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Thread: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-21, 05:30 PM)
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For me, the improbability of RM+NS producing complex systems like human biology doesn't necessarily imply direct evidence for discarnate entities. A plausible nat...
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Thread: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
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David001 Wrote: (2024-04-18, 04:34 PM)
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Well strangely you don't really need to understand biochemistry or biology to explore this subject. Genes are basically digital - C, G, A, T. The chemistry o...
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Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-04-17, 09:05 PM)
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https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-biology-scientists-uncover-a-universal-missing-law-of-evolution/ (https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-biology-scientists-uncover-...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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David001 Wrote: (2024-04-17, 04:32 PM)
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Do you really need to sneer at people who find NDE's relevant? I mean nobody on this forum invented them, and because of modern resuscitation methods there a...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-04-16, 08:50 PM)
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Survival of the fittest is a narrative. Selection is the term of science. Let me ask you - is "selection" a part of physics or materials science? NO.
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Thread: Underwater UAPs, and the controversy continues with a new authoritative figure
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Brian Wrote: (2024-04-11, 05:40 PM)
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https://www.thoughtco.com/logical-fallacies-appeal-to-authority-250336
(https://www.thoughtco.com/logical-fallacies-appeal-to-authority-250336)
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Thread: Underwater UAPs, and the controversy continues with a new authoritative figure
Post: Underwater UAPs, and the controversy continues wit...
| The UAP/UFO controversy and claims of cover-ups from high in the administration refuse to go away. And a new highly qualified, ranked, and authoritative figure has entered into the fray and has identi...
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Thread: AI megathread
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-04-09, 09:55 PM)
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Where the Rubber Hits the Road: ISA =/= Microarchitecture Gap (https://multisenserealism.com/2023/05/12/where-the-rubber-hits-the-road-isa-microarchit...
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Thread: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-09, 11:18 AM)
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My point is that it's an ontological assumption that all chemical properties follow from physical properties. This assumption underlies the reductionist approach ...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-07, 05:35 PM)
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False. It's just an unproven assumption that qualia can't be emergent as well. Your H2O example is only an example of socalled "weak" emergence (the property of w...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-07, 02:56 PM)
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so nbtruthman, when you can prove how molecular structures can be reduced to quantum mechanics you can claim you have refuted emergence! Until then emergence is a...
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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Jim_Smith Wrote: (2024-04-06, 05:32 AM)
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I think we agree on many of the important points.
I'm not saying that individual consciousness doesn't exist.
We are conscious, that is obvious, as Desca...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-05, 03:20 PM)
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Again, you rely on 'divine insight' to make claims for which there is no evidence. The notion that the world can only be understood from a bottom-up perspective i...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 06:46 PM)
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I've noticed that you hold a very binary view on philosophical matters. It seems to be either NDEs are exactly as you and others here wish them to be, or material...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 03:30 PM)
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And by this reasoning both the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot are real too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot
I invite you to “individually and credibly d...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 09:52 AM)
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I agree subjective reports also can be empirical evidence if they are commonly reproducible. Otherwise they are “anecdotal” evidence like the evidence for bigfoot...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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Brian Wrote: (2024-04-03, 07:26 PM)
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I'm having problems with the reply/quote function so I'm working around it.
@"nbtruthman"#90 wrote :
I hear the word "empirical" so many times that I had to...
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Thread: Why Corroborated NDEs Can’t Just Be Explained Away
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-03, 08:56 AM)
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David made a generalized comment about books on paranormal evidence, and I responded with a similarly generalized comment. Reading skeptical comments about "The S...
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Thread: Why Corroborated NDEs Can’t Just Be Explained Away
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-02, 06:46 PM)
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Ignorance of, for example, source criticism is a task for the Ministry of Education and not for the courts.
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Please expand on this implied criticism of The Se...
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Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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Laird Wrote: (2024-04-02, 04:31 PM)
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It's the Guardian, so you can guess how it goes. I won't bother to quote from it.
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that make...
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