WoW! WoW! Slip & Michael Putting the rotten cheese aside, you gentlemen are not worlds apart in your frame of thinking. What I’m seeing here, are two smart guys who clearly have a lot ideas and theories to be told, and I think it will make an interesting discussion. Somewhere along the line, I believe you guys can find a common ground, in turn we all can benefit from each other’s intellect. Maybe afterward we can all have some cheese and crackers.
On Mar 2, 8:28 pm, Michael Berkovits <[email protected]> wrote: > Response to Slip: > > "There is no evidence that thought itself does not exist > within a subconscious realm beyond that of the cognitive self." > > There is also no evidence that thought is not made of green cheese. > The absence of evidence against something isn't nearly as compelling > as the presence of evidence for something. Moreover, the absence of > evidence against something counts for nothing unless we have strong > extrinsic reasons for believing that thing. There may be strong, > extrinsic reasons for believing in thought that exists withing a > subconscious realm, but you haven't articulated them; at least not > that I can glean. > > On Feb 22, 11:27 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Welcome Jodie, We see light from stars that are physically non > > existent. There is no evidence that thought itself does not exist > > within a subconscious realm beyond that of the cognitive self. As in > > dream consciousness, perhaps within a parallel universe, death may be > > a threshold through which the mind continues on, transitioning to > > another level. You are here because you perceive yourself to be here > > and so as it is, sometimes, in the dream world you perceive yourself > > to be somewhere else. Returning to the conscious mind upon waking > > does not negate the possibility that the dream consciousness you > > experienced is still there, you simply are not in touch with it > > because you woke up. Your thoughts are not exclusively a product of > > self origination, as it is sometimes said, "the thought just entered > > my mind". Think about it! > > > On Feb 21, 11:27 pm, jodie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > the long time question are we immortal will always be on everyones > > > mind, truth of the matter is no where not. the mind is a wonderful > > > thing and can take us so far in the universal world that we live in > > > but once we die, so does the cerebrillium which is basically the > > > central nervous system to the mind, bit like a cable to a computer, > > > once that cable is disconnected so is the computer, with no blood or > > > cells running through the cerebrillium the mind dies so does all > > > thought and conciousness. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
