Unseen

@Unseen for Davis: “Technically. Grammar Nazi.”

Yes to both.

Attack if you must, but with clean hands. Or be attacked or ignored.

@Unseen, @Davis: “Scientists … haven’t found the slightest sign of pain receptors.”

Or is that, scientists haven’t found what scientists currently recognize as pain receptors?

After all, some astrophysicists consider themselves scientists. not sci-fi authors.

Ivy wrote:
@unseen I think your observation about the #metoo movement is totally bullshit. Speculation and personal opinion. Normal healthy male businessmen aren’t changing anything. Because they weren’t doing anything wrong to begin with and they still aren’t…. And it’s not making it any harder one way or another for a woman to get a job or ge…

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@Unseen I think your observation about the #metoo movement is totally bullshit. Speculation and personal opinion. Normal healthy male businessmen aren’t changing anything. Because they weren’t doing anything wrong to begin with and they still aren’t…. And it’s not making it any harder one way or another for a woman to get a job or get promoted.…[Read more]

@Davis Sorry but I’m kind of confused about what your position is on this.

@Unseen

It sounds like you feel your progress is blocked where you are now. What would it take you to seek a fairer employment situation.

Only time will tell that. Once I start working full time hours, options will be open for me that are not open for him. He has told me t…[Read more]

Ivy wrote:
@unseen

It might be time to change jobs and get a fresh start with another employer.

Why in the world would that be a good idea?

It sounds like you feel your progress is blocked where you are now.  What would it take you to seek a fairer employment situation.

@Unseen

It might be time to change jobs and get a fresh start with another employer.

Why in the world would that be a good idea?

@Unseen, But how do you ascribe  value? And no, life is not always fair. When I started with the company I did need a shift accommodation because I’m a single parent. I’ve now got that sorted and I will be working a full-time shift but I’m still not as flexible as my scheduling as he is. I also didn’t negotiate when I got hired on because of the f…[Read more]

@Unseen:

Well, if black people should have some monetary compensation, and so should Hispanic people. After all it was the conquistadors that came in and ruined their societies beyond recognition. To this day Hispanic people experience prejudice. While you’re at it, what about Jewish people? After all they went through the holocaust….If w…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
@unseen, it’s true that we’re not consciously aware of all sensory inputs. According to Michael Tomasello, “we attend to what is relevant to our goals”. If this is true, then conscious attention is on those things that are relevant to our goals. I agree with this: in experience, it’s true. Why would that be? Because conscious…

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@unseen, it’s true that we’re not consciously aware of all sensory inputs.  According to Michael Tomasello, “we attend to what is relevant to our goals”.  If this is true, then conscious attention is on those things that are relevant to our goals.  I agree with this: in experience, it’s true.

Why would that be?  Because conscious awareness and…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
To me, it still seems a gratuity. Something we got but which we could function in exactly the same way without.

That’s because you don’t recognise that consciousness is about both mental awareness and mental activity.  We experience the activity with our awareness along with everything else.

How else do experiences reach us,…[Read more]

@unseen, I don’t think it’s possible to talk about consciousness until you are more precise in your concepts.

Simon Paynton wrote:
@unseen – I just think that your definition of consciousness is very vague and woolly.

I think that if we’re having experiences, we know what having experiences is and don’t need a detailed definition. It’s as close to a so-called “primitive concept” as you can get.

@unseen – I just think that your definition of consciousness is very vague and woolly.