(September 18, 2014 at 4:28 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote:(September 18, 2014 at 4:16 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Do you understand why I would be frustrated that the bolded portion of my quote is not answered by the bolded portion of yours in any meaningful way that furthers discusssion.
Unless, of course, you're willing to qualify and quantify *precisely* what about "those sciences" convinced you of the truth of the neutral monist position? So far I haven't seen it, perhaps I missed it.
I respect that and I don't think I have the time to do it right now.
At the risk of sounding flippant, if you don't have the time to explain that, why should anyone give your speculations any more mind cycles than they would if I speculated that monkeys might fly out of my butt?
(September 18, 2014 at 4:28 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote: I would refer you back to what you seemed to get regarding QP and say that the results of those experiments sway me toward neutral monism.
So we've gone from "those sciences" to "those experiments" swaying you towards neutral monism, and yet we're no closer to understanding -what about them- swayed you.
(September 18, 2014 at 4:28 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote: Also gene expression studies and psychoneuroimmunology studies make me think that assuming mind and matter are seperate is not going to lead us to a comprehensive understanding of either.
Here we go with more of the same.
Again, at the risk of sounding flippant, this is about as substantial as me speculating that the increase in the cost of living is possibly linked to the monkeys that might, or might not fly out of my butt.
You're going to have to connect the dots to have any hope of being taken seriously.
