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Thread: The cat thinks materialism is more bizarre than the paranormal
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David001 Wrote: (2021-10-26, 05:25 PM)
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My feeling is that I wouldn't rule out the possibility that a machine did what I think the brain does - somehow invite a spirit into it to control it.
Wha...
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Thread: ID proponent William Dembski's idea of Biological Information
Post: ID proponent William Dembski's idea of Biological ...
| Dr William Dembski is approaching the objection to evolution based
on a mainstream concept used in Cryptography and in Error Correction codes.
The idea of information is, that we can use probabili...
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Thread: How could I lose materialism?
Post: RE: How could I lose materialism?
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Smaw Wrote: (2021-10-24, 10:55 AM)
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Your first problem is that you believe that science is tied to materialism (or physicalism, which is the more modern term). Physicalism isn't 'science', it's a p...
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Thread: squids evolved their intelligence independently
Post: squids evolved their intelligence independently
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https://bioone.org/journals/american-malacological-bulletin/volume-24/issue-1/0740-2783-24.1.51/To-boldly-go-where-no-mollusc-has-gone-before/10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.51.short
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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tim Wrote: (2021-10-22, 08:19 PM)
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The case of Mr A in Parnia's Aware study is a good example, for instance. A case recorded during a clinical trial (not an anecdote) looking for that effect. He he...
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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Kamarling Wrote: (2021-10-22, 10:30 PM)
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In my own case, I picked up a book about relativity in my school library (explained with cartoons for 12 year olds) and suddenly realised that my science cl...
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-10-22, 12:37 AM)
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Because they aren't necessarily separate beliefs I put them both in with a hyphen.
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Indeed but if I am both does that fully define what I believe?...
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Thread: Nature Is Not a Machine—We Treat It So at Our Peril
Post: RE: Nature Is Not a Machine—We Treat It So at Our ...
| What the article suggests, we are dealing with chaotic systems, with unpredictable outputs based on small changes in outputs
Change them to fix something, break other things.
I think, it's a via...
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-10-21, 01:55 AM)
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But none of that is proof of production.
What is the brain made of that would allow it to produce consciousness when other arrangements of matter ...
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Thread: he smiled ...
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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btain Typoz Wrote: (2021-10-20, 10:27 AM)
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I'm coming into this discussion cold, without having followed the material covered in other threads or posts.
@"entangled_cat"#527 I'm struggling to un...
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-10-20, 01:26 AM)
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I am not sure how you are using the term "paranormal" here?
There is an argument, I think most prominently made by Galen Strawson, that qualia are ...
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Thread: he smiled ...
Post: he smiled ...
| I am not a believer that NDEs are paranormal but I certainly believe something happens and that's worthy of study.
My grandfather woke up smiled at died.
What did he see? I don't know.
He had...
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Thread: The cat thinks materialism is more bizarre than the paranormal
Post: The cat thinks materialism is more bizarre than th...
| I came here after reading a book by Alex T. I went to the Skeptiko forums which seems
to tread in fear to the reality that people have opinions both well articulated and non-articulated.
The funda...
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