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Consciousness, awareness, and sentience are all synonymous You'll need to be more specific about what exactly you want explained. As for Bell's Theorem, we've already been through that, and nowhere have I said that there's no connection between mind and matter. The issue is the kind of connection, specifically the mistaken belief that consciousness itself is responsible for the wave collapse in experiments like the double slit.
Yes me "of all people" has finally been swayed by the Dark Side of logic and reason.
Meddle was the first Floyd album I owned. I used to put that on and hypno-out on the living room couch to Echoes ( no blotter required ). I was there drifting beneath the surface among coral caves and ocean creatures while the albatross glided in the sky overhead. Also, if it weren't for our little debate, I wouldn't have run across that clip above either ( how cool is that - something informative came out of this after all )
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Meddle was the first Floyd album I owned. I used to put that on and hypno-out on the living room couch to Echoes ( no blotter required ). I was there drifting beneath the surface among coral caves and ocean creatures while the albatross glided in the sky overhead. Also, if it weren't for our little debate, I wouldn't have run across that clip above either ( how cool is that - something informative came out of this after all )
I just go with the common dictionary type definition, which usually states that paranormal phenomena are unable to be explained or understood in terms of scientific knowledge ( Encarta ). Presumably this means it's not something that can be subjected to the scientific method (e.g. a premonitory vision ). This is the reason why UFOs aren't a paranormal phenomenon. UFOs ( alien craft ) are material objects that could be subjected to the scientific method if we only had physical access to them. In contrast, the best we can do with precognition is create a database of predictions and compare them to real events, and possibly do some brain scans. But that's not the same as getting inside someone's head to observe what's really happening. That's an impossibility, and therefore by its nature is a paranormal phenomenon.
I don't see how it's possible to eliminate all forms of dualism, including the basic concept behind Cartesian Dualism. Can you explain why you think it's wrong? Or is that just your opinion? If you're going to answer this. Please let's take it in small steps rather than posting huge walls of text or hours of videos. Basically, my view is that when one holds a particular image within their mind, no matter how closely one looks at a brain scan or the brain matter itself, all the way down to the atomic level if necessary, they will never be able to see that image. Yet the image exists, and therefore is separate from the material that gives rise to it. For dualism to be wrong, you have to reconcile this issue. How do you do that without violating logic and dismissing all the scientific evidence that the brain is responsible for producing such imagery?
It's a matter of logic based on the classes of objects we're dealing with. Specifically, the objects in psychic phenomena are objects such as talismans, tarot cards, charms or whatever that are made of everyday materials that are well understood. What isn't understood is the power that is allegedly behind them. However that power is typically attributed to a supernatural or non-material source, and therefore by it's very nature cannot represent empirical evidence, which is a primary requirement for the application of the scientific method, and therefore such phenomena can only reside in the realm of the paranormal.
To be perfectly honest, there are plenty of other things I should be getting done. What I need is to be banned for about 2 months so I can catch up....man, talk about perseverance...where do you find all that time and motivation, Ufology.
Interesting article. The distinction that some people make between consciousness and self-awareness is a bit nebulous though. Add intelligence and sentience into the mix and it gets even more murky.
