On 28 July 2014 22:07, Kim Jones <kimjo...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > So do we recognise this thing called a "self" or a "subject" or a "person" > or a "soul" or an "I" or a whatever as something that is TOTALLY > independent of the hosting apparatus? > > Why should I put up with the ridiculous notion that my brain secretes my > mind which somehow projects my "person"? I don't believe that for one > nanosecond. I am only here to enjoy the ride. If it turns out that physical > reality is where the buck stops then I am horribly bored by reality. What > could possibly be more boring than a bunch of atoms smugly believing that > they are "real" and that everything that is, must be made from them? What > if I don't want to be made from atoms? >
I applaud the sentiment, if not the logic. It does seem awfully boring to just be a pile of molecules. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
