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^ Best reply ever.

I do think there is an element of conditioning. And what goes on in your life affects choices. Some people feel they have no choice in some situations because they lack knowledge of other options. Or they can't see past perhaps a dire situation to rationalise. I think we have choice that is limited...

Robert Sapolsky is one of the most revered scientists alive today. He made his name from his work studying wild baboons in Kenya, unpicking how their complex social lives lead to stress and how that affects their health. His most recent focus, however, has been on something rather different – a boo...

drumdude wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 11:09 pm

I'm glad to have you back, MG. I missed the back and forth.

Indeed.

It’s pretty obvious that, at least in MG’s case, there is no free will. I can’t believe that anyone would freely choose to make such a dickish reply. I will assure you, I have free will. It is for that reason that I will avoid calling you a (fill in the blank). 🤭 Instead I will wish you a good day....

I appreciate the fact that you have a particular world view and that you would consider it to be ‘progress’ to have me accept that your particular version of reality is correct. Regards, MG This is exactly why people judge you as disingenuous. By "progress" I simply meant some progress towards unde...

I'm guessing that you really understand neither concept. We’re both in the same room. But that seems to be about as far as it goes. Not at all. The idea is that we each enter the room with our own biases that influence our perceptions, but that these biases and perceptions can change as we're willi...

MG 2.0 wrote: ↑

Mon May 13, 2024 1:46 am

My comments regarding a closed system refer to my references to solipsism.

I'm guessing that you really understand neither concept.

I'm sure that you'll agree that even a cursory reading reveals that David Brooks is suggesting that perception is not a closed system. Again, I’m not directly correlating the two. They stand apart from each other. One is inside the other but the other exists independently Make your argument, but pl...

MG. Earlier, I tried to warn you against using Brooks to support your argument without understanding his thesis. Here you use Brooks's quote as an example of how we live in what you call "a closed system": Within a closed system we might agree on some things but not all things because of the “in the...