Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2009, at 05:07, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: It is actually an art to find the dosage and the timing so that you understand better some, well, let us say statements you get there. One is just impossible to memorize, or you stay there, and a copy is send here. This is

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2009, at 05:21, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: All of this indicates that salvinorin A has potent but short-lived effects on the brain systems involved in memory, identity, body image and perception of time and

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread soulcatcher☠
Are you physicalist? I just don't know. All my everyday experience points towards physicalism: I'm a brain, embodied in a physical body, embedded in a physical environment and evolved via several billion year selection process. All the constituents of my mind could be explained in the

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread John Mikes
Dear Bruno, on diverse lists (I cannot call them 'science-branches' since lately most domains are discussed in considering aspects of several of such on the diverse discussion-lists)- CONCEPTS (I wish I knew a better word) appear by different content. If somebody has the time and feels like

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Jason Resch
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM, soulcatcher☠ soulcatche...@gmail.comwrote: Are you physicalist? I just don't know. All my everyday experience points towards physicalism: I'm a brain, embodied in a physical body, embedded in a physical environment and evolved via several billion year

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread John Mikes
Rex, or Brent? (I am mixed up between th (-)s and the unmarked text. No signature. I rather paste my cpmment to the end of this posting, since it pertains to the last par.-s. John M On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Rex Allen rexallen...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Brent

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: And what do you mean by stay there? Forever? Why should you stay there (can you choose)? And where is there? Is it forgetfulness oder remembrance? It is very difficult to describe any first person experience. We cannot even describe normal state of

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Brent Meeker
I mark my small part below with brackets [ ]. John Mikes wrote: Rex, or Brent? (I am mixed up between th (-)s and the unmarked text. No signature. I rather paste my cpmment to the end of this posting, since it pertains to the last par.-s. John M On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Rex Allen

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Rex Allen
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Brent Meeker meeke...@dslextreme.com wrote: Rex Allen wrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Brent Meeker meeke...@dslextreme.com wrote: Rex Allen wrote: What is your alternative to the everything universal acid?  That things just are the way they are

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Brent Meeker
Rex Allen wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Brent Meeker meeke...@dslextreme.com wrote: Rex Allen wrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Brent Meeker meeke...@dslextreme.com wrote: Rex Allen wrote: What is your alternative to the everything universal

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Rex Allen
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Brent Meeker meeke...@dslextreme.com wrote: You seem to be reading a lot into my post. Ha! Ya, once I got going I figured I'd just throw everything in there and see if any of it elicited any interesting feedback. I never said that consciousness is an

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-06 Thread Brent Meeker
Rex Allen wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Brent Meeker meeke...@dslextreme.com wrote: You seem to be reading a lot into my post. Ha! Ya, once I got going I figured I'd just throw everything in there and see if any of it elicited any interesting feedback.