Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
25th January 2010, 09:36 AM
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At the Mind, Brain, and Consciousness seminar,...
At the Mind, Brain, and Consciousness seminar, sponsored by the Skeptic Society in Los Angeles a few years back, one of the talks was "Consciousness is nothing but a word".
And I must say that...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
22nd January 2010, 04:34 PM
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
21st January 2010, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 129
Views: 8,014
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
21st January 2010, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 711
Views: 92,903
Looks to me like it would need serious...
Looks to me like it would need serious rhinoplasty before it could pass for an ABD.
How would one do that? I am more than willing to do so, but who would be interested?
Heh. My memory is not...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
21st January 2010, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 711
Views: 92,903
The guides were excellent, but this was not...
The guides were excellent, but this was not primarily a birding trip, so it was a bit frustrating for the two of us who were actually interested in the birds as well as the megafauna. We'd zip by a...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
21st January 2010, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 711
Views: 92,903
I'll see if I can add anything, based on your...
I'll see if I can add anything, based on your comments.
I may have another shot; I'll look. I think I tried looking it up, and thinking that the beak was not Shoveler in shape (but I may be...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
20th January 2010, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 711
Views: 92,903
Ok... pics of birds I have not ID'd. Bear in...
Ok... pics of birds I have not ID'd. Bear in mind, I am an idiot; these may very well be pics of birds I have, in fact, ID'd, but which I do not recognize in these particular pics. I will try to...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
20th January 2010, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,357
Nah, that's verse. Poetry and verse are...
Nah, that's verse. Poetry and verse are orthogonal. There is wonderful unrhymed/unmetered poetry (the US Poet Laureate, Charles Simic, is a fantastic example). There is wonderful rhymed/unmetered...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
20th January 2010, 03:15 PM
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
20th January 2010, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 711
Views: 92,903
Kruger Park, Northern end.
It looks...
Kruger Park, Northern end.
It looks red-billed to me to, except for three things, which is why I asked the experts here. 1) We saw tons of yellow-billed, and as you can see, this guy is hanging...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
18th January 2010, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 711
Views: 92,903
Two things--1) If you want pics of any of the...
Two things--1) If you want pics of any of the birds I listed but did not post a pic of, let me know. Some of the pics suck, but most are pretty usable.
2) Going through my pics, I have a couple...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
27th December 2009, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
Very true. A related bit: when we speak of...
Very true. A related bit: when we speak of consciousness or awareness (in the wild, that is), we typically are speaking of actions that are extended in time, and arguably part of a continuous line of...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th December 2009, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
Bear with me a bit, for an analogy: The...
Bear with me a bit, for an analogy: The Near-Death-Experience literature is full of wildly disparate phenomena, from the classic "tunnel of light" to the "life flashing before my eyes" to...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th December 2009, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th December 2009, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
How often are they followed by your head...
How often are they followed by your head exploding? Mine used to predict that at about 40%. Enough to get me to take my meds.
There used to by a NYTimes blog on visual migraines (might still be;...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th December 2009, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd December 2009, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 287
Views: 8,855
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd December 2009, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd December 2009, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
For some of us. Not for all of us. Much like...
For some of us. Not for all of us. Much like that purple aura.
I make no claims about your reports. I cannot know if you are mistaken. You, however, have called me a liar. I don't doubt you...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd December 2009, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
Please.
Between the two of us, you are the...
Please.
Between the two of us, you are the one claiming to feel something where there are no sensory neurons.
At minimum, this suggests that whatever you are feeling, you are not sensing it...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd December 2009, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 287
Views: 8,855
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd December 2009, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
Nor would I.
Would you believe my...
Nor would I.
Would you believe my colleague's report that she saw a purple aura from a patient's liver? She seemed as certain as you seem.
I don't have a sense of self in my hips either, so I...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd December 2009, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 418
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
Thank you for admitting this. For the record,...
Thank you for admitting this. For the record, psychophysical tests have revealed that I very probably have different private behavior from you (I'm abnormal), when it comes to perceiving color. ...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
What makes you think I have not tried?
...
What makes you think I have not tried?
Please.
I have not tried to dissuade you of your belief; I have merely tried to examine how you have come by it.
You do not have to accept it, but it...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 418
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
How many remember this thread...
How many remember this thread (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8654)? At one point it was the longest-running thread in the forum. Just the first few posts give a bit...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 2,002
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
Pretty much the same evidence as your own, for...
Pretty much the same evidence as your own, for anyone but you.
As unknown as the differences among people, perhaps. There are very good odds, for instance, that my perception of color is different...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
Why does that not surprise me?
Um.. no. ...
Why does that not surprise me?
Um.. no.
...ok...
I knew what it referred to.
Still no clue what you mean.
No idea what you are getting on about here, either. None at all. I suspect that you...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
21st December 2009, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 161
Views: 6,618
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
There was a past thread here where someone...
There was a past thread here where someone mentioned the liver in this manner. A French person, I think, and claimed that it was just what everyone knew.
You have already said that you don't know...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
Is this what you are thinking o...
Is this what you are thinking o (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/dec/20/research.it)f? (not the real report, but a newspaper account)
oop--I see you have included a link now.
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
Yes. What was unclear about what I said? Not...
Yes. What was unclear about what I said? Not only do I have no such sense, but I don't recall one from the introspection literature.
I take it from your response that you have nothing other than...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
Thus the "how did you learn to label your...
Thus the "how did you learn to label your consciousness?" question earlier in the thread.
Around here? Are you kidding? We have full-blooded Platonics roaming wild!
I don't understand.
...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st December 2009, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
Of course it can be private; the trick is, our...
Of course it can be private; the trick is, our shared communication is based on public referent. There are conferences and entire journals on consciousness, where a private element is taken as...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th December 2009, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th December 2009, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 418
Views: 27,808
OT, but interesting, to me at least:
Having...
OT, but interesting, to me at least:
Having read my fair share of the old introspective literature from the early days of psychology, when people were carefully trained to dissect out their...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th December 2009, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th December 2009, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 2,002
Views: 86,028
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