On 09 Dec 2014, at 18:47, meekerdb wrote:
On 12/9/2014 3:34 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
But once you believe in a reality other than your consciousness,
you are a believer.
Once you believe in anything, including arithmetic, you're a
believer. I know physicists who think matter is just part of a
theory we made up to explain observations and consciousness is just
model to explain our memories. Are they as agnostic as John Mikes
pretends to be?
I would have said yes, except that consciousness is not a model/
theory. It is a personal fact in need to be explained.
There is no problem with physics. Nor with physicalist. Only with
physicalist philosophers when pretending not doing philosophy nor
theology. The problem is with people who have unconscious dogma. The
problem is with the self-proclaimed free-thinkers who get uneasy with
applied free-thinking when it shows the limit of their free-thinking
openness. Usually they are philosophers. My work is not a problem with
genuine scientists, only with mediatico-politico-pseudo-religious
circles, which are just more influent than scientists nowadays.
To be honest, I think the problem are purely political, not scientific.
Bruno
Brent
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