Davis

@davis – there’s a lot of confusion in the literature over what psychopathy is.  Some people confuse it with narcissism, some with antisocial personality disorder.  The Abigail Marsh article goes into how psychopaths don’t feel or recognise fear.

This is from the first paper:

Moreover, recent imaging studies indicate that psychopathic i…

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@Davis We have handed over many essential systems to technology so that they pretty much run on computer-managed autopilot. Electrical grids, water systems, sewage systems, a lot of air traffic control is computer-assisted. You can probably think of even more. There’s a lot of damage they can do “bolted to the floor.”

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

@davis – let’s give the theologians a break. Some of them are still working on the implications of cloning “Dolly the sheep”. I have often had conversations with theists on the ethics of creating “fronkeys” by genetically mixing the DNA of frogs and donkeys 🙂

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@Davis – let’s give the theologians a break. Some of them are still working on the implications of cloning “Dolly the sheep”. I have often had conversations with theists on the ethics of creating “fronkeys” by genetically mixing the DNA of frogs and donkeys 🙂

@Davis

I’vy that definition is so broad that even cats have free will. Do you think cats have free will?

I don’t know enough about cat brain anatomy to answer that question. I think they have a prefrontal cortex but it’s not like ours. I don’t know enough about cat brains to comment LOL

Simon Paynton wrote:

@davis – it would be informative for you to explain some of the theories you have read about.

That would be a first.

@davis – it would be informative for you to explain some of the theories you have read about.

@Davis

So what’s your definition of free will Ivy?

The ability to choose your own path. Simple. I don’t think natural scientists can really speak to free will. I think it’s something the field of psychology can address. We make decisions with the information we have at the time under our own individual unique circumstances. Sometimes we “get…[Read more]

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RE: We don’t even have sufficient information to form a confident theory of consciousness and the best ones are laboriously technical.

I don’t think (IMHO), For the sake of discussion and argument that it has to be overly complicated. When we are in a regulated state, we are able to think properly. When we are in a state such as fight fli…[Read more]

@Davis

No worries that was funny 😂 my current philosophy on religion is really complicated. Don’t have time to write a lengthy post but will do tonight after work 😂

@Davis yeah just changed my style that’s all

@Davis – That girl is me.

RE: And I’m certain in some environments where the number of religious people are high that religious groups can virtually monopolise the opportunities for “joining a community” but I don’t agree for a second that it is the “only” solution.

You are wrong on so many levels. But we can agree to disagree.