson's Elan vital) that is self-motivated and is continuously experimenting, exploring, and...
September 02, 2017 at 13:39
The most outstanding feature of evolutionary theory is not only the magical moment that things all of a sudden start coming to life and self-organizin...
September 02, 2017 at 13:24
I agree with your analysis. I can only respond by saying that I had a few experiences in my life when I fell into a non-memory state (unconscious) onl...
September 02, 2017 at 13:10
This doesn't really lead anywhere, other than, as you suggest, a never ending debate. One can take the stance that: A) there are outside omniscient, o...
September 02, 2017 at 12:54
If you read Bergson (try to avoid interpretations) you will find that he is not a dualist. We are duration that is evolving. Matter would be moving in...
September 02, 2017 at 11:52
Observation can move to nothing (as it does while asleep and not dreaming), but as long as memory is preserved memory can be once again be reawakened....
September 02, 2017 at 11:37
You are a real lightweight. Go find someone else who might sit in awe of your junior league analyses and your foolhardy predictions.
September 02, 2017 at 11:25
I know. And you are here to give us the scientific facts. You have 4 months to live. You have 2 years to live. The universe has 1 trillion years to li...
September 02, 2017 at 05:07
This is not a subject that I've explored. There is strong cultural pressure not to talk or believe in such things. There is also some economic incenti...
September 02, 2017 at 04:40
Yes, I agree. The difference between what we know if as awakening from a dream and awakening as a birth is the type of memory that is preserved, thoug...
September 02, 2017 at 04:30
Oh, I understand. I'm just a bit more curious. And a few more years of studying nature you will find that evolution of the mind is continuous. It is, ...
September 02, 2017 at 04:10
No need to justify your extraordinary calculations. You had me when you predicted the demise of the universe as fact. Gutsy move.
September 02, 2017 at 03:57
You are a mess. I said no preferred frames of reference. The muon can be said to be at rest and thus there is no effect on its decay. Who the heck am ...
September 02, 2017 at 03:46
Nah, just laughing and wondering how many people buy into your gobblygook? Your demise? Are you working on the precise calculations? Need funding?
September 02, 2017 at 03:37
Not even the beginning of interesting. People can live their life with zero curiosity about the nature of life, but I have found it extremely benefici...
September 02, 2017 at 03:34
Silly, silly. STR says no preferred frame of reference. The humans are the ones accelerating. Muon at rest. No effect on muon decay. So, sorry. BTW, I...
September 02, 2017 at 03:11
Heck, anyone who can predict as fact what will be happening billions upon billions (maybe trillions) of years from now has to be .... well, just a rem...
September 02, 2017 at 03:04
Laughing hysterically. Looks like? Deceleration? STR? I noticed some members actually take you seriously. Well, heck millions believe politicians why ...
September 02, 2017 at 02:57
I don't know whether I should laugh or cry. I am sure many members are awaiting breathlessly for the final verdict on what will happen billions and bi...
September 02, 2017 at 02:55
There isn't such a thing. Some people do, others don't. There is no need. Another question and probably more interesting metaphysical question is why ...
September 02, 2017 at 02:50
"looks like"? Zero ontological implications. The human beings are decaying slower from the muon's point of view. No real change in the muon's decay ra...
September 02, 2017 at 02:26
No. I understand it very well. No preferred frame of reference. Period. The muin is not moving faster, it is the observers. The muons aren't decaying ...
September 02, 2017 at 01:20
No. I did fine. I just observed those that were the best at parroting got the best grades. Zero ability to question the obvious. After all the "A" is ...
September 02, 2017 at 00:33
What you think I don't understand? I think you did a beautiful job of articulating the scientific explanation: "It all just happened over a very, very...
September 01, 2017 at 22:54
Oh, I forgot, it just happened over a very, very long period of time. That makes it infinitely more scientific as opposed to the seven day Biblical ve...
September 01, 2017 at 22:14
I agree. I certainly have no love for the Copenhagen Interpretation nor the way the Copenhagen group successfully rammed it down everyone's throat.
September 01, 2017 at 22:08
It must hurt that all effects are relativistic. The muon isn't decaying faster, the human on Earth is because the human is actually the one accelerati...
September 01, 2017 at 21:28
They are repeatable only to the extent that there always had to be an aspect of the experiment that is unknown. Heisenberg Principal. Hence the inform...
September 01, 2017 at 21:22
Nope. No preferred frame of reference. Everything remains the same in it's own frame of reference. It is the core of relativity. Sorry you have to loo...
September 01, 2017 at 20:39
The all encompassing "it just happens" theory for everything. Now, is this any better than the biblical explanation? It's actually nothing. We're simp...
September 01, 2017 at 19:49
The core self would be memory which can be simply the fabric of the mind/holographic nature of life. Yes, it would be exactly like a dream.
September 01, 2017 at 19:44
Relativity says no preferred frame of reference. Period. I have no idea why you brought relativity into muon decay. It is irrelevant. Relativity is ab...
September 01, 2017 at 13:37
Right. Muon's decay takes much longer and Relativity says it shouldn't. There is no preferred frame of reference. Fancy that.
September 01, 2017 at 12:52
So .... oh, well. You actually have someone agreeing with you which is more astonishing than your statement itself.
September 01, 2017 at 11:53
Reciprocity. Sorry for the auto-correct error.
September 01, 2017 at 11:49
Can't happen. Relativity requires reciprocity in all frames of reference. Neither traveler can be viewed as growing older.
September 01, 2017 at 11:26
Yes, life (mind) had to be fundamental unless one believes that it is possible to mix some lifeless chemicals together and magically life springs from...
September 01, 2017 at 11:23
Probability can still be baked in the universe even with a causal interpretation. The cause may be inherently probabilistic, which is one of the possi...
September 01, 2017 at 11:20
Yep. It's all situational and always in flux.
August 31, 2017 at 22:48
The only scientific equation that we have that speaks to causality is quantum theory. It is probabilistic. Nothing is repeatable. Some much, much less...
August 31, 2017 at 22:35
You talk about brains, and neurons, and gravity, and circuitry sounds very scientific and creates a lot of gravitas, but at the end has nothing to do ...
August 31, 2017 at 21:49
No, it is still offshoot of Calvinism that was concocted to push a particular economic interests knowing full well the psychology of their target mark...
August 31, 2017 at 21:22
Yes, there is a mountain of evidence that if you damage a TV circuit, it will alter the picture not the TV studio where shows are actually produced. T...
August 31, 2017 at 20:09
If you attempt to predicate Free Will upon Morality you only create new problems which in experience simply do not exist. Free will is no more and no ...
August 31, 2017 at 15:45
If you can find something that is lower than the mind that doesn't require a leap of faith then go for it. It is there in everyone's lives, it is lear...
August 31, 2017 at 13:42
One can only stop for a moment and behold in the amazement of one's own mind, that cannot only create tools such as lawnmowers, grills, and computers,...
August 31, 2017 at 05:26
To promote the idea that humans only purpose is to procreate falls in line with any anti-gay agenda. Beyond this, it is so hopelessly empty that is ce...
August 31, 2017 at 05:06
A computer does not detect a face and certainly cannot be aware of one. A computer can only process on/off. It is the programmer (a human) that gives ...
August 31, 2017 at 04:46
Nah. Just ridiculously antigay and advice that is useless to anyone who cannot have or decided not to have children. Come to think of it, probably eve...
August 31, 2017 at 04:18