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That is the point. For those who use the term to explain the outside force thanks governs everything it exactly equivalent, in every way that you desc...
March 30, 2017 at 02:54
This is one way to look at it. However, those who appeal to Laws of Nature use it as a placeholder for the exact same theme as God, omniscience, omnip...
March 29, 2017 at 14:55
in the manner that the metaphysical concept is used, Laws of Nature, is usually used as a standalone concept as the first and constant force guiding e...
March 29, 2017 at 14:00
As you defined God, it is exactly equivalent to the Laws of Nature, both of which are concepts and beliefs with no proof, and are used in an equivalen...
March 29, 2017 at 13:46
Fascism is far from productive. Hitler borrowed prodigiously from Western bankers who were financing him as a bulwark against the Soviet Union. By 193...
March 29, 2017 at 05:45
Would you say the same of those who appeal to the Laws of Nature. Agnosticism, as far as I can tell, is equivalent to doubt. Should there be equivalen...
March 29, 2017 at 04:10
If you are saying that there are outside forces that are entirely deciding our direction in life (i.e.we have no say in what the direction we would li...
March 28, 2017 at 16:41
You could try to take up an art as a hobby. Personally, I enjoy Tai Chi, dancing, singing, piano playing and drawing. You'll find lots of new and wond...
March 28, 2017 at 16:27
So you are referring to the Laws of Nature? I have no idea how one does this. I believe what you are saying is that you disagree with a point of view ...
March 28, 2017 at 16:14
In this article Shelter juxtaposes the two concepts. It is inevitable. Science ultimately does the same thing (i.e. juxtaposes neurons and human consc...
March 25, 2017 at 12:22
I provided you with a link of an actual experiment. No, morphic resonance is Consciousness as are neurons. No matter what sleight of hand or magic is ...
March 25, 2017 at 06:00
I provided you with a link which described such a test for morphic resonance fields. One can embrace morphic resonance fields or not , but if rejected...
March 25, 2017 at 05:37
Conduits do not create or interpret information. They are simply conduits. Nothing more. You have defined neurons perfectly. They are rivers of energy...
March 25, 2017 at 04:48
One simply cannot doubt ones own experiences. Experiences (memory) defines being. That is literally who we are as we create, evolve, and they exist th...
March 25, 2017 at 04:25
Can't help you if you don't see how understanding the nature of habits and creativity applies to understanding and accepting ones personal experience....
March 25, 2017 at 04:02
Agreed. And such questions must reach a critical mass of some consensus within some group.
March 25, 2017 at 03:41
Nope, and apparently you don't want to try to. Next time you decide to try to make little neurons into humans, try to do it without human-like sensibi...
March 25, 2017 at 03:18
This is mechanistic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Block_Diagram_for_Feedback.svg/2000px-Block_Diagram_for_Feedback.svg.pn...
March 25, 2017 at 03:17
Still no answer to my question. I think I know why. If you analyze my question it is all right there. As I've read all the advanced, super-scientific,...
March 25, 2017 at 03:01
Oh gee. We are making it difficult aren't we? I know all about habituation and how science classes are designed to indoctrinate and create habituatual...
March 25, 2017 at 02:22
Fine. Then how about you describing what neurons can do according to your advanced science class? Please try to be complete as possible because you ar...
March 25, 2017 at 02:00
I think we were discussing hand waving, indoctrination, and habits. Now in my science class they discussed the very mysterious activities of little ne...
March 25, 2017 at 01:47
Would you care to describe all of the things that neurons can do in so far as human beings are concerned? I would suppose your neurons will be speakin...
March 25, 2017 at 01:37
Observe how you yourself describe neurons. It's quite interesting how anthropomorphic your descriptions become. You don't realize it because of habit....
March 25, 2017 at 01:22
The hand waving happens when science turns neurons into little humans. Quite laughable, yet people believe it out of habit. This is the purpose of sci...
March 25, 2017 at 01:18
Thank you for the reference. Very interesting. For me, instincts are nothing more than habits that continue through duration. They may be shared our v...
March 25, 2017 at 01:15
Habit is a learned, repetitive, constantly evolving behavior of Consciousness that assists in the continued process/cycle of creating, experimenting, ...
March 25, 2017 at 00:43
Casinos win because of habits in the universe, and they set the payoffs accordingly. Habits of non-living matter and habits of humans. Science had no ...
March 25, 2017 at 00:17
No, Consciousness does which is precisely what it is doing all of the time as a definition of life. I do it all of the time when I'm studying any of t...
March 24, 2017 at 23:51
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830710000820
March 24, 2017 at 23:47
Science is observation, measurements, and some sort of approximate prediction of lifeless matter. That is it. It cannot describe the nature of nature ...
March 24, 2017 at 22:42
I also viewed the same video quite some time ago. No great revelations other than they were quite polite to each other. But the point you made here wa...
March 24, 2017 at 22:08
Words, or symbols, are limited to common beliefs and agreements. Thus the dimensions space, causality, simultaneity are all agreed upon beliefs do we ...
March 24, 2017 at 22:01
If you are saying that you are existence free will, without constraints, then I can only suggest that my experiences are much different from yours, an...
March 22, 2017 at 05:15
There is no reason to deny your experiences of imagining a potential action or actions, choosing a direction of action, and then observing results whi...
March 22, 2017 at 03:57
There very well be attn unchanging opposite to the every changing. My guess is that it would be like sleep when not dreaming. I was once "unconscious"...
March 21, 2017 at 21:46
Equations and numbers are just agreed upon notation that represents observations. These can also change over time. As for observing similarities in mu...
March 21, 2017 at 19:28
The so called Laws of Physics (whatever they may be) are some equations that provide approximate predictions of behavior of non-living matter, under c...
March 21, 2017 at 18:40
People don't have Free Will. They have choice in direction, but so does everyone else. Some may choose to try to abuse animals, while others may choos...
March 21, 2017 at 02:19
The only thing you can do with academia is listen carefully and regurgitate what they are saying. The more accurately you mimic the better off you wil...
March 20, 2017 at 17:47
As you may realize, philosophy has nothing to do with science and mathematics but for economic interests both of those disciplines rule the roost and ...
March 20, 2017 at 13:25
yes, which is why my fundamental interest of philosophical inquiry is in the human consciousness that created the instrument and less so in the instru...
March 19, 2017 at 21:37
No reason to be frustrated. ? I've found more kindred spirits in artistic communities - but never academia which is a totally different space. No one ...
March 19, 2017 at 20:50
Quantum does not have to be confusing or strange if you stick with the concrete and avoid all science fiction. Quantum are just waves of energy that p...
March 19, 2017 at 14:32
Suffice to say that symbolic multiplicities can never be anything more than a rough approximation of flowing, ever changing continuity. Mathematics is...
March 19, 2017 at 14:18
There are aspects that are shared and their are aspects that are different - as with snowflakes. A modern update of shared energetic aspects that are ...
March 19, 2017 at 14:12
If a single observation is wrong than every observation necessarily has to be considered wrong since skill in observing, prospective of observation, i...
March 18, 2017 at 22:48
I can't remember when I needed or thought I might need mathematics for philosophy. Mathematics are just some symbols that humans created to assist in ...
March 18, 2017 at 03:17
All Dennett does, as do all materialists, is create human beings out of neurons. They talk about neurons as though they are the little human beings in...
March 18, 2017 at 00:04
I understand. Neurons start off life as little babies and then the grow into adults who form little communities and sometimes big cities, and then the...
March 17, 2017 at 22:13