I should not really object to dying were it not followed by death.
タグ: dying, death

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Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.
タグ: computers, believe, mind, time
Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.
タグ: makes, really, consciousness, problem
The denier that ID [intelligent design] is science faces the following dilemma. Either he admits that the intervention of such a designer is possible, or he does not. If he does not, he must explain why that belief is more scientific than the belief that a designer is possible. If on the other hand he believes that a designer is possible, then he can argue that the evidence is overwhelmingly against the actions of such a designer, but he cannot say that someone who offers evidence on the other side is doing something of a fundamentally different kind. All he can say about that person is that he is scientifically mistaken.
タグ: science
Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
タグ: philosophy, nagel, absurd
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