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That's something I am very interested in as well, but at present it is only something we can speculate about. You could look up "Integrated Informatio...

I don't think there is an objective fact of the matter, but I think it would be rather cruel not to, particularly in a society where the cure was wide...

Why interpret the text with a goal of palatable results? Seeking palatable results sounds to me like a recipe for appeals to consequence.

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/atheists.png

Something you might be interested in looking into, as a candidate for your "Initial Alteration" , is the ARHGAP11B mutation. You can find some relevan...

There is a matter of degree that is of relevance here. There are the typical day to day and year to year changes we experience in ourselves and see in...

Darkneos, I'm on the spectrum as well, but admittedly I'm one of the lucky ones, in that I have some strengths to go with my weaknesses. I well recogn...

Very good OP, and I largely agree. I do want to quibble with the following though: It is not unreasonable to look at every synapse impinging on a neur...

I'm inclined to think so, but I'm not well enough informed about the way vocabulary is used by philosophers discussing ethics to feel confident making...

Recognize that it is an aspect of humanity's evolved nature, for things to matter to people, and that the nonexistence of moral facts doesn't change t...

I'm fairly certain the majority of protestants in the US are trinitarians, though some protestant denominations are not. If you are interested in the ...

I realize your question wasn't directed at me, but my $0.02 anyway... Provided your "computational" is meant to be construed broadly enough to include...

I can't say that I don't recognize the wisdom in that, but sometimes I am not so wise. :wink:

Let's look at a definition of science. The first one to pop up as a result of my Google search was from The Science Council: Note that only the last i...

For you to establish anything as definitively "pseudoscience" that requires you to be the ultimate and unquestionable "scientist." Knowing all and eve...

I don't think I'm providing any positive contribution to this thread, so I'll bow out. FWIW, I find pseudoscience debunking to be providing a positive...

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I see no need to become apathetic at all, but it's important to keep in mind that you are only Human.

I find much about those events abhorrent. However I consider it important to try to keep in mind the human propensity for black and white thinking and...

I'll leave discussion of Plato's dialogs to people better informed than I. However, I'd suggest some study of evolutionary psychology and game theory ...

I dispense with evil (as something objective) as well. Certainly we form subjective judgements that certain acts are evil, but I'd say it is mistaken ...

Can you provide additional reasoning for why you think "philosophy should provide the ability to explore the matter directly without needing to rely o...

The process of objectification goes deeper than cultural conditioning. It is a function of how our brains work: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruv...

I'd also say the Bud Lite isn't really beer. Agreed. Forget the ethics. It's aesthetically wrong to drink Bud Light.

I see skepticism as something needing a degree of balance, and think there is a tendency for some philosophers (or philosophy fans) to go off the skep...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_qualification Property qualification seems like an example of your latter scenario.

Sounds like an interesting book.

That's not an argument any well informed naturalist would make, and I recommend you consider it a straw man, and get a better handle on evolutionary t...

It's interesting that both of us have been reminiscing similarly. We were at RFForums for a looong time. I was recently thinking of my internet histor...

Well I'd say looking at things simplistically and assigning blame on the basis of our simplistic 'understanding' of things is just something all of us...

I'd suggest "proper independent existence" is itself a fiction. I agree(?) that the way our perceptual systems are apt to chunk stuff, and even sequen...

Right. Undoubtedly, for at least some percentage of incels, blaming the physical world would amount to blaming God, and they aren't able to go there.

Good wondering. :wink: Perhaps it makes sense to see incels as people whose recognition that there is unfairness is valid, but who fail to see the unf...

I agree that the Manichean distinction is counter productive, but I don't think supporting incels in seeing themselves as victims as likely to be more...

Good to see you GRW.

Luke, Since it seems like you are much more interested in point scoring than in understanding, I'm inclined to drop the discussion. However, if you wa...

Thanks Jamal, although using my Kindle I haven't found the floating quote button that is supposed to be there. I have learned how to get the same effe...

Yeah right.

Maybe this is because most philosophy is bad philosophy. Sturgeon's law does seem applicable.

So, is a persons claim that they are a religious philosopher, the inevitable beginning of losing/rationalising away, their religion? — universeness Ma...

Metaphysical questions are raised in the philosophy of mind, but if your metaphysics excludes scientific inquiry then it is a dead end. It is embodied...

I wish you would have saved me the time by dismissing my claim of "mutant super powers" and just moving on, but... I've been following neuroscience fo...

If you haven't read the full article, then how are you in a position to question my reading of it? I don't suppose you'd accept, "Through the use of m...

I just skimmed through parts of it. It was interesting, but to be honest, I asked my question because based on what I did read I thought it unlikely t...

It is a hasty generalization to go from, "The behavior of many lifeforms occurs without consciousness." to, "All of the behavior of humans could occur...

Thanks.

This is when the private language pays off. :lol:

I'm not seeing how that provides an answer to how free will is compatible with such a scenario.

However, what I found most fascinating is the idea that qualia constitute the self, rather than being something perceived by the self. I haven't read ...

?RogueAI Ah. I'm sure it will happen. I agree that machine consciousness is metaphysically possible, but I'm far from sure it will happen. Evolution h...