RE: Is God a logical contradiction?
February 10, 2020 at 8:02 am
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2020 at 8:05 am by The Grand Nudger.)
You have some broader objection to the theories and study of mind, in mind, John. If we really took it down to the basement, you're likely to object to the notion that science can properly study mind at all.
I don't find that objection compelling. Our best evidence indicates that consciousness and it's products (like conscience) are a widely leveraged tool in the animal kingdom. Different in degree, clearly...but not in kind. It may even have effective analogs in the plant kingdom. More than one way to skin a cat, and all that. What is the problem here? What part of your worldview would accepting this endanger?
So what if consciousness and it's products weren't the sole possession of human beings? You think it's a problem for me because I'm a big dummy...fine, but why is it a problem for you?
I don't find that objection compelling. Our best evidence indicates that consciousness and it's products (like conscience) are a widely leveraged tool in the animal kingdom. Different in degree, clearly...but not in kind. It may even have effective analogs in the plant kingdom. More than one way to skin a cat, and all that. What is the problem here? What part of your worldview would accepting this endanger?
So what if consciousness and it's products weren't the sole possession of human beings? You think it's a problem for me because I'm a big dummy...fine, but why is it a problem for you?
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