Le jeu. 31 mai 2018 à 19:57, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> a écrit :
> > > On 5/31/2018 2:06 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > > > You're a bit naughty Brent. You sometimes use this maneuver of > > nonchalantly listing something that is being discussed -- but that you > > don't like -- along with something else that is obviously outdated or > > silly. > > It's not that I "don't like" primary matter, it's that I think it's an > invented term that nobody actually postulates. Si materialism and physicalism are an invention of Bruno... Or maybe not. I'd like to see Bruno > actually quote some well known philosophers or scientist using the > term. I think he reads people like Dennett or Churchland who defend the > possibility of a physical explanation of consciousness and, since he > thinks consciousness is more fundamental than physics, he wants to > accuse them of believing in "primary matter". > > > > > "Oh you think that quantum mechanics and consciousness might be > > connected? How are those Deepak Chopra teachings working for you?" > > etc... > > > > So, forgetting the elan vitale, I would like you to make you position > > more precise. Do you think that tax money should only be applied to > > research that is obviously and immediately useful? > > Of course not. > > > Or are you ok with > > trusting tenured academics and peer-review to decide what gets funded? > > In the second case, I guess we must all have some tolerance for ideas > > that we don't agree with, right? > > Right. > > Brent > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
