tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560774651993745496.post685951721745468331..comments2023-06-29T02:07:49.894-09:00Comments on The Mustard Seed: Reductionists Explain Consciousness!! Or Do They??TMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654673878708922180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560774651993745496.post-26044445466730511652009-10-29T05:54:26.686-09:002009-10-29T05:54:26.686-09:00CR: “A better analogy would be that 'tool-maki...CR: “A better analogy would be that 'tool-making evolved because it aided survival.' Humans developed in tandem with tools and consciousness.”<br /><br />TW: Chuck, you're just repeating Richard Dawkins' line in my essay, which - as I demonstrated - doesn’t tell us anything about WHAT consciousness IS or WHERE it came from. <br /><br />The explanation by Dawkins is supposed to sound smart, but it actually begs more questions than it answers. It makes as much sense as my Saudi Arabia-analogy (which is precisely why I used it)<br /><br />CR: “Your analogy actually speaks to the idiocy of belief in God.”<br /><br />TW: Wow, “belief in God” is “idiocy?” Even when I was an atheist, I would never make such a comment. That’s so condescending and factually incorrect. You are obviously very emotionally attached to your atheism, which is unfortunate.TMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654673878708922180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560774651993745496.post-6868012852829898812009-10-28T17:41:54.899-09:002009-10-28T17:41:54.899-09:00"For the Reductionists to claim that consciou..."For the Reductionists to claim that consciousness "emerged" because it aided “survival” is the equivalent of saying that "Oil emerged in Saudi Arabia because it aided survival.”"<br /><br />Really bad analogy. Oil is something Saudis stumbled upon. They didn't develop along with oil. A better analogy would be that "tool-making evolved because it aided survival." Humans developed in tandem with tools and consciousness. Your analogy actually speaks to the idiocy of belief in God: just like the Saudis found Oil - providing their saving grace - humans found God. Both happened after Saudis and humans were fully developed.Chuckhttp://chuckross.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com