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Measure the length of a sundial's shadow at noon at different latitudes. Shoot a laser horizontally across a large still lake to measure the curvature...

:up: At what point in 'sensoring up' a human, have you created something that is no longer a human.

If you had stopped at "inputs to our senses" you'd have something somewhat technologically feasible (if not very practical). However, with thoughts an...

It is interesting to consider the relevance of Kahneman's distinction between fast and slow thinking to Lewis' discussion of intellectus and ratiocina...

FYI, for those interested in such... Gene expression in the human brain: cell types become more specialized, not just more numerous

There is an element of human xenophobia that plays a part in war but which doesn't seem particularly relevant to inner conflict.

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They had me at dinobeavers.

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The thing is, your 'point' is a mystification of what is a relatively simple and clear physical picture. There is no need for a 'different level' for ...

I'm not familiar with Alicia Juarrero’s perspective, but what I've gathered from looking at the Amazon page for her book sounds generally compatible w...

Everything. Words are patterns of physical vibrations propagating through the air, or physical text. Neural networks in your brain which recognize wor...

Along with the majority of philosophers of mind.

Brandolini's law: Philpapers Survey

Arises from interactions within the brain which contains the neural networks trained to process written language, in response to the outputs of those ...

The meaning arises as a brain (containing neural networks trained to recognize the written language the book is written in) detects patterns in the wr...

The biological theory of evolution is based on all sort of empirical evidence. Is empirical evidence for your theory of evolution even possible in pri...

So whence comes a theory of evolution worth considering in light of this posit?

:rofl: Same.

Funny how those same naturalists see through your bullshit and don't hesitate to call you on it. It's not dogmatism, it's just that there is so much e...

You are asserting misinformation again. What a surprise. The Intelligent Design movement might reasonably said to have been kicked off with The Wedge ...

Yes. The first paragraph of the linked article:

Some relevant recent science news: Scientific thought on emotions in animals

You seem to use "actually mattering" as if "actually mattering" is meaningful independent of a context of something actually mattering to a person. Ho...

Biological evolution is not inclusive for all. Individuals being weeded out of the gene pool by natural selection is one of the important trends of ev...

True.

This back-and-forth can contribute to 'triangulating' and closing in on a more accurate understanding. The blessing of wondering. :razz:

:100: :up: Contrary to the OP: "Physicalism" is a handy word for conveying my perspective on minds succinctly, but it is 'weightless baggage' in that ...

To me it seems much more practical to work with the definitions used by an individual theist I am discussing the subject with. (If nothing else, it re...

For my part, it is merely a matter of being skeptical towards the idea that the theist that I happen to be talking to knows what he is talking about i...

It's a good framework for a start. I (kinda) wish I had more time to respond. I would want to see carve outs for, psychological and medical research o...

Cheez Whiz spreads nicely over the buttons on a blackberry.

Thanks! :grin:

There is strong evidence that the single mutation which resulted in the human genome containing ARHGAP11B played a particularly major role in humans h...

I had no idea that any currently existing AI was capable of doing all of that. I had simply searched Google Images for "schematic diagram artificial n...

The average cell phone battery has a capacity of 10 Watt-hours. A single query to ChatGPT uses 2.9 Watt-hours. How soon do you expect the hardware tec...

I'd like to be able to do something like provide a schematic as input, check that the AI understands the way the input design functions, and then ask ...

What is love? Something I've recently fallen into, that makes me feel young again, and makes me think philosophy is awfully boring. :razz:

Electronic schematics, so something like: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mircea-Hulea/publication/335140304/figure/fig1/AS:806760214437889@15693...

Amphibians evolved about 360 million years ago. So aside from the earliest insects there was no animal life on land 485 MYA. Do you think that article...

I never think to use LLMs for work, though I have coworkers in marketing that do. I'd want an AI that can take schematic diagrams as input, and produc...

I would think phenomenology would necessarily be rather poor at yielding reliable knowledge about the experience of people in general, given the neuro...

Researchers combine the power of AI and the connectome to predict brain cell activity Fruit fly brains, but indicative of the synergy between neurosci...

I was just pointing out a fact, that you are once again demonstrating. You don't care enough about knowing what you are talking about, to investigate ...

I loved that. Overthinking maybe, but interesting to consider. In the case of my mom, there was fear related to bipolar disorder in her family, and sh...

Ah, I see now that I read the second part as being between a mother and son, simply because it was easy for me to relate to it that way even though, o...

Glad to see that you see it that way as well.

I've been leaning towards interpreting both parts as conversations between a narcissistic parent and a child. The first part a grandiose narcissist fa...