Ok I havn't read anything here other than the first post and Frodos retelling of Arcanus.
I think that the mind is something different from the brain but it is caused by the brain. So at a certain level of complexity the brain creates a non-physical mind which is affected by the brain since the brain is the source of the mind, but the mind is different enough from the brain to have a causal effect on the brain.
To Frodo: If the way Arcanus explains it is correct in what way are we morally responsible if we can't control our thought processes ether. It may be the agents choice, but everything he bases his choice on is beyond his control. How would you answer this?
I think that the mind is something different from the brain but it is caused by the brain. So at a certain level of complexity the brain creates a non-physical mind which is affected by the brain since the brain is the source of the mind, but the mind is different enough from the brain to have a causal effect on the brain.
To Frodo: If the way Arcanus explains it is correct in what way are we morally responsible if we can't control our thought processes ether. It may be the agents choice, but everything he bases his choice on is beyond his control. How would you answer this?
Mark Taylor: "Religious conflict will be less a matter of struggles between belief and unbelief than of clashes between believers who make room for doubt and those who do not."
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
