Joe Gough – Uncommon Descent

Intelligent Design Mind Naturalism Neuroscience

At Mind Matters News: The final materialist quest: A war on the reality of the mind

When George Orwell wrote 1984, he addressed destroying minds, not denying their possibility and changing the language associated with them.

Querius EDTA and Relatd, Here are some excerpts from Atomic Accidents. The are now sixty five documented incidents in which nuclear... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee Really, I don't understand what KF was intending, as his headline seemed to imply that some major clarification was going... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So BA's interpretation is that the wave function collapses and the moon heats up because God observes everything. Q writes,... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So BA's interpretation is that the wave function collapses and the moon heats up because God observes everything. Q writes,... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd EDTA at 19, A lot of people do not understand the arming concept when it comes to nuclear warheads. They... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Ford Prefect All I know is that my 1 1/2 year old can’t speak a single word, but he can make himself... – Claim: Language originated in hand gestures....
Belfast In 2014, Noah Chomsky, and other luminaries in the subject of language, essentially called it quits. In May that year... – Claim: Language originated in hand gestures....
EDTA Q @ 10, >For example, did you know that the U.S. accidentally dropped a nuclear weapon on a small American... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
bornagain77 "How do you explain that in the absence of any conscious observer?" God is not an 'absent observer' in my... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Querius Viola Lee @12, How would you know that the moon heats up or not? As soon as you measure/observe ANY... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee Thanks, Belfast. – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Belfast BA@8. I respect the breadth of your knowledge, capacity to elucidate, and facility with quotations, but disagree with you at... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So, BA, I assume you think the moon gets hot. How do you explain that in the absence of any... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
bornagain77 Claim: "measurement in terms of an interaction is what collapses the wave form" Yet, "Decoherence" does not explain wave-function collapse.... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So does the back side of the moon get hot? I assume it does, and that the wave function of... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd Ba77 at 8, I've come to a similar conclusion. – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd Seversky at 2, The Great Seversky has spoken! Soon to exit, stage left... Sorry Sev. No evidence of our ape-like-ness. – Claim: Language originated in hand gestures....
Querius FYI, my background in quantum mechanics includes a college class (long ago) and reading a lot of books on the... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Querius As to the question in the OP, my response is no, I don't understand QM. Like one professor's YouTube video,... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
bornagain77 Comments that may stray from what Viola Lee deems appropriate, may henceforth only be submitted to, and approved by, Viola... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee It would be good to stick to the subject of the videos, rather than moving the discussion to religious views.... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...