It’s not complicated; each participant answers as he sees fit. — Mww
As a legitimate survey participant, you’ve concluded the first is a model for the absolutely useless, the second is a model for guesswork. And by admitting to the possible commission of your own guesswork, you’d tacitly acceded to the second-order usefulness of the one in form if not in content — Mww
Welcome back, by the way. — Mww
You're describing TPF. I love it too.I think it was soup? I love an idea soup. — Kenosha Kid
Right. So there's one edge which is idealism, aka only forms exist; and another edge which is materialism, aka only matter exists. In between these two extremes lies the not-so-new idea that there's no matter without form and no form without matter.I didn't think you were [an idealist], I was just annotating the edges of our conversation for clarity :)
Ya know what? I’d like to take a survey, of people in general, after a quick perusal of this:
https://web2.ph.utexas.edu/~vadim/Classes/2012f/vertex.pdf
.....followed by a quick perusal of this:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4280
.....with the survey question being, which one of these is the least useless, with respect to a theoretical description of goings-on between the ears of the human rational animal.
2hReplyOptions — Mww
But you've made an unwarranted jump from something which is useless to me (on account of my ignorance) to something's being useless sensu lato. — Isaac
I'm suggesting that stand alone non-physicals do not and can not exist but non-physicals contained by neurons do exist and that is a state that should be recognized.My conclusion has nothing to do with "...thoughts are always inseparable..." — TheMadFool
Oh no, you don’t!!! I know you. No need to over-analyze such a simple mental exercise.
Peruse this, peruse that, judge degree of explanatory content relative to a given condition. — Mww
As for QED generally, it wouldn't surprise me if it proved crucial — Kenosha Kid
While accommodating the fairness of the request, I deny the expense.
Got something this virgoyankeebabyboomer don’t gotta pay for? — Mww
Do you think your ideas have physical attributes? Size, weight, texture, etc.? — RogueAI
What would happen to the universe if all minds dissappeared? Would planets, stars, galaxies, etc. still be around? — RogueAI
Right, there wouldn't be labels for anything, but the stuff would still be there. I think we're agreed. So the physical is mind-independent. Agreed? — RogueAI
But dreams and reality are different. — Olivier5
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