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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9780 on: January 13, 2019, 01:08:15 PM »
Clarified TFY.

The humbleness he displays is somewhat unique among committed materialists, and for good reason.  After admitting with such candor that neuroscience can not explain the conscious experience, it is astonishing that he has no problem stating

How else would he do brain surgery?
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« Reply #9781 on: January 13, 2019, 01:33:25 PM »
How else would he do brain surgery?
I don't understand your question.  You can't do brain surgery if you believe that some aspects of human intelligence are not necessarily physical phenomena?   

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« Reply #9782 on: January 13, 2019, 02:54:43 PM »
I don't understand your question.  You can't do brain surgery if you believe that some aspects of human intelligence are not necessarily physical phenomena?   
He needs to be dealing with everything in its physical manifestation.
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« Reply #9783 on: January 13, 2019, 03:21:15 PM »
Clarified TFY.

The humbleness he displays is somewhat unique among committed materialists, and for good reason.  After admitting with such candor that neuroscience can not explain the conscious experience, it is astonishing that he has no problem stating
Awesome book (warning- a little bit of kefira inside as well): The Mind Club by Daniel Wegener and Kurt Gray
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« Reply #9784 on: January 13, 2019, 03:38:17 PM »
He needs to be dealing with everything in its physical manifestation.

He wrote "As a neurosurgeon, I have to accept that everything I am thinking and feeling as I write this is a physical phenomenon."

Not "has a physical manifestation." Which is not at all controversial.  MRIs measure the physical manifestations of thoughts.

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« Reply #9785 on: January 13, 2019, 09:25:18 PM »
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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« Reply #9787 on: January 14, 2019, 10:11:03 PM »
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rt.com/news/448732-james-watson-titles-revoked/amp/

Something tells me that even if the IQ differences were hypothetically proven as undisputed fact Watson would face the same treatment for daring to espouse something politically incorrect. These same liberals who claim there are no differences will hypocriticaly avoid the ghetto neighborhoods late at night while claiming that anyone who stereotypes is racist.

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« Reply #9788 on: January 15, 2019, 12:02:57 PM »
"Aeroflot Revokes Frequent Flyer’s Privileges Over Instagram Insult"

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9792 on: January 17, 2019, 09:19:40 AM »

People reacting to the Gillette ad: https://thenextweb.com/opinion/2019/01/15/gillette-triggers-twitters-right-wing-elite-with-toxic-masculinity-ad/

Gotta love how Peirs Morgan is considered part of the far right in this article. #FakeNews

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« Reply #9793 on: January 17, 2019, 10:13:42 AM »
Gotta love how Peirs Morgan is considered part of the far right in this article. #FakeNews
#FakeNews on your #FakeNews. It doesn't say far right anywhere in the article. It says 'right-wing elite' and 'who’s-who of right wing celebrities'. I think Piers Morgan fits right into that category.

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« Reply #9794 on: January 17, 2019, 10:28:48 AM »
It says 'right-wing elite' and 'who’s-who of right wing celebrities'. I think Piers Morgan fits right into that category.
How far to the left do your goalposts need to start for Piers Morgan to be considered right-wing?

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« Reply #9795 on: January 17, 2019, 10:43:17 AM »
How far to the left do your goalposts need to start for Piers Morgan to be considered right-wing?
I guess we're talking semantics here, but he's a conservative - without a doubt. To me conservatives are right wing and progressives are left wing, simple as that. You want to call him a centrist or something, that's your prerogative, but the very concept barely exists in today's political environment.

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« Reply #9796 on: January 17, 2019, 12:16:13 PM »
How far to the left do your goalposts need to start for Piers Morgan to be considered right-wing?

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« Reply #9797 on: January 17, 2019, 12:54:30 PM »
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What are you trying to prove? That he's to the left of Shapiro on one specific issue? That does not preclude him from being labeled right wing. If it had said conservative, would you have been okay with that?

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« Reply #9798 on: January 17, 2019, 01:55:02 PM »
What are you trying to prove? That he's to the left of Shapiro on one specific issue? That does not preclude him from being labeled right wing. If it had said conservative, would you have been okay with that?

At most he's near the center. 'Right-wing elite' is a definite mischaracterization of Peirs. It's a narrative that dismisses the legitimacy of the argument being made, and is woefully inaccurate. And in this case it is an unfortunate example of #FakeNews

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« Reply #9799 on: January 17, 2019, 02:40:32 PM »
At most he's near the center. 'Right-wing elite' is a definite mischaracterization of Peirs. It's a narrative that dismisses the legitimacy of the argument being made, and is woefully inaccurate. And in this case it is an unfortunate example of #FakeNews
So your issue is with the whole concept of left wing/right wing. It's not fake news. He's squarely right of center on the whole. Just because he's not Steve King or whoever, doesn't change that characterization. If you're trying to say that the backlash to the Gilette thing is larger than just right wing folks, I think you're sorely mistaken. The 'backlash' is absolutely coming from right of center - it's not a mainstream thing at all.