XPost: talk.atheism, alt.atheism, alt.philosophy   
   From: mikegray@newsguy.com   
      
   On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:22:27 GMT, Dubh Ghall    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:30:16 -0800 (PST), Joseph Humming   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Feb 14, 11:12 pm, Dubh Ghall  wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:27:52 -0800 (PST), Joseph Humming   
   >>>   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>> >> Perhaps you would care to point out where?   
   >>>   
   >>> >I would love "to point out where"...   
   >>>   
   >>> >I believe that we are an extraordinary phenomenon, not just in nature   
   >>> >but in the universe as a whole   
   >>>   
   >>> None of that was contained in your original post.   
   >>   
   >>I resubmit the first paragraph of my initial posting:   
   >>   
   >>"We are, of course, the mind of matter. By this, I do not not mean   
   >>that   
   >>matter has a mind in our sense of the word - insofar as we have   
   >>defined, or clarified, our sense of the word. I simply mean that we   
   >>are the sole known bearers of that configuration of matter that gives   
   >>rise to the many phenomena we associate with mind."   
   >>   
   >>I think this constitutes a claim that we are an extraordinary   
   >>phenomenon, not just in nature but in the universe as a whole. Do you   
   >>not agree?   
   >>   
   >No.  It just looks like blather, to me.   
   >   
   >All you are saying is that you think we are fantastic, because our   
   >knowledge is limited   
      
   As well as being outright WRONG.   
   "... we are the sole known bearers of that configuration of matter   
   that gives rise to the many phenomena we associate with mind."   
      
   Tel that to a bonobo, a dolphin, or even your pet dog!   
      
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