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Like consciousness is the product of a body? You must do better than this, or I rest my case. Show me a consciousness without a body? And whilst I'm still not quite sure what you mean by 'consciousness' if you mean self-awareness as in being aware one is aware then I think that limited to very few ...

Ginkgo; That's correct the materialist would say that emotions are nothing but matter in motion. This is why they also believe they can solve the problem of other minds. A few points: Emotions are not limited by time and space; last time I checked matter is limited by time and space. How do they exp...

This is a materialist explanation for consciousness. Aren't you trying to avoid this? The only thing that I am trying to avoid are lies, false premises, and misrepresentations. I have never studied the "materialist explanation", but think that any explanation from a materialist would invo...

Ginkgo; There is a tremendous difference between feeling emotion and studying emotion. This idea is very difficult for me to convey to other people, and I don't know why. They will always talk about how they feel, or how I feel, rather than talk about what emotion actually is and how it works. I stu...

Arising; I thought that "Arising_uk" meant that you get up every morning in England, the United Kingdom. Or maybe you are considering that old statement that the sun never sets on the United Kingdom? If they are not 'consciousness', then what are they? I'd have thought one was the product ...

Greylorn; To be equally frank, the "qualia" notion has yet to make it as a viable concept for me. It is too vague. Qualia is not so difficult to understand. Think of it this way: You are driving in the mountains and make a mistake that takes you off the road and causes your truck to fall i...

Blaggard; Apparently, I did not explain myself well enough. Please consider: Just as a side note, it was never proven the Earth was flat, The Earth is proven to be flat every day by thousands of people. If you do not believe this, then take a very large globe and go to a kindergarten or first grade ...

An explanation for the evidence is put forward by a number of people including, Hameroff, Penrose and Chopra. The extend to which we accept the evidence is a different matter. Basically the argument is that one of the functions of the brain is to work like a quantum computer. Quantum computations a...

Gee, Don't be absurd. No one can show you a thought of any kind. Of course it is absurd. Sometimes, Greylorn, you have to read my post, the post that I am responding to, and then think about it. Arising likes to ask questions, probably trying to emulate Socrates, but often Arising is simply on a 'f...

Marsh; You have created a very interesting thread here, but there are some points that I think need to be clarified. Please consider: If it were ever proven scientifically that it's best for the well being of an individual, a society, and evolution to have a belief in god, then is it best to have a ...

Bill; I agree with Blaggard. Emptiness is not depression. Emptiness is empty, but depression is full -- it is full of sadness. Clinical depression is assumed to be related to our chemistry, as chemistry affects emotion. People suffering from this type of depression often battle it their entire lives...

Arising; Hi. I still owe you a post from the evolution thread, but I'm working on it -- when not distracted. (chuckle) Bonds. Emotion. How are these 'consciousness' and what body do they exist outside of? That is, can you show me an independently existing bond or emotion? If they are not 'consciousn...

Spheres: That was a very good post, and I agree with the large majority of what you had to say, but it was not very pragmatic and does not give us any idea of what we can actually do to understand or correct the problem. I hate the ethics forum and try to avoid it, but I can not get this stupid thre...

Immanuel Can; Agreed. :D You have a point. That is not what I was considering when I read this thread. My thought was that Marsh was questioning whether or not a lie can have value. Many people, especially young people, often do not see the value in a lie. Some will even quote, "Thou shalt not ...

Tbieter; I had planned to address some of the points you made in your December 29th post to Mickthinks, but considering the quote below, I have changed my mind. I checked out the website, and what I think is that you are a racist. You will probably deny this, and may not even know that you are racis...