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Google the name Dr. Chaim Henry Tejman......
and you will run into some interesting ideas on Wave Theory that may surprise you.
No surprise here. If you read much in science fiction or mysteries, you know that some people have a gift of blending fact and fantasy to create a believable story.
Could this be a 'No TrueOr..... they had a genuine spiritual experience that to at least some degree fits with II Corinthians 12:2-4 but....... the rest of us may have difficulty admitting that they may be correct because we know that what they assert could get us disfellowshipped from at least one church, maybe two, in the next couple of months....... .much as I personally faced back in 1991.
Could this be a 'No TrueScotsmanSpiritual Experience' fallacy?
What are the criteria by which 'genuine' spiritual experiences may be distinguished from non-genuine ones?
None of the answers apply. Intelligence arose once the first organism with a brain evolved.
Cooperation among a colonial organism =/= intelligenceSince when was a "brain" required for 'intelligence'?
How brainless slime molds redefine intelligence
Cooperation among a colonial organism =/= intelligence
You use the word "choose" incorrectly. A paramecia responding to chemicals in the environment around it (response to stimuli without a nervous system using chemical receptors) isn't intelligence.The ubiquity of consciousness: The ubiquity of consciousness, cognition and intelligence in life
How exactly are you defining 'intelligence'? Even Paramecium will choose a balanced diet from an assortment of different food supplies.
You use the word "choose" incorrectly. A paramecia responding to chemicals in the environment around it (response to stimuli without a nervous system using chemical receptors) isn't intelligence.
Intelligence is the ability to process thought (problem solve) by a conscious organism
Someone equating (comparing) them to intelligence, doesn't make them intelligent.Do you have published papers to support that claim or are you just winging this as you go?
Plant intelligence
Many published papers on single celled organisms, and even plants, equate their behaviors with intelligence, including paramecium which can and do seek out a balanced diet from a range of potential food sources. You seem to be "assuming" what you wish to believe rather than pointing out any flaws in any of the published papers on this topic.
I still haven't seen you demonstrate that a brain is a requirement for "intelligence", nor have I seen your definition of intelligence.
Someone equating (comparing) them to intelligence, doesn't make them intelligent.
Pick a college biology textbook
You define "intelligence" extremely loosely it would seem. What is your definition?LOL! I often find that someone who's badly losing the debate will suggest a textbook with a handwave rather than providing specific published references. It's one of the oldest 'tricks' in the debate book.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd have to notice that single celled organisms and even plants have started to redefine the concept of "intelligence" over the past couple of decades.
You have not, nor can you demonstrate that a "brain" is a necessary requirement for "intelligence", let alone "awareness" in some primitive sense.
You define "intelligence" extremely loosely it would seem. What is your definition?
So entirely subjective. Meh.The connection between human and creator and creation is presumably something which we *all* can or might experience. Even atheists experience the awe and wonder of nature even if they don't associate it with a "spiritual" experience.
I have no direct insight into that very personal connection within others, so the only criteria that I can think of relates to something Jesus said which I have experienced to be true. Christ said that the Holy Spirit within us would testify on his behalf and I have experienced that as well. All my "spiritual experiences within have been congruent with the teachings of Christ.
I think everyone that experiences God within in very unique and individual ways, even if they don't recognize it as such.
Note that the caption for that quote indicates a novel definition of intelligence.Since when was a "brain" required for 'intelligence'?
How brainless slime molds redefine intelligence
There are many definitions of intelligence, depending on the context.I'm technically not defining it, I'm just defining it as *published papers* define it. Whatever intelligence might be, it doesn't require a brain, or even multiple cells. Apparently a single cell will suffice.
There are many definitions of intelligence, depending on the context.
It's often just used as a relative indication of greater complexity of behaviour than is usual or expected in a particular context.
Some companies claim that simple devices, like a car's climate control, 'intelligently' adjust air temperature and humidity because they sense and respond to the environment. By those criteria, a thermostat is intelligent.
I think the most interesting definition involves flexible and creative problem solving.
What intricate wiring?Considering the intricate wiring of plants, it's also getting more and more difficult to rule out a rudimentary form of intelligence among plants.
That depends on what you define intelligence to be in relevant contexts.Whatever intelligence might be, it certainly not limited to any particular need of a "brain".
There's no evidence that the universe is 'wired together' in any meaningful way, however much you wish it was.Perhaps in terms of "higher" vs. "lower" forms of intelligence, the level of circuit sophistication becomes a factor, but then what does that say about a universe that is wired together in virtually an infinite number of ways?
What intricate wiring?
That depends on what you define intelligence to be in relevant contexts.
There's no evidence that the universe is 'wired together' in any meaningful way, however much you wish it was.
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