On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:35 AM Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
*> No, we can’t detect consciousness. I was saying that today positivisme > is abandoned. It is the idea that we have to abandon the concept of > consciousness because we can’t detect it which has been abandonned.* > Only a fool would abandon the concept of consciousness because everybody knows of one example of consciousness that is unimpeachable. What has NOT been abandoned is the idea that if you wish to understand how the world works the time spent pondering the mysteries of consciousness could be much more productively spent thinking about other things. *>Many people understand the “hard problem of consciousness”* > Nobody knows the answer to the "hard problem of consciousness" because nobody knows exactly what the question is or what criteria is to be used to determine if its been successfully answered. > *Mathematics is born from theology. * > Mathematics was born from practicality, If I have 4 sheep in my field when the sun comes up I want to be sure I have 4 when the sun comes goes and for that I need mathematics. > >> Godel was one of the greatest mathematicians in the world but he was >> the only type of theologian it is possible to be, terrible. > > > >? > *!* 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3%3DR-MZv_X6JJDYQivuJgwAffykJyeJQKZCbKHJcJZzhA%40mail.gmail.com.
