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Maybe, maybe, maybe. So far a lot of nature seems to be running pretty nicely according 'our' math. Science relies on the assumption that we live in a...

Yeah, Maybe, maybe, maybe. Maybe you should just read up on studies into animal psychology. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/04/monkeys-can-do-mat...

Being reactive to is a form of consciousness.

What is truth? What is useful is tru(th). What is tru(th) is useful. There you go. In a nutshell.

No I mean what makes you think I am interested in holes and digging. If you want to dig a hole for yourself be my guest. You don't have to explain tha...

I never stated a belief can not known to be false. A belief must be useful to considered true. A belief is considered true because it is useful.

Survival is necessary to reason.

Holes can't be true Digging can't be true Sorry you'll have to explain that to me.

"a belief can be useful yet not true" A belief may be false, but can not been known to be false. Only a belief not known to be false can be useful. A ...

Clever. Did you think that one up all by yourself?

Exactly. Your belief in a God that is aiding and abetting you in your moments of struggle might give you the psychological strength to persevere where...

Very simple. A photo-receptor cell is 'conscious' of light. A cochlear hair cells is 'conscious' of sound...etc

Not at all. I am merely noting the fact that many 'truths' we adhere to are in themselves refinements of past 'truths'. I am always reminded of how Ei...

I didn't mean we don't experience math we do. Experiments with monkeys has demonstrated even they understand math. If you give 4 peanuts to one monkey...

The closer you are to the 'middle' the better I suppose.

Sleep vs awake work in unison and define our being. They can also be in opposition when your activities don't allow you to get enough sleep. In this c...

They can work against each other. But they can also work in conjunction. Our male and female characteristics for example do not need to be in, but can...

I didn't consider mathematics as abstract thought. I just googled the definition and used their interpretation as the basis for my argument. I do cons...

The False Argument of Faith I do not agree with you. Faith can have a very strong beneficial quality. As we stumble about blind and confused, faith ca...

The difference between the East and the West is that in the East they had ample access to Opium and Cannabis. This encouraged introspection. We were m...

Unfortunately our Mind is contained in a vessel of clay. 'Clay feet' etc..you get my drift. Our body relies on the Ego for self preservation. This Ego...

You mean like India,China and Brazil as Europe and the USA lose their economic might?

Again I agree with you there. I too am a believer in the duality of things. To have matter, anti-matter must also exist. For something to arise from n...

adjective/?abstrakt/ existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. "abstract concepts such as love or beauty" In ...

In general we may be able to conclude that the most objective truth is that which is shared by the largest number of people? There are exceptions to t...

The most obvious one that comes to mind would be nurture vs nature argument. But I can think of many: Freedom vs responsibility, private vs public... ...

Yes very funny. You know quantum theory is all about the dualistic nature of matter right?

What is different in how you think to other people?

It would have sufficed if you had stated: you can say unreasonable things.

The truth is always somewhere in the middle. We are all groping around in the dark with a candle to light our ways.

I think everyone should observe a respectful skepticism in regard to the opinion of others.

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Well perhaps not you or me. Newton, Einstein......Plato, Socrates... yes.

Build a living self-replicating cell in a test tube and you will be God.

I am sorry. I should not have stated belief. I meant religion. Theory and hypotheses are also beliefs. But falsifiable beliefs. And what has not prove...

All life is conscious (to various degrees). The better question would be: How did matter make life? Answer that and you will be closer to understandin...

If you can't control your intentions you can't control anything. What is your point? To state you need a certain degree of control over your thought p...

Yes that is exactly what I said. Yes, our ability to control 'stuff' is very dependent on the complexity of its properties. It is far easier to contro...

Show me where I stated you can't control your thoughts.

It does not require high degree of thought control to flip a light switch. It does to light a fire outside on a rainy day.

Have you heard of the Lidl and the Aldi? They do exactly that. Limiting their choice. They are the fastest growing supermarket chain at the moment. An...

Well I tried and failed. I was perhaps on an errant's quest.

They are absolutely controlling their thoughts. But that is not easy. That is hard. That is why you have to be pretty clever to become a scientist of ...

Trial and error is exactly what people get with choice and is exactly what people don't want but what is forced on them. Our ability to choose has nev...

Truth is falsifiable, belief is not.

I googled it. The idea of oikeiosis is, roughly, that one should work to collapse distinctions between one's family members, one's larger circle of fr...

In today's supermarkets people are overloaded with choice because the merchant believes that is what the consumer wants. Apparently research has shown...

Yes absolutely. That is what scientists and engineers are able to do. We (mere mortals) just profit off the fruits of their labor.

Most people are following a 'comfortable' routine most of their lives. They observe rules and regulations and football on tv. Trial and error doesn't ...