Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "...no evidence for consciousness exists in the physical world"

2011-11-03 Thread Vaj
On Nov 2, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Yifu wrote: Right, precisely. The words Harris uses such as "compassion, awe, devotion, feelings of oneness, etc..." are very similar to those used by other materialists such as Hawking to explain what they mean by (the closest entity to): "God". Unfortunately,

[FairfieldLife] Re: "...no evidence for consciousness exists in the physical world"

2011-11-02 Thread John
It doesn't appear he has reflected on the subject he's writing about. If he did, he would have found the contradictions of what he's saying. IOW, if there was no evidence of consciousness, then why does he write about the subject? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > Sam Ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: "...no evidence for consciousness exists in the physical world"

2011-11-02 Thread Yifu
Right, precisely. The words Harris uses such as "compassion, awe, devotion, feelings of oneness, etc..." are very similar to those used by other materialists such as Hawking to explain what they mean by (the closest entity to): "God". Unfortunately, few of such people venture into "Transcenden

[FairfieldLife] Re: "...no evidence for consciousness exists in the physical world"

2011-11-02 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > Sam Harris on the Mystery of Consciousness I and II from > http://www.samharris.org > > Harris distinguishes between "underlying consciousness" and the things > entities are conscious of, but seems to skirt around making definitive > co