If you replace the word "soul" with "body", I think this works better and is much more accurate to reality. I have a problem with the idea that we are...
Whether intended or not, when someone tells you how they feel, if you tell them, "No, you don't really feel that way. I read it in a book.", its insul...
Yes, its extremely important to me. It may be due to an upbringing where emotions were mostly punished and a lack of a feeling of control in my early ...
That's definitely true. Snap decisions are made with those factors for sure. But when you take time to really think on something, and you are a person...
Yes. I am a very introspective person who thinks on a major decision for a long time from multiple angles. I understand that the average person does n...
No. I do plenty of things that offer me less satisfaction than the alternatives. My sister was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about two years ago dur...
Then why are we having a conversation? I tell you how I feel and that I get nothing out of it over 3 times, yet you say I'm a liar. You know what you'...
This language may be used because in some cases the sex of the child isn't actually clear. There are a host of abnormalities that may arise. Someone w...
I feel this is due to a lack of clear vocabulary. Transgenderism has not been studied by the broad public until now, and the vocabulary we are using m...
Maybe we're having a language barrier of intentions here. I've tried to make it clear that I do not benefit from giving my money away compared to usin...
No, I mean I do it because its the right thing to do. I have the money, and its for a good cause. I decide to. Its not for personal benefit like going...
I previously noted that I feel a goal of philosophy is to construct definitions that are useful. Theory is interesting, but practice is useful. Yes, I...
In my view setting up definitions that can then be taken and applied to the world in meaningful ways is one of the major goals of philosophy. Its not ...
No one is disparaging you or hopefully taking this conversation as a measure of whether you support trans people. This is about exploring the terminol...
I disagree with this. In cultures across the world there have always been cross dressers or people who took on cultural expressions of the other sex, ...
Is this in the sense of gender, or sex though? If its sex, I think that has some actual merit. This would be a transsexual, which is different then be...
If you believe that gender is not a social construct, then please feel free to offer the alternative, and how it is separate from sex. As for the defi...
It was my terms of gender and sex. Its difficult to address all members of the transgender community as different factions have different wants. I sim...
A lot of us do things that don't benefit ourselves because we believe in living more than an emotional life. This is not to brag, this is to inform, b...
Perhaps you could share with us some of the things that have set you off. You have a lot of well versed people on here, as well as those who would giv...
Yeah, I don't see that as a paradox, just a misunderstanding of what the math is representing. The average represents the outcomes if you select one o...
Thanks Michael. Ok, I think I see a little clearer what this is trying to do, but it still doesn't quite line up. So it makes sense to use an average ...
Thank you, I missed your link in the original OP as well. I still don't understand how they apply their math to this situation. The 5/4 is an expected...
You've clearly done your math wrong. I'm not sure how you're getting the equation that you are, not only in what you've done, but by what the equation...
To fix violence we need a culture of empowerment. Hate makes you feel powerful. A gun in your hands murdering people that you despise makes you feel G...
Having written several complex and complicated papers that examine every angle before coming to a conclusion, I have some background to note that this...
I feel your reading intentions into the article that are not being insinuated. I would re-read it once more. This is proposing a mechanism to explain ...
This is entirely incorrect. Currently not understanding exactly how matter and energy interact to create a subjective experience does not negate the o...
Its not a supreme being, but a supreme identity. We could call it the summation of all sub identities. Thus talking about a multiverse still boils dow...
That is exactly what I am stating. Identities are mental constructs that we as humans can create. There is no limit to what we can identify. As such, ...
Because logically identities boil down to that. Lets say there were two realities. We can now group them together into the one supreme reality that ex...
The careful difference is that the statement, "A triangle is a three sided shape" does not mean such a thing actually exists apart from our own defini...
Another thing to consider is why would God care if you believe in him? If God is an all powerful knowing being, what does it matter to him? And if it ...
Just a fun discovery they found recently. It turns out that a beard absorbs impact from blows from fists or other blunt attacks. Since men fight more,...
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/14044/knowledge-and-induction-within-your-self-context My answer here. In sum, we create identities through ...
Grammar evolves. 'Whom' is largely outdated at this point when speaking colloquially. If you're going to be dumb and nitpick someone's grammar instead...
I want to ask you a very simple question. "Meaningless to who?" You see, there's an implicit undercurrent in your statement. You're looking to some se...
Its sad. I find older people who have lived their lives in luxury tend to fear things that they do not understand and react with cowardice. As a white...
No, I agree with that fact. It was his conclusion that there must be some type of dualism that I'm contending has no basis today. No, I'm not saying i...
Again, "consciousness" is an analogous term. — Dfpolis Yes, we all know what analogous means. You described consciousness as analogous. That means it ...
It was almost 70 years ago Wayfarer. You may not be aware of how much information and discovery computers have opened up, but neuroscience back then r...
No, it really means you don't have a clear definition of consciousness that a reader can understand. Instead of simply retyping or pointing out the cl...
I understood. But his beliefs as to "why" the experience happened is like a blind man feeling around in the dark compared to the lights we have today....
And yet you posted here for analysis and critique. The argument, "Well it was published" does not negate my point. Feel free to disagree with my analy...
Dr. Penfield was practicing until 1960. That's before we had computers. Modern neuroscience has come leaps and bounds along. I would be very careful o...
I think the problem comes from your scenarios not being comparatively equal. If we do this instead: 1. A person steals 500,000 from one business that ...
This is irrelevant. The acceptance of a paper does not mean it cannot be written better. You have proper citations, it fits the topic you are looking ...
Good question MikeB. Lets say we go with the idea that there are forces and objects beyond our control that aren't our body. Does that still prove tha...
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