Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-16 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg I believe that life and consciousness and intelligence are inseparable because none can act without the others being involved. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/15/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:15:02 AM UTC-5, rclough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg I believe that life and consciousness and intelligence are inseparable because none can act without the others being involved. Sense - biological quality sense (life) - animal quality sense (animal life)

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-15 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg Yes, amoebas and T-cells. Anything that has life must have intelligence and awareness, although it might be of limited extent. Without life, it couldn't animate. Without awareness and inteligence to understand that perception, it would not know where to go or what to do.

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-15 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stathis Papaioannou Anything alive must have consciousness to some degree, so consciousness always was-- at least to a limited extent. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/15/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content -

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 12:34:48 AM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: On Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Craig Weinberg

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 12:39:59 AM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: On Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Craig Weinberg

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
I may be between both of you. I don´t think that the hate in progressives is constitutive or inherent. I think that his hate of what is held a good beatiful and true is a consequence of his belief in a more perfect ggood, bbeatiful and ttrue, and our currently held concepts are an obstacle. I

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 8:14:01 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: I may be between both of you. I don´t think that the hate in progressives is constitutive or inherent. I think that his hate of what is held a good beatiful and true is a consequence of his belief in a more perfect

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2012/12/14 Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com On Friday, December 14, 2012 8:14:01 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: I may be between both of you. I don´t think that the hate in progressives is constitutive or inherent. I think that his hate of what is held a good beatiful and true is a

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 8:54:39 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: 2012/12/14 Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript: On Friday, December 14, 2012 8:14:01 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: I may be between both of you. I don´t think that the hate in progressives is

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/14/2012 9:29 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: That´s why the progressives hate any constraint, any law any definition that fixes things once and for all. That's because it is their job to represent the reality that nothing in the universe is fixed once and for all - except the

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 1:21:52 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 12/14/2012 9:29 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: That´s why the progressives hate any constraint, any law any definition that fixes things once and for all. That's because it is their job to represent the

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread meekerdb
On 12/14/2012 5:54 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: This response is the hallmark of a progressive worldview, and adhere perfectly to my definition: Hate to the established and aim to his destruction because it is an obstacle for something better that still don´t exist. But no matter what is it,

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/14/2012 1:37 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, December 14, 2012 1:21:52 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 12/14/2012 9:29 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: That愀 why the progressives hate any constraint, any law any definition that fixes things once and for all.

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 1:47:11 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 12/14/2012 1:37 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, December 14, 2012 1:21:52 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 12/14/2012 9:29 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: That´s why the progressives hate any

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/14/2012 1:46 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 12/14/2012 5:54 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: This response is the hallmark of a progressive worldview, and adhere perfectly to my definition: Hate to the established and aim to his destruction because it is an obstacle for something better that still

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 7:19:56 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I don't see how you can come to that conclusion. There is nothing in what I feel that would provide me with any certainty that my

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: You have just presented an argument for why consciousness is a necessary side-effect of intelligent behaviour. If it were not so, then there would have been no reason for consciousness to have evolved.

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 7:51:15 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: It could be intentional and determined, No, that equates free will with determinism. Intention means there is a teleological

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 8:12:24 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: You have just presented an argument for why consciousness is a necessary side-effect of intelligent behaviour. If it were not so,

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Intentional means I do something because I want to do it, and if I didn't want to do it I wouldn't have done it. This is entirely consistent with the decision being driven by either deterministic or probabilistic

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread meekerdb
On 12/14/2012 4:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com mailto:whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see how you can come to that conclusion. There is nothing in what I feel that would provide me with any

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread meekerdb
On 12/14/2012 4:37 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 12/14/2012 1:46 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 12/14/2012 5:54 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: This response is the hallmark of a progressive worldview, and adhere perfectly to my definition: Hate to the established and aim to his destruction because it is

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, December 14, 2012 8:50:34 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Intentional means I do something because I want to do it, and if I didn't want to do it I wouldn't have done it. This is entirely

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Dear Craig, You have much to learn about evolution. there have been a lot of developments since Darwin. You adhere to a caricature that is outdated. Almost everything can drive to totalitarianism, The idea that nothing is innate drives to totalitarian social engineering. the idea that men are

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:47:19 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: Dear Craig, You have much to learn about evolution. there have been a lot of developments since Darwin. You adhere to a caricature that is outdated. Dear Alberto, You make a lot of assumptions about me and what I

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg What drives to totalitarianism is the lust for power. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/13/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Craig Weinberg Receiver: everything-list Time:

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi Alberto, so awareness and intention are before biology, so you seem to admit a teleology before life, like me. I don`t find this incompatible with natural selection But it is. The big achievement of Darwinism (and the more complete version, moden synthesis) was to explain the origin of

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:48:45 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: so awareness and intention are before biology, so you seem to admit a teleology before life, like me. Teleology and teleonomy both predate life. They are what time is made of. I don`t find this incompatible with

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:43:03 AM UTC-5, rclough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg What drives to totalitarianism is the lust for power. People don't always know that they lust for power. They can also think that they are saving the world, or helping people restore their former glory.

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
You said it: in part because it (evolution) carried a sense of progress not found in Darwin's idea Evolution is descriptive, is the fact. natural selection is the theory that explain it. A scientific theory impose constraints with what may and may not happen. For example, child caring and

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Alberto G. Corona It's much simpler than that, I think. Progressives hate everything resembles anything held to be good, beautiful, or true. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/13/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following

Re: Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional,brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:43:59 AM UTC-5, rclough wrote: Hi Alberto G. Corona It's much simpler than that, I think. Progressives hate everything resembles anything held to be good, beautiful, or true. Then your thoughts are simple-minded indeed. Gandhi, MLK, Einstein were

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: If free will were, after all, an illusion, then there would really be not much of an advantage in discerning intention to cause harm from a simple propensity to cause harm. Free will is an illusion only if you

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: If free will were, after all, an illusion, then there would really be not much of an advantage in discerning intention to cause

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: If free will were, after all, an illusion, then there would really be not much of an advantage in discerning intention to cause harm

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: On Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comwrote: If free will were, after all, an illusion, then there would really be

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: On Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comwrote: If free will were, after all, an illusion, then there would really be not

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-12 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:46:27 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: Well. I have not all the time i wish for this. You keep saying that there are othes species where... Yes. And there are atoms that are radiactive. What are two species to do one with each other?. All species are

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, December 10, 2012 5:09:25 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: Craig: The evolutionary Psychology hypothesis are

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-11 Thread meekerdb
On 12/11/2012 11:04 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Try it this way. Let's say we are measuring the difference in how long it takes to recognize a friend versus recognizing a stranger and we find that there is a clear difference. Yeah, we don't recognize the stranger. Brent -- You received this

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:06:32 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 12/11/2012 11:04 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Try it this way. Let's say we are measuring the difference in how long it takes to recognize a friend versus recognizing a stranger and we find that there is a clear difference.

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-11 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Yes, I sent a search link for you to know the opinions about it. in EP this your example does not offer a clear hypothesis. But there are others that are evident. It depends on the context. for example , woman have more accurate facial recognition habilities, but men perceive faster than women

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:46:23 PM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: Yes, I sent a search link for you to know the opinions about it. in EP this your example does not offer a clear hypothesis. But there are others that are evident. It depends on the context. for example , woman have

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:41:04 PM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: You are mixing species. The human specie has his nature. The sea horse, as fine as it is, has another. human males are more aggresive for the same reason that sea horse females are aggressive too: the other sex does

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-12-11 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 5:33:26 PM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: 2012/12/11 Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript: On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:41:04 PM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: You are mixing species. The human specie has his nature. The sea horse, as fine as

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-11-30 Thread Alberto G. Corona
This speed in the evaluation is a consequence of evolutionary pressures: A teleological agent that is executing a violent plan against us is much more dangerous than a casual accident. because the first will continue harming us, so a fast reaction against further damage is necessary, while in the

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-11-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, November 30, 2012 3:37:35 AM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: This speed in the evaluation is a consequence of evolutionary pressures: A teleological agent that is executing a violent plan against us is much more dangerous than a casual accident. Only if there are teleological

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-11-29 Thread Stephen P. King
On 11/29/2012 2:31 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: The study showed that within 60 milliseconds, the right posterior superior temporal sulcus (also known as TPJ area), located in the back of the brain, was first activated, with different activity depending on *whether the harm was

Re: Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional, brain study shows

2012-11-29 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:05:32 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 11/29/2012 2:31 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: The study showed that within 60 milliseconds, the right posterior superior temporal sulcus (also known as TPJ area), located in the back of the brain, was first