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Michael Gagnon

['Member']Joined: January 27, 2017 at 06:54Last active: February 06, 2017 at 23:202 discussions15 comments

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In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
is spirit subject to the laws of physics?
January 29, 2017 at 03:09
In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
If you disagree with my point about the laptops, then I think we've reached the conclusion of our disagreement. (Y)
January 28, 2017 at 23:40
In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
You believe you are "not in the habit of drawing boundaries round stuff," whereas I believe you are unconsciously in that habit. For example, consider...
January 28, 2017 at 22:27
In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
According to Stanford, 'Bergson says that Matter and Memory “is frankly dualistic,” since it “affirms both the reality of matter and the reality of sp...
January 28, 2017 at 22:24
In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
When I say, "humans are imaginary in the same sense that the Big Dipper is imaginary," I mean that humans are imaginary in the same sense that I have ...
January 28, 2017 at 21:34
In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
I read a little into Bergson. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that he espouses a particular form of dualism---where dualism is the view that asp...
January 28, 2017 at 21:26
In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
You are jumping to conclusions. I don't think memories are real in the sense that you think they're real. http://thescienceexplorer.com/are-your-memor...
January 28, 2017 at 20:11
In: Are we imaginary?  — view comment
I think our statements are somewhat consistent with each other, except for your claim that I am conflating things that shouldn't be conflated.
January 28, 2017 at 20:01
In: Does determinism entail zero randomness?  — view comment
I believe the dichotomy is true, depending on our definition of "chaos." I.e., the universe is either deterministic or not deterministic. If the unive...
January 28, 2017 at 04:20
In: Does determinism entail zero randomness?  — view comment
Thank you.
January 28, 2017 at 04:05
In: Does determinism entail zero randomness?  — view comment
Thank you. If there is zero randomness in the universe, then the quartz crystal clock provides psuedorandomness
January 28, 2017 at 04:04
In: Does determinism entail zero randomness?  — view comment
Thank you. I went through that article and it seems to say determinism entails zero randomness. For instance, "... how can we decide which of the foll...
January 28, 2017 at 04:03
In: Does determinism entail zero randomness?  — view comment
Thank you.
January 28, 2017 at 03:59
In: How do physicalists explain 'intentional content'?  — view comment
Robots might possess qualia. According to the "Integrated Information Theory" of consciousness, robots are conscious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In...
January 27, 2017 at 07:07
In: A Theory about Everything  — view comment
In regards to your comment "I am starting to believe we all might be part of one big consciousness", you might be interested in the paper: "If Materia...
January 27, 2017 at 07:00
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