XPost: sac.politics, can.politics, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.politics.homosexu, ality   
   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 6/15/2015 1:56 PM, niunian wrote:   
      
   >>> No. Life is only biological in appearance. Consciousness as the sign of   
   >>> life is spiritual in nature.   
   >>   
   >> I do not believe that plants are conscious.   
   >   
   > A mere different level of consciousness. Nevertheless, it's still   
   > consciousness.   
      
   Your assertion is noted.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >>> It can not be detected by physical science.   
   >>   
   >> Physical science can definitely detect differences between a conscious   
   >> and an unconscious person.   
   >   
   > I don't think so. Being able to monitor the bodily function is not the   
   > same as detecting consciousness. Reproducing the bodily function   
   > certainly does not always bring back consciousness either.   
      
   How does one reproduce conscious brain activity?   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >>> To claim otherwise is to believe in ghost hunting.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> What's the problem with ghost hunting?   
   >   
   > It's defined by the scientists themselves as pseudo-science.   
   >   
      
   Only because they've done it long enough that they are satisfied that   
   there is no there, there.   
      
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