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How to hack your unconscious mind

Before we spend much time worrying about the AI apocalypse (evil robot minds destroy us, etc.), we should recall how little we know for sure about what a mind even is. Views differ dramatically.

jerry Yep. Look what her “natural rights” prevented from happening to her: absolutely nothing. Look at what the supposed moral duties... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
johnnyb My (largely self-serving) list: Naturalism and Its Alternatives in Scientific Methodologies - how to do science and academics without methodological... – Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books...
William J Murray Kf said: In cases such as Milada Horakova, .. Yep. Look what her "natural rights" prevented from happening to her:... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray You have everything completely backwards. The whole point of the moral code is to prompt individuals and societies to do... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
bornagain77 At post 5 Sandy claimed that animals are just automations, Nope. No animal have soul ,all are automatons . God... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
kairosfocus WJM, duty is not force though in community it may be advisable to back certain duties by force. Duty is... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB WJMIf all you have to offer in your “moral law” is something without any authority that holds me responsible and... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray SB said: So you keep saying, but saying it doesn’t make it so. You need to make your case. I've... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray SB, let's put some more of your "self evident truths" about good an evil things to the test. You say... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB SB: I have already dealt with that by explaining that the moral law, BY DEFINITION, is binding. WJMIf there is... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray SB said: The same standards for absurdity that apply to logic also apply to natural law. It is absurd to... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
kairosfocus WJM, duty is not equal to judgement and penalty. Though, ever, folly, evil, wickedness have chaotic consequences. There is such... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB This is why a moral “should” (duty, in the universal and objective sense) is not and cannot be “self-evidently true:”... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
TAMMIE LEE HAYNES Dear Mr Severski. Thank your for your kind response, which I found to be most valuable. I mean, we all... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
William J Murray SB said: SB: You can stand by it all you like, but you have not made a case for it.... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray Bolded insertions into some of KF's commentary above: Try, I have no rights. What was done to Ms Horakova violated... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
ET My list from Feb. 2008: The following is my "top ten" list of recommended literture pertaining to Intelligent Design. These... – Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books...
StephenB SB: You can stand by it all you like, but you have not made a case for it. WJM: I... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
jerry I used to comment on another site but about two years ago most of my comments were being suppressed despite... – BREAKING: President Trump, Mrs Trump &...
ET Wow. So Sandy doesn't understand that humans are animals. Are you a plant, gas or mineral, Sandy? Even Linnaeus placed... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
William J Murray This is why a moral "should" (duty, in the universal and objective sense) is not and cannot be "self-evidently true:"... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...