Consciousness in others is inferred and not known or proved so it might be that even atoms of elements have consciousness. I cannot even prove that you have consciousness it is merely inferred that you have it.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- --- 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.
