tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post2606474530403453853..comments2023-05-07T18:48:51.835+03:00Comments on CRISPost: Free will and the BrainCrisPosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-59302974071686605272011-12-01T19:42:32.264+02:002011-12-01T19:42:32.264+02:00@skakos
"Can" has two different meaning...@skakos<br /><br />"Can" has two different meanings. You are certainly allowed to. Whether you are able to, is an entirely different matter... And whether you are able to improve on the results given by the current starting point, that is an entirely different matter still.CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-57445476184927228072011-11-20T14:15:53.332+02:002011-11-20T14:15:53.332+02:00Indeed... And the most important thing of all is t...Indeed... And the most important thing of all is to always remember that at any point in time (if that thing exists... hehe), you can go back and start all over again from a new starting point...Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-45225103749245221282011-11-17T10:45:38.794+02:002011-11-17T10:45:38.794+02:00@zoomicon Quite right!
@skakos What is a dogma an...@zoomicon Quite right!<br /><br />@skakos What is a dogma and how does it differ from an axiom is another interesting conversation! Irrespective of whether it's about dogmas or axioms, you always have to start from somewhere...CrisPosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235297221162707450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-42123533423283961062011-11-15T22:25:27.377+02:002011-11-15T22:25:27.377+02:00We feel we have free will but we "have to get...We feel we have free will but we "have to get over the idea that we have no free will" and then we will "understand"? Having your dogmas as a starting point is always too easy...Spyridon Kakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084446078067279374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492557240579506968.post-85578089459412846322011-11-15T18:28:15.852+02:002011-11-15T18:28:15.852+02:00even though an ancient Greek astronomer/mathematit...even though an ancient Greek astronomer/mathematitian Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth with amazing accuracy (using the shadow of a column and a well [when sun appears at the water of the well it's mid-day]), people in the middle ages kept on believing the earth was flatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com