(November 23, 2018 at 12:47 pm)Everena Wrote:(November 23, 2018 at 12:09 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: Everena, you and other believers have admirable enthusiasm and dedication to attain impossible things. Although, people who gave up on such things, have their own good reasons as well.
You just have to agree to disagree.
I'm sure you did all have good reasons. I'm just trying to help you see things in a different way, so that you no longer hate the idea of God and eternal life. I fully understand that my attempt may be futile, but it is worth a shot if it helps even one person consider something they had not considered before. True love with your soulmate/other half should get you some of the way there....
(November 23, 2018 at 12:44 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote: Science does not "guess".REFLEXES? Seriously? Are you just making this shit up as you go? And yes science sure has guessed at an enormous amount of things or they never would have gotten anywhere. A hypothesis is merely an educated guess. And how are you claiming these so called "reflexes" came to be in the first place?
You provided no reference from a mine-line neuroscientist for this woo crap you support.
(You claim to have an education .... LOL)
Paramecium do not "appear" to be conscious. They have REFLEXES, built in by evolution. A "reflex" is not a conscious choice.
There is NOT ONE instance EVER, where paramecia appear to make a choice COUNTER to what one would expect from its reflexes.
You STILL have not explained IN YOUR OWN WORDS what the Penrose experiment proves and supports.
And do you consider eating, avoiding enemies, learning, and finding a mate all reflexes and not conscious behavior? If so, defend it by explaning why.
Conjugation among paramecia is akin to mating. Forney said that there are two mating types for paramecia, which are referred to as odd and even. This reflects the fact that the mating types for various Paramecium species are denoted by either an odd or even number. For example, according to Forney, Paramecium tetraurelia have mating types 7 and 8. "Odd will mate with the even mating type but you cannot mate if you are the same mating type," he said.