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Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism
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RE: Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism
(June 15, 2019 at 7:47 pm)vulcanlogic Wrote: That could be an interesting conversation. I think most people use the definition furnished by science. How do you define matter?

I'm afraid that question is above my paygrade. Matter without mass, particle waves... I don't really have an idea I could defend.
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RE: Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism
(June 17, 2019 at 10:33 pm)ColdComfort Wrote:
(June 15, 2019 at 7:47 pm)vulcanlogic Wrote: That could be an interesting conversation. I think most people use the definition furnished by science. How do you define matter?

I'm afraid that question is above my paygrade. Matter without mass, particle waves... I don't really have an idea I could defend.


I don't think it above anyone's paygrade. "Matter is atoms, waves, particles, and stuff" is a decent enough definition. We might even include energy since E=MC^2.

I mean, we all learned what matter is in grade school. There is no need to complicate the issue by treating matter as some kind of exotic thing.
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