On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 3:42 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> I have generally been inclined to agree with JKC that natural selection >>> can't act on consciousness, only on intelligence; so consciousness is >>> either a necessary byproduct of intelligence or it's a spandrel. >>> >> >> > If you assume materialism. >> > > In science if you don't assume materialism then one theory works as well > (and as poorly) as any other theory. > It seems you are confusing materialism with falsifiability. A theory can be falsifiable without assuming materialism. In fact, most scientific theories do not have to assume materialism at all. They just make successful predictions about future observations. > That's why all non-materialistic theories of consciousness are such a > colossal waste of time, they're so bad they're not even wrong. > Just like the materialistic ones. Telmo. > > John K Clark > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
