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Sculptor wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 5:34 pm It does not have to.

So, neuroscience is not where you find the solution to the hard problem of consciousness.

Don't be silly - we all know who you are. OK, you can't justify a claim in a philosophy forum and you don't seem to understand that this is part of philosophical discussions. Not much I can do about you just making claims and not supporting them. Who do you think I am? And anyone else reading this,...

Neuroscience Neuroscience is a field of study, not a solution to a problem. So, what research, please cite, solves the hard problem of consciousness. It is where the answer lies Take it or leave it. Wadda ya got? He or she asked what the solution was. You answered neuroscience. That is not WHAT the...

And that is why you are stupid. A thing is different when its contents are different I make the distinction between mind/bare mind (mind without content) and dressed mind (mind with content). By the way, what is the solution of physicalism to the hard problem of consciousness? Neuroscience Neurosci...

If someone truly believes life is meaningless then she eats the Drano or she lies, cheats, steals, and murders her way to the perceived top of heap . (cuz satisfyin' base appetite is all she has). She won't be lookin' to make her own meaning cuz all meaning, to her, is meaningless. She won't be hel...

What is the absolute truth of everything? I propose it is the A=A. Then we don't know much. It might be a fundamental idea on which other truths are based, but I can't see how it is the truth of everything. I mean with that truth, say, we cannot know anything about bird migration. We might presume ...

Sculptor wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:05 pm Get a grip

Good argument. But thanks for the heads up.
I'll interact with other people who wouldn't confuse that with a response in a philosophy forum for adults.

It's well ove a year since mask wearing has become common, and no adverse effects are being reported. As it is medical exeptions are offered. Well, one. Adverse effects are often like cold symptoms in the short term. But beyond that, sure, they are being reported. In the long term it will be very h...

Sculptor wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:21 pm This is irrelevant.

Yes, it's not relevant to the symptoms you mentioned, but I thought I would throw in all the main problems research shows is likely or possible with masks.

All this does is give a work out for the lungs a little work out.

Well, then you disagree with the findings of the study.

No. During the period I was talking about we were locked down, and since we have countryside out the back door never needed to wear masks. What about the CO2? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2781743 As far as you not needing masks, your response to the other person impli...

I will say that wearing a mask does seem to help. My family and I have been wearing them pretty consistently and this past season is one of the few cold and flu seasons that none of us came down with any kind of virus or infection. Knock on wood, hope it stays that way. It's not just you. The word ...

I think it is also unclear that particles exist as things, ding an sich. And since they can 'have been in several places at the same time' just previously I also would suggestion caution thinking of them as the same over time, or even existent in the sense we usually use that term. Yes, for practic...

Nice that we agree. That's an odd way to sum up our positions. As to the limits you spoke of, you are a free person and set your own limits. I broke the law of the land to protest it. That, to me, is how one improves things if one is right. Then your whole thesis is incorrect. It is not whether one...

I am not sure it qualifies as a scientific model, even if some scientists may use it. There are models and MODELS. You have things that some scientists use but it is not especially rigorous or accepted widely. You also have models that are the model in a certain discipline. [/quote] Isn't that the ...

It's a model. Like all scientific models - it's eternally incomplete. I am not sure it qualifies as a scientific model, even if some scientists may use it. But I was responding to the exchange: Skepdick wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:35 am bahman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:31 am I think his objection i...