@SamHarrisOrg It seems to me that with mind/body dualism dismantled, people fall back on an awkward, untenable 'you/biochemistry' dualism.
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale it seems there is an epistemic problem that arises with the puppet. If puppet, how knowledge? -
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale what caused you to say memory? -
@Chriscrasscross@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale What is knowledge without memory? -
@atheist_zen was the cause of your question a true belief? How could you know that for sure? All thoughts are effects of prior condition.
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@Chriscrasscross Yes thoughts are causally manifested. "Prior" suggests a confusion about the nature of time. See: https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/d5d3dc850933 … -
@atheist_zen obfuscation.
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale We aren't biochemical puppets. Puppetry suggests the existence of a puppeteer. We are biochemical. That's allThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Why notm for example, "biochemical agent"?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Don't quite understand - do you say that all our behaviour is authored by an unconscious mechanism?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg It's funny, but the puppet thing doesn't bug me. I find it a relief when bad things happen. Kinda' like, it is what it is.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Others are puppets of fantasy driven by absolutism and false beliefs.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale It's also largely, if not wholly, a pedantic distinction without a real difference -- an illusory delusion.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale Unfortunately, I think if you cleave the two, you're minimally too clever by half, perhaps even disingenuous.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@paulbloomatyale ...and some puppets are 'free market' (feudal) capitalists.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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