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Old 06-11-2008, 08:21 PM
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Paul C. Anagnostopoulos is offline
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Originally Posted by Open Mind
While one can understand how a broken ankle could trip a horse, explanations of consciousness, dreams or hallucinations have no working explanation. So I don't think Occams Razor can be used, it is useful to choose the least complex theory but since no one knows how to model these, one cannot argue a brain model version is simpler or even practical from only raw material via natural selection alone.
I'm not invoking Occam. Science simply assumes a naturalistic explanation because no one can even explain what a supernatural explanation would be like, let alone propose one. There is no way for science to work other than by assuming naturalistic explanations.

I agree it's too early for Occam, since no one has a working model of consciousness.

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Quantum Zeno effect?
I have no idea.

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