RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
March 13, 2012 at 10:51 am
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2012 at 10:56 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I think you're confusing "potential" with "probability". I have a very high potential for stabbing someone. There is a very low probability that this will occur. Gasoline has a very high potential for combustion, but proximity to a lighted match actually does very little to increase the probability that this will occur. You have to vaporize it first, before probability becomes high, thats how we spent all of those years smoking cigs while pumping gas without killing our entire species. It's also how we control combustion to the point where it is a useful source of energy for work. See how it pays to be able (and willing) to elaborate?
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