Personality – Uncommon Descent

At Mind Matters News: Can insects have personalities too?

What about bacteria? If personality amounts to observed individual differences in behavior, the answer is yes.

Extraterrestrial life Genetics Intelligent Design Peer review

At Retraction Watch: “Transparently absurd” paper at Elsevier

Retraction Watch: Erm, about that concerning peer review process. Elsevier also was the publisher of the equally risible book chapter claiming that COVID-19 came to earth on a meteorite.

jerry sociopaths exist. No, they don’t exist. They are just mental constructs. – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray Sandy said: A representation of sun is not sun. That's all we ever have of what we experiences as "the... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray CC said: All interesting questions, but not relevant AFAICT to what physicists do, which is run experiments on physical objects... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray CC @861: It's funny how much of what you said mirrors thoughts I was having before reading it while I... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray KF said: By our nature we are conscience guided ... Sorry, KF, you don't get that one for free. Until... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray CC, First, I want to tell you that I greatly appreciate the way you are engaging in this discussion. It's... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
jerry There is an old saying Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM, Changing that worldview led to further thought experiments and ideas, which led to new experiments as innovations in technology... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus WJM, I will pick up just one point for now: >>Just because most people would find X behavior “shocking to... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM @855, All interesting questions, but not relevant AFAICT to what physicists do, which is run experiments on physical objects... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray CC said: Umm, well, physicists have various views about that, but it doesn’t matter what they think ultimately underlies phenomena,... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: We experience the shared mental experience world directly, so it is not hypothetical. There is no "shared mental experience."... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Sandy William J MurrayMarch 8, 2021 at 4:20 am People think about things that exist as thoughts or mental images, memories... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
jerry You mean I can’t have 3.5 bags of sugar? Nope. A half bag is a different entity from a whole... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...
William J Murray CC said: MRT posits a “hypothetical world” too, We experience the shared mental experience world directly, so it is not... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: Of course, most physicists continue to attempt to interpret the results of QM experimentation in a way that salvages... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen ET: People have seen the aliens, though. So either News is calling millions of people liars or News just hasn’t... – Could Earth be in quarantine from...
Concealed Citizen C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without eyes Differentiating between frequencies of electromagnetism is not "perceiving color." Color is a subjective... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...
Concealed Citizen Jerry: The only numbers that exist in our universe are positive integers that enumerate individual entities. You mean I can't... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...
William J Murray People think about things that exist as thoughts or mental images, memories or mental experiences, and then use them as... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
martin_r Darwinists believe in miracles ... Darwinism = a miracle after a miracle after a miracle after a miracle ... C.elegans... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...