I was sent this by a friend on Reels. I wish I could send the original link but exporting from WhatsApp is a pain so I have transcribed it instead. I feel it's one of these things that really should be considered by every sentient being including those who have a faith but also those who have no faith in other words, everybody. Ed. Query: if you were the devil how would you keep people...
Philosophy
The unexpected results of buying a mower
Amazing how the mind works to bring us people we need to meet. On my social media site someone offered a self-drive petrol mower for £85. My current mower I have had for about six years now and I've abused it so much that it is finally complaining, spluttering, going at variable speeds and I suspect that if I take it back to my wonderful repair agents in Kilmersdon they will shake their heads...
A Retreat from the world
This is going to be a prelude to one heck of a big entry so In the words of Uncle Mac, the great presenter over children's BBC programs many decades ago, 'are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin'. This morning while listening to Angela Hallett playing Chopin in Radio Three I realised that the organiser had put so much love and caring into this event, almost guaranteeing, though that is a...
Am I on a Desert Island?
I have occasional chats with my friend who's busy writing a book on the effect of the soul on the body from the analytical and scientific viewpoint but of course the cell cannot be adequately contained under the remit of science and the way the word is used. Friend : Many people present themselves to us during the course of a day. The problem is we don't have the entire background story of the...
Less common words in the English Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM8xJ04j1qI I've been recommended a book by Federico Fagan called Irreducible which is about consciousness, life, computers and human nature. It is a technical and scientific work and I noticed that there are many words that although I am familiar with I have not examined them in as much depth as I could have done, so reading this book is a chance to do this ....
Artificial Intelligence vs. ‘I think, therefore I am’
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. He was born and raised in France, but traveled extensively around Europe and spent most of his working life in the Dutch Republic.[/caption] This idea of thinking about thinking came into my head about seven o'clock in the evening Friday the 13th - unlucky for some? but maybe not so. I'm trying to figure out...
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