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. So says your reaction to your sense-data. Now be off with you. . Not really Bill. Basically he is saying that the task of perception is very complex when it comes to the human mind. This type of complexity is not found in any computer or computer programme. We can attempt to transfer our mental s...

Bill Wiltrack wrote:.



So says your reaction to your sense-data.




Now be off with you.


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Sorry I don't do requests, especially not from machines or rude children.

Nothing is 'good' or 'evil' except that it be so judged.

The thing about ideas is that they are in code. And as such are distinct from reality. Take an arrangement of rocks, for example. their form and appearance are a part of reality. But if you or I can interpret a code within them we may be able to extract an idea from them. As for example, if they are...

Another overly long fantasy that is without rhyme or reason.

An amusing fantasy, but entirely subjective and not particularly useful in any context.

Man is not a machine. While man's decisions are ultimately based upon processing of data from the senses, the amount of feedback loops between the data and the perceived goals of the mind that the relationship between sense-data and action is entirely unpredictable and quite different from any machi...

In the multiverse, it's said all things are possible. So we can have time running backwards, dark energy accelerating the contraction of the universe, the speed of light isn't a constant, the existence of God, no laws of science to help predict, increasing entropy, etc. The multiverse is currently ...

well, if that works for you, then fine. But it is highly subjective. Don't expect other people to accept your sentiments.

Art is so subjective it is absurd to try to define what is 'art' and what is not. One person's art is another persons porn and another person's graffiti and another person's garbage. There will always be people who don't like other people's art, and others who will be offended by it and others who w...

Not only does nothing in our universe need to have a purpose, nothing in our universe has a purpose except that we assign it one.
Isn't that liberating!

Inductive reasoning is much more than that. Inductive reasoning is used for perception and indeed for most of our knowledge of the real world. Yes, that's right. It requires pages of explanation to do it justice. That's the problem when I try to sum up something in a line or two. I am of the opinio...

The problem of induction was recognized by Hume and has been the bane of philosophers and scientists ever since. It just means there is no logical necessity when it comes to cause and effect. Inductive reasoning is much more than that. Inductive reasoning is used for perception and indeed for most ...

You need to read the link for I have answered that question. The Doric Greeks migrated south in groups of three, i.e. "The Thrice-divided Dorians", and then they subjugated the indigeneous people in order to create a caste society. That means they had philosophy all their own. Philosophy ...

We are not a tabula rasa. It depends what you mean by 'we'. If you mean the individuals you and I, then I would agree, as our brains come fully loaded with software and hardware and firmware and algorithms and automatic responses etc etc. But if by 'we' you mean the human species whose forebears di...