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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-07-15, 03:19 PM)
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Not sure how "set free" cashes out in terms of physics, so maybe Neural Patter[n]s Shifted State?
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See my new signature below. ;)
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-07-15, 02:26 PM)
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So the mind was not really set free, what really happened was atoms colliding in such a way as to make you shift from one set of mental states to anot...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Laird Wrote: (2023-07-13, 10:27 PM)
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Let's go for a whirl then, @Merle - via this very belated combined response to your long-ago responses to me.
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2023-07-01, 08:17 PM)
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What about this follow-on study of mediumship accuracy from 2022, which employed 28 mediums, also with a triple-blind protocol:
Is There Someone in the...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Brian Wrote: (2023-07-02, 03:05 PM)
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I think you will find that quoting Wiki here doesn't go a long way to making your point. Wiki has long been taken over by a group that proudly identify as "gue...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2023-07-01, 08:17 PM)
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Small observed effect? What about this follow-on study of mediumship accuracy from 2022, which employed 28 mediums, also with a triple-blind protocol:
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Brian Wrote: (2023-06-30, 10:48 AM)
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I liked this post of yours because I find there is too much credulity on this forum and we need skeptics like you to bring these things up, but your last statem...
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Sam Wrote: (2023-06-26, 06:47 PM)
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So, instead of addressing the study itself, you go ahead and take shots at the journal that published the study.
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OK, I read the study you reference. (Sarraf,...
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Brian Wrote: (2023-06-25, 03:05 PM)
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You make statements about the physical brain but the necessary foundation is missing, i.e. how it is possible for "stuff" to produce awareness. Without explai...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-23, 07:18 PM)
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As to whether the universe is conscious...Not sure. My point is much smaller, that non-conscious constituents can't produce consciousness. Anymore tha...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-21, 01:04 AM)
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The argument is not about how the description of getting consciousness from that which is non-conscious is currently unknown, the argument is that the...
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stephenw Wrote: (2023-06-20, 05:29 PM)
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In the above you say, "with the neurons doing complex logic on the incoming signals" This is just made up and amounts to "magic". And while logic gates are...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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stephenw Wrote: (2023-06-19, 03:31 PM)
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To me and maybe others here, you keep repeating claims of "magic" intent coming from electro-chemical sparks, rather than seeing how biology has simulated lo...
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Laird Wrote: (2023-06-17, 01:19 PM)
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Again, your terminology is off: consciousness isn't a model; it is that within and by which models are constructed and comprehended.
Even if your terminology...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-16, 01:20 AM)
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How would you define the word "Physical"?
Let me know so I can keep it [in] mind as we discuss the non-conscious atoms that make up brains and nail...
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-15, 03:07 PM)
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So nails and brains are both made of atoms? Are the atoms made of stuff too? None of this stuff is conscious right?
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-15, 12:25 AM)
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It seemed to me that when you said "enough material arranged in a complex way" you meant the nail and the brain are made of the same stuff but the amo...
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Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-07, 06:19 PM)
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I'm still confused about the argument. Is it:
1. There are no souls. All mental facultie...
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-04, 03:03 PM)
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Also why is the soul dependent on this theory of memory...this is what just confuses me.
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-05-22, 10:52 PM)
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It isn't clear that it is the soul that loses the ability to remember. But it's fine if you want/need to believe that death is the end.
"Death dest...
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