On Apr 17, 3:45 pm, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/17/2012 12:27 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Apr 17, 3:05 pm, meekerdb<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> But a very slight rearrangement by your local anesthesiologist and *you* > >> don't have any > >> sense at all - even though the atoms are still there. Of course they are > >> entirely > >> different atoms than were constituting you a year ago. > > > I can turn on the internet by pushing a few buttons. That doesn't mean > > that consequences of keyboard activity are causing the internet. > > I can invent irrelevant metaphors, but that doesn't mean I've made an > argument.
You can call the truth irrelevant because it is expressed through a comparison, but that doesn't mean you've made a counter argument. > > > Atoms > > being replaced continuously changes the arrangement continuously as > > well. > > If the pattern changed your memory and/or function would change - as proven > in millions > accidents and brain operations. Accidents and brain operations change the brain itself, not just the arrangement. A few molecules of LSD change the psyche. Not much of anything is rearranged, it is only the substance itself which is metabolized by the substance of the brain. > > > It makes sense to me that patterns are dependent upon pattern > > recognition and have no causal efficacy in and of themselves. > > A lot of stuff makes sense to you, because you define 'sense' to mean > whatever you need it > to mean. I don't need it to mean anything other than what it is. If you can tell me how patterns interact with each other without sense, be my guest. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
