Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
the following question. Nothing new for me here probably, but It's maybe organized in a more concise way. Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself? The implication of materialism is that we are in essence wet robots, without free will

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
It's maybe organized in a more concise way. >> >> >>> Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you >>> conscious as >>> yourself?<http://www.quora.com/Philosophy/If-human-beings-are-nothing-more-than-matter-why-are-you-consc

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Pierz
a more concise way. > > >> Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you >> conscious as >> yourself?<http://www.quora.com/Philosophy/If-human-beings-are-nothing-more-than-matter-why-are-you-conscious-as-yourself> >> The implicat

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
runo On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Craig Weinberg > wrote: A Quora answer to the following question. Nothing new for me here probably, but It's maybe organized in a more concise way. Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourse

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-31 Thread Richard Ruquist
a digital brain, it has to be something like that. > > Bruno > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > >> A Quora answer to the following question. Nothing new for me here >> probably, but It's maybe organized in a more concise w

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
ain, it has to be something like that. Bruno On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: A Quora answer to the following question. Nothing new for me here probably, but It's maybe organized in a more concise way. Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more tha

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-31 Thread LizR
On 31 October 2013 16:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: > On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:53:17 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: > >> On 31 October 2013 14:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: This is one of the "big questions" along with "somet

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 03:19, meekerdb wrote: On 10/30/2013 6:53 PM, LizR wrote: On 31 October 2013 14:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than nothing" etc. That one is easy.

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 02:53, LizR wrote: On 31 October 2013 14:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than nothing" etc. That one is easy. Nothing cannot exist. Nothing is an ide

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 30 Oct 2013, at 06:07, Craig Weinberg wrote: A Quora answer to the following question. Nothing new for me here probably, but It's maybe organized in a more concise way. Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself? The implicati

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: A Quora answer to the following question. Nothing new for me here probably, > but It's maybe organized in a more concise way. > > >> Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you >> consc

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:53:17 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: > > On 31 October 2013 14:46, Craig Weinberg > > wrote: > >> On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: >>> >>> This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than >>> nothing" etc. >>> >> >> That

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread LizR
On 31 October 2013 15:19, meekerdb wrote: > On 10/30/2013 6:53 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 31 October 2013 14:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: > >> On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: >>> >>> This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than >>> nothing" etc.

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread meekerdb
On 10/30/2013 6:53 PM, LizR wrote: On 31 October 2013 14:46, Craig Weinberg > wrote: On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than nothing" etc. That one is easy

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread LizR
On 31 October 2013 14:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: > On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: >> >> This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than >> nothing" etc. >> > > That one is easy. Nothing cannot exist. Nothing is an idea that something > has about

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:00:58 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: > > This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than > nothing" etc. > That one is easy. Nothing cannot exist. Nothing is an idea that something has about the absence of everything. > > > On 31 October 2013 12

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:35:26 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On 30 October 2013 16:07, Craig Weinberg > > wrote: > > > We don’t know that chemical reactions are unconscious... > > The brain is chemical reactions and consciousness seems to happen when > these chemical reactions happen,

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread LizR
This is one of the "big questions" along with "something rather than nothing" etc. On 31 October 2013 12:35, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On 30 October 2013 16:07, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > We don’t know that chemical reactions are unconscious... > > The brain is chemical reactions and consc

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 30 October 2013 16:07, Craig Weinberg wrote: > We don’t know that chemical reactions are unconscious... The brain is chemical reactions and consciousness seems to happen when these chemical reactions happen, and not when they don't happen. This we know. We don't know if consciousness of a str

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
s elliptical. Unlike a computation, > sense does not need to repeat itself in order to get the point. It can > deliver a set of associations through a broad gesture that is multivalent > and meta-phoric. Through gravity (entropy squared), the universe is reigned > in and Occam's catas

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
and crushed into black holes. The universe is not only singular, it is absolute singularity itself. The essence of boundaryless simplicity, unrepeatability, and uniqueness. Craig > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > >> A Quora answ

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
It's maybe organized in a more concise way. > > >> Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you >> conscious as >> yourself?<http://www.quora.com/Philosophy/If-human-beings-are-nothing-more-than-matter-why-are-you-conscious-as-yourself> &g

If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-10-29 Thread Craig Weinberg
A Quora answer to the following question. Nothing new for me here probably, but It's maybe organized in a more concise way. > Philosophy: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you > conscious as > yourself?<http://www.quora.com/Philosophy/If-human-beings