Jim

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
DEBATE: Is Morality Objective? – Alex O’Connor vs. Craig Biddle.

The usual complete load of old tosh that you get whenever moral philosophers have discussions.  I think that no two of them agree on anything.  Their ideas are bollocks.

However, they do raise some excellent questions, and if I am going to make asser…[Read more]

I found that article

why AI will never be conscious

less than convincing.

Thanks, Reg 🙂

Have a great week everyone!

Belated thanks, Reg!

What would count as a physical explanation of consciousness, anyway?

It seems to me that consciousness is an epiphenomenon of the brain and there must be some correlations between physical entities and consciousness but that it can’t be a simple one.

When you’re put under general anesthesia you literally lose your mind for the duration and I’m…[Read more]

I have been pondering consciousness in biological and nonbiological. Was chatting with Meta recently and some of my ideas are championed by scientists. Good luck having an original idea.

My gut is that replication is a necessary ingredient for emergence of consciousness biologically but not otherwise. Instead closed systems are required that…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Have a great week everyone!

So they mock you often do they?

I bet I mock you more, and you never complain.

Another video from Sabine and this one will take some time to process….

If anyone wants in-depth impartial analysis of the US election campaign, it’s all here:

Americast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07h19zz

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The idea that evolution is a linear progression from “ape to angel” is flawed.

Unseen wrote:
The truth, I believe, is that what natural selection is good for is for over time gradually eliminating things that are dysfunctional, and that’s about it.

Yes, I presume that every organism is adapted to its niche.  But th…[Read more]

One of the things people wrongly assume about evolution (including not just critics but some proponents) is that the theory is supposed to account for everything. That if something is there, it’s there due to evolution and natural selection.

The truth, I believe, is that what natural selection is good for is for over time gradually eliminating…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Have a great week everyone!

“Nailed it!!!”

Have a great week everyone!

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Two thinkers who overcame the philosopher’s curse(s).

This article says that the philosopher’s curse is thinking that the world ought to match up with one’s intellectual creations.  That would include ideological thinking and group-think – forcing the mind to accept a certain view of the world, and ignoring facts th…[Read more]

We must figure out a way to laugh through this election otherwise we are all going to go crazy 😂 (is crazy and psycho the same?……) hmmmm

Aye aye Captain;) we need more funny memes….keep em comin’ mate! 😂 😂