So you would treat a progeria child patient as an elderly citizen? — TheMadFool
I'm also a bit (actually a lot) troubled by the fact that a sizeable percentage of criminals have low IQ. — TheMadFool
some of her colleagues were wrong. — Marchesk
Would you ask the same question if someone hit their dog? Is the dog even conscious?
Why is it self-evident for you that the dog is capable of suffering, but you start to wonder about the housefly?
Do you also think about the clear definition of consciousness with the dog? — SolarWind
Simple questions: Does a housefly have consciousness? — SolarWind
us anosmic (smell deficient) animals. — Gnomon
surely their imagination can't be in images - they lack sight — TheMadFool
References — TheMadFool
There are different degrees of hallucinations. They can be incomplete but some are complete enough to make you think they're real without any doubt. That's the point I'm interested in.Even hallucinations aren't that complete. That's the point I believe — TheMadFool
I was referring to this:Different topic I believe.
— Vince
Why did you bring it up? — TheMadFool
The "life could be a dream" thing. I don't think that, and that's a different conversation.There's the possibility that life could be a dream and then to realize that would qualify as a lucid dream. — TheMadFool
Indeed, I find the dream world fascinating.You're onto something or so I feel. — TheMadFool
I wonder if introverts tend to have more vivid imaginations, since introverts tend to be more withdrawn. A friend of mine with aphantasia is very uninhibited. TheMadFool comes off as a quite uninhibited extrovert as well. — Yohan
So you're saying that when you imagine yourself touching a rock with your hand, you can actually feel the rock i.e. your hands register sensations? — TheMadFool
There's the possibility that life could be a dream and then to realize that would qualify as a lucid dream. — TheMadFool
What's your point though? — TheMadFool
Yes, it's possible that dreams could be experienced in all sensory modalities although I haven't come across any documented cases of such instances. I have my doubts. — TheMadFool
My question, however, is why are we incapable of deliberately switching on all the senses when we daydream to produce an experience indistinguishable from reality itself? — TheMadFool
Touché. — Xtrix
As far as I’m aware — Xtrix
Why? What is the definition of language? — TheMadFool
He says that he wants to reach out to as many people as possible and that meant, for him, he was not to utter a single word. Why? — TheMadFool
The question is how does Khaby Lame's tactic/strategy fit in with your observation? — TheMadFool
What kinda gestures are aliens making across intergalactic space? Are gestures themselves of limited utility given how alien biology may differ from our own? How can life perform a gesture that betrays its existence? — TheMadFool
As one grows up to become an adult so does their brain and their intelligence, but not their IQ.
— Vince
Aren't these statements ignoring 'plasticity' - the ability of the brain to become more complex (more connections among neurons) over time? And if the brain is fully developed by the mid 20s, that surely doesn't necessitate immediate decline thereafter. No plateau? — Bitter Crank
Using your formulation, I would become less intelligent as I got older, even if my mental acuity stayed the same. — T Clark
I'm rather uncertain about this but I believe IQ=Mental Age/Bodily Age×100. — TheMadFool
What's the difference between a man deciding to take a back road when his regular route is obstructed by a collision to avoid the inconvenience or hassle and a virus deciding to mutate to avoid succumbing to a vaccine? — Outlander
We can launch ourselves from the atmosphere, control particles to our whims, and capture the universe in a picture, a far cry from even the most impressive feats of the animal kingdom. — Jerry
a universe that is 46 billion light years across. — T Clark