RE: Is atheism self-contradictory ?
June 29, 2017 at 4:25 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2017 at 4:28 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't know, a mind capable of accurately representing the environment and it's relationship to that environment probably has a strong selective pressure in it's favor. Is that not, itself, an example of ascertaining truth?
"Don't stay too long underwater" doesn't even require a mind, and even in the presence of creatures with a mind it's largely handled by instinctive and non-voluntary responses. A person, for example, who tries to intentionally drown themselves will still attempt to swim up and will invariably gulp water. That peaceful downward sinking scene is movie magic, lol. In reality, we jerk like a worm on a hook.
"Don't stay too long underwater" doesn't even require a mind, and even in the presence of creatures with a mind it's largely handled by instinctive and non-voluntary responses. A person, for example, who tries to intentionally drown themselves will still attempt to swim up and will invariably gulp water. That peaceful downward sinking scene is movie magic, lol. In reality, we jerk like a worm on a hook.
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