Hi Craig --
> Animism is the view that the kind of awareness at the biological level > is also available at the inorganic level. That view is NOT "alive and > well in the MoQ community". [Ham, previously]: > Just what is "an inorganic awareness"? I assume that all the participants > on this forum have had a class to two in Physics or Biology. If so, > (unless > the "progressive movement" in education has abandoned scientific > principles) > you will not have been taught any such concept. > > In the absence of a brain and nervous system, there can be no cognition, > feeling, or awareness. [Craig]: > True only of awareness at the biological level. If you can produce any evidence apart from observed "behavior" that supports the concept of inorganic awareness, I will be most interested. [Ham]: > But a magnet isn't attracted to an iron bar because it is "aware of it", > nor > does a ball thrown into the air fall because it "values" the ground. [Craig]: > That's a concise restatement of your position. But you need to show > the MoQ explanation (that you've rejected) is incompatible with yours. I think my statement IS incompatible with the MoQ in this respect. What more is there for me to "show"? It would seem that the burden of proof lies in your corner. Thanks for the interest, Craig. -- Ham moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
