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Dennett's argument is essentially that reality is physical, so a discourse splitting hairs over every conceivable illusion about the purportedly nonph...
December 11, 2021 at 19:07
The idea is that particles of conventional matter are embedded in aether, and apparently nonlocal interactions are mediated by emergent, integrated pa...
December 10, 2021 at 19:09
The key is the memory foam idea, that aether substance stabilizes the objects in their trajectories by some sort of imprint effect, but I think Bohmia...
December 10, 2021 at 12:56
Good post, but if you think what I wrote has nothing to do with quantum mechanics or relativity, we obviously didn't read the same books and some prom...
December 10, 2021 at 00:32
I'm curious if Bohmian mechanics can explain the full range of observed correlations between entangled particles on some scale at least. Supposedly it...
December 10, 2021 at 00:18
Pilot wave theory, forgot about it, not sure if it can explain electron spin correlation in addition to position properties, but I'll have to look int...
December 09, 2021 at 23:59
From what I've read, De Broglie wave theory is an intriguing model of what goes on inside the atom, but doesn't account for spooky action at a distanc...
December 09, 2021 at 23:48
You deleted the post, but that's funny. I'll admit I'm not a Ph.d, though I've been learning from some of the best books on the subject and I presume ...
December 09, 2021 at 23:30
@"T Clark" and @"Banno" are wrong lol anyways, someone who cares about physics want to comment?
December 09, 2021 at 21:55
Apparently you've never read a book or taken a course on quantum mechanics or relativity theory. Probably haven't even talked about the subject much e...
December 09, 2021 at 20:52
Slight tangent, but supradimensional causation within spacetime transcending aether that matter, physiology, electricity, technology etc. are embedded...
December 08, 2021 at 19:57
I guess piss on whatever you want and ignore the rest! This gets back to whether feelings = matter lol
December 08, 2021 at 00:39
Objectivity is the platform for creative pursuits of even the most arcane kind to be possible, so fashioning a general framework and humanist value sy...
December 07, 2021 at 23:49
Instead of complicating our image of reality, I think quantum neuroscience along with field theory in physics will harmonize the physical and metaphys...
December 07, 2021 at 21:12
I think science is on the verge of addressing this with conclusiveness. It is essentially the binding problem of consciousness: how do trillions of di...
December 07, 2021 at 19:26
You are quite the preemptive skeptic! Not sure what role you are expecting rationale or practical basis to play as distinct from what I propose. I'm t...
December 06, 2021 at 23:05
a. the strong EM field of the brain is a global substrate largely responsible for integrating cognition via phase locking mediated in consort with vol...
December 06, 2021 at 15:53
Expressed relationships between electric charge, EM fields, EM radiation and the brain's molecular structure are somewhat nebulous, but that's still t...
December 06, 2021 at 12:04
What makes you guys so sure that if quantum properties are fundamental to life, allowing it to achieve the extremely fast rates of biochemical process...
December 06, 2021 at 00:10
That IS its property! New science though, not everyone knows about it yet, and a ways to go before we've figured out exactly how it works. The idea is...
December 02, 2021 at 18:51
A quantum hypothesis proposes that atoms of molecules are in superposition with themselves and their immediate surroundings, meaning they are in multi...
December 02, 2021 at 03:11
A brief comment regarding abiogenesis. It has been discovered that single-tailed phospholipids can easily be synthesized from a cocktail of constituen...
December 01, 2021 at 17:23
I think fields are both physical and mathematical, but the math is an idealization. Underlying substance, though it extends throughout the entire doma...
November 30, 2021 at 21:59
I didn't realize the question of whether or not a field is physical remains contested by some of the most accomplished Ph.d's in the world! The way I ...
November 29, 2021 at 23:37
In quantum superposition, an individual wavelength is composed of multiple wavelengths, which can also be expressed conversely, so 1+1+1=1, law of non...
November 28, 2021 at 23:12
Interestingly, an electromagnetic will explains the observations of clinical psychology quite well: a steady state, holistic consciousness that varies...
November 27, 2021 at 23:31
Electron distribution amongst a specific atom or atoms and the consequent EM field can be an effectively unified domain of integrated causality from t...
November 27, 2021 at 03:00
You're presuming that experiencing necessitates feeling, but no reason besides raw intuition and consensus to think it must. The uncertainty about wha...
November 26, 2021 at 20:51
I'm not much of a propheteer either lol I'll just say I think specialized AI, algorithms programmed for specific analytical tasks, are an invaluable t...
November 24, 2021 at 05:14
I'll run an unusual idea by you and find out what you think. What if a being exists that doesn't have a material body like humans, but can be anywhere...
November 22, 2021 at 21:19
I don't get that jazzed about theological topics beyond their role in leading me to question what I know. If God created the universe, then that unive...
November 22, 2021 at 01:59
I was being unfair to Wheeler's approach in judging an individual paragraph, just giving you a provocative perspective with some grains of truth to an...
November 21, 2021 at 21:25
Somewhat of a tangent from the OP, but the psychology of information theory could come around and connect with consciousness again, so I think it's wo...
November 21, 2021 at 01:19
Anything written about CEMI field theory and quantum biology by Johnjoe McFadden is excellent. Searching around for the researchers and theories that ...
November 20, 2021 at 18:16
Intriguing that the homunculus is placed where the cerebellum is located, which contains half the brain's neurons and has the most diversely intricate...
November 20, 2021 at 18:14
Badass chick with bow and arrow, nice! Gravity waves traveling at the speed of light have been detected in outer space, so no aether necessary in that...
November 19, 2021 at 18:58
I think science supports the assertion that empty space does not exist. What was formerly thought of as devoid of substance has always turned out to c...
November 18, 2021 at 18:35
The mental is a hard but, for some, inevitable subject to grapple with lol It is difficult for me to conceive of substantive causality as immaterial o...
November 17, 2021 at 22:14
Can you even roughly estimate the amount and range of EM radiation from a biochemical pathway in a neuron, for the sake of demonstration composed of f...
November 16, 2021 at 01:57
For the physics savvy who are knowledgeable about EM radiation, what are the factors that determine how quickly the intensity of this radiation dissip...
November 15, 2021 at 21:49
Yeah, I'm a US citizen, and the kind of situation I'm describing is rather new insofar as a totally irrational stigma is attached to individuals in tr...
November 15, 2021 at 05:55
The catch is that many doctors are trained to use their diagnostic categories for screwing portions of the population into submission to a system that...
November 15, 2021 at 00:37
The way it works in some parts of the U.S. is you go to the doctor, usually with some desperation, if they think you're a sucker or they are irrespons...
November 14, 2021 at 23:58
As I understand it, the "collapse of the wave function" essentially models matter insofar as large quantities of interacting particles give rise to co...
November 13, 2021 at 20:42
The probability wave is the wave function, the quantized matter wave is the substance that the wave function probabilistically models.
November 13, 2021 at 14:58
I doubt matter underlying the wave function ever fully collapses, as if an absolute demarcation between coherence and decoherence exists, but rather m...
November 13, 2021 at 02:17
It's not only that we know how to inflict pain but not how to bring joy, it's hard to experience joy in the first place when you're in pain, and human...
November 11, 2021 at 20:46
Have attempts been made by philosophers to reconcile a personalistic philosophy with objectivist perspectives? Would this approach qualify as existent...
November 08, 2021 at 17:10
What most fail to realize is that if someone is being tortured until he or she snaps, or is so dirt poor and perhaps addicted that crime is unavoidabl...
November 07, 2021 at 21:17
I think @"dclements", @"Judaka" et al fairly represent both sides of the issue in general, and we could get into further detail by comparing cultures,...
November 07, 2021 at 00:15