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The brain is a secondary organ in service to the body, the body produced the brain, the brain did not produce the body. That said, the physical enviro...
December 21, 2021 at 03:41
Ucarr, First, the conclusion, Darwin's theory of evolution is neither upwardly or downwardly evolving design. Evolution is plastic, in the sense that,...
December 21, 2021 at 00:22
You are correct about the avoidance of gods. Particularly, one involving an anthropomorphic identity. I otherwise would like to think, successful or n...
November 26, 2021 at 14:25
I do understand your point, however, the use of the term design is unfortunate here. There is no reason to assume intellectual intent, things may beha...
November 25, 2021 at 03:39
I do tend to believe in panpsychism, but as far as priori cognitive design, no, it sounds like your looking for a god within the great mystery. I beli...
November 21, 2021 at 13:05
Value is communion with, mutualism, the more complete the better, by complete I mean communion without categories, all-inclusive. Personally, I don't ...
November 20, 2021 at 06:49
Spirituality is simply the process of introspection, introspection about one's self, one's self as being and being in the world. Organized religions I...
November 20, 2021 at 06:34
Very close in context of nature.
November 20, 2021 at 06:19
I am not familiar with QM"s perspective, but it goes against my instincts, to think that there is not something before the manifestation of matter, If...
November 20, 2021 at 03:57
That may well be but in the process, you are engaging others in mutual caring, of which is vital in forming a community. No identification, no compass...
November 20, 2021 at 03:45
Michael, Defined purpose or intention, but this intention is evoked, the lock presumes its key. One must be moved within before one can move without, ...
November 17, 2021 at 19:48
When does a condition become a thing? Is there not a complexity of conditions prior to say the formation of a cloud. Is there not a chaos of complexit...
November 17, 2021 at 07:50
Morality is a biological response to context, a person in isolation would have no need of morality. As a social construct, it is best seen as the self...
November 17, 2021 at 07:39
The solution to world pollution is reducing human population.
November 17, 2021 at 07:15
Nature is constitution, nurture is context.
November 17, 2021 at 03:37
Let's face it reality is the shits, that is why many people choose a fantasy life, read a religious life. Suffering is a good moral measure however if...
November 17, 2021 at 03:11
Example: If you give money to someone to help them out of a problem, and they just use the money foolishly, you are likely to reconsider the wisdom of...
November 17, 2021 at 03:01
DESIRE
November 17, 2021 at 02:53
Yes, Dimosthenis, it's called forethought, pain, pleasure, desire, desire to stay out of pain. Let's face it reality is the shits, that's why so many ...
November 17, 2021 at 02:45
Thanks, Streetlight, It helps to focus upon who the aggressor is.
November 17, 2021 at 02:35
Organisms come into this world with a constitution that is weak or strong, with great variations between the two. Upon coming into the world one is wi...
November 16, 2021 at 04:23
Which country, America or China has the greatest history of imperial expansion. Which country has the other surrounded with military installations and...
November 16, 2021 at 04:03
The empire of America has a full-time war economy, it will always need to create new enemies, large and small. Business is business!!
November 16, 2021 at 03:25
Janus, Perhaps you would like to enlighten me on where my statements have gone astray. Explain if you would, how the world as an object, obtains its m...
November 16, 2021 at 03:10
Knowledge of good and evil. "There is no such thing as right or wrong, only thinking makes it so." Billy Shakespeare In other words, the knowledge of ...
November 15, 2021 at 10:21
It sounds like a bit of nonsense to me. All meaning is cognitive, all meaning is the property of a conscious subject. Meaning like apparent reality it...
November 15, 2021 at 10:08
In today's political world, many people still hold onto the American apple pie concepts of the country, through self-serving self-generated mythologie...
November 14, 2021 at 23:50
Yeah, I can't really disagree, excellent philosophim!
November 14, 2021 at 18:47
It is a bit like, when does a condition become a thing. There are processes to anything which becomes manifest. It is true this is just speculation, a...
November 14, 2021 at 11:10
You feel you are totally restricted by the context of the question? The OP might not have realized that its possible to negate both, that perhaps he h...
November 14, 2021 at 10:21
If DNA were faultless, evolutionary development would not be possible. Mutation is a high price to pay for adaptation, with most mutations meaning dea...
November 14, 2021 at 10:14
Yes, it is not knowledge that is handy in ones day to day experience, still it is nice to understand where meanings come from. What we see as the phys...
November 14, 2021 at 10:05
EXCELLENT.
November 14, 2021 at 09:26
Well, the physicists tell us that ultimate reality is a place of no things. When one gives it a bit of thought, one must realize that all the energy f...
November 14, 2021 at 09:20
The Americans are quick to criticise other countries for their way of governing. The fact remains that there are only two parties because Americans re...
November 14, 2021 at 09:10
Your senses present you with what is called apparent reality, as opposed to ultimate reality which is only partly accessible to us. Your whole body ho...
November 14, 2021 at 09:00
Emergent existents from the implicit to the explicit, essence is the implicit workings of manifestation, that being forth the existence, the explicit....
November 14, 2021 at 04:02
Certainly, different biologies experience a somewhat different reality than human biology. Whether we are talking of humans or other animals we are ta...
November 14, 2021 at 03:31
A model, aimless and fickle-like evolutionary development? The evolution of the organism would be quite impossible if it had any fixed determinism or ...
November 14, 2021 at 01:46
That is a by-product of the realization of the truth of Nihilism, when all is said and done, the conscious subject is the free agent in creating his o...
November 13, 2021 at 23:58
What is considered unnatural, is when humanity creates an element to add to the periodic table which does not occur naturally. In contradiction to thi...
November 13, 2021 at 23:09
Banno, There is no inherent meaning to the physical world as object, there is nothing in this world that has meaning in and of itself, but only in rel...
November 13, 2021 at 22:57
Meaning is something derived from experience, or meaning, experience, is knowledge. I think your talking about reaching for a goal, to build a meaning...
November 13, 2021 at 22:42
That which exists is a cause, that which reacts to existence is an effect, so, a subject in this sense is both cause and effect but, the subject is no...
November 13, 2021 at 20:26
"Thoughs who know the most, must mourn the deepest, orr the fatal truth, the tree of knowledge is not that of life." Self-control of the collective mu...
November 13, 2021 at 20:06
The A and B are a denial that either exists, otherwise we are in agreement.
November 13, 2021 at 19:57
We already do delusion and denial, no argument here, but, can we not shake it and move on. Are we as mindless as the beast, and must wait for nature t...
November 13, 2021 at 19:48
Please expand, what should it look like. Do you reject the lack of free will, and do you reject the idea of chaos Please, help me to understand.
November 13, 2021 at 18:36
According to the religious, God is not to be found in time and space. All matter is found in time and in space, this is what is meant by the term exis...
November 13, 2021 at 18:30
Perhaps the answer is in the fact that all people are more at ease in commonality. People tend to speak of racism as something that is the property of...
November 13, 2021 at 18:03