Why do we have to be satisfied with your explanation when we haven't even determined what that means?
You began a thread called consciousness, and then won't even take the first steps to try to establish a common ground on the idea? Let's start with the simple question: do you believe plants have consciousness? On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:18 PM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think you will get an answer to this in the near future and maybe > not in your lifetime , and so we have to be satisfied with my explanation > -- it is an attribute of life , a real one , and not jumbled up. > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 6:42 AM, Chris Jenkins <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Moogle-de-poogledy is an attribute of life and needs no further >> description. >> >> Do you see why that's not an effective line of conversation? >> >> What is conciousness? Do plants have it? Does it require sentience? >> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:10 PM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Consciousness is an attribute of life and needs no further description. >>> Without consciousness there would have been no life , and so it is life >>> itself. >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 6:37 AM, Chris Jenkins < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Just so we're all on the same page, can you go ahead and define exactly >>>> what a consciousness is? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:05 PM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Suppose there had been no consciousness and the entire world had been >>>>> there but all unconscious , what would be the Truth? Just death , nothing >>>>> else. Consciousness is what makes life , a proof that there is something >>>>> which exists , Existence itself and not death. Look at the stars , the >>>>> solar system , if it had self-direction where would we be? It all obeys >>>>> laws and that is the reason for order in the universe and not chaos. What >>>>> would humanity have been if we were not bound by our nature , no laws of >>>>> biology , psychology , etc. , no predictability , no comfort that we would >>>>> return to our homes at night ,no assurance that we would return home from >>>>> work . Unpredictability is still there but it is minor , mostly there is >>>>> satisfaction and assurance of well-being. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
