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[Louie Dawgs]

I have no clue what that meant either.

http://www.letsbeef.com/battle_detai...n=tb&id=429561

[Louie Dawgs]

I have no clue what that meant either.

http://www.letsbeef.com/battle_detai...n=tb&id=429561

You know what I think the soul is, Ad?

I sort of share the same premise as Daniel Dennet, he said something along the lines of: "yes I have a soul, but it's lots of tiny robots." Which he further elaborated on, in which he stated that those tiny robots were in fact neurons in the brain. I feel as though this extends to include not just the neurons at work in our mind which fire between neuro transmitters causing our spatial memory to appear as though it's some hologram in our minds, while it's being imprinted there to recall later, but all chemicals that our at work in our minds, incuding seratonin, and dopamine, and acetylcholorine, which I think I may have misremembered the name of. And etc.

You know what I think the soul is, Ad?

I sort of share the same premise as Daniel Dennet, he said something along the lines of: "yes I have a soul, but it's lots of tiny robots." Which he further elaborated on, in which he stated that those tiny robots were in fact neurons in the brain. I feel as though this extends to include not just the neurons at work in our mind which fire between neuro transmitters causing our spatial memory to appear as though it's some hologram in our minds, while it's being imprinted there to recall later, but all chemicals that our at work in our minds, incuding seratonin, and dopamine, and acetylcholorine, which I think I may have misremembered the name of. And etc.

[Louie Dawgs]

Originally Posted by BL_NK

You know what I think the soul is, Ad?

I sort of share the same premise as Daniel Dennet, he said something along the lines of: "yes I have a soul, but it's lots of tiny robots." Which he further elaborated on, in which he stated that those tiny robots were in fact neurons in the brain. I feel as though this extends to include not just the neurons at work in our mind which fire between neuro transmitters causing our spatial memory to appear as though it's some hologram in our minds, while it's being imprinted there to recall later, but all chemicals that our at work in our minds, incuding seratonin, and dopamine, and acetylcholorine, which I think I may have misremembered the name of. And etc.

wait, so hes saying that his soul is just his brain???

So your soul is a bunch of chemical compounds and reactions?

I don't understand his conception of the soul, I've always consider it something that stretched beyond the measurable.

And I don't believe in the soul.

[Louie Dawgs]

Originally Posted by BL_NK

You know what I think the soul is, Ad?

I sort of share the same premise as Daniel Dennet, he said something along the lines of: "yes I have a soul, but it's lots of tiny robots." Which he further elaborated on, in which he stated that those tiny robots were in fact neurons in the brain. I feel as though this extends to include not just the neurons at work in our mind which fire between neuro transmitters causing our spatial memory to appear as though it's some hologram in our minds, while it's being imprinted there to recall later, but all chemicals that our at work in our minds, incuding seratonin, and dopamine, and acetylcholorine, which I think I may have misremembered the name of. And etc.

wait, so hes saying that his soul is just his brain???

So your soul is a bunch of chemical compounds and reactions?

I don't understand his conception of the soul, I've always consider it something that stretched beyond the measurable.

And I don't believe in the soul.

His concept of the soul was the ability to reason, and evaluate our actions, as well as to look beyond ourselves into the future, to plan, etc. And all of those capacities are that of the mind, which is, what I would imagine to be, as well as presume his own stance on the matter to be of the construct of the chemical reactions in our brain.

Most people consider the soul to deal with less concrete things metaphysically they approach it as a reasonable explanation for emotions, but those very same human emotions are again, linked to the chemical reactions constantly happening in our brains.

His concept of the soul was the ability to reason, and evaluate our actions, as well as to look beyond ourselves into the future, to plan, etc. And all of those capacities are that of the mind, which is, what I would imagine to be, as well as presume his own stance on the matter to be of the construct of the chemical reactions in our brain.

Most people consider the soul to deal with less concrete things metaphysically they approach it as a reasonable explanation for emotions, but those very same human emotions are again, linked to the chemical reactions constantly happening in our brains.

[Louie Dawgs]

Originally Posted by BL_NK

His concept of the soul was the ability to reason, and evaluate our actions, as well as to look beyond ourselves into the future, to plan, etc. And all of those capacities are that of the mind, which is, what I would imagine to be, as well as presume his own stance on the matter to be of the construct of the chemical reactions in our brain.

Most people consider the soul to deal with less concrete things metaphysically they approach it as a reasonable explanation for emotions, but those very same human emotions are again, linked to the chemical reactions constantly happening in our brains.

wait, so his "soul" is a a cerebral cortex??

I mean, he could make the argument for this, but in my mind it deters so far from the common conception of the "soul" that I almost feel it needs a different name.

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Welp, Mac Daddy gonna get killed next.

[Louie Dawgs]

Originally Posted by BL_NK

His concept of the soul was the ability to reason, and evaluate our actions, as well as to look beyond ourselves into the future, to plan, etc. And all of those capacities are that of the mind, which is, what I would imagine to be, as well as presume his own stance on the matter to be of the construct of the chemical reactions in our brain.

Most people consider the soul to deal with less concrete things metaphysically they approach it as a reasonable explanation for emotions, but those very same human emotions are again, linked to the chemical reactions constantly happening in our brains.

wait, so his "soul" is a a cerebral cortex??

I mean, he could make the argument for this, but in my mind it deters so far from the common conception of the "soul" that I almost feel it needs a different name.

---------- Post added at 04:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:24 PM ----------

Welp, Mac Daddy gonna get killed next.

I think he's placing the soul more so in the category of spatial visualization, and memory in the mind. Lol.

I think he's placing the soul more so in the category of spatial visualization, and memory in the mind. Lol.

[Louie Dawgs]

It seems like a bit of pointless assertion. I don't see why he uses the term "soul', a term which generally connotates something transcendent to the physical experience for our documented physical makeup.

I'm still trying to understand what his assumed definition of a soul is. Does he mean, "a spirtual center", the "essence of ones being", or what?

[Louie Dawgs]

It seems like a bit of pointless assertion. I don't see why he uses the term "soul', a term which generally connotates something transcendent to the physical experience for our documented physical makeup.

I'm still trying to understand what his assumed definition of a soul is. Does he mean, "a spirtual center", the "essence of ones being", or what?

Hold on, I'll show you the entire quote.

Hold on, I'll show you the entire quote.

[Louie Dawgs]

yes, preferably.

[Louie Dawgs]

yes, preferably.

“Some years ago, there was a lovely philosopher of science and journalist in Italy named Giulio Giorello, and he did an interview with me. And I don’t know if he wrote it or not, but the headline in Corriere della Sera when it was published was "Sì, abbiamo un'anima. Ma è fatta di tanti piccoli robot – "Yes, we have a soul, but it’s made of lots of tiny robots." And I thought, exactly. That’s the view. Yes, we have a soul, but in what sense? In the sense that our brains, unlike the brains even of dogs and cats and chimpanzees and dolphins, our brains have functional structures that give our brains powers that no other brains have - powers of look-ahead, primarily. We can understand our position in the world, we can see the future, we can understand where we came from. We know that we’re here. No buffalo knows it’s a buffalo, but we jolly well know that we’re members of Homo sapiens, and it’s the knowledge that we have and the can-do, our capacity to think ahead and to reflect and to evaluate and to evaluate our evaluations, and evaluate the grounds for our evaluations.

It’s this expandable capacity to represent reasons that we have that gives us a soul. But what’s it made of? It’s made of neurons. It’s made of lots of tiny robots. And we can actually explain the structure and operation of that kind of soul, whereas an eternal, immortal, immaterial soul is just a metaphysical rug under which you sweep your embarrassment for not having any explanation.”
― Daniel C. Dennett

“Some years ago, there was a lovely philosopher of science and journalist in Italy named Giulio Giorello, and he did an interview with me. And I don’t know if he wrote it or not, but the headline in Corriere della Sera when it was published was "Sì, abbiamo un'anima. Ma è fatta di tanti piccoli robot – "Yes, we have a soul, but it’s made of lots of tiny robots." And I thought, exactly. That’s the view. Yes, we have a soul, but in what sense? In the sense that our brains, unlike the brains even of dogs and cats and chimpanzees and dolphins, our brains have functional structures that give our brains powers that no other brains have - powers of look-ahead, primarily. We can understand our position in the world, we can see the future, we can understand where we came from. We know that we’re here. No buffalo knows it’s a buffalo, but we jolly well know that we’re members of Homo sapiens, and it’s the knowledge that we have and the can-do, our capacity to think ahead and to reflect and to evaluate and to evaluate our evaluations, and evaluate the grounds for our evaluations.

It’s this expandable capacity to represent reasons that we have that gives us a soul. But what’s it made of? It’s made of neurons. It’s made of lots of tiny robots. And we can actually explain the structure and operation of that kind of soul, whereas an eternal, immortal, immaterial soul is just a metaphysical rug under which you sweep your embarrassment for not having any explanation.”
― Daniel C. Dennett