Robert Wright interviews Daniel Dennett (4 of 8)

Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death.
Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement.
Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information. He is a visiting scholar at The University of Pennsylvania and Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation.

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• consciousness
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[frilansspion]

@209Hmooblis okay fair enough. thanks for telling me.

[209Hmooblis]

@frilansspion Each year had been going by so fast and I didn't felt like I have a purpose in life. It was then that I search for whether there really is a God or not. I also pondered, if there is a God can he help me? One day I looked up in the sky in tears and pray. All I can tell you is that after that day I had experienced things in life I never did before. These experiences changed my world view.

[frilansspion]

@209Hmooblis yeah? still - what actions, what answer? an answer to what?

[209Hmooblis]

@frilansspion I apologize. I meant to say, when you're ready the answer will come.

[frilansspion]

@209Hmooblis "when you take actions the answer will come"? wha-? what action(s), what answer?

[209Hmooblis]

@frilansspion Sorry, I don't just think about stuff. I take action. When you're the answer will come.

[frilansspion]

@209Hmooblis could you stop just defaulting to "god" as an excuse not to think about stuff? you can have "faith" in what you want but you cant deny that there are systems at work in the universe and that stuff _works_ in some way or another. if this was a discussion about a painting and theyre talking about painting technique and colors, youd be saying "this guy painted it. That explains it." No it doesnt. Youre off topic.

[209Hmooblis]

@SciTechExplained God is the creator of my consciousness. Have you search for God with a sincere heart through prayer?

[SciTechExplained]

By the way, Qualia is so private, intrinsic, and ineffable that we all share IT . LMAO. I love the qualophiles' self-confidence and mutual assurance when they talk about something they define as above but feel like they all know what they are talking about.

[SciTechExplained]

@pedroamaralcouto You've started explaining consciousness by postulating the existence of Qualia. Isn't that postponing the explanation of consciousness ?