I had the opportunity to listen in and ask a question on a Zoom call on a discussion/debate between Robert Sapolsky and Eddy Nahmias. It was hosted by the Agency and Responsibility Research group and moderated by Thomas Nadelhoffer. We can get their bios off the actual discussion itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2uSJbW3RUw I won't go through the … Continue reading Nahmias
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I thought I would have a crack at Hinduism. I asked ChatGPT to summarize the core aspects of Hinduism, and it gave the ten sections (in italics), which I reordered. Overall, it is not a tradition or set of traditions I can buy into. There are about 1.2 billion Hindus worldwide, with many traditions and … Continue reading Hinduism
People have a strange capability of believing weird things. Some examples: The world is flat The moon landings were fake Vaccines are harmful and microchips The Earth is only six to ten thousand years old Donald Trump was worth voting for a second time Angels and jinns Karma and reincarnation Afterlife Divine Birth of Jesus … Continue reading Beliefs
Sometimes, I despair when I hear some people describing President Donald Trump as amoral. I can't help thinking what those people mean is, that Trump's actions don't comport with their idea of the right way for a President to behave. To my mind that fits with the concept of immoral rather than amoral. Some might … Continue reading Amorality
Depending on the type of antirealist one might be they might argue for the following at least according to ChatGPT (in italics): That depends on the type of antirealism. Different antirealists deny independence in different domains: Metaphysical Antirealism – Reality itself is dependent on perception or conceptual schemes. This is the position I must most … Continue reading Antirealism
I have not posted in a while, so I thought I'd post this brief interaction with ChatGPT on the subject of consciousness as an epiphenomenon. The program, I have to say, is a smooth-talking bastard, but in a good way (a way that I like).Incidentally, the image is created by ChatGPT (DALL·E 3) I asked: … Continue reading Epiphenomenon
DraftJust finished reading Just Deserts by Daniel Dennett and Gregg Caruso. Overall I liked the book. But this very brief review is a draft and subject to change. LikesThe best bit for was the interaction between Dennett and Caruso. So we did not have the typical book, where we have pages and pages of a … Continue reading Just Deserts
Back in 2014, Lex Bayor and John Figdor had a go at creating a new version of the ten commandments. They did this by organizing a contest where there would be ten - 1000 $ prizes. The contestants had to submit their ten commandments and the reasoning for each of them. They had a panel … Continue reading Eight Suggestions
In his book Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, the Self Etc. Galen Strawson gives some of his fellow naturalists a hard time. The book is a collection of essays and two of them deal with consciousness is some shape or form. The interesting thing is in the second of the two essays Strawson argues … Continue reading Real Naturalism
I am going to tackle a difficult problem here. I am not an expert here, not even an expert on my own experience of consciousness. Quite often it is described as The Hard Problem. Some pundits don’t see it as a problem at all. Problem or not, all is not well in the house of … Continue reading Consciousness
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