MakeMeRawr_6TeenF wrote:

Well i believe so. Otherwise why would we naturally make that distinction?

Do you make that distinction?

What is the mind?

I think the mind= brain. I dont understand all those theories about the mind being separate from the body. What is that about?

Your brain is a massive clump of neurons. Surely..your thoughts and actions are generated by those neurons is what people call the mind? How can the mind be separate from the body? The mind IS in the body.

MakeMeRawr_6TeenF wrote:

Well i believe so. Otherwise why would we naturally make that distinction?

For the same reason that people feel with their heart?

s.b.f wrote:

Your brain is a massive clump of neurons. Surely..your thoughts and actions are generated by those neurons is what people call the mind? How can the mind be separate from the body? The mind IS in the body.

Thing is... this does not allow for free will. If everything is a chemical reaction or a physical interaction, then its just a fancy set of dominoes and choice is an illusion.

You wrote:

s.b.f wrote:

Your brain is a massive clump of neurons. Surely..your thoughts and actions are generated by those neurons is what people call the mind? How can the mind be separate from the body? The mind IS in the body.

Thing is... this does not allow for free will.If everything is a chemical reaction or a physical interaction, then its just a fancy set of dominoes.

What exactly doesn't allow for free will?

But in my opinion: everything is a chemical and physical interaction. Its the basis of the bigger things that happen.

MakeMeRawr_6TeenF wrote:

You wrote:

MakeMeRawr_6TeenF wrote:

Well i believe so. Otherwise why would we naturally make that distinction?

For the same reason that people feel with their heart?

Which is?

No idea. Maybe it made sense at some point and then it became a part of speech?

s.b.f wrote:

But in my opinion: everything is a chemical and physical interaction. Its the basis of the bigger things that happen.

That means that it is a biological machine - what comes out is a manipulation of what goes in. Neurones fire because another neurone fired them. the effectiveness depends on the chemical balance of the brain.

A mechanical system does not choose what to do, it just does what it is programmed to do (which is not necessarily the same as what the programmer wanted it to do.)

You wrote:

s.b.f wrote:

But in my opinion: everything is a chemical and physical interaction. Its the basis of the bigger things that happen.

That means that it is a biological machine - what comes out is a manipulation of what goes in. Neurones fire because another neurone fired them. the effectiveness depends on the chemical balance of the brain.

A mechanical system does not choose what to do, it just does what it is programmed to do (which is not necessarily the same as what the programmer wanted it to do.)

Im sorry...but what are you on about?

What is your point?

I don't really have a point other than "I have no idea how things work".

If everything was mechanical, it seems kind of tragic - everything is like a cog in a wheel and there is no choice or responsibility.

(the different chemicals in the brain would not *influence* decisions or emotions, but actually create them.)

People often compare the brain to a computer, but the difference is that a computer does not run itself and decide what to do. All that is done via inputs - programming or software in many cases with the addition of a human operator that tells it what to do.

You wrote:

I don't really have a point other than "I have no idea how things work".

If everything was mechanical, it seems kind of tragic - everything is like a cog in a wheel and there is no choice or responsibility.

(the different chemicals in the brain would not *influence* decisions or emotions, but actually create them.)

People often compare the brain to a computer, but the difference is that a computer does not run itself and decide what to do. All that is done via inputs - programming or software in many cases with the addition of a human operator that tells it what to do.

Why didn't you just say that the first time round?

The brain gets compared to a computer because its the an analagy that is easy to compare to. To make people see how the brain works. Thats about it as far as I can see. The brain created the computer.

What are your thoughts on the mind and body debate? I think its a debate nothing worth debating on.

its all linked in my mind.

as for whether its a debate worth having - philosophy is generally for the idle. People with things to do generally focus on them while others debate things that may not matter.

MakeMeRawr_6TeenF wrote:

:o OFFENDED!

Well, students (and academics) are included in that definition of idle (making it not a very good definition).

Actually I am probably wrong - people doing even menial labour tasks would need something to occupy their mind, to discuss or even give them hope.

MakeMeRawr_6TeenF wrote:

Pfft, the public just don't recognise that THE NAVIGATOR IS THE TRUE CAPTAIN ¬_¬

I don't get that. Expand?

nerd!

only a nerdgeek would add such a qualification! (to the pot kettle statement)

For all we know you wear those huge granny-glasses!

As this picture clearly shows, I don't wear flares:

which would be? Just imagine you had the chance to arrange what would be on your way out before this unexpected and totally surprising event of arson.

Or do you think you are not too beholden to some specific physical belongings?

It's a toss up between my coat or my sword. The coat is useful and it contains my wallet, but the sword has sentimental value. Honestly don't know because the truth is, I'd try to take both.

DAWUD! How did that November writing thing go for you? What did you write about?

Hey, I'm sure I've been here since November ended.

Anyway, NaNoWriMo was great, absolutely awesome. Imagine running a marathon for thirty days with 43,000 people! Well cool community.

I hit the 50,000 word target clean between the eyes a day before the deadline and it felt so good. My writing was like a Rocky movie, I started good keeping up the pressure, then halfway through week2 I hit a massive plot hole and wrote nothing for a few days. Then I started writing again in week3 and spent the next seven days chasing a 6,000 word deficit. I closed down the gap then saw it get bigger, then smaller, then bigger again and then when week4 came along I just started cranking words out and on the 29th I closed the gap and kept on going. That was my first and last 5,000 word day!

The story changed a lot too, and a minor plot device took over the whole plot. But the best thing was the community feeling, in the first two weeks you only had to say "I feel like giving up" to get 20 people screaming at you why you had to keep going. Then in the last two weeks you start to let people give up if they want to and you start kicking everyone else's backside to keep going and pick up the pace. Then in week 4 you know its you against you, and the only way to win it, is to understand that you risk loosing it by not writing one more word every time you've written all that you can write.

o did it get published on the website...must have been a great creative writing experience.

a duvet so i dont die of cold while sleeping rough, the rest is materialistic... trust in God i guess..