@Terren. What is the common-sense notion of existence ?

On Monday, 6 January 2025 at 20:00:52 UTC+2 Terren Suydam wrote:

> We can just use the common-sense notion of existence. Given alternative 
> theories of reality, one in which consciousness is all that exists, and one 
> in which consciousness arises from a more fundamental ontology 
> (matter/energy), are you saying it's possible to prove that one of those is 
> true?
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> @Terren. I repeat: Define "to exist"! Otherwise, what are we even talking 
>> about ? Mumbo-jumbo ?
>>
>> On Monday, 6 January 2025 at 17:47:49 UTC+2 Terren Suydam wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not asking you to prove that nothing besides consciousness exists. 
>>> I'm waiting for you to admit that such a proof is impossible.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> @Terren. Prove what if we didn't even define our terms ? Define "to 
>>>> exist" and then ask me to prove that nothing else besides consciousness 
>>>> exists!
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, 6 January 2025 at 16:48:23 UTC+2 Terren Suydam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm the one that raised this line of questioning about metaphysics and 
>>>>> proof, because you said you admit everything, and I'm challenging that. 
>>>>> You 
>>>>> are changing the subject.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> @Terren. Why do you avoid the question ? I asked you a simple 
>>>>>> question: Define "to exist"! Otherwise, what are we even talking about ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, 6 January 2025 at 16:27:06 UTC+2 Terren Suydam wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you're not aware of what you can and cannot prove, your logic is 
>>>>>>> going to be flawed, or worse, you will sound like a religious nut.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> @Terren. Is not a matter of proving. Is a matter of you becoming 
>>>>>>>> conscious of consciousness. Is a matter of you properly understanding 
>>>>>>>> what 
>>>>>>>> the concepts involved mean. For example, in your understanding, what 
>>>>>>>> does 
>>>>>>>> "to exist" mean ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, 6 January 2025 at 16:17:57 UTC+2 Terren Suydam wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Believe it or not, I'm sympathetic to that kind of theory of 
>>>>>>>>> reality. It's not far from what I personally believe.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But at the end of the day, you cannot prove it. Can you admit that?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> @Terren. You don't understand what you are. You are God. Once you 
>>>>>>>>>> understand why you are God, you also understand why only you exists. 
>>>>>>>>>> It has 
>>>>>>>>>> to do with what "to exist" means. "To exists" means to have 
>>>>>>>>>> form/meaning/quality. As such, only qualia exist, because "qualia" 
>>>>>>>>>> is just 
>>>>>>>>>> a synonymous for "existence". And qualia are the way in which you as 
>>>>>>>>>> God 
>>>>>>>>>> understand yourself. That's what reality is: is the process through 
>>>>>>>>>> which 
>>>>>>>>>> God knows itself. As such, there can be nothing else.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 6 January 2025 at 16:06:45 UTC+2 Terren Suydam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I exist, consciousness exists. There's no question about that, 
>>>>>>>>>>> for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What is unprovable is the claim "nothing else exists except 
>>>>>>>>>>> consciousness". 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything 
>>>>>>>>>>> List <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> @Terren. So you're not sure if you exist ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 6 January 2025 at 03:07:17 UTC+2 Terren Suydam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The claim that "consciousness is all that exists" is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> metaphysics. You cannot prove that, but that doesn't stop you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> from saying 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> things like "energy doesn't exist" as if it were a fact. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The ultimate nature of reality is a mystery. I don't put much 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stock in people who speak in certainties about such things.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> List <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Terren. What metaphysics ? Your existence is metaphysics ? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or is a matter of obvious fact ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 5 January 2025 at 19:18:21 UTC+2 Terren Suydam 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prove that you admit everything. Admit that your assertion 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that *consciousness is all that exists* is metaphysical - 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it cannot be proved. The same is true of the claim that matter 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and energy 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are all that exists. Both are metaphysical statements.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM 'Cosmin Visan' via 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything List <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I always admit everything. It seems to you that I don't 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because I keep saying "Consciousness is all there is". While 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that sentence 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is true, so while that proves with 100% certainty that there 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is no matter, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it still doesn't give the full details of consciousness.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 5 January 2025 at 18:21:13 UTC+2 Terren Suydam 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think that's the first time you've ever admitted you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't understand something fully. I recommend you keep going 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> direction.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything List <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I also said: "if we were to understand consciousness 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fully, then we will know for sure what to expect after 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> death." As of today, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we don't understand consciousness fully.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 5 January 2025 at 16:54:49 UTC+2 Terren Suydam 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When you said this: "And in case we would expect 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happiness, then we will even stop finding any cure for 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cancer. We will 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> celebrate cancer."  So instead of celebrating cancer, why 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not skip the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> painful parts?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 3:29:59 PM UTC-5 Cosmin 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Visan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Where did I say that the next life will be better ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 22:09:01 UTC+2 Terren 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Suydam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Serious question - what's stopping you from killing 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yourself and speeding up the transition to happiness?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM 'Cosmin Visan' via 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything List <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm millionaire, why would I need a job ? Also, if we 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were to understand consciousness fully, then we will 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know for sure what to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> expect after death. And in case we would expect 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happiness, then we will 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even stop finding any cure for cancer. We will celebrate 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cancer. All of our 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> current decisions are made based on incomplete knowledge 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the truth. As 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> such, we make the decisions based on what we imagine 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reality to be, not on 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what it actually is.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 21:37:03 UTC+2 Alan 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grayson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 12:30:07 PM UTC-7 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cosmin Visan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It depends what kind of person you are. If you are a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> depressed person, curing you of cancer will not do any 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> good. On the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> contrary, if you would have died you would havd gotten 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a chance at 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happiness in the next life.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *You have to be right. Stop your BS, assuming you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know more than you actually do, or get a job, or 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jerkoff, but no more of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your stupidity. AG *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 21:06:51 UTC+2 Alan 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grayson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 11:27:28 AM UTC-7 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cosmin Visan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just opened a topic a while back about the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> definition of the word "useful" that you keep abusing. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's remind you:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Useful = whatever increases happiness.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Useless = whatever doesn't increase happiness.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My philosophy, I guarantee you 100%, increases 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happiness, so is useful.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Getting cured of cancer might still let you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> depressed, so cancer cure is useless.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *You can't be very conscious and make such a hugely 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stupid comment. Don't ya think that being cured of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cancer is immensely 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happier than succumbing to it? AG*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 19:59:29 UTC+2 Alan 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grayson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:44:42 AM UTC-7 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alan Grayson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 9:53:59 AM UTC-7 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cosmin Visan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How do you expect you can properly fix a car if you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't know how it function ? You just do guesswork, you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> give it a few kicks 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and maybe it starts. This is how present-day science 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> works given that it 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't work based on fundamentals, namely based on the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> working of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> consciousness. Sure, you can keep doing research this 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way: kick it till it 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> works. And you might save a few lives. But if you were 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start from 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fundamentals, then you would know exactly what you were 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doing and you will 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> save 8 billion lives. Not that it would matter at that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> point, given that at 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that level of development we will manipulate 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> consciousness to such a degree 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that we will not even need bodies anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *About 60 years ago I met a fellow with your 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> philosophy, a Master of Yoga, an adept at "Traditional 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Science", author of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> several books, who claimed with great authority that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the problem of cancer 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had been "solved". He never got cancer but died of a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> heart failure around 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> age 80 in 2008. AG*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *My point is that people with your philosophy often 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make huge claims, with rarely anything practical 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> forthcoming. For example, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> during the Covid pandemic, a company named Moderna 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> produced a vaccine in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> record time, using knowledge of DNA, viruses, etc. They 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't have done 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that without the discovery of DNA, which no doubt 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> required by the invention 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the Electron Microscope. Talk is cheap. We can do 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> great things in the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> absence of your vague philosophy. Can you actually DO 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something useful, or 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is it all talk? AG *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 17:17:26 UTC+2 Alan 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grayson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 8:11:38 AM UTC-7 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cosmin Visan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Alan. You can do cancer research. But since that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> research is not based on fundamental ideas about 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reality, it will be just 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> guesswork: Just try 1000 different drugs and cross 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fingers that one might 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work. Instead, if people would actually understand 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> consciousness, they 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would cure cancer in 1 week.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *I might believe that if you were able to contribute 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ANYTHING to ANY problem discussed here. All I read are 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> grandiose claims 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with nothing practical forthcoming. AG*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 17:08:48 UTC+2 Alan 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grayson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 8:01:18 AM UTC-7 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cosmin Visan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can continue cancer research. But is just like 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> playing World of Warcraft in order to get the legendary 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gear.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *If you get cancer, which is not my wish, you can 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tell your doctor that the pain and suffering is purely 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> imaginary, not to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mention the possible early termination of your life. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now, do us all a favor 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and cease posting like a fool. AG *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 16:48:23 UTC+2 John 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clark wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *You didn't answer my question. Should cancer 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> research be stopped, and if not why not? *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything List <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You make the classical confusion between 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> epistemology and ontology. Only because you can watch a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> movie with 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spider-Man (epistemology), it doesn't follow that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spider-Man exists 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (ontology).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 15:39:31 UTC+2 John 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clark wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything List <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *>>the question of list moderation would not be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relevant at this time if one very recent list member 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't think page 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after page of nothing but "(:>)" characters was an 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> intelligent rebuttal, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and ALL scientific questions of the form "what is the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nature of X?" can be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> answered by simply saying "X does not exist".*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *> Of course, given that consciousness is all there 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is. Why would you waste time talking about things that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't exist ?*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *So there's no point in doing cancer research 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because cancer does not exist? Do I have that right?  *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * John K Clark    See what's on my new list 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at  Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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