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<blockquote data-quote="Kylie" data-source="post: 73978783" data-attributes="member: 343110"><p>First of all, a question doesn't refute a point unless the answer to the question exposes a contradiction or other flaw in the issue being questions.</p><p></p><p>Okay, your two questions:</p><p></p><p>Why do you think that your brain can acquire the truth?</p><p></p><p>How can matter have intentionality?</p><p></p><p>These are the two clunkiest questions I have read for a long time, and they seem like something Deeprak Chopra would come up with.</p><p></p><p>As for the first question, I get truth by examining information and comparing it to what others have learnt of the same thing I am learning about. If the information I get is consistent with other things that I have concluded are true, I am likely to accept the new information as true as well. If it contradicts what I have previously concluded to be true, then I examine both the new information as well as the information I already have. I do this because the two in such a case cannot both be true, and I want to know where the incorrect information is. And when I have access to an expert in the field, I am inclined to accept that what they say is true when they are talking about the field they have expertise in. Is there a part of this that you disagree with?</p><p></p><p>As for the second question, I assume that you are asking how a brain made of matter can have thoughts and make decisions. I see thoughts as an emergent property of the electro-chemical interactions within our brain. Still, I really wish you would learn how to be clearer with the way you phrase questions. Next time, I'll give you Deeprak Chopra style answers when you ask me Deeprak Chopra style questions.</p><p></p><p>Now, I trust you will answer my question. Why do we have brains if they are not needed for our souls to interact with the world?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kylie, post: 73978783, member: 343110"] First of all, a question doesn't refute a point unless the answer to the question exposes a contradiction or other flaw in the issue being questions. Okay, your two questions: Why do you think that your brain can acquire the truth? How can matter have intentionality? These are the two clunkiest questions I have read for a long time, and they seem like something Deeprak Chopra would come up with. As for the first question, I get truth by examining information and comparing it to what others have learnt of the same thing I am learning about. If the information I get is consistent with other things that I have concluded are true, I am likely to accept the new information as true as well. If it contradicts what I have previously concluded to be true, then I examine both the new information as well as the information I already have. I do this because the two in such a case cannot both be true, and I want to know where the incorrect information is. And when I have access to an expert in the field, I am inclined to accept that what they say is true when they are talking about the field they have expertise in. Is there a part of this that you disagree with? As for the second question, I assume that you are asking how a brain made of matter can have thoughts and make decisions. I see thoughts as an emergent property of the electro-chemical interactions within our brain. Still, I really wish you would learn how to be clearer with the way you phrase questions. Next time, I'll give you Deeprak Chopra style answers when you ask me Deeprak Chopra style questions. Now, I trust you will answer my question. Why do we have brains if they are not needed for our souls to interact with the world? [/QUOTE]
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