Sam Harris: Final Thoughts on Free Will
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- Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: No Objective Space or Time = No Free Will or Events
- Replies: 91
- Views: 10965
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Jordan Peterson with Bret Weinstein - A Metaphysical Delight
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4188
Re: Jordan Peterson with Bret Weinstein - A Metaphysical Delight
Sub-280 characters and a meme. It's happening, slowly.
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Dump the “dimorphism”: Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1955
Dump the “dimorphism”: Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 3421000804
I'll post a summary if I see a good one. I'm curious about the evolutionary basis of brain dimorphism.
I'll post a summary if I see a good one. I'm curious about the evolutionary basis of brain dimorphism.
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:20 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What is the relationship (if any) between Nick Bostrom's Simulation Argument and BK's idealism?
- Replies: 4
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Re: What is the relationship (if any) between Nick Bostrom's Simulation Argument and BK's idealism?
I think BK's arguments address pancomputationalism, but that is different from the simulation argument that states that it's not the entirety of reality that is reduced to a computational machine (including the consciousness itself), but only the phenomenal content of our experience of the "wo...
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:12 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What is the strongest argument against Bernardo's monistic idealism and/or non-duality?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 7145
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: How Many 'Alters' Per 'Organism'?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 10673
Re: How Many 'Alters' Per 'Organism'?
A remarkable aspect of DID is that subjects split "in software" with no apparent damage to "hardware", unlike split brains.
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 9:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Brain stem as source of consciousness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3412
Re: Brain stem as source of consciousness
Identity cosmopsychism is my default position because it elegantly resolves all ancient philosophical conundrums. It's possible there's another metaphysical solution I could compare aesthetically, but unlikely. This sounds a lot like Ramana Maharshi's answer to the question of how we should treat o...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Brain stem as source of consciousness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3412
Re: Brain stem as source of consciousness
Modern neuroscience articles would be more welcome without always saying they invalidate idealism/panpsychism, or being lazy attempts to crowdsource analysis.
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Brain stem as source of consciousness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3412
Re: Brain stem as source of consciousness
Identity cosmopsychism is my default position because it elegantly resolves all ancient philosophical conundrums. It's possible there's another metaphysical solution I could compare aesthetically, but unlikely.
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What is the strongest argument against Bernardo's monistic idealism and/or non-duality?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 7145
Re: What is the strongest argument against Bernardo's monistic idealism and/or non-duality?
Against BK's published idealism variant, cosmic fine-tuning and inexplicable disassociation.