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  1. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Lots going on in the brain even when it appears dead

    Remember that EEGs do not detect all brain activity. ~~ Paul
  2. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    New Bem replication

    Yeah, his statement does appear to tell us not to trust his experiments. ~~ Paul
  3. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Is science just another religion? (and so much more..)

    Note that it looks like the triplet codon might have evolved from a doublet codon. ~~ Paul
  4. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Is science just another religion? (and so much more..)

    A couple of interesting articles. http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/25/953 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0127 ~~ Paul
  5. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    New rodent asphyxial cardiac arrest study finds highly coherent brain activity

    The sheer variety of physical circumstances in which my arm moves rules out any physical explanation for the movement. ~~ Paul
  6. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Rational Arguments for God?

    Hey! This is supposed to be a trade secret. ~~ Paul
  7. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    New Bem replication

    The analysis they tossed on to the end of the study linked above is certainly a form of p-hacking. There is much concern about p-hacking and other analysis tricks in the scientific community these days, especially in the soft sciences. Some people even credit the original Bem study with raising...
  8. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    New Bem replication

    You read the article, right? ~~ Paul
  9. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    New Bem replication

    And here is the paper about that registered replication: http://www.scientificexploration.org/videos/experimenter-effect-and-replication-in-psi-research The results were negative until the experimenters did exactly what registration is supposed to prevent. But at least they were honest about...
  10. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Some Interesting Thoughts on [Varieties of] Materialism from Materialists....

    Interesting article: http://www.consciousentities.com/2017/04/the-hard-problem-of-physics/ ~~ Paul
  11. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Gregg Rosenberg: The Argument against Physicalism

    The macro discussions tend to be too easy. Someone claims that making consciousness a fundamental solves all the problems. But the Devil is in the details. ~~ Paul
  12. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Some Interesting Thoughts on [Varieties of] Materialism from Materialists....

    In this case I mean "cause to be experienced internally." No need to ask me how that works, because I don't know. I don't know what it means for "information theory to parse understanding." ~~ Paul
  13. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Some Interesting Thoughts on [Varieties of] Materialism from Materialists....

    Not if I simply need a final referent for a concept. But nothing stops the image neurons from having connections to more conceptual aspects of the tower, such as a cylinder or the ground. I'd say they are running through a combination of evolved and learned reactions. But, for example, the...
  14. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Gregg Rosenberg: The Argument against Physicalism

    Would that be: You can't see the forest for the trees. or You can't see the trees for the forest. Because I find the latter more pertinent to these kinds of discussions. ~~ Paul
  15. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    How to Know You Won a Debate on the Internet

    I'm confused. You said both of these things: "I'm saying Materialism itself succumbs to these problems." "I'm talking about a collection of ridiculous things people say but act as if they are rational." ~~ Paul
  16. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    How to Know You Won a Debate on the Internet

    But then you said: "I'm saying Materialism itself succumbs to these problems." You mean people promoting materialism, right? ~~ Paul
  17. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Some Interesting Thoughts on [Varieties of] Materialism from Materialists....

    But they can simply have references to a clump of neurons that represents an indivisible concept. And I'd bet some of those might actually be images, such as "1" or "a single blob." Those clumps might be related to others in a metaphorical fashion. But "cat" can refer, perhaps indirectly, to an...
  18. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    How to Know You Won a Debate on the Internet

    Let's see. Absurd absolute: A concept cannot restate a person's position. Analogy issue: Clearly applies to any metaphysic. Attack the messenger: A concept cannot attack a person. Psychic psychiatrist: A concept cannot armchair psychoanalyze a person. ~~ Paul
  19. Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

    Some Interesting Thoughts on [Varieties of] Materialism from Materialists....

    Excellent stuff. Yep, this metaphysics is hard. Regarding Rosenberg: Why can't some clumps of neuron represent things outside the brain? The argument appears to be that one of those clumps would have to refer to the meaning of, say, the Eiffel tower. Why? All it has to do is conjure up the...
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