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Unfortunately, in the field of medical sciences, science has adopted a mechanistic view of life, not admitting to the mind. This view is being somewha...
April 19, 2021 at 18:14
I am not speaking of science and its inconsistent views about the universe, e.g. Einstein's block time vs..probabilistic quantum waves. I am more inte...
April 19, 2021 at 17:10
Science is doing nothing. It is all determined, including your observations that it is more accurate. No one is doing anything except reporting in a d...
April 19, 2021 at 16:54
Of course, people delve into this question, and in doing so have developed a deeper understanding of who we are, what is our place, and where lies the...
April 17, 2021 at 17:24
For an extremely full and deep inquiry sand treatment of a holographic model of consciousness, I would highly recommend Stephen Robbins's Youtube chan...
April 14, 2021 at 00:24
The conscious mind was always been there and created everything. There is no linear time. Just time that we psychologically experience as change withi...
April 06, 2021 at 04:32
Correct. Determinism is a religion, not a philosophy.
April 01, 2021 at 19:14
The degree to which we are influenced by external or internal factors, varies and constantly changes, but ultimately we make choices. If we have any c...
March 31, 2021 at 22:03
Everyone knows that they are choosing. Everyone's life is based upon choosing. It's only after they are "educated", that some begin pretending that th...
March 31, 2021 at 02:37
Will is the ability to move in a given direction. I have a choice in what direction I will move, and I can assure you, whatever path chosen, there wil...
March 31, 2021 at 01:20
Unimpeded? Of course not. But we do have a choices in intended course of action. I can choose to run head long into a wall, but my action is impeded. ...
March 31, 2021 at 00:49
Philosophers don't refute. They present ideas based upon observations. Arguments don't refute or prove. They simply restate the premise.
March 21, 2021 at 21:41
There is no such thing as materiality, other than in philosophical discussions, which is perpetuated by ba very poor educational system that is too la...
March 21, 2021 at 18:18
A couple of things: The Gut-Brain bilateral communication Axis is accepted by science. The idea that the "brain" controls everything is antiquated, an...
March 21, 2021 at 04:21
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Knowledge shouldn't have labels. It is as we experience it. Words can never fully describe the experience. In many ways the Dao De Jing suggests this:...
March 04, 2021 at 23:24
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It is seamless as quantum comprises everything. There is no boundary.
March 04, 2021 at 23:18
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You were.
March 04, 2021 at 23:13
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Minds are exactly as we experience them, as a continuity. It's exactly as we discover them. There is no boundary. The Gaia is an interesting idea to e...
March 04, 2021 at 23:08
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There are constraints as to what the human mind can do and has learned to do. However, birds can fly. All of life is evolving along different paths. I...
March 04, 2021 at 22:58
Yes, fulfillment comes from exploring, creating, learning, and growing. If one is feeling empty or lost, then something is missing. It is difficult to...
March 04, 2021 at 22:55
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Exactly as one experiences it. No need to deny it simply because of a materialist mythology.
March 04, 2021 at 17:28
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We all feel we are making chicos. Determinists feel that this feeling is just a mirage. That in reality, there is no choice. So, they must show: 1) Ho...
March 04, 2021 at 17:23
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I don't do it just for humans. I am suggesting all of life has intelligence, most of the time acting in a coordinated, habitual manner. "As I said, I ...
March 04, 2021 at 14:27
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What is proposed by the notion of choices, is that humans have exactly the same behavior as quantum particles. The way humans act is by making choices...
March 03, 2021 at 23:26
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QM and the Gut-brain axis can be used as new insights. The actual impact of coordinated quantum events is something to explore.
March 03, 2021 at 14:59
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They is no reason to limit anything to there brain any longer. The Gut-brain axis bidirectional communication is accepted by biological science.
March 03, 2021 at 14:52
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The nature of consciousness and mind is an open question for philosophy as long as no attempt is made to quash it with pseudo-science such as determin...
March 03, 2021 at 14:43
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Clarity is required. There are the Schrodinger Equations, the Laws of Thermodynamics, General and Special Relatively, which can be applied for specifi...
March 03, 2021 at 14:39
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Yes, science makes no claims regarding MWI, but scientists (humans), when asked, believe it!! Why then can't people believe in heaven and gods, if sci...
March 03, 2021 at 14:34
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Predictive utility is not to be confused with exact deterministic precision. The equations get the job done to the required approximate precision. I'm...
March 03, 2021 at 14:29
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There MWI interpretation. Try to grasp the exorbitance that Determinists have had to reach in order to justify determinism in an infinite number of un...
March 03, 2021 at 14:18
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No such claim is made. Choices are made for many reasons, but there are choices. I can eat breakfast or skip it.
March 03, 2021 at 14:13
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There is no such thing as natural laws in science. There are very specific equations that attempt to predict approximate outcomes. The term natural la...
March 03, 2021 at 14:11
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Regularity (habitual actions) should be confused with determinism. Nothing has ever been shown to be precisely deterministic. They tried, and then cam...
March 03, 2021 at 14:02
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I'm not telling anyone to believe me. I'm just saying that if you look at the history, Determinism was just a story concocted by some people with zero...
March 03, 2021 at 05:09
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Pretty much that is what it is. People musing about possibilities. It's the nature of human existence. Every civilization creates it's own mythology. ...
March 03, 2021 at 03:12
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Interpretations, is basically a story. Some are pretty wild. But none claim that the Universe we live in is anything but probabilitistic. Probabilitis...
March 03, 2021 at 00:59
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Quantum entanglement has been observed at the molecular level and over great distances. It is no longer a matter of the small. All matter operates as ...
March 02, 2021 at 23:45
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Yes, the modern form of creating tales and stories for people to sit around and listen to. Darwin was totally wrong. Humans don't evolve. They just ch...
March 02, 2021 at 22:53
Unfortunately, that was what was is being done when Evolutionary Theory is taught as fact in schools. Just filling in a huge hole, the size of the Gra...
March 02, 2021 at 22:50
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Yes, life is waveforms of habits (probabilistic behavior), as well as choice/creativity (redirection of actions). This is what everyone does and recog...
March 02, 2021 at 22:37
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Whether or not Nostradamus is correct is matter of what story you wish to believe. It's a matter of concocting a story. Nostradamus predicts he and hi...
March 02, 2021 at 05:00
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Everything is also compatible with God. You believe that physics is deterministic. One chooses what one wishes to believe. That's life.
March 02, 2021 at 03:10
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No. It feels that way and there is no reason to create a mythology that says otherwise, whatever one wishes to call the Original Maker. But many peopl...
March 02, 2021 at 02:53
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Yes, I feel like I am choosing as does pretty much every human being. So why the mythology of determinism? There is no substantiation for it. It's jus...
March 02, 2021 at 02:36
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Of course. One can choose to believe any story they wish. You choose to be a balling ball thrown by the Maker. I choose to be a Creator making choices...
March 02, 2021 at 02:27
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What do you mean it matters that you go to a doctor???? It's already Determined. There is no choice. Determinism is a form of fatalism. The only diffe...
March 02, 2021 at 02:14
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Just another form of fatalism.
March 01, 2021 at 17:13
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The insight is the result of a choice by the mind to explore, to learn something new, to create a new idea, and with whom to share it. It is the choic...
March 01, 2021 at 17:04
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It's a series of meaningless, pre-determined outcomes. At least give yourself a Heaven and Hell.
March 01, 2021 at 15:49