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I'm with you regarding opinion on consciousness, but do you think it would be 'better' if there were no dualists and no dualist essays and ideas? Because I har
by yreg 8d ago
I'm with you regarding opinion on consciousness, but do you think it would be 'better' if there were no dualists and no dualist essays and ideas?
Because I hardly think so.
This is not like alternative medicine where there is harm for people who don't follow the mainstream. And I stress again that Penrose (in the interviews I saw) doesn't actually claim that he absolutely has to be right.
- thrance 8d ago> do you think it would be 'better' if there were no dualists and no dualist essays and ideas? No of course not, people should be free to discuss and believe in dualism. What I find regrettable, is how often Penrose's name is invoked in an appeal to authority, as if his past (and very valuable) contributions to physics were enough to make him right on everything, including this subject. Ultimately, I believe dualism is wrong, and I believe I have good reasons to think so. My previous comment was simply my attempt at deconstructing Penrose's argument, participating in the ever-ongoing popular debate.
- yreg 8d agoFair enough, I can see that.
- jacquesm 8d ago> My previous comment was simply my attempt at deconstructing Penrose's argument, participating in the ever-ongoing popular debate. That may be so, but just the mention of Penrose's name in the context of something else caused you to start a whole subthread that had nothing to do with the subject.
- thrance 8d agoIt was not "just the mention of Penrose's name", it was this comment specifically: > "Any explanation by Roger Penrose is bound to be good" Is something wrong with my original comment?