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I don't say or suggest that the mind is the brain. Rather, the mind is the content and consequence of the functioning of the brain. That's why, when w...

If the mind is not the brain, then why would consuming alcohol change the way the mind works - and change it more, the more one drinks? Why would one ...

There's a question, as to what degree words "carve nature at the joints" to quote Plato - from Phaedrus, but I think the inadequacy of language to rea...

True, but trying to prevent humans breeding is a very bad idea. Freedom is the answer - not oppression.

You don't name any particular text, so - impossible to say, but what the authors you mention mean by 'right reason' is almost certainly explained in t...

Then I'm not sure you've thought through the implications of your suggestion that: If it's a utopia, why is it full of irresponsible people having kid...

Not necessarily. Imagine two dots drawn on a balloon, that is then inflated. The dots move apart exponentially as the angle from the radius increases.

Or none! In which case, can I have your drivers license!?

He is a master debater!

Carnivalesque is a literary mode that subverts and liberates the assumptions of the dominant style or atmosphere through humor and chaos. It originate...

I am an unbearable smarty pants - and as such, I can say with certainty that yours is a good question.

Good effort, but it's a little more subtle than that. It's about intent to commit the act. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse - so it's not about w...

That's for me to know, and you to find out.

I got your argument, and in English Law - "mens rea" is an important legal principle. Interesting essay on the subject here: https://www.researchgate....

Admittedly, Evolution Debunked was very poor - and his subsequent behaviour - again, suggestive of a bear of very little brain, but... erm...but... No...

After he apologises to Fdrake, I'd like to see if Joe0082 can come back with Evolution Debunked II; or maybe, "Some Problems with Evolution" - might b...

I think he would be prosecuted, because the fact he has no memory of events, and isn't the same person anymore - is a God's eye view, not accessible t...

Not so fast! In terms of intellectual content, this thread is far superior to Evolution Debunked.

I have encountered it. I haven't read it front to back, but it's often referenced - and I understand the main ideas. Tableau Rasa is not consistent wi...

No, I haven't, not really - and I'm sure the worst practices are horrifying, but when done well, farming need not be cruel. Indeed, it's a lot less cr...

So your debunking of evolution amounts to "I don't get it." Might I suggest you read Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C Dennett: "The fundamental cor...

I didn't say that morality is a form of aesthetics. I said morality is a sense - like aesthetics is a sense, or like humour is a sense. The human indi...

I agree that some people are not fit to be parents, but nonetheless strongly object to state machinery that imposes its will on women's bodies. How ca...

So you wanna do eugenics? Do you think you're wise enough to decide who should and should not breed?

"we presently keep hundreds of millions of other sentient beings in unimaginably frightful conditions. We do so for no better reason than to satisfy o...

Morality is fundamentally a sense; like humour or aesthetics. It was drilled into the human organism by evolution in the context of the hunter gathere...

You're right of course, that the Big Bang explanation of the universe - has some very strange implications, but then, the faster than light expansion ...

Differences of air pressure cause air to move from high pressure regions toward low pressure regions, creating further pressure differentials. The key...

I'm sorry about that comment. I apologise to you, the mods, and the site. I was drunk, and as you said, despairing. That's not an excuse, but rather t...

I have no memory of this.... Was I hacked?

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Odd, how you poke holes in the material explanation, but offer no alternative! What then? A ghost in the machine? Prove it!

Are you mad? It depend on what you mean by spaceship. Is not earth a spaceship? I have been on earth, and able to deduce by the movement of the planet...

Existence is objective and universal meaning!

Then stop being deliberately stupid!

The correct answers are deliberately simple: 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Fear! The Church burned heretics alive right through to 1792 - 160 years after the tri...

Is it a theory that the earth orbits the sun? Or is that the truth? And is that truth contrary to about half a dozen Biblical passages that claim "the...

Oh, okay. I can live with that. I would merely ask three questions: 1. Was Galileo tried for heresy? 2. Was that because he made scientific discoverie...

Ideally, I would vote for answer number one - but only on suffering. I don't think pleasure is nearly as morally relevant as suffering. Intellectually...

That's not your call; you are in the midst of a religion versus science dichotomy dating back 400 years. It's not my preferred condition either - but ...

I would ask instead; what is religion if not the presumption by primitive peoples, of truths about reality, in lieu of actual truths that were only la...

I didn't invoke the existence of a "super perfectly ethical person" - and I could not answer your question for such a person, if I had! If your questi...

I can read your words, but your meaning escapes me. Perhaps if you could explain how - in your philosophy, geographically isolated groups of human bei...

I get your point but what's the alternative? We have to place "religion, music, and other aspects of human culture" in an evolutionary context, becaus...

That's only because they're not allowed to round up the typical suspects anymore! The first artefacts that display a truly human mode of abstract conc...

To show that I am sincerely sorry about the delay, I'll answer your poll: Is suffering morally relevant? Yes, suffering is morally relevant. Pleasure,...

Thank you for teaching me the word "echt" - which I was unaware means "authentic and typical." I get what you mean about the anxiousness, but I like P...

You joined the forum 2 days ago and have made a grand total of 31 posts. It's difficult to get an impression of what you believe just yet; and maybe a...

Well, you're absolutely right on the inadequacy of our understanding of consciousness, but I'd be very wary about seeking to fill those gaps with magi...