Fwd: [4DWorldx] thanks to Moon I found this creazy story about head transplants

2012-09-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
When I read this I thought of you all. Richard -- Forwarded message -- From: Anna Date: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:01 PM Subject: [4DWorldx] thanks to Moon I found this creazy story about head transplants To: 4dwor...@yahoogroups.com ** Friday, 6 April, 2001, 10:59 GMT 11:59 UK

US elections

2012-09-11 Thread Russell Standish
I know this might be an impossible dream, but could we keep the list clear of parochial US election discussion, as it is clearly off-topic. Who the US chooses as their president has a significant impact on our country, but there's bugger all I can do to influence that result anyway, so I may as we

Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 11, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:20:49 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: Look how lawful and rich a very simple program, less than 1K, can define: Statistically, shouldn't we see this simple 1K sequence frequently in nature? Well

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi meekerdb > > > How can you demythify something that actually happened ? > > Jesus really died on the cross and was resurrected. There's no point arguing with you if you believe things like that. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received

Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:20:49 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > > Look how lawful and rich a very simple program, less than 1K, can define: > Statistically, shouldn't we see this simple 1K sequence frequently in nature? I mean precisely. Shouldn't there be hundreds of species of b

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Belief in God is a gift from God, you cannot achieve it on your own. > OK but have you ever asked yourself why that should be? If God exists then that is the single most important fact about the universe, but why would the most powerful thin

Re: Why bad things can happen to anybody, good or bad.

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:30, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > >> Hi Craig Weinberg >> >> All evil and suffering are caused either by men and by natural >> catastrophe. Men have free will,

Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:06:36 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 11 Sep 2012, at 14:52, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > Hi Roger, > > On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:36:47 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: >> >> Hi Craig Weinberg >> >> The Creator is not created. So no problem. >> > > Why not

Re: fight or flight

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:12:44 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:04, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > Hi Roger, > > No, that is not what the article says: > > "Researchers who have studied a woman with *a missing amygdala*" > > "S.M. suffers from an extremely rare diseas

Re: The All

2012-09-11 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 11.09.2012 22:09 Stephen P. King said the following: On 9/11/2012 2:40 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 09.09.2012 19:45 Stephen P. King said the following: On 9/9/2012 12:27 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.09.2012 23:19 Stephen P. King said the following: ... Dear Evgenii, You are asking me

Re: The All

2012-09-11 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/11/2012 2:40 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 09.09.2012 19:45 Stephen P. King said the following: On 9/9/2012 12:27 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.09.2012 23:19 Stephen P. King said the following: ... Dear Evgenii, You are asking me to explain to you in English the way the relevant part o

Re: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain

2012-09-11 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/11/2012 1:25 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:33, Alberto G. Corona wrote: The idea of looking for a spatio-temporal location of the mental (or soul) categories in the brain is wrong IHMO, and it is surprising to heart this from you Roger. Brain localization of mental funct

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:56, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Jason Resch What do we have that machines don't ? Intelligence, consciousnness, awareness. feelings-- in short, we have life, machines don't And what if your daughter did marry that man with an artificial body? How will you behave with him

Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:29, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Roger Clough wrote: Intelligence is by (my) definition an autonomous function, so over-layers are not only forbidden, they are not needed. But God does have to follow laws he already created. If you jum

Re: Why bad things can happen to anybody, good or bad.

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:30, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg All evil and suffering are caused either by men and by natural catastrophe. Men have free will, so they can do evil. Nature must follow the laws of physics etc. The evi

Re: The All

2012-09-11 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 09.09.2012 19:45 Stephen P. King said the following: On 9/9/2012 12:27 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.09.2012 23:19 Stephen P. King said the following: ... Dear Evgenii, You are asking me to explain to you in English the way the relevant part of your brain generates the particular subject

Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:09, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg But the universe IS created. I believe that Satan wrote the Koran, but not the Bible, for the Bible asks us to love Lovable entities are loved without asking. Asking someone to love someone is giving someone an impossible tas

Re: fight or flight

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:04, Craig Weinberg wrote: Hi Roger, No, that is not what the article says: "Researchers who have studied a woman with a missing amygdala" "S.M. suffers from an extremely rare disease that destroyed her amygdala." It's as straightforward as it can be. The idea that t

Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 14:52, Craig Weinberg wrote: Hi Roger, On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:36:47 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg The Creator is not created. So no problem. Why not just say The Universe is not created. So no problem? You are right. "God create the universe" can b

Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Terren Suydam
Hi Bruno, Maybe it's time to update your fractal zoom links :-) http://vimeo.com/12185093 Here's a couple 3d "mandelbulb" worlds which no doubt require significantly more than 1K to implement, but purely mathematical nonetheless: https://vimeo.com/18308069 https://vimeo.com/36857924 In general

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:54, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb Science is science and religion is religion and never the two shall meet. Science is a tool. Religion is the goal. I would say. If you separate them, it is like cutting the corpus callosum between the analytical and intuitive hemi

Re: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:33, Alberto G. Corona wrote: The idea of looking for a spatio-temporal location of the mental (or soul) categories in the brain is wrong IHMO, and it is surprising to heart this from you Roger. Brain localization of mental functions is like trying to locate physically

Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:27, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal If I ever doubt that there is a God, the regularity of Newton's physics or the microscopic structure of a snowflake dispels such doubt. These show design. Design cannot be made randomly. So there must be some intelligence interwea

Re: The sin of NDAA

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:20, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal It is ironic that Obama followed Bush policy economically (more spending) and also much like Bush in warfare, although a bit more timidly. Timidly? I read that Obama used more drones than anyone before, and, well I am not su

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread meekerdb
On 9/11/2012 5:58 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb Science is science and religion is religion and never the two shall meet. I'm not sure about this Roger. The goal of a true science and true religion, in my opinion, is the search of tr

Re: Why machines can't be alive

2012-09-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
The current USA space-based ICBM defense system (on paper) consists of autonomous kill vehicles separately orbiting the earth (10,000 of them). Each KV decides if an *ICBM has launched and they divert from orbit to hit the ICBM before burn-out. Canavan and Teller in vented that system in response

Re: The poverty of computers

2012-09-11 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Science is not a field, but a methodology, or even just a human (or > machine) attitude. Why not apply it in theology? > It has been, its just that the devout don't like the answers science has come up with. John K Clark -- You rece

Re: The poverty of computers

2012-09-11 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > God = truth > Certain statements can fool people into thinking they have made a profound discovery when they have not, they probably work so well because people often want to be fooled, but all they have obtained from their efforts is a

Fwd: Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete

2012-09-11 Thread meekerdb
YATM (yet another turing machine) :-) Original Message http://www.toothycat.net/~hologram/Turing/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To

Re: "Reason is and ever ought to be, the slave of passion."

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:33:57 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Jason Resch > > Faith (trust) and love trump logic every time. > If my neighbor has riches, it would be logical to > rob him blind. > Why 'every time'. Didn't the Native Americans have faith and love in their spiritual t

Re: fairness and sustainability

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:18, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal That's fine. Although it is a bit out-dated an idea, I conceive of the evil acting in evil people metaphorically as demons. With two horns ? :) Many people reports seeing daemons, and sort of daemons, on different psychedel

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
Hey, I didn't know either until I looked it up just now. I just know that there are good and bad people everywhere, under every form of government and ideology, religion and secular category. On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:43:45 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Craig Weinberg > > OK, yuh g

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:49:31 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi meekerdb > > > How can you demythify something that actually happened ? > > Jesus really died on the cross and was resurrected. > You do know that there are many historians who question the existence of a historical

Re: Re: Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:15:35 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Craig Weinberg > > God encompasses everything, so no overlayer is possible. > So does the universe encompass everything. What's the difference? > > Powerless to change ? God did perform some miracles such as the virg

Re: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:05, Roger Clough wrote: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain Since neuroscience omits or seems not to feature the most important part of the brain, the self, I've decided to try to locate it. I believe it is the amygdala. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KY_sgX2gAM

Re: Simple proof that our intelligence transcends that of computers

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Sep 2012, at 12:39, benjayk wrote: Our discussion is going nowhere. You don't see my points and assume I want to attack you (and thus are defensive and not open to my criticism), and I am obviously frustrated by that, which is not conducive to a good discussion. We are not operta

Re: Why machines can't be alive

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:03 AM, "Roger Clough" wrote: Hi Jason Resch Does the computer have the asbility to convert entropy into energy ? That's a fundamental requirement for life. I know of no life form that does this, unless you are viewing them going backwards through time. And

Re: Two reasons why computers IMHO cannot exhibit intelligence

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Sep 2012, at 21:58, meekerdb wrote: On 9/10/2012 7:57 AM, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: To use this argument, you need to postulate that the physical universe exists and is describe by a quantum garden of Eden, that is a infinite quantum pattern, and that *you* are that pat

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Sep 2012, at 22:02, meekerdb wrote: On 9/10/2012 12:50 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: This paper of an evolutionist scientific denounces the mytification of Darwin, the spread of false claims that enhance his figure and even the creation of a physical temple around these myths. http:/

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:06 AM, "Roger Clough" wrote: Hi Jason Resch I can't speak for the jewsw, but Jesus did away with the old jewish laws. So if you were referring to the new testament's concept known as the golden rule (treat others well), I agree with you that this is a good

Re: The poverty of computers

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Sep 2012, at 21:45, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 Bruno Marchal wrote: > A better question to John would be: explain where consciousness and universes come from Paraphrasing Mark Twain: Drawing on my fine command of the English language I stood up, looked him straight in

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Sep 2012, at 21:17, Alberto G. Corona wrote: snip To summarize, religion is part of human nature. Yes. And with the most antic definition of those who have invented science, *including* theology, we can say that computer science confirms and generalizes this: all self-referential

Re: The poverty of computers

2012-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Sep 2012, at 21:14, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 Bruno Marchal wrote: >> I think "God is a white man with a beard" is a more intelligent statement than "God is truth" because its actually saying something, it's something that happens not to be true but at least its saying

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch I can't speak for the jewsw, but Jesus did away with the old jewish laws. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the following content - From: Jason Res

Why machines can't be alive

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch Does the computer have the asbility to convert entropy into energy ? That's a fundamental requirement for life. And life must be free to do what it wants, which I don't think computers can. The key word here is autonomy. Self-caused, self-determined, meaning a self is also needed

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
I had a typo in my previous email. I meant to say that "NOT" all religions claim certainty. Some teach uncertainty or humbleness in the search for truth. On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:47 AM, "Roger Clough" wrote: Hi Jason Resch There are some factual errors in the Bible but IMHO the Bible is ine

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi meekerdb How can you demythify something that actually happened ? Jesus really died on the cross and was resurrected. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the followin

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:56 AM, "Roger Clough" wrote: Hi Jason Resch What do we have that machines don't ? Intelligence, consciousnness, awareness. feelings-- in short, we have life, machines don't Why do you belive no machine can have these properties? Jason Roger Clough, rclo...@veriz

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg OK, yuh got me. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the following content - From: Craig Weinberg Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-11, 10:3

Did the universe come out of a Turing machine ?

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stathis Papaioannou No. Intelligence just is, it's nonphysical like information, and precedes and is necessary for design to happen. That sounds a bit like a Turing machine, not sure. IMHO It's the "nothing" that the Big Bang out exploded out of. I didn't say that the supreme intelligence wa

Re: Re: Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:06:18 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Craig Weinberg > > You're certainly welcome to your beliefs. > > OK, I was wrong about forgiving your neighbor, > but I don't think that the Koran asks you to love your neighbor. > "Worship Allah and join none with him

Re: Re: Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stathis Papaioannou God is supreme intelligence. Intelligence is autonomous and isn't even created. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the following content - Fr

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stathis Papaioannou You're comparing apples and oranges. Science and religion are two completely different spheres of being. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stathis Papaioannou OK I missed the statement about going to heaven if you accept... That is a matter of faith, which not infrequently defies common sense. Is the Big Bang common sensicalk ? Is life ? I don't understand the criterion of your other list. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stathis Papaioannou All of your instances of the falsity of religion below do not pertain to the Christian relgion except that the Ten Commandments were dictated by God to Moses. Not so, they were carved into two stone tablets. So no mistakes. For a God who create this marvellous universe, t

Re: Re: Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg You're certainly welcome to your beliefs. OK, I was wrong about forgiving your neighbor, but I don't think that the Koran asks you to love your neighbor. Yes, I've travelled a lot. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have

Re: Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch What do we have that machines don't ? Intelligence, consciousnness, awareness. feelings-- in short, we have life, machines don't Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function."

Re: What if someone dies of cancer ?

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Craig Weinberg > > If someone they love dies of cancer, their survivors > sometimes say it was God's will. > > I don't think so. God didn't kill the patient, the > cancer did. > > God fights for life, which is what goodness aims for. > Ca

searching for truth

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch The Bible says that Jesus is the Truth. Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way. Karl Barth Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so tha

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch There are some factual errors in the Bible but IMHO the Bible is inerrant with regard to faith and moral practice. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the

Re: Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:10:46 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Craig Weinberg > > But the universe IS created. > I can say that God IS created too. Here goes: God IS created. Whatever created the universe would have to also be the universe, or an arbitrary conceptual partition ther

What if someone dies of cancer ?

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg If someone they love dies of cancer, their survivors sometimes say it was God's will. I don't think so. God didn't kill the patient, the cancer did. God fights for life, which is what goodness aims for. Cancer aims for death. So a battle goes on in every cancer patient. Anot

"Reason is and ever ought to be, the slave of passion."

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch Faith (trust) and love trump logic every time. If my neighbor has riches, it would be logical to rob him blind. "Reason is and ever ought to be, the slave of passion." David Hume Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to

Re: Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Roger Clough wrote: > Intelligence is by (my) definition an autonomous function, > so over-layers are not only forbidden, they are not needed. > > But God does have to follow laws he already created. > If you jump off of a building you will fall to your death. >

Re: Why bad things can happen to anybody, good or bad.

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Craig Weinberg > > All evil and suffering are caused either by men and by natural > catastrophe. Men have free will, so they can do evil. > Nature must follow the laws of physics etc. > > The evil actions are referred to as under God's pe

WHOOPS!

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
WHOOPS! Sorry I sent the email about the amygdala-- somebody found that a woman with no amygdala still could talk etc, normally. - mindbr...@yahoogroups.com,everything-list Nah, the function of the amygdala only contributes one range of sense and motive to the self. http://health.usnews.com/h

Re: fight or flight

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
Roger, I do see other articles where that patient SM is described as having amygdala lesions, but the animal studies out there don't make any distinction between the results of amygdala lesions and amygdala removal. Either way, it seems the amygdala doesn't function. On Tuesday, September 11,

Re: Re: Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg God encompasses everything, so no overlayer is possible. Powerless to change ? God did perform some miracles such as the virgin birth and the Resurrection. To one who created the universe, these would have been child's play. But otherwise, God is justice, so it doesn't make se

Re: Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg But the universe IS created. I believe that Satan wrote the Koran, but not the Bible, for the Bible asks us to love and forgive each other. Writing that would burn the Devil's fingers. So the koran seems to omit the part about loving and forgiving each other. Roger Clough

Why bad things can happen to anybody, good or bad.

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg All evil and suffering are caused either by men and by natural catastrophe. Men have free will, so they can do evil. Nature must follow the laws of physics etc. The evil actions are referred to as under God's permissible will. But yes since God causes everything to happen, he m

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Alberto G. Corona > > Religious communion with God and prayer are transcendental so > not computable. > > Even those of the past who looked down on the "barbaric" and "uncivilized" native people believed they could be converted and saved.

Re: fight or flight

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
Hi Roger, No, that is not what the article says: "Researchers who have studied a woman with *a missing amygdala*" "S.M. suffers from an extremely rare disease that *destroyed her amygdala*." It's as straightforward as it can be. The idea that the amygala constitutes the entire experience of se

Re: Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:41:13 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Craig Weinberg > > Intelligence is by (my) definition an autonomous function, > so over-layers are not only forbidden, they are not needed. > What is God if not an over-layer of intelligence? > But God does have to fol

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > > Hi meekerdb > > Science is science and religion is religion > and never the two shall meet. I'm not sure about this Roger. The goal of a true science and true religion, in my opinion, is the search of truth. In the Bahá'í Faith, it is sa

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > But what is unique > about religion is that its proponents make factual statements which > they proudly profess to believe in the absence of any supporting > evidence, while disallowing such reasoning for bizarre beliefs > different to

Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
Hi Roger, On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:36:47 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Craig Weinberg > > The Creator is not created. So no problem. > Why not just say The Universe is not created. So no problem? What does the idea of an uncreated Creator add that has any explanatory power? Would

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Alberto G. Corona Religious communion with God and prayer are transcendental so not computable. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the following content - From:

fight or flight

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg Her amygdala was damaged, not removed. It would be interesting to study a person who lost or never had an amygdala. My thinking on the amygdala as self is that it is so very, very basic, as self mnust be. The possibility of fear fight-or-flight is about as basic as you can

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > every statement about whatever, included "reality" is made with mental > concepts . The definition of truth, reality , factual, religion, depend on > axioms or unproved statements. I presented a computational-evolutionary, > falsable,

Re: Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg Intelligence is by (my) definition an autonomous function, so over-layers are not only forbidden, they are not needed. But God does have to follow laws he already created. If you jump off of a building you will fall to your death. I'm missing a possible problem there. Roger

Re: Re: fairness and sustainability

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
Hi Roger, Do demons have free will? Or are the evil actions of people an involuntary gift from God? Is there another option? Craig On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 7:19:23 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Bruno Marchal > > > That's fine. Although it is a bit out-dated an idea, > I conceive o

Re: Re: What must the perceiver be like?

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg The Creator is not created. So no problem. And the supreme monad is able to do all of the functions of a homunculus. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Re

Re: Re: Re: Racism ? How's that implied ?

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg I am intolerant of stupidity and deception, particularly when the idea of carbon credits pops up. This suggests that "Global warming" is just a method of raising taxes, diminishing coal and oil, and even globally sharing the wealth. Thankfully china won't go along with this

Re: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
Nah, the function of the amygdala only contributes one range of sense and motive to the self. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2010/12/16/brain-anomaly-leaves-woman-without-fear This woman has no amygdala, but besides not being able to experience or

Re: Re: My limited support for the atheists

2012-09-11 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Stathis, > > You say : > > > "My primary problem with religion is the poverty or non validity of > argument, notably based on text or per authority, instead of personal > inquiry." I didn't say that, Bruno did, but I agree. > You could sa

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Alberto G. Corona
every statement about whatever, included "reality" is made with mental concepts . The definition of truth, reality , factual, religion, depend on axioms or unproved statements. I presented a computational-evolutionary, falsable, exposition of what religion is: a part of a wider class of phenomen

Re: Re: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Albert, They commonly use IMRI (which detects which parts of the brain are operating at the moment) to find which parts of the brakin function at certain times. They find that introspective reflection turns on an areas in the prefrontal cortex: http://www.healthimaging.com/index.php?option=c

Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2012/9/10 meekerdb : > On 9/10/2012 12:50 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > > This paper of an evolutionist scientific denounces the mytification of > Darwin, the spread of false claims that enhance his figure and even > the creation of a physical temple around these myths. > > http://www.epjournal.ne

Re: Physicist Derives Laws of Thermodynamics For Life Itself

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Richard Ruquist Does "life thrive in a prebiotic soup" ? Then he's done. But he doesn't really say how he starts-- if with bacteria he cheats, because they are already alive. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that

Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 7:29:00 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > Hi Bruno Marchal > > If I ever doubt that there is a God, > the regularity of Newton's physics or > the microscopic structure of a snowflake > dispels such doubt. > > These show design. > Design cannot be made randomly. >

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi meekerdb Science is science and religion is religion and never the two shall meet. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Rece

Re: Re: The poverty of computers

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi meekerdb Using religion to prove anything in this world would be like using Mozart to build a bridge. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the following content -

Re: Re: victims of faith

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi meekerdb Belief in God is a gift from God, you cannot achieve it on your own. The same is also true of salvation. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." - Receiving the following

Re: Re: Re: The poverty of computers

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi John Clark God is nonphysical, so science (which can only deal with the physical) cannot find him or deal with him in any way. There are facts and values. Science can only deal with facts.Religion can only deals with values. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "

Re: Re: My limited support for the atheists

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stathis, You say : "My primary problem with religion is the poverty or non validity of argument, notably based on text or per authority, instead of personal inquiry." You could say the same thing about Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Or values in general. Science can only deal with fact. Values ar

Re: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain

2012-09-11 Thread Alberto G. Corona
The idea of looking for a spatio-temporal location of the mental (or soul) categories in the brain is wrong IHMO, and it is surprising to heart this from you Roger. Brain localization of mental functions is like trying to locate physically the spell checker of a word processor in the hardware of a

If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal If I ever doubt that there is a God, the regularity of Newton's physics or the microscopic structure of a snowflake dispels such doubt. These show design. Design cannot be made randomly. So there must be some intelligence interweaved in Nature. I call that God. That nature ha

Re: Why the Church-Turing thesis?

2012-09-11 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/9/11 Quentin Anciaux > > > 2012/9/11 benjayk > >> >> >> Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: >> > >> > 2012/9/11 benjayk >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: >> >> > >> >> > 2012/9/11 benjayk >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > 2012/9/10 benjay

Re: Re: The sin of NDAA

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal It is ironic that Obama followed Bush policy economically (more spending) and also much like Bush in warfare, although a bit more timidly. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could funct

Re: Why the Church-Turing thesis?

2012-09-11 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/9/11 benjayk > > > Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: > > > > 2012/9/11 benjayk > > > >> > >> > >> Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: > >> > > >> > 2012/9/11 benjayk > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > 2012/9/10 benjayk > >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > No

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