David, in case you thought it was just Theists like myself pointing out how silly it is to try and get intelligence out of blind evolutionary processes, here...
Corey
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Dec 20, 2008 4:26 am
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Corey, Now I understand. I didn't understand that you were a theist. That's why you don't care about science or the observation of the development of the...
... Why do I have my doubts about that? I didn't understand that you were a theist. Then perhaps in the future you should think before you leap and lunge at...
Corey
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Dec 20, 2008 6:15 pm
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I could have saved my breath if I had known you ... David, a quick question, if I could beg your pardon for a moment. Which part of my spiritual beleifs was I...
Corey
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Dec 20, 2008 7:14 pm
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There is always the possibility that there never was a "before the big bang". The Universe could be oscillating. It could be expanding into unimaginable...
Hi All, I am looking for original art for my online magazine <http://www.apexnatu ralism.org> Contributions can be audio, video or still photography. ...
<http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/200901/troubles-with-determinism> The author fails to explain the context within which EHR occurs. The ...
Will, Thanks for the article and your thoughts. I liked your final summary sentence "Determinism means that their choices are circumscribed by genetic...
Yes, environment is a really broad term. It also includes physical environment and social environment. The latter is important because in some respects we can...
Will, Thanks for the article. I would agree that zero tolerance anti-bullying programs are doomed to be failures for both reasons in their name. Zero...
I like to make a distinction between rational, irrational and unrational. Emotion and Intuition are not irrational, they are unrational. I think too often the...
Will, I like your distinction between the ratinal, the irrational, and the unrational (or non-rational). You're right about it being important that we not...
Given the domain of science and the domain of religion, a person's values will pretty much dictate how they will treat an issue where science and religion...
I really do not like the word spiritual. Mainly because the meaning of the word is nebulous and encompasses ideas that we as Naturalists should eschew. I am...
Will, I agree in that I also am uncomfortable with the term "spiritual". It smacks too much of "the spirit world". As to your comments about our quest being...
Choices are both qualitative and quantitative. A certain type of organism may only be able to move toward light or away from light. But we humans have many...
Will, I agree. I like the model that at the time of our behavior, we do not have a choice as our behavior will be predicated by a host of influencing factors...
I too like this model, and the idea that adaptation is a consequence of learned behaviour but also rational thought. Jane Nutall and others have been able to...
Kersty, I think your thoughts are good. In the book "Stumbling on Happiness", the premise is that one of the most unique aspects of our humanity that...
Hi Kersty, It is interesting that you bring up morality in this context. I suppose that morality can be viewed as a voluntary reduction of freedom or choice in...
Will, At the risk of getting "out of my depth" here goes... ! Thinking about choices, evolution, and "morality" as a reflection of that evolution. To me the...
Kersty, These are just my thoughts and are not intended to support nor to supplant your thoughts. (And don't worry about being "advanced" enough, you are.) To...
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-total-perspective-vortex#more-864 Some years ago I cynically pointed out that it seemed that the role of a psychological...
The question is, is it possible for a therapist to help patients to develop coping skills that do not involve self-deception? If it is argued that it is...
Will, There is a famous Spanish author who wrote about a priest of a village which believed in the spirits inhabiting the wells (or the sea). He discovers...
From the pdf at the end of the article: "The point of departure for our 1988 article was the widely accepted belief that accurate perceptions of oneself and...
Will, Very interesting. I especially like the list of cognitive distortions you present. I really like this. Two thoughts, building upon thoughts and not...
<<<To me the word "choice" implies morality; on what are my choices based?>>> I think that our choices improve over time. But choices always comprise a dynamic...
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