But I just told you that it isn't. Why do you just ignore reality ?
Well perhaps you can use a brain scanner to observe the brain of a subject while listening to country music and then to classical music and compare which parts of the brain light up etc. But this is not determining that the subject prefers country, scientifically, it is merely an observation of the phenomena and is essentially the same as asking the subject directly which they prefer. Tell me how a brain is different in a person who likes country from a person who likes classical?
You keep saying that you're open-minded but you're not: you've already made up your mind long ago.
This is becoming repetitious. Are you getting angry? Your responses suggest it.
No, that does not follow.
Magic is phenomena not yet understood by humanity, which appear unnatural. It cannot be determined if these phenomena are natural but not yet understood, or truly supernatural. Supernatural suffers from the same short comings. It is little better than name calling, or hand waving to use either of these words.
Because that's what you propose, silly. Otherwise there is no point to the distinction.
No, it's you who bring it up. My position is it interacts, but appears not to, even to scientific investigation, because we cannot detect it.
See, you're doing it again ! It interacts but in a way that doesn't move any particle. That's nonsense, Punshhh. That's magic.
I see no requirement for it to move any particle. There are numerous alternative forms of interaction given a little thought.
Yeah, and that's philosophy.
When discussing practical affairs, I will consider the practicality of things.
Wouldn't that make it relevant, then, since that's what the topic is ?
The topic is about philosophical stances, we are working from the knowledge that the world is the way it is. So either of the alternative philosophies will treat the physical world as a given (as it is) and consider the foundational basis, I.e.the origin, the mechanisms of its existence, the nature of timespace, dimension, the nature of mind etc.
I know this: you do not listen to reason or evidence or logic. You stick to mystic belief and yet deny that it's magic. You pretend to be open-minded and not a dualist but every post you make proves otherwise. It's clear that you are not interested in truth (i.e. reality), but confirmation of your own beliefs.
That repetition again. You don't appear to have made a very good appraisal of my position.
And that doesn't even mean anything. "The truth of what exists" ?
The true state, of what it is that exists.
Mind is an abstraction, i.e. a computation. Personal experience is a different aspect of our lives and is a more direct understanding and route to the knowing, of what exists.
