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The way I see it is that the amount of awareness we have determines the capacity of free will we can exercise at any given point in time. That means if we have zero awareness of ourselves and the universe we live in, we'll then have zero capacity to exercise free will. If we then have a higher...

Yes you're right, one would cancel the other out. I feel there's always an underlying choice (free will). So my meaning here is more pointing to how our choices can get very narrow and seemingly completely fixed, at which point it would seem there's no capacity to move beyond having responses...

Perhaps there's both possibilities. The ideas from "Thinking, Fast and Slow" I reckon illustrate this. System 1: Fast, automatic, frequent, emotional, stereotypic, subconscious (none or very little free will being exercised here) System 2: Slow, effortful, infrequent, logical, calculating...

Why is there ice at the centre of this flat earth if it gets the most exposure to the hot sun? Well the ice apparently is melting according to global warmists, so now they have scientific proof with this flat earth model.

- 13 hour flight from Auckland to Argentina. - 11 hour flight from New York to Argentina. - 18 hour flight from Auckland to New York If the flat earth model was correct it means Auckland to New York takes 2 hrs to fly there, since its on the way by flat earth model but it actually takes 18...

What I'm getting at is many people form detailed reasonings behind all sorts of stuff and the complexity of reasonings can build up upon itself, and refer back to itself or similar as some kind of confirmation. But if the idea is at its base just guessing at something beyond our grasp and its...

I just ask because for a lot of people the senseless suffering of innocent children like right now in Syria who experience unimaginable trauma just because they happened to be born at the wrong place / in the wrong time is very hard to reconcile with a personal loving creator. Some consider this...

Yes the position you put forward is confusing to me. Maybe you can clarify what you mean to help? I don't know if this relates to you but a lot of people claim to be certain of all types of things but have difficulty explaining it in ways that makes sense to others. So when questioned about...

In case you missed, those questions you answered were questions for Neil.

So if that's true, aren't you also saying that if we can imagine a meaning to life, then a meaning to life exists? But you also said there's no meaning to life. I'm confused

That's funny I swear I read causal! Maybe it was when I walked out of the sliding doors :) Pure abstract existence with the capacity for experience reminds me of an amoeba or something like that. But maybe I'm just amoebomorphizing it. Could it be that some find comfort in an impersonal view of...

So saying either pure consciousness chooses to do something or doesn't choose is anthropomorphizing? Would it then choose and not choose at the same time? I keep myself fairly busy, so would appreciate getting the general gist to help me know what I should look out for while reading through...

So I guess you're saying I'm wrong by thinking that pure consciousness chooses things like this. Does it choose to do something else instead? Or maybe it doesn't choose anything at all, and instead tries anything and everything just because it can? Would that be closer to not anthropomorphizing...

I try to look at that type idea from the angle of what seems to be a healthy psychological state. We have to start by assuming the Universe is aware and makes sound decisions about itself, otherwise instead we're dealing with an unsound mind and trying to grasp the intentions of an unsound mind...

Yes that helps thanks for that. So would I be right saying that your claim isn't made because you're trying to prove to yourself a prior belief is true, like these other unknown amount of people? And if that's right, does that mean instead you've got full appraisal and knowledge of all the...

I'm more interested in what you believe is evidence since you're making the claim not me. For my clarity, I'll try to paraphrase your claim so let me know if I get this wrong: People believe something first then they apply meanings to everything around them that fit that belief, at which point...

Could be, but what evidence do you have to be sure of these statements? Is it only from your own personal experience or interpretations of others experiences?

I figured you'd pick up I was just kidding. I found it funny at the time imagining you (from what I gather of you) having faith in a universal cosmic purpose.

Am I supposed to know why you are supposed to do something based on what you say you don't know?

You're supposed to do something? Sounds like a purpose. If you find it funny, you're supposed to, but if not you're not or so I'm led to believe