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So "we" have no access, but little thinking neurons do. And they have an agenda! Well, thank you to the reviewer for clearing it all up. Really all we...
March 17, 2017 at 18:36
Not quite. Claiming that you have Truth and getting people to believe it (the con game aspect of life) gets you rich. People are always looking Truth ...
March 16, 2017 at 15:05
By whatever means science attempts to deny that consciousness exists (as they do with the concept of choice) the singular goal remains the same, that ...
March 16, 2017 at 04:44
They are not pretending it doesn't exist. They simply borrowing from Buddhism calling everything that doesn't fit neatly into their equations "illusio...
March 16, 2017 at 04:21
That chemicals should magically form a consciousness is a story that befits a truly creative mind. That such same chemicals should move on to create i...
March 16, 2017 at 00:36
I would agree that; beliefs are beliefs no matter what mouth they coming from and there is literally no difference between Genesis and the Big Bang. P...
March 16, 2017 at 00:27
Everyone is creating, experimenting and learning all the time. It is fundamentally consciousness evolving - and that is life. One only has to observe ...
March 15, 2017 at 01:52
Fundamentally government provides for the common defense and defines rules for economic trade. Unfortunately, in most countries, government had morphe...
March 10, 2017 at 23:46
For me, the meaning of life is evident from observation of life from the moment of birth, that is life is endlessly exploring, creating, and learning ...
March 10, 2017 at 02:35
If you understand the purpose of any academic study then you understand the purpose of teaching philosophy as it is taught. If you understand the natu...
March 09, 2017 at 12:54
The author is confusing that which experiences, which is the in the providence of living consciousness (which experiences duration) vs. that which is ...
March 08, 2017 at 14:25
We have opinions that are a rough approximation of what we are observing. That is the best we can do given that all is past before we utter and everyt...
March 08, 2017 at 14:14
What are called facts are just approximate opinions shared by many people, always subject to change. You may consider that you are alive to be a fact,...
March 08, 2017 at 03:08
it is not pertinent to how General and Special Relativity attempts to create ontological value for itself. The philosophical questions are: 1) Does an...
March 07, 2017 at 13:57
The evidence I provided had nothing to do with Relativity or Quantum equations. The Call Tech article was experimental verification that nothing stand...
March 07, 2017 at 13:46
As far as I understand, they are separate and distinct theories that have yet to be unified.
March 07, 2017 at 03:51
General and Special Relativity are weird beasts. Special Relativity claims that there is reciprocity in all frames and references and General goes on ...
March 07, 2017 at 01:45
It's not necessary to think of space as fixed. It is constantly evolving as it's duration. Thus it is not limitless but it is without limits as it con...
March 07, 2017 at 00:38
Honesty brings forth the comfort of trust so that it is there when you need it. A sense of security that others will believe you. It is very healthy w...
March 06, 2017 at 20:49
Every quanta that comprises everything in the universe is in constant motion which creates constant change. Quantum motion "...quantum mechanics, the ...
March 06, 2017 at 02:45
This motion constantly changes everything. That you are not able to observe the larger and smaller effects of each and every one of these motions woul...
March 06, 2017 at 02:19
What one observes are changes. Constant and persistent everywhere. Then the electronic instruments are called in to confirm. The electronic cloud, nev...
March 06, 2017 at 02:01
Observation is much more than a rudimentary and crude tape measure. One must really learn to observe skillfully. It is what the arts are all about. Re...
March 06, 2017 at 01:49
It's all about observation. You may not notice the changes, but even a casual observer most certainly would.
March 06, 2017 at 01:43
It is quite clear to me that everything is changing in one manner or another all the time. There is nothing I can say or do to convince you of this. I...
March 06, 2017 at 01:14
Yes, I understand. You really can't see everything in constant motion. This would certainly affect anyone's metaphysics.
March 05, 2017 at 22:40
Metaphors are more of a holistic, active image that two people may share. Something like one picture is worth a thousand words. I do not mean give a b...
March 05, 2017 at 15:37
A single example?
March 05, 2017 at 14:38
Descriptions are necessarily limited, inaccurate, imprecise, and provide no avenue to understand the nature of nature in themselves. They are simply a...
March 05, 2017 at 14:36
This would even go deeper, and it certainly shares much with Daoism. If the nature that we are connected with is all continuity and waves, is there an...
March 05, 2017 at 03:10
Descriptions are descriptions and in all situations must be taken as some attempt but in no way or manner so they ever come close to the actual experi...
March 05, 2017 at 03:05
As a discussed earlier, the problems involved in accurate descriptions is not at issue here, e.g. how to describe things that are separate from their ...
March 04, 2017 at 15:52
They are one and the same. It is a continuum. The is no discontinuity between that which physical and that which creates it. I am bewildered at how yo...
March 04, 2017 at 15:37
Impossible to do so this. Everything is in a constant change as much as at the edges as anywhere else, where we have clouds not edges.
March 04, 2017 at 00:16
Actually, it is constantly changing. Some quite overtly others very subtly. But everything is constantly changing in one manner or another. Energy nev...
March 03, 2017 at 21:31
This should be interesting, finding anything that is within space and duration (real time) that is not continuous. The only candidates for non-continu...
March 03, 2017 at 19:05
There are no states in nature. Everything is continuously evolving. Problems arise when attempting to describe this and replacing the existence with t...
March 03, 2017 at 16:11
The description changes, not the intrinsic continuity. And yes, everything is ultimately energy with differing substantially imbued into the fabric of...
March 03, 2017 at 14:45
Absolutely not. When a wave in an ocean transforms in two or more or even dissolves in the ocean, no continuity is lost whatsoever. Forms of substance...
March 03, 2017 at 13:32
This is precisely the question at hand. If we indeed are able to separate duration or space into parts, what the heck is left in-between? What is happ...
March 03, 2017 at 04:49
The real life issue is that it is impossible to define and we are constantly being pushed and pulled by standards and rules from all over what it be a...
March 03, 2017 at 02:57
I guess one had to ask which society and which standard, especially since they are both in a constant state of flux.
March 03, 2017 at 02:45
Changes in climate are due to many, many factors. One of the major factors is probably the enormous amount of crap that we release in the air (after a...
March 03, 2017 at 02:43
For accuracy and full and open disclosure, the ship that Theseus sailed was constantly changing as he sailed it, though the changes were minor and for...
March 03, 2017 at 02:41
For me, these are all good questions. Questions that I contemplate now and then as I accrue more experiences about the nature of nature.
March 03, 2017 at 01:23
I would say it is the line between that which experiences evolution via duration (life) and that which doesn't is a very interesting area for inquiry....
March 03, 2017 at 01:22
Good enough. Then we may have some evidence that non-living life forms evolve based upon experiences. That would make viruses the missing link between...
March 03, 2017 at 01:08
The nature of volition is unclear. If a bacteria or virus evolves there is most probably some impulse somewhere that is creating that change. The natu...
March 03, 2017 at 01:06
If experience is a process to creating habit, then it is quite possible every living form has experiences, since every life form seems to evolve based...
March 03, 2017 at 00:47
Defining space or duration (which is all that matters when talking about the nature of nature) by the infinite of anything is simply a contortionist a...
March 03, 2017 at 00:39