Unseen

@Unseen I know LOL I was being tongue and cheek too 😉

Ivy wrote:
@unseen

Unlike a dog, who will come when called,

ROLMFAO!!! That was funny 😄 You have obviously never owned a dog LOL!

I have had a couple dogs. I was being tongue in cheek. However, cats will do this thing where they certainly appear to be weighing their options.

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Davis wrote:
Let’s reread Freedom Evolves over the holidays or say, some time in the next three months.

You have to admit, that’s a reasonable response.  It took me three years to understand A Natural History of Morality by Michael Tomasello, and now I can rattle off any part of it (the theory).  Maybe this is because the book makes sen…[Read more]

@Unseen

Unlike a dog, who will come when called,

ROLMFAO!!! That was funny 😄

You have obviously never owned a dog LOL!

@unseen – I’ve done some research into why rape and coercion of females was unlikely in our prehistoric past.  It seems that patriarchy may have a U-shaped history: present in great apes, absent in most of human history for a number of reasons, and present again in modern settled humans.  Patriarchy, or the dominance of females by males, is the l…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
@unseen – Unless, you’re a dualist and you think the mind is a separate KIND of stuff. Yes, there are still Homo sapiens who contend that the human species have “souls” that can exist independently of their primate hosts. They need to maintain this belief because they also believe “gods” will grant their souls immor…

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@Unseen  – Unless, you’re a dualist and you think the mind is a separate KIND of stuff.

Yes, there are still Homo sapiens who contend that the human species have “souls” that can exist independently of their primate hosts. They need to maintain this belief because they also believe “gods” will grant their souls immortality. Many of them have in…[Read more]

@Unseen

I guess I just laugh because I think y’all are way over complicating this LOL…

Ivy wrote:
@unseen

Psychology really can contribute little to a discussion centered on physical laws.

How do you figure that physical laws has anything to do with free will?

It doesn’t. Never the twain shall meet other than that physics and chemistry exist and operate below the psyche generating thoughts, emotions, fears, anxiety, etc. All those…[Read more]

@Unseen

Psychology really can contribute little to a discussion centered on physical laws.

How do you figure that physical laws has anything to do with free will?

@Reg

Having to make the best choice for yourself at a given time is to be forced to make a decision because of events you had no control over. The “choices” on offer are the only choices available because they have be predetermined for you by past events.

Reg, what you are describing there is something called natural consequences. And nat…[Read more]

@Davis

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]

Ivy wrote:
@unseen <i>To join for the perks is basically to rip them off. It’s a kind of theft.</i> Is it theft if you pay tithes (like we pay taxes that go to government programs- same idea) and do your part to contribute to the church? Is that still theft if the only difference between you and the “church” or “mosque” or whatever- is that you…

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@Unseen

<i>To join for the perks is basically to rip them off. It’s a kind of theft.</i>

Is it theft if you pay tithes (like we pay taxes that go to government programs- same idea) and do your part to contribute to the church? Is that still theft if the only difference between you and the “church” or “mosque” or whatever- is that you know in y…[Read more]

No-one thinks you’re “wayward”, @Unseen.

Glen D wrote:
@unseen I’m a bit behind reading replies, and found this: ” Once, I explained some aspect of the law regarding when it’s necessary to obtain releases when shooting in public ” Interesting. A lawyer friend once told me there are no privacy laws in Australia. This means not only in public but also on private premises.Nobody has the…

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@Unseen

Fairly imaginative examples, unless you’ve actually experienced them.

In well into senior’s age and have never witnessed such crass behaviour. I’ve now been waiting for some years just to reply: “Well, I’d rather be an old fart than  a young dickhead”

Arguably worse than having ignorant young shits being rude is becoming invisible. The…[Read more]

@Unseen

I’m a bit behind reading replies, and found this:

” Once, I explained some aspect of the law regarding when it’s necessary to obtain releases when shooting in public ”

Interesting.

A lawyer friend once told me  there are no privacy laws in Australia. This means not only in public but also on private premises.Nobody has the right to te…[Read more]

Glen D wrote:
@unseen “Why can’t it be both a personal name and a name for a something?” I don’t remember saying it cannot. I simply pointed out that “Glen” is not a gaelic name. However, in non gaelic speaking Australia it is mainly used as a name. The use of ‘glen’ as a geographic feature is rarely heard. Perhaps seen as a little archaic…

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@Unseen

“Why can’t it be both a personal name and a name for a something?”

I don’t remember saying it cannot. I simply pointed out that  “Glen” is not a gaelic name. However, in  non gaelic speaking Australia   it is mainly used as a name. The use of  ‘glen’ as a geographic feature is rarely heard.   Perhaps seen as  a little archaic , even flow…[Read more]