On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 5:08 PM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31 December 2013 10:33, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> >> But then the explanation for *this* is that it's just a random one we >> happen to exist in. I don't see that as any better than saying that >> somethings happen at random and they led to here. >> >> Yeah, it's the WAP. > > Seems quite reasonable to me. > > It's superior to the random one because that makes more assumptions about > the nature of reality. >
Yeah, we start with what we know to be true: I am experiencing something. That leads, via Descartes skeptical analysis for example, to: I think therefore I am. We correct this to: "I think therefore I was" as the "state" that one "is" is the one that was computed by the look back. It is not sitting there like a husk waiting to be possessed momentarily by a disembodied mind... In this way of thinking there can be no zombies and no ghosts. If there is no possibility of a body, there cannot be a mind either and vice versa. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/7G5zm5OFT0k/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Kindest Regards, Stephen Paul King Senior Researcher Mobile: (864) 567-3099 stephe...@provensecure.com http://www.provensecure.us/ “This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, notify sender immediately and delete this message immediately.” -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
