The mind is the set of functional mechanisms that produces the representations that the self experiences. I think of it as an AI that runs on the brain and generates a VR that predicts sensory data (the world) and ideas about it.
Folks that seem to have turned Buddhism into something that pans put always seem to be regarded as heretics
-
-
OK. I'm happy to be a heretic on this point.
-
I think that Buddhists and Taoists should be happy with the claim that everything works according the program running on the only existing, ie physical structure of the universe. To me it would be widely opened statement enabling further thinking in every direction.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.