Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world-biocentrism-revolves around the way a subjective experience, which we call consciousness, relates to a physical process. It is a vast mystery and one that I have pursued my entire life.I felt profoundly connected to ( Read more... )

I've had a renewed interest in Philosophy of Mind lately and have been searching for some blogs dedicated to the subject. I found this post the other day, and thought I would share it ( Read more... )

Read this.

Not sure I agree with the part about the world already being saturated with meaningfulness, but I wholeheartedly agree with the relationship between motivation and conception.

This is why I'm not "normal" :-p

The farther out you peer into the universe, the further back in time. . . perhaps the "edge" of the universe, is really the center ( Read more... )

Hey, prayer works here. The description of utility within the game was rather metaphoric . . . I laughed ( Read more... )

Check out this Poll over at libertarianism. I don't think there is a convenient "one size fits all" answer, and in fact, I suspect the poll highlights stereotypical thinking with regard to being rich/poor . . . with a very false dilemma sort of reasoning ( Read more... )

Why I Am Agnostic from Freethought News. Lengthy, but worth every word ( Read more... )

Read a great book this weekend - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The main character has Asperger's Syndrome and it's quite interesting to see him interact with the world without all the pretense and emotional baggage. . . with this character, the internal dialog is not hidden. Understanding this, you are never caught off-guard ( Read more... )

Nearly 20 years ago, I played my first computer RPG - Ultima IV and was instantly hooked. That was the first time I ever experienced the sense of "being there" like is common with totally becoming immersed in a good book. I was completely captivated by the rpg experience, but it was this particular rpg's central quest that made the experience all ( Read more... )

Hey zombies, check this out, then get your brains here.

Mmmmm, brains.


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