Identity (Identity)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Sunday, August 30, 2009, 21:53 (5562 days ago) @ David Turell

DT wrote: "I agree there is no evidence for a universal intelligence, but it is the best supposition I can come up with as an answer for me." - But what is it a supposition of? What does it actually consist of? How does it work? As I understand it you think your mind is a part of this universal intelligence? But you don't really have any practical theory about how it actually works. It's all so very vague. - What we do actually know is that our brains are made of atoms and that they work by means of electrochemical connections between the millions of cells, and it is this activity that we experience as mind. How does your hypothesis of disembodied mind work in this context? - I'm quite convinced that the complexities of biology are adequately explained to have arisen through evolution by natural selection, or "by chance" as you insist on calling it. I agree that the results are "close to miraculous". But we've already argued that issue ad nauseam. - DT asked: "I will ask a direct question. How much of this do you understand? Because it is the key to my point of view." I'm not a biologist, but I've read a lot and like to keep up to date. My background is in maths, physics and chemistry. I used to work in science publishing.

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GPJ