Philosophical Speculations

No, not at all. This kind of casual 'forced choice' isn't an attempt to have a vigorous and precise philosophical conversation. Sorry, but not all useful conversations are in that realm, as Bernardo often demonstrates in his book and conversations. Ok, well in that case, i think Bernardo would choo...

What do you think would be Bernardo's response to this question: What's more reasonable/possible a) solipsism being the case b) consciousness being derived from something non-conscious Thanks JF As David noted; are you implying that a) and b) are the only 2 possible options? In that case; explain y...

In which way are you thinking there would be a disconnect? Personally, I still haven't figured out whether Jung was an Idealist or a Dual Aspect Monist. The 'tube above sides with the Dual Aspect camp, as does numerous academic articles, but there are also those who tag him as an Idealist. An additi...

In my opinion, the guy with < 200 views gave a better answer that the one with + 6 million views.
Jim Holt does make interesting points, but essetially he dodged the question.

> I find this incomprehensibility of existence at the deepest level disconcerting.
* denial.
* anger.
* bargaining.
* depression.
* acceptance.

Sometimes I think that if there's any free will ; it's in - and only in - where you direct your attention.

The thoughts you have, and the choices you make, are simply an effect of where you direct your attention.

From the article. Emphasis by me. Our behavioral results are exciting not only because they provoke new avenues of research into the fate of sensory neurons during pupation, but also because they challenge a broadly-held popular view of lepidopteran metamorphosis: that the caterpillar is essentially...

I'm not really sure how any outcome of that experiment would prove consciousness surviving / not surviving death. You say : turn off everything in the brain except a specific part. When dead; it's ALL off (the brain activity), so how would the experiment say anything about what happens after death?

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:36 pm
What would I teach the children? I would teach them to hold hands and pay attention. That's my vision.

I can't object to either of these; they are both really good. Only observe that we're not really moving towards more hand-holding at the moment

I think you need to go very slowly. Perhaps starting to point out 1. Physics is only about relations , not absolutes. Such as : this thing is twice as heavy than the other one. , or it takes half as long for that thing to happen compared to the other thing to happen. 2. Point out the cirlularity of ...