From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 21 2005 - 18:51:48 BST
Erin,
To you
"science hasn't explained consciousness"
Ian says, have you tried, where have have you looked ?
Do you want it on a plate ?
Ian
On 4/21/05, Erin <macavity11@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I really don't know where to go from here because your criteria of what is
> real doesn't make sense to me. To me science hasn't explained consciousness
> (within, beyond, around, whatever) of a mind and it is real.
>
> ian glendinning <psybertron@gmail.com> wrote:
> Erin, let's not get off track with an "You said I said you said" debate ..
>
> The WILL TURN OUT TO BE REAL statement was NOT about "Consciousness"
> It was about "Consciousness beyond the confines of a mind" - something
> slightly more mysterious.
>
> Back to the meat - we have something worth debating I feel.
>
> Ian
>
> On 4/21/05, Erin wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Erin, you said
> > It is like you (Ian) are saying that the consciousness is not real
> > because science has not explained it yet. You believe they will
> > explain it one day but this belief is not faith in science because of
> > its good explantion which is errrr "a gap in knowledge"
> >
> > IAN: I say, I'm saying absolutely nothing of the kind.
> >
> >
> > ERIN: You said "For example, I do in fact believe that intelligence and
> > consciousness beyond the confines of individual brains (or minds) will
> turn
> > out to be real - explainable by physics." WILL TURN OUT TO BE REAL --my
> > interpretation is fair to me considering what you wrote
> >
> > NOW you say you believe " Consciousness "is as real as anything else" in
> > this real world."
> >
> >
> > IAN: The fact that you see fit to paraphrase / caricature what science
> says
> > that way is the kind of thing that drives me nuts, particularly
> > slipping in those causal "becauses".
> >
> > ERIN: No Ian I only know what you think by what you tell me...don't blame
> > me if you contradict yourself.
>
>
>
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