... I'm not arguing for species-level selection, just that men of high social status, power, or talent, in general find it easier to get dates :-) If people...
... I would argue that it is not merely similar, it is identical. Many higher-level selection mechanisms like that seem to be at work, not just at the level of...
... I've found it useful in dealing with questions of non-human understanding, to define three different strengths of understanding. UnderstandingA: it does...
... deterministic ... universe doesn't mean the pancake therefore assembled itself spontaneously based upon the criteria of the first moment of the Big Bang....
... I do agree with you that it's identical, and that we often have to do this kind of summarising of complex causation, but I get into fewer arguments if I...
... Yes, but this distinction seems to assume that feeling is something else than internal mechanism! So, what is a feeling according to you? Best, -- Eray...
... The soul (mind) experiences the activity of an individual neuron (or small groups of neurons) as a quale. The activity of larger groups of neurons is ...
... Certainly this is pure-speculation on your part. ... Certainly this is *MORE* pure-speculation on your part. ... I agree but isn't that what you just did...
... Don't worry. If it is not clear for me I can ask for explanation. But I can see that sometimes people don't pay attention to our ideas just because we...
... I agree with #5511 which basically says (intelligence = learning) see #5543 ***2nd paragraph But learning must result in understanding (a global structure...
... Absolutely! There is nothing to be had in this area, but speculation. My speculation is as good as yours, yours is as good as mine. Anyone who says he has...
... Ray S. ... Ray: I don't know what I am... I don't know what to believe (wrt truth) All I do know, and do believe, is what I share here with all of you (big...
... digitalness, ... My immediate reaction to this talk was that he was quite conservative (as in non-controversial). But, on reflection, it seems to me that...
... Consider this, we have a lot of simple, elegant and false theories. Like dualism. We also have a lot of convoluted, irrational and false theories. Like ...
... science. ... theories. Like ... I'm not sure I understand. Anomalous monism deals with intentions and the ambiguity between intentions and actions. As far...
... This raises some very interesting questions IMO. I read the full text at that link and agree with very much of what he says and why. But, again IMHO, he is...
... A much used measurement here has been the Turing Test. I don't need to define a specific test, just to note that in debates on the topic many will use a...
... Only if you assume that it is impossible to disagree with you about this and remain rational, which I dispute :-) There's a cohort of philosophers and...
... that ... see ... my ... Just another thought wrt his suggestion that: "We see to it that the programming language in question has not been implemented on...
... Did anyone else play the clip on Quantum computing at that same URL? It was frustrating to listen to but maybe it will spark something interesting? I...
... soul. ... Well said, Sir! On this question, there are optimists and pessimists. McGinn is a pessimist, Chalmers is an optimist. You declare for optimism, I...
... I'll have a look at it once I have finished listening to some of the neuroscience lectures I found. ... I am not a Quantum Physicist, but I know that some...
... [snip] ... So far, the only "A priori knowledge" that I have advocated is the ability to correlate data channels. In this way "patterns" of these ...
... Is this ability fixed, equally prevalent at different points in development. If not, then I have no philosophical problem with it. I recently watched a...
... Given a set of channel readings sampled over time, these two channels either correlate or not (coupled = yes, uncoupled = yes, or null = no). But, if you...
... I think I understand what you're saying. I don't know if I agree or not. It's more than just the ambiguity displayed between us… it's also due to...
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