14 ideas
6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
9295 | Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them [Teichmann] |
23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
9293 | Body-spirit interaction ought to result in losses and increases of energy in the material world [Teichmann] |
7535 | If all beliefs are propositional, then belief and judgement are the same thing [Monk] |
23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |
23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |
23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |
9292 | The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind) [Teichmann] |
9294 | No individuating marks distinguish between Souls [Teichmann] |