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Actually, the brain does generate electrical signals. The human body, if I recall correctly, runs on roughly the same amount of electricity as a 60 watt lightbulb.
Incandescent probably.
Better ban them then. Or has the brain already been banned? Sometimes it seems to have been. The good news may be that if one refuses to use one's brain for anything other than storing information about celebrities' lifestyles it might not take all that much carbon emitting energy so the carbon footprint of humanity may be dropping precipitously in terms of usage involving the brain.
You don’t think that is the slightest bit persuasive?
-_- most of the brain is continuously active
You say that we die and pass into non existence, and NOTHING MATTERS.
Maybe your right, maybe Im right.
Why are you so resolute that you are right?
Dont you at least hope that you are wrong?
Activity is not synonymous with utility.
PsychoSarah said:People really need to look up your religion icon. You get mistaken for an atheist so much.
My point was thinking less wouldn't equate to any notable difference in energy use.
You did not think that my point was actually that it would did you? If so, I must be a much worse communicator than I think I am. You did get what I was actually expressing about the way people use their brains didn't you? Don't tell me I have to explain it, Please don't tell me that!
Non-believer equals atheist to so many of these people. They can't fathom that the god they worship is vile compared to what modern humanity could conceive of a divine being.
Non-believer equals atheist to so many of these people. They can't fathom that the god they worship is vile compared to what modern humanity could conceive of a divine being.
My personal view of the "why is there something rather than nothing?" question is that it cannot be answered.
I don't mean that we don't know the answer, and therefore can't answer the question. I'm saying that the question itself is faulty.
If one asks why A exists, one is asking for some existing cause and conditions from which A emerges. When one knows the existence of the right cause and conditions, one can provide an explanation for the existence of A. One can answer the why.
The problem is that when asking why is there something rather than nothing at all, it becomes impossible to answer that why. There is no cause or condition that is not itself something, and something cannot explain why there is something rather than nothing at all, because one must now explain the prior something.
In other words, if B must explain A, then one can't answer the question why is there something rather than nothing, because A (any something) must be explained by some B (which is also a something). Now one must explain B in terms of some C in order to explain the something of B. And on it goes into infinity. At no point does one get an explanation of why there is something rather than nothing.
So, all one can do is accept that there is something rather than nothing, and that there is no possible answer to that question.
eudaimonia,
Mark
PsychoSarah said:I can't fathom why you disliking said deity is a reason not to believe it exists. True, it is a reason not to want to worship it, but I dislike many things I know are real.
grapsing after the wind said:What could be more vile than a god that creates a universe and leaves its inhabitants alone to ruin themselves while that god amuses itself with other things? I can't think of anything more vile myself other than what modern humanity might decide to come up with as a divine being.
Done222 said:Ah, the limitations of rational thought.
It seems that reality is as high above our thoughts as Heaven is above the Earth.
You're not going to apologize for publicly lying about me in a way everyone can see, are you?
My personal view of the "why is there something rather than nothing?" question is that it cannot be answered.
I don't mean that we don't know the answer, and therefore can't answer the question. I'm saying that the question itself is faulty.
If one asks why A exists, one is asking for some existing cause and conditions from which A emerges. When one knows the existence of the right cause and conditions, one can provide an explanation for the existence of A. One can answer the why.
The problem is that when asking why is there something rather than nothing at all, it becomes impossible to answer that why. There is no cause or condition that is not itself something, and something cannot explain why there is something rather than nothing at all, because one must now explain the prior something.
In other words, if B must explain A, then one can't answer the question why is there something rather than nothing, because A (any something) must be explained by some B (which is also a something). Now one must explain B in terms of some C in order to explain the something of B. And on it goes into infinity. At no point does one get an explanation of why there is something rather than nothing.
So, all one can do is accept that there is something rather than nothing, and that there is no possible answer to that question.
eudaimonia,
Mark
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