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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 5:54 pm
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(March 7, 2022 at 5:51 pm)Foxaire Wrote: (March 7, 2022 at 3:50 pm)evolcon Wrote: Doesn't anyone on this forum actually know how to answer a science based question
Not particularly. I'm an atheist, not a scientist.
^That. These sorts of esoteric sciencey-type questions are more appropriate for science fora.
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 5:56 pm
(March 7, 2022 at 5:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (March 7, 2022 at 5:51 pm)Foxaire Wrote: Not particularly. I'm an atheist, not a scientist.
^That. These sorts of esoteric sciencey-type questions are more appropriate for science fora.
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 6:03 pm
(March 7, 2022 at 1:51 pm)evolcon Wrote: The brain in non human animals constantly records, sorts and stores all sensory input, and than uses it to survive, that is what the brain evolved to do. Just like every other organ, it is a survival tool. What than is self awareness and consciousness, and why does it exist, what is it's purpose. Is it just a spandrel of language?
Since you seem interested in a particular kind of answer - I'll give you the quick and dirty on the only scientific theory of consciousness.
Just as any structure that can attend to details like "where is the hand" offer a body model with clear functional advantages, any system that can attend to -that- system offers an attention model with clear functional advantages.
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 6:26 pm
(March 7, 2022 at 5:51 pm)Foxaire Wrote: (March 7, 2022 at 3:50 pm)evolcon Wrote: Doesn't anyone on this forum actually know how to answer a science based question
Not particularly. I'm an atheist, not a scientist.
And as close as I will get to being Stephen Hawkings is that 18 months in a wheelchair after a truck hit me on the bike......
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 6:29 pm
The brain is much more than a survival tool; for instance, non-reproductive sex is quite pleasant.
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 6:34 pm
(March 7, 2022 at 6:29 pm)Jehanne Wrote: The brain is much more than a survival tool; for instance, non-reproductive sex is quite pleasant.
And without the brain - alchohol would only be a third rate solvent.....
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 8:33 pm
(March 7, 2022 at 5:11 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: (March 7, 2022 at 1:51 pm)evolcon Wrote: The brain in non human animals constantly records, sorts and stores all sensory input, and than uses it to survive, that is what the brain evolved to do. Just like every other organ, it is a survival tool. What than is self awareness and consciousness, and why does it exist, what is it's purpose. Is it just a spandrel of language?
Fundamental reality explains a jumble of actions, awareness is reborn in the light of these mysteries ergo Eternal stillness is the continuity of nonlocal experiences.
That should clear it up.
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 8:50 pm
(March 7, 2022 at 8:33 pm)brewer Wrote: (March 7, 2022 at 5:11 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: Fundamental reality explains a jumble of actions, awareness is reborn in the light of these mysteries ergo Eternal stillness is the continuity of nonlocal experiences.
That should clear it up.
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RE: evolution
March 7, 2022 at 9:52 pm
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(March 7, 2022 at 3:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Sufferin’ jaysus. Not this again.
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(March 7, 2022 at 3:50 pm)evolcon Wrote: Doesn't anyone on this forum actually know how to answer a science based question
Sure, we can answer science based questions. It is just that your question is a superstition based question.
So your answer is fucking unicorns, why not? One superstition is as good as the next, right?
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RE: evolution
March 8, 2022 at 6:35 am
(March 7, 2022 at 1:51 pm)evolcon Wrote: The brain in non human animals constantly records, sorts and stores all sensory input, and than uses it to survive, that is what the brain evolved to do. Just like every other organ, it is a survival tool. What than is self awareness and consciousness, and why does it exist, what is it's purpose. Is it just a spandrel of language?
Evolution of Consciousness: Phylogeny, Ontogeny, and Emergence from General Anesthesia - In the Light of Evolution - NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)
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