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The way I see it is from the idea that 'once upon a time' there was just the one consciousness which had no free will because it was also omni-et al. In order to give itself an experience of...
Liked On: 04-23-2022, 01:17 AM
Sorry for barging in here (I haven't read the whole thread, only the first few posts)! It is such an interesting issue however, that I want to chip in. In my (ever evolving) view, there is no such...
Liked On: 04-23-2022, 01:17 AM
I'm not sure a functional computer is conscious other than observing that it consists of two main components: the hardware and the software. In some sense, this is analogous to sentient beings such...
Liked On: 04-23-2022, 01:16 AM
You know, it kind of reminds me of how scientists debated the existence of lucid dreaming. Some scientists didn't believe true lucidity actually existed. They argued that one only dreamed that they...
Liked On: 04-23-2022, 01:16 AM
I don't think that not everyone with a mental illness truly has free will. Of course, that depends on the severity of the diagnosis. Then again people don't choose to have a mental illness. You...
Liked On: 04-22-2022, 03:19 AM
I'm an existential Spinoza with a lot to tell, Ready to deny Aquinas and Pascal In their assertion of Hell, As Sartre pointed out, our existence precedes essence, So we invent our purpose...
Liked On: 03-23-2022, 10:54 AM
Can you download Word? How does it work? Can you play the mp3 file internally from beginning to end? Or do you have to leave the tape recorder by the mic and let the mic pick up the tape recorder's...
Liked On: 03-22-2022, 02:11 PM
Free Will - but prior to willingly choosing to be incarcerated in this particular Holographic Experiential Reality Simulation. Once inside - then relative free will - illusionary but aligned with...
Liked On: 03-21-2022, 11:09 PM
After much deliberation, I realise that I am unreservedly a hard determinist. Every molecule in our bodies exists within the constraints of a cause-and-effect universe, hence the fact that we are...
Liked On: 03-21-2022, 11:09 PM
With all that's going on right now in Ukraine, I wanted to start a thread where people can come together and offer support and empathy. In this thread you may: 1. Post a link to a charity that...
Liked On: 03-12-2022, 02:29 PM
I watched the video where Alan Watts figuratively states that we are God and that religions are based on the myths that the universe is an artefact (as though built by a carpenter, as he put it,...
Liked On: 03-09-2022, 03:38 PM
Thel you have raised a great thought experiment about taking every belief to heart with full will. I am reminded of the first time I realized I was an atheist. I had been feeling cognitive...
Liked On: 03-09-2022, 03:38 PM
When you wrote this; I wondered why you thought I wouldn’t know the Universal Intelligence Communication Device I made, was designed in the style of mandala… But why I mentioned the Mandala was...
Liked On: 03-06-2022, 08:46 PM
I have gone from being a born again atheist for 10 years to being a Wiccan with little practical experience so I have approximate knowledge of many things like the cat in adventure time. Like the...
Liked On: 03-06-2022, 08:46 PM
Here is a thought I had lately thinking about this thread. One thing science minded people like is the mathematical proof. I am going to say you can not make a mathematical proof. How can I say...
Liked On: 03-06-2022, 08:46 PM