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Consciousness is an emergent property that arises gradually in biology but will be instantaneous in AI. AI will conceive of human intelligence as clumsy, accidental and artificial.

Biology initially was strictly in the mode of automata. A survival advantage is conferred in awareness of pain and pleasure (fulfilling biological needs)…[Read more]

Robert, not sure if that was a takeoff on Carlin but it was well done.

Michael, you don’t need to convince any of us that Christianity is bullshit. (I think the devil and the confessional and certainly different versions of bibles as they were later transcribed and indigenous pagan customs were add-ons)

If your premise is accepted that the original tenets were corrupted then why were the original valid? For me it is…[Read more]

Michael wrote: Certainly, not the first attempt to ascribe the basis of Christianity to preexisting mythology with partially correlative themes

She also portrays the early Christians as deviants among deviants.

The preexisting mythology adopted by Christianity is damning. What separates Christianity from prior mythology? Why would a rational…[Read more]

Michael, you are immersed in distinguishing between the authentic mythology and the inauthentic. So i am asking you
for an opinion of the following book.

El sueño de la razon produce monstruos

What an awful way to live-to be preoccupied with monsters and discerning the tea leaves and various clues. Thanks for your candor but yikes.

Michael will you give a bit more? Your views?

How is reoccurring creation consistent with any gods? Can’t get it right so if at first you don’t succeed…

Why would a civilization inconsistent with our timeline be evidence of a creator god any more than a flower, monkey or
pinball machine?

Claiming that a civilization existed back in the Carboniferous Period is a highly dubious claim.

Sure is. Unless it confirms your irrational beliefs. So there goes evolution. Or evolution is real but only part of the story. The rest of the story involves the Christian god and prophecy.

So go ahead Michael. You’ve said what Christianity is not.…[Read more]

Enco why do you dump on Biden? You got a dozen disparaging pet names. I did not notice that for Trump. I am no fan of Biden. But at least he is a human being who seems to have a conscience unlike Trump.

Enco, ya lost me.

If you are ever in Connecticut that is good pizza but not the intended link.

I feel as Sam Harris does. Not sure what right move is in Afghanistan but the way things were done is just awful.

https://www.google.com/search?q=frank+pepe&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil7s274c3yAhVHFFkFHR8eChAQ_AUoA3oECAIQBQ&biw=1832&bih=1009

Robert those numbers are alarming. It is amazing so many permit so few to gorge. Crumbs to the untermensch. Historically those are disparities that cause revolution. Perhaps the influence created by the wealth is the decisive difference between then and now. Many Americans act against their interests/have beliefs against their interest. Some even…[Read more]

Reg i confess to be flummoxed by flummery. Having cast my bread upon the water it comes back buttered and tasting peculiarly similar to Jesus’ ass.

Ya gotta marvel and be in awe when you contemplate here’s a guy who knows all and has all the power creates a complex universe that is so recondite that the physicists only scratch the surface and yet resorts to primitive and barbaric thaumaturgy that resonates with millions of believers.

Enco, it is kind of pointless for me to respond. So much of what you write lacks relevance. At least you know some shit but i am reminded of a bad gambler. More information creates more and more confusion.