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I can't speak for Wayfarer, but as an idealist, my own thoughts on that are idealism inevitably leads to god for just that sort of reason.

If anything exists in a universe with no minds, then non-mental stuff exists in that universe.

It's a feature of any human system.

Except I know some racist people for whom the term is not being too liberally applied and I bet everyone here does too.

Do you know any racists? I bet you do. So do I. So does everyone here. That suggests it's systemic, no?

You see how educated people twist themselves in knots trying to answer a simple question? There is no "solid". There is no matter or fields or particl...

Yes, it won't be easy. Fossil fuels are cheap. Countries can quickly increase their standards of living using them.

I don't get your point about government spending to combat climate change. Are you saying there's a worldwide conspiracy by governments, scientists, a...

Presently, science is trying to explain consciousness with the ontological assumption that materialism/physicalism is the case. If, in ten thousand ye...

Yes.

There will still be a need to sift through all the Ai-generated images looking for the best ones. That doesn't require a lot of skill though. If I was...

What do you think of this, by Searle? "“The wall behind my back is right now implementing the WordStar program, because there is some pattern of molec...

"The idea that plants might be conscious is not popular, but it is definitely not untestable, unscientific, or “magicalist” (not a word)." https://iai...

What about when you clear your mind? When I meditate, I can clear my mind for at least a short time so there is no stream of anything, yet I'm still c...

Is an abacus falling through the air, beads moving back and forth from the wind, doing any computations?

Idealism.

That too is consistent with a dream. What's your next move, kick a rock? :razz: You talk about information a lot. What theory of consciousness is your...

I suppose that physical matter doesn't exist, let alone physical brains. It's all mental stuff. The hard problem vanishes.

That is all consistent with idealism. Why should we suppose there exists a physical brain made of non-mental stuff? Also, do you think all instances o...

Why does some neuron activity result in thinking and feeling while other neural/neuron activity results in no feelings? Why are we conscious of only s...

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For most of my life, Republicans were the ones more likely to vote by mail. Dear Leader didn't like it, so of course the Republican sheeple changed th...

But there is still the same explanatory problem: brain states XYZ + body + quantum effects = the pain of stubbing a toe, but brain states ABC + body +...

If the election was stolen from Trump, why is he running again? Why will his supporters bother voting for him? If the rascally Democrats could steal a...

Isn't all this similar to Descartes' evil demon? Sure quaddition could be different than addition. Sure there could be an evil demon messing with us e...

Well, yes. The idealist would say that if there are no minds, nothing exists. The materialist would object to that. I don't see how bringing process i...

You have an enlightened view. All the atheists I've interacted with roll their eyes when I talk about idealism.

Until you start talking about the cosmic one mind. Then you're considered a dupe who believes in "woo".

I think Kastrup would say the primary difference is that in his ontology there is no mind-independent stuff. If all minds disappeared, so would the un...

You're coming across as kind of a jerk. I notice that happens a lot in these consciousness discussions for some reason.

"In his Nov. 21 order dismissing the case, Brann criticized the Trump campaign for seeking to prevent Pennsylvania from certifying its election result...

How apropos. I was just pointing out to wonderer1 in another thread how flimsy scientific theories of consciousness are. Now one of the leading ones g...

It's not bluster to point out science's failure to explain consciousness. It's also not bluster to predict science will continue to fail to explain co...

I think science's continued failure to explain consciousness is evidence that incredulity is the right response to the idea that minds and consciousne...

I think the theories that involve mind emerging from a substrate are unconvincing-bordering-on-absurd. Do you think that if you wire a bunch of electr...

I would be more sympathetic to atheism if science could explain consciousness. As it is, I think it's more likely we're aspects of a universal one-min...

"In one phone conversation, according to handwritten notes taken by Donoghue and highlighted at Thursday’s hearing, Trump directed Rosen to “Just say ...

It does seem to be eerily quiet.

Except extraterrestrials visiting earth wouldn't be a miracle. There's no violation of a law of nature. Why should we prima facie think alien visitati...

If that was what it was, wouldn't NASA have figured that out?

That they couldn't nail down a conventional explanation is a conclusion, in a way. Weren't the skeptics at first saying the UAP's were image artifacts...

What to make of the UAP phenomena? "The NASA independent study team did not find any evidence that UAP have an extraterrestrial origin," NASA administ...

Isn't counting adding 1 to the previous number? Also, if I skip count by a number, aren't I adding that number each time?

Exactly. I was never into Wittgenstein. I'm having a hard time seeing what the problem is. Something to do with private language?

Draw 57 tally marks. Ask the skeptic how many there are. If the answer is "57", draw 68 more. Have the skeptic count them all. That should be a good e...

The fertilized eggs are not conscious beings at all. That's the point. Would you agree they're not persons in any way, shape, or form?

You think a zygote has the same moral status as a thirty year old woman? They're both equally persons? I know that's an incredibly awkward sentence, b...

Does the following change your mind at all about alcohol and pregnancy? "Some women will feel comfortable drinking occasionally—and they should feel r...

Right, but my question is not whether it's immoral for pregnant women to not eat right/smoke/drink, but whether you think it should be illegal for the...