Re: the conscious universe

From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 22:51:28 BST

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From: "Joe E. Dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net>
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Subject: Re: the conscious universe
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    Subject: Re: the conscious universe
    From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
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    > On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 08:31:50PM -0500, Joe E. Dees wrote:
    > > Yeah, except for one small detail; the world isn't as uniform as the
    > > pencil. People and animals are experientially quite different to us
    > > from rocks and running water.
    >
    > But do we ever experience their consciousness? I don't think so.
    > I say we take it on faith -- and that's exactly as it should be.
    > Skepticism ultimately falls into solipsism.
    >
    No, we take it on evidence; the evidence of the observed behavior of
    others, which is unlike that of rocks and running water, but is like
    our own - we who are conscious.
    > --
    > Robin Faichney
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