tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post3871776218938239297..comments2023-05-07T18:48:51.835+03:00Comments on CRISPost: Christopher Hitchens: "All of Life Is A Wager"CrisPosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-66490926921214695132012-01-07T09:57:20.152+02:002012-01-07T09:57:20.152+02:00Salman Rashdie's obituary for Hitchnens.
Exc...Salman Rashdie's obituary for Hitchnens. <br /><br />Excellent and moving!<br /><br />http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/02/rushdie-on-hitchens-201202?fb_ref=social_fblike&fb_source=profile_onelineCrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-79659942287372791702011-12-27T00:52:52.633+02:002011-12-27T00:52:52.633+02:00@Spiros Kakos
His position regarding the war in I...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />His position regarding the war in Iraq is one of the main issues I did not agree with him myself.CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-22979674721826691332011-12-26T15:51:47.794+02:002011-12-26T15:51:47.794+02:00I do not honor the man who was in favor of Iraq wa...I do not honor the man who was in favor of Iraq war. I do respect though the administrator of this Blog. :)<br /><br />PS. Even though repetition is the mother of learning...Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-77716538644942570642011-12-26T07:47:39.829+02:002011-12-26T07:47:39.829+02:00@Spiros Kakos
Hitch is well known to have been ve...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />Hitch is well known to have been very easily bored. In his honor, please let's avoid useless repetition and keep the rest of the discussion strictly about him. I am happy to discuss soul and consiousness in the relevant thread ( http://crispost.blogspot.com/2011/12/scientific-theory-of-consciense.html ) to your heart's content.<br /><br />I hope that's alrightCrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-69384769480476374672011-12-26T07:31:13.809+02:002011-12-26T07:31:13.809+02:00@Spiros Kakos
As no soul has ever been detected e...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />As no soul has ever been detected entering or leaving a human body, you "infer" these "events" by the fact that the body is alive or dead and not the other way around. Therefore your use of "alive" and "dead" is identical to mine.<br /><br />Your "pure" and "simple" point, was understood as such the first time. CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-88136122999581222442011-12-25T13:58:29.016+02:002011-12-25T13:58:29.016+02:00So "alive" and "dead" are term...So "alive" and "dead" are terms you use just like... that! Right?<br /><br />And since this is a thread concerning the death of Hitchens, my point from the beginning was pure and simple: If you can imagine someone WITHOUT a soul (which I suppose you can), then why do you feel sad that a complex set of bones and blood has stopped functioning? Do you feel the same sad when your Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-47060024289094120462011-12-25T07:30:00.683+02:002011-12-25T07:30:00.683+02:00@Spiros Kakos
We don't know yet, but it can w...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />We don't know yet, but it can well be by a process similar to the one that transforms useless car parts to a comfortable, safe, reliable and fast operational car. Or the one (and the same?) that transforms inanimate stardust to living bodies.<br /><br />Still, this post is about Hitchens' death.<br /><br />Whether we know how or not, there is no doubt that Hitch CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-456232009964333612011-12-24T20:15:04.008+02:002011-12-24T20:15:04.008+02:00We talk about consciousness. So the question could...We talk about consciousness. So the question could be something like: How can something lifeless (e.g. an atom, an electron etc) can become conscious if it is connected with other atoms / electrons.Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-4802842343557635492011-12-24T16:57:06.809+02:002011-12-24T16:57:06.809+02:00@Spiros Kakos
Seems to me like asking why a car w...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />Seems to me like asking why a car without wheels together with four separate wheels, is less than a car complete with its four wheels.<br /><br />It's so obvious it makes me think I did not understand the question.CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-81426404795244917142011-12-24T01:30:53.600+02:002011-12-24T01:30:53.600+02:00In what sense? In what way is a computer (complex ...In what sense? In what way is a computer (complex enough) more than the sum of its parts? Is it because it entails an immaterial part? (the idea which created it, the algorithms it uses etc)Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-84873694852552369282011-12-23T15:32:56.223+02:002011-12-23T15:32:56.223+02:00@Spiros Kakos
But you already know that. Complex ...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />But you already know that. Complex systems are invariably more than the sum of their parts.CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-53622821601517874412011-12-22T22:26:34.554+02:002011-12-22T22:26:34.554+02:00I would be very happy to know that we all think we...I would be very happy to know that we all think we are more than the matter from which our bodies are consisted of...Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-28944451029618517652011-12-22T16:39:49.104+02:002011-12-22T16:39:49.104+02:00@Spiros Kakos
The rephrase left the original prob...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />The rephrase left the original problem intact. Noone thinks that.CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-73006245780524021792011-12-21T13:55:53.733+02:002011-12-21T13:55:53.733+02:00Let me rephrase then: if you believe that you are ...Let me rephrase then: if you believe that you are just matter (a set of bones, blood etc) why would it matter (matter...matter, you know) that you will die? :)Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-54228116961503754932011-12-20T15:57:05.644+02:002011-12-20T15:57:05.644+02:00@Spiros Kakos
Noone thinks that, that I'm awa...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />Noone thinks that, that I'm aware of. And most certainly Hitch did not.CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-9043557760187814942011-12-18T16:02:03.433+02:002011-12-18T16:02:03.433+02:00If you think you are nothing more than a "com...If you think you are nothing more than a "complex rock", why is it so agonizing that you will die?Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-34282356805811234352011-12-17T21:16:34.532+02:002011-12-17T21:16:34.532+02:00@Spiros Kakos
Thanks to modern medicine he was sp...@Spiros Kakos<br /><br />Thanks to modern medicine he was spared, I guess, extreme physical pain, unlike martyrs of all kinds. Psycologically, on the other hand, I believe he was more courageous, yes, in the sense that he faced death without resorting to the wishfull thinking comfort of an eternally blissful afterlife.CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-88315088990685624992011-12-17T17:18:14.707+02:002011-12-17T17:18:14.707+02:00How did he face death? More courageously than a Cr...How did he face death? More courageously than a Cristian martyr for example?Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.com