(July 29, 2015 at 10:50 am)Little Rik Wrote:

Aw...does my fucking profanity fucking bother you, you fucking shitwallet? Considering that I have a consistent life/sexual partner and as far as I know we're both fertile, I probably have better chances to reproduce (and therefore "get up in the evolution scale," as you so eloquently put it) than you do. Where does that put you in relation to the donkey?
Interestingly enough, that photo is a great illustration of consciousness. The donkey, for instance, has consciousness. He has senses, nerves muscles, and a processing engine that can manage all that, hence he has the ability and will to act on his own. It is consciousness that allows the donkey to pull the wheel, and it is consciousness that allows humans to build the wheel and harness the donkey.
The wheel, on the other hand, is non-conscious. Even though it has moving parts and is made up of the same stardust as the donkey, it lacks the ability to sense data, the ability to move, and (most importantly) the ability to think/process data. It lacks these abilities because, even though it's made up of matter, it lacks the proper material systems to produce them.
For the wheel to be conscious, it has to at least be able to think, if not act. Until we can observe that the wheel is doing something besides sitting there and reacting to the forces acting upon it, there is no evidence to suggest that it is conscious.
If anyone in this conversation is a dumb ass going in circles, it's you. Have fun licking Chopra's nutsack.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com