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Emergent Properties of the Human Brain
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsSelf-aware and time-aware mental feedback is transformative: that's where the complimentary properties of causality and human intelligence interact . . . where self-determinism emerges.
Agents of Change
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsSkyscrapers, dams, dikes, highways . . . ALL technology serve human purposes -- NOT causality's (because causality has none). They are products of human intelligence interacting with causality.
3 False Conundrums of Free Will
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe claim that free will (a.k.a. intent, purpose, self-determinism) contradicts or violates causality is a false dichotomy. It's not a choice of one or the other: causality or free will. There are other possibilities
Dancing with Causality: Purposeful Steps
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsThey've been arguing in circles because they've defined "free will" to fit their premises. This is because they didn't know anything about the brain: not even its electro-chemical characteristics.
Brave Saudi Explains Arab Backwardness
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsThey continue this horrible delusion: this belief in one’s own perfection. The belief that others must learn from them makes it impossible for them to benefit from modern culture.
Dualism and False Dichotomies
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsAnticipation is not an ephemeral wisp that flits through the mind and is gone. We mentally revisit our plans to revise or adjust them as needed. This is one of many forms of feedback our brains routinely perform.
Causality and Self-Determinism
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsOur destinies are not written in the stars (may the force be with you). We might eventually face extinction as the universe grows cold and fades away but our individual destinies are ours to make.
Absolute Certainty
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsAmong us atheists, of course, religious fundamentalism is ruled out, so absolute certainty in atheists most often seems to conceal over-confidence or intransigence or (more likely) both.
The Palestinian Problem
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsI understand that liberals want to be inclusive. And that's normally a good thing. But inclusion should not be a goal for its own sake. All considerations need to be addressed.
An Objective Moral Standard?
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No CommentsIf something is good because God wills it, does He have a reason? If so, then good is independent of God. If He has no reason, then good is arbitrary and whimsical.