GENIUS FORUMS

Leyla wrote: I say: whilst the deductive process has a component of time it can be equated (for want of a better word) with a primary act of perception in that it requires such an act of perception to set it off. Unless, of course, one considers thought itself to be perception -- in which case, no h...

Kevin wrote: A person cannot distinguish anything at all without memory. Of course! For example, if you are observing, say, a tree, you have to able to remember what is not the tree in order to be able to contrast the tree with something and so give the tree existence. Not necessarily. I don't think...

Diebert wrote: There doesn't seem to be any logic in talking about 'accidental' phenomenons on this level, because this implies some intentional or non-random phenomenons to make this distinction in the first place. Awareness is certainly ingrained in the 'fabric' of all that one is becoming aware o...

Entirely right, it's an accidental phenomenon. Sapius's statement has no logic to it. May be, I’m no expert, let me try to explain then..... Firstly, I don't think the word 'accident' is appropriate in this context for the simple reason that things could not have been any other way, so how is it ...

Analog, let me say it again. Analog: (Intelligence) The potential form exists within the fabric of reality itself, ready to be unleashed - to be transformed into kinetic intelligence. Yes, I certainly think it is so, even from a layman’s POV such as myself. Since if a brain did evolve from real ma...

.. that the deductive process requires time, and hence cannot be equated to just the "primary act of perception". Leyla: So, you consider thought itself as perception? How did you gather that from what I said. Thought requires time to formulate, so does perception require time to register...

Philosophaster wrote:What about ethical arguments?

What about it? Are you saying that either side’s argument cannot be correct since both rely on an un-reliable memory?

Well, Kevin, your statement.... As soon as a person has memory they become able to distinguish good arguments from bad ones. .... simply means that one is able to distinguish good arguments form bad ones as soon as he has memory, not that he is simply able to distinguish because of it. If everyone w...

Philosophaster 1) We cannot know that our memories are reliable, since checking our memory involves acts that require memory (circular justification). If I think from the obvious POV. Subjectively, yes, we cannot, but when confirmed by sources other than myself, it becomes objectively reliable. I a...

Can intelligence be defined without relying on anthropomorphism? A simple definition of intelligence would be: "comprehension ability". If that is still to anthropomorphic then one could leave the word intelligence undefined. Then intelligence is not precisely defined but it still is a pr...

Bert, when you click 'quote' and a reply form opens up, make sure that the check box just below your message, next to the 'Disable BBCode in this post', is Un-checked. Then your reply should look like this..... The ability to discern truth. Intelligence is thus a function of courage, discipline and ...

David wrote: While it is certainly true that we can never be certain of the validity of our memories, the actual deductive process differs in that it is a primary act of perception in the here and now and does not rely on the validity of memory. Logically speaking, how can one move from A to B witho...

Analog, A thing does not have the freedom to be anything else. It can only be itself. The law of identity is therefore a limitation on a thing. Yes, agreed, it is a limitation on a 'thing', but does that limitation apply to Reality, that is, All there is? ‘All that there is’ would have no specif...

Exactly right. Analog is creating this limitation in his own imagination and projecting it onto the world. He's creating his own mental prison. Next he'll be saying that existing is a limitation because one is not free, in that moment, to not exist. Is it really true that one is free, at any given ...

Sevens: Kevin, Do you believe the reports of yogis, shamans, buddhas and sorcerers being able to develop bi-location siddhis? Kevin: I don't beleive this has ever been demonstrated. It has been witnessed, but not demonstrated as such, but the fact is that you have not witnessed it, and you will nev...

Kevin, is a Spell-Check possible? My spelling sucks! Basically, my English sucks!

<t>sevens wrote:Sapius, <br/> <br/> What are these numbers? (Don't belittle your argument). <br/> <br/> What would happen if a man/woman created a sexual union within their own psyche - mutation of a spiritual hermaphrodite! The combination of hermaphrodites, naturally! <br/> <br/> Couldn't all phys...

<t>Quote:Quote:<hr>Are men naturally superior to women where testosterone comes into play, he is of course more masculine than she is, so being more abundant in masculinity, does this mean superiority in masculinity? And inferior in femininity because of lack of? <br/> <br/> Are women naturally supe...

<t><br/> Sloof, I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I can simply make no sense or connections to what is being discussed.<br/> <br/> What has <span style="text-decoration:underline">not knowing</span> the future got to do with the NOW which is based on past memories giving us a...

<t>Kevin wrote:<br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>The last I heard, Hu Zheng had given up thinking, as he had met the woman of his dreams . . . apparently.<hr> <br/> <br/> Would there anything wrong with that? I take it that you mean he has given up philosophical thinking, but it is possible that he may have rea...

<t>Sloof, is there some new point you would like to make by your post? I think there is no harm in thinking beyond this age-old discourse, and that is what I'm trying to explain.<br/> <br/> As I see it, there is no paradox in saying that free will does and does not exist at the same time, because es...

<t>Quote:Quote:<hr>Thinker: What if I did a nonsensical act right now...with just the intent to exercise my 'free will' against all instincts?<hr><br/> <br/> Why would only a nonsensical act prove that you are exercising free will? Any decision made is basically yours because all sensory information...

<t>Quote:Quote:<hr>cdpreston: If you see someone struggling with a awkward bundle, the reflex to reach out your hand and help steady the bundle is automatic, it's the same for a anyone who is dedicated to logic, it becomes a reflex.<hr> <br/> <br/> Sure, both become automatic, but what is the reason...

<t>Thinker,<br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>Maybe all of reality runs on instinct.<hr><br/> <br/> Most probably it does, but please bear my rambling. In my opinion, it is an "intellectual" instinct. I do not mean 'intellect' as defined in the dictionary. It seems to be more like a simple code of 'if this happe...

<t>Preston wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>In the first response you appear to be saying that the I is a unique self identity, in the second response you say there are not two different I's - that's an illusion within an illusion. The illusion is that the I inherently exists at all, illusion withi...