TheEncogitationer

Reg:

Panpsychism is an attempt to avoid “consciousness from nothing” by baking mind-like properties into the foundations of physics. That is almost like an argument for Creationism. For me, consciousness is an emergent property, not a fundamental physical property. It is not present in parts that can be assembled. In the same way that water mol…

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Reg:

RFK Jr. on the Food Pyramid and Tylenol.

Will everybody stop with the talk about Ultra-Processed Foods!

Nobody has yet given a coherent, sensible definition of what Ultra-Processed Food is, and as is the case with our favorite Omnific Being, if you can’t say what it is, you can’t say that it is.

And where in the U.S. Constitution is…[Read more]

Reg:

Is Panpsychism just Snake Oil?

The article didn’t fully define what Panpsychism was, (fundamental property of what?) so already there is at least one entity in the Natural Universe that isn’t fully conscious, and certainly not Omniscient.

Wikipedia as usual is more specific, precise, and…[Read more]

Jake:

One would hope there is more going with apes than that, and with us. Otherwise, neither will be going concerns.

Jake:

I meant to ask: Where is the Apes’ study of Jane Goodall. I’ll accept an recorded oral report if they haven’t yet mastered the written word. 🦍🎙️😁

Jake:

Now, now sacred cow!

Degrade what we’ve made what we’ve taken for granite. Feldspar. On a lark. On your mark. Ready, set go!

Time can certainly include different things in different places, as evidenced by where you posted this and where everyone else is posting about the subject of time.😁

Time study. Time dilation. Time in a cra…

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Reg:

Your beliefs can change without your permission.

Only if you operate based on evidence, which barring mental defects, is a choice.

Jake:

So yea annex Greenland. OKaaaaay. Seems reasonable.

Put Putin, Turkey and Qut the shittar on Gaza board of peace. What could go wrong?

Yes, and Trump is doing all this and imposing tariffs on Europe precisely when the U.S. needs European allies against CRINK–China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

Interesting note: The nation name Qatar…[Read more]

Jake:

Sorry, I misread you. I thought you typed “Is it” not “It is”.

The former would make it a Trump impersonation, along with a “Covfefe” and “Thank you for your attention to this matter” thrown in.

Jake:

It is so wrong to abandon the Iranians to their theocracy. I was about to rant but i just can’t.

Good Trump impersonation, except his vocabulary wouldn’t include Theocracy and his style wouldn’t include such sophisticated rhyming.

Reg:

World of Woo: The new Dietary Guidelines.

Listening to RFK Jr. or Trump talk is better than GLP-1 drugs to suppress appetite for anything.

Jake:

I saw that about the chemical weapons. Not confirmed yet by Western intel but very credible given the history of chemical weapons use by adjacent forces in the Iran-Iraq War and in the Syrian Civil War.

Oh, and it turns out Trump didn’t destroy all of Iran’s fissible nuclear material:

DEADLY ARSENAL How wounded Iran could be planning…[Read more]

Jake:

Unfortunately, last I heard last night, Trump is backing down on his “help is on the way” for Iran’s protesters, no doubt on the prompting of his Saudi and Qatari donors.

Also, the number of dead, whether formally executed or not, is as high as 20,000, and the numbers came out even before Trump announced he would help. Also, Supreme…[Read more]