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   Message 212,772 of 213,516   
   Kelsey Bjarnason to Dale   
   Re: definition of sentience   
   04 Jun 16 21:57:51   
   
   XPost: alt.atheism, alt.talk.creationism, sci.skeptic   
   XPost: alt.philosophy   
   From: kbjarnason@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 12:57:04 -0400, Dale wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 16:49:38 -0700, Kelsey Bjarnason   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:49:34 -0400, Dale wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> falls under the category that materialism and empiricism might not be   
   >>> able to have a "theory of everything" and that a "theory of anything"   
   >>> and spiritual essence might be necessary to explain the experience of   
   >>> sentience   
   >>   
   >>Or, we might require a theory explaining why jelly beans cause   
   >>everything else to exist.  If you're going to throw out random nonsense,   
   >>everyone else is allowed to as well... and with just as much reason to   
   >>take it seriously.   
   >>   
   >>"Spiritual essence".  Right...   
   >>   
   >>   
   > I said "might" ...   
      
   So did I.  I just did it in a vastly more meaningful fashion than you did.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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