(September 18, 2014 at 1:22 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote: Yes, I would say 80% confident based on my personal opinions formed based on my experience that consciousness/intelliegence plays a much larger role than previously assumed.
So, you are putting a much higher confidence than the actual trained scientists that study these subjects.
Again, what do you know that they don't?
Quote:I'm leaving a pretty big opening (20% chunk of confidence) that science will determine that consciousness/intelligence has absolutely nothing to do with our existence, but I think it's more likely it will be the opposite.
You are passing the burden of proof. Not a very good critical thinker, are you?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
