RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
February 29, 2012 at 11:41 pm
(This post was last modified: February 29, 2012 at 11:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 29, 2012 at 11:33 pm)marx_2012 Wrote: Therefore you deny the possibility of not looking up at the fire cracker? You say you are 'likely' to look up that is not the denial of the choice to look up. You cannot choose to see that which your eyes cannot detect, but if we were sitting side by side with roughly the same view point we would be looking at different objects within that viewpoint. Therefore it is our choice of perception.
Try to stick to "choice", rather than flailing around about "possibility". There's a word for this sort of argument. Whether or not I look up at the firecracker may be entirely unrelated to choice, regardless of any possibility for either outcome.
Quote:Ad hominem. Then explain to me the difference between a live brain and a dead one. Since I seem to be speaking to the later.
It's a statement of fact, you don't know wtf your talking about. If you'd like to make a point, then educate yourself and start over. That's not my responsibility, it's yours.
Quote:When you perceive a compass you get a reading of a direction! Whats your point?
How, does, a, compass, behave, when, you, hold, it? Does, it, spin, wildly? If, not, why, not?
-Just in case you were having trouble understanding the question.
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