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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808227 - 07/01/06 12:09 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Logic must be a razor blade to find truth...not an obstruction to it.


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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808244 - 07/01/06 12:12 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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Speculation can only be logical if it is based on known values. Black holes are based on known values and phenomenon. No value exists that suggests the existence of a human soul.




Going back to my original post, I did use facts. Facts that can be backed up.

FACT: Humans have unique intellectual abilities in the animal world
FACT: Human brain weight and size isn't unique in the animal world
LOGICAL CONCLUSION: Our brain isn't the reason we are intellectually superior

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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
    #5808260 - 07/01/06 12:16 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Your conclusion is not valid. All animals have unique intellectual abilities...just not the abilities we have. Also, there are many more physical factors to consider than brain weight and size when evaluating the human brain. Take a philosophy 101 course (introductory logic) and then we'll talk.


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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808266 - 07/01/06 12:18 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)



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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808269 - 07/01/06 12:19 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

There are too many unkown variables, of which a soul could be one. :smirk:


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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808278 - 07/01/06 12:21 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Yes, there are, but a variable would have to be measurable to be considered a factor.


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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808284 - 07/01/06 12:22 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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Your conclusion is not valid. All animals have unique intellectual abilities...just not the abilities we have. Also, there are many more physical factors to consider than brain weight and size when evaluating the human brain. Take a philosophy 101 course (introductory logic) and then we'll talk.




Please expand. What unique intellectual abilities do animals have that we don't? Also, what other physical factors of the brain do you mean?

P.S. did take phil 101

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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808286 - 07/01/06 12:22 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

My whole point is that it is more productive focusing on something that has practical value than something that does not.


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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808290 - 07/01/06 12:24 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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My whole point is that it is more productive focusing on something that has practical value than something that does not.




And you believe that our souls have no practical value?

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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
    #5808293 - 07/01/06 12:24 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Did you learn deductive logic...I think that you missed that one or you would not be beating your dead horse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_reasoning


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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
    #5808299 - 07/01/06 12:25 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

"And you believe that our souls have no practical value? "

Not if it cannot be measured as a variable in our lives.


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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808313 - 07/01/06 12:27 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

how can we ever discover that which lies in the metaphysical realm if we always only study the measurable quantities of our physical reality?


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Re: On human souls [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #5808350 - 07/01/06 12:35 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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"And you believe that our souls have no practical value? "

Not if it cannot be measured as a variable in our lives.




I guess this is where you and I will have to agree to disagree...

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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
    #5808452 - 07/01/06 01:00 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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how can we ever discover that which lies in the metaphysical realm if we always only study the measurable quantities of our physical reality?




Tell me about this metaphysical realm. How do you know it exists? What is it? etc etc.


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Re: On human souls [Re: dblaney]
    #5808471 - 07/01/06 01:06 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

experience  :levitate:  :mushroom2:


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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
    #5808474 - 07/01/06 01:06 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

difficult to describe


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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
    #5808485 - 07/01/06 01:09 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

There are many people who claim to see into alternate realms. (even interact with them) I do happen to believe some of these experiences are true. But proof? None yet...

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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
    #5808490 - 07/01/06 01:10 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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experience  :levitate:  :mushroom2:




Go on...

Personal experience CAN be good evidence. However, IMO, it would have to be abundantly clear that the experience wasn't an illusion/delusion. Which means that it would have to be replicable, can't have been some tripped out hallucination, and otherwise must be substantiatable.


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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
    #5808491 - 07/01/06 01:10 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

One time me a two friends tripped together. On the come up the dog tried to hump me, so that put us (me and the dog) on uneasy terms. Anyway, once it hit, we went into a completely dark room. The damn dog had to come with us 'cause otherwise he would sit outside the door whining. As soon as we closed the door my friends each took a different corner of the room. I headed toward my corner, but something kept weaving around my feet and legs. I thought it was the dog so I kept moving trying to juke him. After about thirty seconds or so I looked over and saw that the dog was laying down by the door, (and had been the entire time), yet there was still this thing slithering around my ankles. I didn't say anything to my friends and just sat down. After the trip we were reflecting and then one of my friends mentioned that as soon as we went into the dark room, there was a snake winding around my feet. Then my other friend got all excited and said that he saw the same thing. I didn't see a snake clearly because I was looking forward trying not to bump into the wall as I tried to rid myself of this thing that was slithering around me. There was definately something there on some plane of reality that night.... :mushroom2: :eek: :mushroom2:


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Re: On human souls [Re: dblaney]
    #5808511 - 07/01/06 01:14 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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dblaney said:
Quote:

SoY said:
experience  :levitate:  :mushroom2:




Go on...

Personal experience CAN be good evidence. However, IMO, it would have to be abundantly clear that the experience wasn't an illusion/delusion. Which means that it would have to be replicable, can't have been some tripped out hallucination, and otherwise must be substantiatable.




Even if somebody claims to have consistant personal experiences, how could it be become persuasive?  Would it have to be a controlled experiment?  A very interesting thought.

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