RE: Is atheism self-contradictory ?
June 29, 2017 at 4:41 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2017 at 4:44 pm by ManofYesterday.)
(June 29, 2017 at 4:37 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Sure I read your post, it wasn't exactly profound.
The last line, though, was profoundly silly.
Conveniently, that's what I was responding to.
Is there a difference between talking about brains and minds when it comes to human beings? Doesn't seem to be, and no..brains aren't required for survival response. Plenty of organisms without brains exhibit survival behaviors.
I don't think the post is "exactly profound," I see it as common sense. I feel like a person with an average IQ should be able to follow it.
Yet, you're unable to follow it.
The last line isn't profoundly silly. Read my response.
Yes, typically scientists and philosophers make a distinction between mind and brains.
Finally, you haven't refuted any of the key points of my original post. Why?
(June 29, 2017 at 4:37 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Sure I read your post, it wasn't exactly profound.
The last line, though, was profoundly silly.
Conveniently, that's what I was responding to.
Is there a difference between talking about brains and minds when it comes to human beings? Doesn't seem to be, and no..brains aren't required for survival response. Plenty of organisms without brains exhibit survival behaviors.
"no..brains aren't required for survival response"
A brain or something akin to a brain is necessary. That's what I wrote. Are you dyslexic? Moreover, we're talking about human beings and human brains, are we not? So in the context of that, it's the brainstem's job to stop a person from downing themselves; and the brainstem is part of the brain; and the brain comes from evolution.
Now, when are you going to stop chasing red herrings and tackle the main point of my original post?