Posted on 05/04/2014 12:34:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Then perhaps Mr Will has a satisfactory answer to the question of why it is wrong to expedite humans back to their chemical building blocks if it gives one pleasure.
Beliefs have consequences. See Islam, Marxism, etc.
You seem to be a little obtuse...
Since I believe God created the heavens and the earth, that would include the origin of the moon, mars, all of the universe to the smallest proton and quark...
Yes, thats called faith...not science...
Or do you believe that consciousness does not exist?
Listen close enough and you will understand that this could not be of human origin.
No wonder he got less and less actually conservative.
Me neither, but it also explains why their views tend to shift with the prevailing winds.
Exactly.
I asked you what is consciousness.
You need to define what you mean.
I provided an example of being conscious vs being unconscious.
My guess is that would not be what you mean by consciousness.
Have to agree there. Baroque or classical era music is filled with remarkable complexity, never mind emotion. Romantic era, maybe not as much, but more so the pieces that lean towards later classical.
Can you give me a scientific definition of consciousness?
Can you use the scientific method to measure consciousness?
Or is consciousness beyond the realm of scientific investigation? I mean real science that uses the scientific method, not fake science that depends upon inductive/deductive reasoning and "consensus."
Is consciousness something about which we know very little other than the empirical observation that I perceive myself to be conscious?
That latter notion is endemic of some eliminativists, who are of the materialist school. One of them, Frank Jackson of Australian National University, believes that consciousness technically does not “exist” except as an “epiphenomenon” of brain functions.
We barely understand any quantum physics. We just use it.
That is if what we call “quantum physics” really is what we currently understand it to be.
I'm with Will. And I doubt you could explain to me what "true Righteousness even means.
There's no disrespect intended toward Christianity in that -- just that your knee-jerk intolerance causes me to doubt your belief.
The was encompassed by my “barely understand it” statement.
I’m beginning to not take you seriously.
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Do you consider yourself to be conscious?
A: Yes
Can you give me a scientific definition of consciousness?
A: perhaps.
Can you use the scientific method to measure consciousness?
A: Yes
Or is consciousness beyond the realm of scientific investigation? I mean real science that uses the scientific method, not fake science that depends upon inductive/deductive reasoning and “consensus.”
A: No. Consciousness is not supernatural, therefore amenable to scientific study.
Is consciousness something about which we know very little other than the empirical observation that I perceive myself to be conscious?
A: No. As I mentioned, there are drugs that cause loss of consciousness or alter consciousness. There are very researchable neurophysiological aspects to study.
Do you think consciousness s supernatural?
Creation most certainly requires a creator…...
Pretty colors on an MRI do not explain consciousness. Drug reactions do not explain consciousness.
I suspect that you think that climate "science" uses the scientific method. Am I correct?
I don’t wonder, but if I did the first thing to establish is that there is a hidden hand. This part seems easy enough based on the facts at hand. Now we choose wisely. . Don’t we?
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