(May 7, 2013 at 6:07 pm)Ryantology Wrote: You make the mistake of assuming that all physical systems have the same properties.Your assumption not mine IF you think everything can be explained by four fundamental forces and a handful of constants. Because I have already given reasons why so-called 'emergent' properties are just an atheistic version of "woo".
(May 7, 2013 at 6:07 pm)Ryantology Wrote: A brain, being a physical substrate, exhibits what you call 'mental properties'. The cause for this is unknown to us right now, but I have every confidence that a physical explanation will reveal itself in time.Then maybe you care to actually deal with the reasons I presented for why that faith is misguided. Instead of mindlessly repeating your tired and pat answers.