More "you are not your brain"

Tim Craig

And you don't have a brain so what's your point?

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Ilion

Tim Craig wrote:

And you don't have a brain so what's your point?

And you appear to not have a mind. But since the point is your head, I suppose it's OK that you are determined to be mindless.

Lost User

Shrill anti-science moron feebly attempts to undermine modern neuroscience by citing an opinion piece claiming the historical conclusions of a hundred year old case report might be controversial.

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Ilion

Fisticuffs wrote:

Shrill anti-science moron feebly attempts to undermine modern neuroscience by citing an opinion piece claiming the historical conclusions of a hundred year old case report might be controversial.

And you're an anti-rational fool who chooses not to reason logically. Also, this "science" thingie you worship isn't even about truth in the first place.

soap brain

Personality and behavioural change after severe blunt head injury--a relative's view.[^] A model of personality change after traumatic brain injury and the development of the Brain Injury Personality Scales[^] The Phenomenology of Personality Change Due to Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents [^] Social cognitive factors in brain injury-associated personality change.[^] Personality change after severe head injury.[^] Personality change following head injury: assessment with the NEO Five-Factor Inventory.[^] Mood change following left hemispheric brain injury[^]

Tim Craig

Ilíon wrote:

And you're an anti-rational fool who chooses not to reason logically

You couldn't find reason and logic if they were stuck to your ass. In fact, you couldn't even empty a boot full of piss if the instructions were taped to bottom.

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Lost User

Ilíon wrote:

this "science" thingie you worship

Unlike you, we do not worship the anthropomorphism of an abstract concept.

Ilíon wrote:

isn't even about truth in the first place

Well, you've grasped that much, well done. (But try not to sound so petulant.)

Bob Emmett

Ilion

Bob Emmett wrote:

Well, you've grasped that much, well done.

When are you going to grasp it?

soap brain

By the way, I would strongly advise you to not ignore the papers I linked to.

Oakman

so much for "try," eh, grasshopper?

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

soap brain

There are other people that would be interested in them.

Oakman

do or not do, there is no try - and no explanation.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

soap brain

Of course there is a 'try'. What kind of argument is that? In fact, trying invariably leads to doing or not doing. And there is always an explanation. It just depends on whether you want to hear it, and whether I want to tell you. Which I don't.

Oakman

Ravel H. Joyce wrote:

What kind of argument is that?

Take it up with Yoda.

Ravel H. Joyce wrote:

And there is always an explanation

No, I am afraid that you'll find out when you grow up, that there isn't - and even when there is, no-one wants to hear it.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

soap brain

Oakman wrote:

Take it up with Yoda.

Maybe I will.

Oakman wrote:

No, I am afraid that you'll find out when you grow up, that there isn't - and even when there is, no-one wants to hear it.

There is always a reason that things happen, it's just that sometimes you have yet to find out what it is. And it depends what it is, as to whether no-one wants to hear it. I'm still trying to figure it out, but I know that I have to never tell anybody anything about me.

Rob Graham

Ravel H. Joyce wrote:

There is always a reason that things happen

Quantum mechanics suggests that your view of causality may be vastly oversimplified. ;P

soap brain

Particles? Bah! They do whatever I tell them to do, exactly as fast as I want.

Rob Graham

Last time I checked, sometimes "shit happens" no "because" required...

soap brain

Well, you should check again. There's always a 'because', you can thank the conservation laws and thermodynamics for that.

73Zeppelin

Ravel H. Joyce wrote:

There is always a reason that things happen, it's just that sometimes you have yet to find out what it is.

I have to say that Jon is right - sometimes there isn't an explanation for why things happen, as I'm sure you'll discover as you get older. It happens to be one of the more maddening aspects of the human condition. By the way - your summation function, while not continuous as written, can be made continuous.