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Here is my opinion on your theory of value. Emotions are quick and dirty signals we have, which are, as you say, a pat on the back, or a slap on the wrist. Beyond that, they also engage and prepare our body for potential future events which are predicted to occur. Value is not the same thing. Value,...

All of these last four paragraphs are addressing biological and psychological issues rather than philosophical ones. It would be more helpful to focus on the core thought experiment. The biggest puzzle is if you are split in two, what mechanism exists within materialism to roll dice and decide whic...

Think about what makes you, you. It is your memories, it is your instinctual reactions and emotional responses, it is your particular habits. When you wake up each morning, you arise as a result of the potential of your brain. You are slightly different as each moment passes, and yet you feel like t...

When someone usually refers to life and meaning, they are usually referring to a question of why they exist, which would require some kind of creator to endow a purpose to them, have some kind of plan for them in mind. Once a person comes to not believe in both a creator or life after death, they se...

Say it turns out that 100,000 neurons can experience pain but 50,000 neurons cannot. Dr. Green can then take the left and right halves of the system (50,000 neurons each, divided into two boxes) and simulate them side by side, simultaneously. Would this be unethical? If the answer is no, there is a...

The ability to perform an action which is consciously and deliberately carried out, is driven by internal motivations set by the organism, which exists within a range of possible actions of which the organism is consciously aware of, and of which the organism is psychologically capable of predicting...

Well it sounds to ME, like Bill might be going through some kind of existential crisis. He has lost himself in his search for meaning. He is searching for something, which he doesn't even seem to know. We all have this behaviour, especially in times of great loss. Bill, you must have lost something ...

I don't actually think I feel thoughts, I think I "have" thoughts, or rather, thoughts "occur", but for me, the extent of a thought is the sensation of an internal voice, and following that though, which just, happens, there can be some kind of evaluation, such as another thought, or even the "sensa...

Bill, you do realise that every one of your threads has less if not no point than this thread. At least this thread is informative.

A question Bill, what is it that you are seeking? Do you even know, because you seem rather lost, to the point of being lost in your own mind and thoughts. For a while I was also lost a few years ago, floating, drifting, searching, for what, I didn't know. I was a very self centred search, in a way ...

The problem I have with this definition is, if all information flow were conscious, we would be conscious of everything in our brains, however what is conscious is just the very tip of the iceberg.

The purpose of your posts Bill if there is one, to me, is to force us to reflect and search for meaning, even if there is none. However what normally happens is we roll our eyes, scroll, scroll, scroll, and try to guess what crazy ass picture will confront us.

I've never died before, nor known anyone who has lived to tell the tale, but I would imagine there would be some common things, fear of nothingness/the unknown, sadness, contentedness, feelings of awe, maybe calmness in some cases. I'm sure it varies depending on a persons life they lived, their sta...

Sorry bill but I agree that most if not all of what you post here is mainly new age BS, meant to seem enlightening but actually devoid of any meaning or usefulness, followed by much wasted post space, a few full stops and a strange and usually completely unrelated picture or off putting gif. If you ...

Dear dimebag, i recommend that you read my post Planet We - The 2nd visit in addition. There you will see how the planet model and an alternative god concept are connected. :) Ok, but what does this have to do with the meaning of life, and do you really think there is a single meaning to life, some...