jgill

Will Biden be able to contend with the pressure exerted by Stacey Abrams? Will he buckle?

But can be thought of as correlating with linear time, each step separated from the next by a short period of time. Maybe an isometry, but that's not ...

Wiki: Mentality may refer to: 1. Mindset, a way of thinking 2.The property of having intelligence 3. Mental capacity, a measure of one's intelligence,...

In a sense. However, as a mathematical analyst, when I iterate w=f(z)=z+1, starting with z=1, the process is unbounded and hence is said to diverge to...

Species. :roll:

More so than rocks I wager. But equines in general do reproduce. Is a mule an equine?

I wonder what time seems like to a person suffering from continuous amnesia? No memories from second to second. Does time "pass"?

And that is a shame. Christianity would be much richer had it not abandoned the pathways championed by Teresa of Ávila and others. I suspect she and h...

Too much of a stretch. But nice rejoinder! :cool:

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I think of the "living" having the ability to reproduce. My pet rock can't seem to do the job unless I hit it with a...

I'm not sure I understand why we even use expressions like "consciousness" or "experience" when speaking of non-living entities. Do the planets have t...

No attempt to make a point beyond the notion of the individual buying a gun himself rather than being supplied one.

OK. A rock has zero experience. Oh oh, there it goes, rolling down a hill! Guess it has >0 experience. :gasp:

Well, it is simple. Too simple. Not enough information to begin an intelligent discussion, IMO. Underlying any approach is an agreement of just what m...

Political philosophy, perhaps. Nazism. Judicial philosophy? Areas of actual impact. Can metaphysics be harmful? Georg Cantor suffered a mental breakdo...

I like thought experiments a lot. But your Universe A is too much to wrap my mind around. Sorry.

Militia Act of 1792: "That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of...

I assume this pertains to a specific problem. (Otherwise, "I need to get to point A as quickly as possible. How long will it take if I run?" The right...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287422786_The_myth_of_the_clockwork_universe_Newton_newtonianism_and_the_enlightenment :nerd:

Well, if I had the artistic talents my daughter possesses I probably would have made more money! But, alas, I don't, so it's best I stuck with academi...

Certainly, in the sciences and math there are lots of new ideas. As new abstract areas of the latter open up new ideas run rampant. But these tend to ...

Multiple universe theory doesn't imply things or people in this universe are duplicated in others. Hertz? I sincerely believe the moon is made of gree...

I doubt few would disagree with the existence of subconscious. Experiments show that decisions bubble up from those levels, making the concept of free...

My proposition: No proposition is possible. :cool:

Not judged, merely separated. But this is only one point of view. Most would have consciousness=awareness. It becomes a word game.

Unimaginable chaos. Might want to trim your hypothesis a tad. :roll:

You underestimate Y. Being the creature you have described Y would simply move on to something that didn't bore them. X might also, but they probably ...

Awareness for a human usually implies a sense of self, an "I". In the practice of Zen this "I" is seen to be a fabrication. But in the Art of Dreaming...

Are flowers and rocks self-aware?

Consciousness is frequently conflated with awareness. I recall psychological experiments that illustrate someone being conscious of an impending threa...

I like what Biden has to say about climate change, but I think more emphasis needs be placed on preparing for climate change. Water rising in the stre...

Well, if I could upload imagery of a dynamical system I devised I would challenge you to find a pattern. As a former meteorologist I disagree. Your ap...

"Here is how Block introduces the notion of phenomenal consciousness: P-consciousness is experience. P-conscious properties are experiential propertie...

From last time around: "Half his supporters are deplorables . . ." That worked well.

I can see Tegmark's Mathematical Universe as an outlandish, but somewhat plausible argument, but I don't see a reasonable path to a conclusion here. H...

Returning to the central issue: Does a rock have consciousness? If you say it does, then one can define consciousness as "A property possessed by a ro...

If one assumes there are degrees of consciousness, from zero to partial to full, then one may conclude a rock has zero degree and a bright, functionin...

This is tangential, but to feel the breathtaking power of freedom of the will one might consider engaging in Castaneda's The Art of Dreaming. Over for...

I believe we have agency, but some decisions seem to be made at a level below the conscious. So I'm not willing to accept your premise. Nevertheless, ...

Thanks for the explanation. I do the same thing with mathematics, writing short notes on whatever topic interests me and posting on researchgate. Once...

Why write books like this to begin with? If your goal is to formulate and express your ideas about philosophy for your own sake then don't worry about...

Thanks for this reference. It's illuminating. :smile:

OK. That makes more sense. a rock is not self-aware, only its fundamental particles are. Oh oh. What about the virtual particles within the rock? How ...

Does panpsychism imply a piece of rock is self-aware? :chin:

The UBI concept probably lies in a socialist agenda, which itself lies between capitalism and communism.

How does a UBI relate to communism? I seem to recall most people had to work for a living in the USSR. :chin:

Yes, I know. You sent a ripple in the aether requiring serious meditation to unravel. Thanks a lot. :razz:

Coming out from under anesthesia one may be partially conscious for a period, recognizing a friend but unable to put thoughts together. Emerging from ...

This thread is a little like a thread on the intricacies of quantum theory by those who do not participate in physics teaching, research or experiment...

In humans, partial consciousness occurs frequently. The fundamental concept of consciousness may not, however.