Consciousness; a radically new theory. Romansh? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, July 02, 2015, 21:41 (3431 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: If two theories are “just as probable”, it requires a closed mind to dismiss either of them.-The experts I presented to you think single cells can be sentient without being automatic, but their conclusion from 'just as probable' is no better than mine. I can still choose to pick my conclusion on an equal stance with them. I think they are absolutely wrong.-> 
> dhw: Some experts believe that bacteria have the equivalent of a brain, and if humans use the brain only as a receiver, maybe bacteria do too. And I still don't know where you draw the borderline between mentation and “true” mentation.-Mentation to me means creating ideas and observations. My dog does, E. coli don't.
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> DAVID: Please remember I follow Adler, 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt'.
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> The expression is used mainly in courts of law, where a jury can listen to the accounts of living witnesses and of the accused and of the defendant (if still alive), and judge their reliability, and can also hear forensic evidence from scientists (fingerprints, blood samples, DNA) and judge their relevance.....can you really regard doubt as being unreasonable? And do you really not see this absence as a flaw in your theory, thereby necessitating your leap of faith?-Not at all. the evidence I see piled up for design is 'without a reasonable doubt' in my mind.