Recent content by judas69

I'm a big In Flames fan but I really don't follow what they do at all so, that's reassuring I think? Even if it's not as good, it's good to know at least it's legit, not that it wouldn't be good especially after all this time.

lol, just my thoughts. I personally don't care how they look at all. If Jesper wants out, he wants out, sometimes a new member is enough to liven everything up; here's hoping that's the case.

I'm going to listen to this album non-stop, that's for sure. I wonder how different things will be without Jasper?

Evolution invalidates the genesis story so, there really is no reason for Jesus to die on the cross after that.

Effective computation is a necessary formality; there is no answer to this that will not dwell in mystery. There is also nothing observably peculiar about the functioning brain that would strongly indicate an occurrence of or a necessity for, either. I'm hard-nosed I know.

Given that the Turing machine outlines the limitations of computation, saying something like the "mind" is beyond this is not something I accept when Alan's model appears to be so very fundamental.

If love can only be perceived or intuited, the lack of love or perceived reinforcement wouldn't leave you any weaker unless you were weak to begin with; relying greatly on the admiration and appreciation of others as a mirror to your own self-worth, which would explain away the majority I'm...

Everything came from a void, a perfect neutrality. But it neither came, nor went, it happened so fast it never happened. Remember, time and space are themselves illusions, a product of this illusion. Thank you for listening. I hope you're better people now.

Now that there is no God, you're free not to waste another moment. A gift if you will from a God that never was. As an alternative, I would say nurture a connection to nature instead. It's beautiful, it's tragic, it's complete. It's what you grew out of, it's who you are this moment, and it's...

That, is a music video. This, is a little more substantial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

Ideas can be "fully embraced" no matter what side of the argument you're on. "Freely" and "choose" are words you've included, not me. I was not making a case for free will in the way you've interpreted it. In my response, I was trying to free the Self from how we define it symbolically, as a...

If you fully embrace the idea that we like all things, are interdependent and interconnected with all other things and not merely this limited fleshy spec of self-awareness we think we are, it wouldn't make much sense to say you did not choose this, when you are this.

Your premise incorrectly presupposes its own conclusion. Consciousness is not, the foremost part in the decision making process, as is evident in the study.

Simple marijuana possession is legal in British Columbia; there's your test case. Marijuana and other soft drugs certainly should be legalized, without a doubt.

This was the first song I heard from In Flames, and still one of the ones I like the most.