Re: The world is in the brain

2013-04-07 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, April 7, 2013 2:54:08 AM UTC-4, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: > > On 07.04.2013 02:40 Craig Weinberg said the following: > > Ok, here's my modified version of Fig 11 > > > > http://multisenserealism.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/33ost_diagram.jpg > > > > I believe that you have understood t

Scientific journals

2013-04-07 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 11:38:24AM -0400, John Clark wrote: > > > But why do you agree with the odds? If a very low ranking journal got > astonishingly lucky and published a paper of HUGE transcendental importance > before much higher ranked journals then it's just a matter of time before > the m

Re: The world is in the brain

2013-04-07 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 07.04.2013 19:12 meekerdb said the following: On 4/6/2013 11:54 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 07.04.2013 02:40 Craig Weinberg said the following: Ok, here's my modified version of Fig 11 http://multisenserealism.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/33ost_diagram.jpg I believe that you have under

Re: The world is in the brain

2013-04-07 Thread meekerdb
On 4/6/2013 11:54 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 07.04.2013 02:40 Craig Weinberg said the following: Ok, here's my modified version of Fig 11 http://multisenserealism.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/33ost_diagram.jpg I believe that you have understood the paper wrong. The authors literally believe

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-07 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 Telmo Menezes wrote: > Last week PLoS ONE received its first impact factor — a stunning 4.351. > Stunning? Nature = 51.15 Science = 47.72; and you're bragging about a 4.351? > This puts the open access journal in the top 25th percentile of ISI’s > “Biology” There are ma

Re: Free-Will discussion

2013-04-07 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, April 7, 2013 3:46:04 AM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 1:20 AM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > > >> Because it is an observed fact that consciousness is associated with > >> certain complex arrangements of matter. > > > > > > So what? World War II was associat

Re: Free-Will discussion

2013-04-07 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 1:20 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> Because it is an observed fact that consciousness is associated with >> certain complex arrangements of matter. > > > So what? World War II was associated with certain complex arrangements of > matter also, but that doesn't mean you could u