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| From | "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.atheism |
| Subject | Re: definition of sentience |
| Date | 2016-06-05 18:44 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <dri737FmqviU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <0ou3lbd37tujgljv15m7k899dpmn3o5naj@4ax.com> <ilh92d-h5b.ln1@spanky.localhost.net> <hlwdjsd2-EBF17B.05243704062016@news.giganews.com> <71oc2d-cbb.ln1@spanky.localhost.net> |
On 05/06/2016 14:56, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote: > On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 05:24:37 -0700, Jeanne Douglas wrote: > >> In article <ilh92d-h5b.ln1@spanky.localhost.net>, >> Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:49:34 -0400, Dale wrote: >>> >>>> falls under the category that materialism and empiricism might not be >>>> able to have a "theory of everything" and that a "theory of anything" >>>> and spiritual essence might be necessary to explain the experience of >>>> sentience >>> >>> Or, we might require a theory explaining why jelly beans cause >>> everything else to exist. If you're going to throw out random >>> nonsense, everyone else is allowed to as well... and with just as much >>> reason to take it seriously. >>> >>> "Spiritual essence". Right... >> >> >> They're at the very beginning of understanding how the brain works and >> how the mind emerges from it. What will the silly fundies do when we >> advanced our knowledge from say, pre-school levels to Ph.D. levels? >> >> Their gaps just keep getting smaller and no matter how hard they rail >> and fight against it, they just cannot stop progress from happening. > > If it weren't for the God of the Gaps, they'd have long since run out of > stupid ways to pretend their imaginary friends actually exist. > An optimistic assessment of human nature, if I may say so. We do have a very long track record of clinging to our beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Close two gaps, and they will find two more. Close all the gaps, and they will resort to straight denial or the re-imagining of their deity to create new gaps. All it takes is one little scientific "we don't know yet" or "yes, theoretically it is possible". God the creator of the universe becomes an impossibility? Just recast him as a spacefaring alien seeding life on Earth. Most believers are like celebrity stalkers. They will persist in their fantasy come what may.
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definition of sentience Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2016-06-03 17:49 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 14:56 -0700
Re: definition of sentience "%" <persent@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 16:45 -0700
Re: definition of sentience "%" <persent@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 16:47 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 07:27 -0700
Re: definition of sentience "%" <persent@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 13:52 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 13:55 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 17:22 -0700
Re: definition of sentience mur@. - 2016-06-03 22:29 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2016-06-03 22:45 -0400
Re: definition of sentience mur@. - 2016-06-06 21:56 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 07:43 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 16:49 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-04 05:24 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2016-06-04 12:58 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Prince Michael <t2judgment@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 10:18 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Prince Michael <quarke.e2@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 13:58 -0700
Re: definition of sentience hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2016-06-05 17:05 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Prince Michael <t2judgment@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 09:43 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-06-06 17:38 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 21:56 -0700
Re: definition of sentience "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 18:44 +1000
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 04:34 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 09:12 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 10:36 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 11:08 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-06-05 16:50 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 14:35 -0700
Re: definition of sentience hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2016-06-05 17:40 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 00:40 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 04:32 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 09:14 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 10:39 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 11:19 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-05 04:36 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 09:15 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-05 15:20 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 15:38 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2016-06-04 12:57 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 21:57 -0700
Re: definition of sentience mur@. - 2016-06-06 21:57 -0400
Re: definition of sentience Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 20:58 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 10:09 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 07:54 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 10:32 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 08:02 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 10:34 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 08:06 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 10:34 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 13:54 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> - 2016-06-05 08:51 -0700
Re: definition of sentience Wexford Eire <wexford.eire.1798@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 09:37 -0700
Re: definition of sentience hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2016-06-05 18:15 -0700
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