(February 9, 2016 at 4:07 am)Evie Wrote: Dark matter is physical. Spirit is not. Spirit is also hocus-pocus nonexistent bullshit.We recognize our own consciousness. But this recognition is very subjective. I am conscious because I am conscious and that is the end of that.
Consciousness is the one thing in the world we have absolute proof exists. The lights are on.
That is all.
The purpose of this thread is to take us beyond mere assertions. What objective definition would we use? Can we define consciousness in a way that excludes the possibility that computers are conscious?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
