You are indeed the arbitrator, wood. We had some discussion on thought not long ago. I started a thread titled "Noggin News or Nonsense" in which I presented a study. I'd be interested in your "thought" on it.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490606,00.html On Mar 3, 12:01 am, wood <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
