Can we go home now please?
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In other words, you can't do any better than story-telling.Pebble wrote:but limited ability to interogate and make predictions about
logical bob wrote:I like the recognition that our subjective experiences cannot be mapped onto anything else for its acknowledgement that ultimately we are all alone, something we know from experience all too well.
Animavore wrote:'mattie'? So it's into derogatory slang now?
The immaterialist just has to explain how the immaterial interacts with the material and they've won as far as I can see.
The materialist is on a higher ground because electro-chemical reactions and biology can be explained materially.
Animavore wrote:That's my take as a curious bystander. Any immaterialist want to win me over and explain, in simple English, how the immaterial interacts with the material?
Animavore wrote:So that's a 'no' then?
It's all you had to say.
LucidFlight wrote:Animavore wrote:That's my take as a curious bystander. Any immaterialist want to win me over and explain, in simple English, how the immaterial interacts with the material?
The immaterialist might say there is no material to interact with. There is only what appears to be material. A more interesting question might be "why the material appearance?" (said in a Jokeresque "why so serious?" voice).
jamest wrote:You make it sound as though you couldn't possibly conceive of a purpose for material experience, from an idealist's perspective. Really?
jamest wrote:What happened to Jay?
Animavore wrote:I asked for a specific thing and it wasn't provided. It's no biggie. Someone may figure how the immaterial interacts with the material in the future.
LucidFlight wrote:
Jay got abducted by aliens. I'm looking after his affairs now.
jamest wrote:Jay was about to become an idealist. He was enquiring about the cost of robes, then suddenly disappeared.
jamest wrote:I suspect that you are an alien, then, impersonating him. As such, I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that saucer-shaped vehicles sock.
jamest wrote:After all, what difference does the shape of your vehicle make in empty-space?
jamest wrote:Further, your world must be shit, otherwise you wouldn't be here.
jamest wrote:Lastly, you look like a frog, you ugly git. Oh, don't bother getting ratty about any of this, or else I'll blow my bacteria on you.
Animavore wrote:'mattie'? So it's into derogatory slang now?
The immaterialist just has to explain how the immaterial interacts with the material and they've won as far as I can see.
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