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paxxx17 t1_jay3tn5 wrote
Reply to Žižek Has Lost the Plot by elimial
Reading this reminded me of reading critiques of Spinoza and Voltaire by their contemporaries
paxxx17 t1_ja9lnwy wrote
Reply to comment by MrGurabo in AI cannot achieve consciousness without a body. by seethehappymoron
It's our reminder here that we are not alone
paxxx17 t1_irmtpmv wrote
Reply to comment by Devout--Atheist in Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality by ADefiniteDescription
If it's me whom you're asking:
Yesterday, while trying to find her article about panpsychism, I stumbled upon this podcast. It explains the problems I had with her article a lot more concisely than I ever could (after all, the guy's a philosopher and I'm a physicist), so check it out if you're curious (fully recommend, it's an amazing video). https://youtu.be/BUIWW_2afBU
paxxx17 t1_irjvxct wrote
Reply to comment by newyne in Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality by ADefiniteDescription
I don't remember details nor where I watched it anymore, but as far I remember, she was "debunking" panpsychism with some arguments which were showing that she doesn't understand what panpsychism is claiming in the first place. Something along the lines of, electrons cannot make conscious decisions therefore they cannot be conscious
EDIT: ok, here is her post. A load of bullcrap:
backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/01/electrons-dont-think.html
paxxx17 t1_irjvg87 wrote
Reply to comment by htbav in Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality by ADefiniteDescription
I'm not in that field so I wouldn't know. I do see she's got an h-index of 31, which is not bad, to say the least. Do you have some more info?
paxxx17 t1_irj8di0 wrote
Reply to comment by Leemour in Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality by ADefiniteDescription
She's cool, but she seems a bit arrogant at times and has some really iffy takes on panpsychism
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Reply to comment by apuma in Žižek Has Lost the Plot by elimial
People were a priori against the conclusions of his arguments so they couldn't bring themselves to understand his arguments, but nevertheless they criticized the arguments, mostly missing the point