tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post5772352023307704807..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: From The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousnessbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-26986998316937404272022-01-19T04:11:20.795-05:002022-01-19T04:11:20.795-05:00Every weekend I used to visit this site, because I...Every weekend I used to visit this site, because I wish for enjoyment, for the reason that this this web page donations in fact good funny material too<br /><br /><a href="https://www.yasul.top" title="야동" rel="nofollow">야동</a> <br /><a href="https://www.ophunter.net/" title="오피헌터" rel="nofollow">오피헌터</a><br /><a href="https://www.massage.blue" title="외국인출장" rel="nofollow">외국인출장</a><br /><a href="https://www.gunma.top" title="마사지" rel="nofollow">마사지</a><br /><a href="https://www.casinosite.zone/" title="카지노사이트존" rel="nofollow">카지노사이트존</a>BESTSITEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082559971075057704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-36387391331560602692012-09-26T20:48:25.614-04:002012-09-26T20:48:25.614-04:00Lars, why when anyone critiques a specific scienti...Lars, why when anyone critiques a specific scientific finding or assertion can he or she now expect to be met with a splentic rant that suggests he is questionning science, progress, the Enlightenment and rational thought itself?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-13142107079931261072012-09-26T13:45:35.912-04:002012-09-26T13:45:35.912-04:00Yes, and the meanest medieval peasant would have t...Yes, and the meanest medieval peasant would have told you that the sun went round the earth, that the stars were lights fixed to the solid dome of the firmament, that a bone from the carcass of a black cat which had been boiled alive would, when placed under the tongue, render one invisible, and so on and so on. And he would never have doubted or denied any of these facts either, having established them by Just Looking Around. Or other epistemological tricks of about the same calibre.<br /><br />If you want to know what they thought about the nature of animals in the Age of Faith, read a medieval bestiary - the one TH White translated is a good start - and you'll see what a farrago of rubbish medieval beliefs about animal cognition were.Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915440101940467640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-6565127836058007212012-09-26T06:37:23.168-04:002012-09-26T06:37:23.168-04:00Kudos to Dr. Berkoff for seemingly understanding t...Kudos to Dr. Berkoff for seemingly understanding that, once again, "science" has discovered (or rather declared...declared?) what nobody has ever doubted or denied. This would not have surprised the meanest medieval peasant, especially if you told him the word consciousness can be reduced to feeling emotions and experiencing pain and pleasure. Poets, artists, philosphers, inventors, etc. might have quibbled about such reductionism.<br /><br />Our affinities with animals are fascinating and important, but our differences remain profound. We really don't need science to tell us that animals are like us in some ways and not at all like us in others. Both propsitions can be established by the same imperative: Just Look Around!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.com