From: "Louis Newstrom" <newsnewstrom@home.com>
> If someone thinks that a "mind"
> is a physical object with weight, then weighing dead bodies is an excellent
> test. Sounds like a sound hypothesis, that makes a prediction, which can
> then be tested as true or false.
Good. Since bodies do not actually lose weight at the moment of death, that
should help to put the "mind" hypothesis to rest (at least for people who
entertain the notion that a "mind" is a physical object with weight). This
"mind" thing sounds suspiciously like a surreptitious attempt to re-introduce
the "soul" by substituting another name for that kind of bunk.
--- --- --- --- ---
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment, malevolent AI,
non-sensory experience, SETI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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