Recent content by graffix

I don't think it's obvious. A million times the question has been asked, does the tree branch fall if no one is looking. In my view, if the world is the same without us as you say, it is going on automatic-like, without a type of consciousness that I am experiencing (and that there can...

That depends on how one defines "mind". To quote Wiki : Mind refers to the collective aspects of intellect and consciousness which are manifest in some combination of thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind By saying the universe has...

I will probably get battered at trying to make this connection but let me try to point out where I wrote, 'What is red? We are red' ... and if you understand that these things have always existed (and we are still talking about this thing as NOT the 3rd person view) then... it is more an...

I also enjoyed reading this. I couldn't post back in here sooner simply because I was waaay lost in contemplation! I'm not sure if you can experience what someone else is experiencing no matter how similar the physical compositions are. You can take experiment with twins, give them identical...

I guess I'm looking for someone that can better explain the many worlds interpertation on how consciousness transverse the possibilities and if that is what's happening then having multiple consciousnesses transversing in different direction at the same time and place seem like they would...

I'll probably end up sounding like a retard but here is my question. If particles are only tendicies (wabbling in/as waves) until a measurement has been made (wave collapse/position determined), how did the their waves collapse back when there were no sentient beings alive (before Earth was...

This is a question that I've always asked myself and it's an area where I"m a bit confused about in all the quantum theories (well the philosophical ones). I guess it's also my lack of understanding the many worlds interpertation as well. Anyways it all spawned from thinking about the...

So our technology inspires us in trying to describe/understand the ultimate reality. A 100 years from now we would have a lot better understanding of quantum computers and the quantum world. Would our theories, then, simply be that everything is interconnected as stated by eastern...

how do you know that 1)both [O] and [M] are real 2)but the pure reality of both [O] and [M] as objects that exists holds true. aside from this person Ayn Rand saying so?

I've read somewhere around here someone saying that the color red is an abstraction and it does not exist on its own, which is to say, there can be a red car, but the red car is not the thing that makes up the color red. I went on to think about this, and what is then the color red? First...

For all intent and purposes, is the MWI our best GUESS at what's going on, since from what I understand Copenhagen is the "stick to the math", "don't worry about philosohpy" interpretation (if it is an interpretation)?

armrecon123 wrote Is it though? This would seem to depend on our definitions. I would draw the line that a potential A.I. can think but would never be able to feel.

It sounds nice to contemplate these things, but this is not meditation. There are certain physcial conditions (breathing speed, heartrate, brain waves) that a body goes through while in meditation that has evidence of having many health benefits. I would be wary to accept that your act of...

I'm not sure about this explanation. We give them coordinates and numbers to describe what they are so information can be used to describe anything. I would think our thoughts on the other hand are memories stored inside neurons that reside in the physical world (our brain). Our thoughts about...

Ok, for those who have meditated for longer than a year I have great respect for. I do believe in having a teacher and one day I really should do that and get over my stubborness (like someone else wrote). I consider myself a beginner and what I'm trying to recommend is an alternative method...