RE: A Conscious Universe
January 30, 2015 at 10:39 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2015 at 10:44 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
A strawman, FTR, would be the term for my not answering the very question he asked within the framework that he asked it, instead suplanting my own, or assuming my own (even if innocently, thinking that he couldn't have possibly meant to ask -that- question in -that- framework). Turns out he did...in case you missed that. So it's a good thing I answered the question as asked, or I might have straw-manned him...huh? I had occasion to explain that even though Agent Smith wasn't a "person"..he was still a physical thing. Thus explaining why invoking "The Matrix" isn;t an issue for physical monism..even if it is an issue for trusting our perceptions to their utmost ( a point on which he and I are in perfect agreement, btw). Benny and I have history, in this particular conversation...lol.
(course, he knows, from repeated conversations along the periphery, that in my particular brand of explanation, "Agent Smith" is just as much a person as he is, or as I am..but that's beside the point)
(course, he knows, from repeated conversations along the periphery, that in my particular brand of explanation, "Agent Smith" is just as much a person as he is, or as I am..but that's beside the point)
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