(February 12, 2012 at 3:25 pm)Cosmic Ape Wrote: You violated Occam's Razor but someone probably already said that.
Only if you accept that the current speculation that an emergent property is actually having an experience suffices as a fully detailed indisputable explanatory theory.
I don't. Therefore it makes no sense to me to apply Occam's Razor to it.
It's not a good enough explanation, IMHO.
In fact, it doesn't explain it at all yet. It's just speculation.
It would need to explain precisely what it is that is having an 'experience' and describe why we should believe this to be the case.
No such detailed theory even exists. It's just a hunch at this point.
And atheist are strongly opposed to calling "hunches" science!
Christian - A moron who believes that an all-benevolent God can simultaneously be a hateful jealous male-chauvinistic pig.
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!