Re: Peterson's Death Sentence
From: Willem (willem_at_stack.nl)
Date: 01/29/05
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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:33:11 +0000 (UTC)
John wrote:
) Frayed knot. Color is caused by an electron's dropping from one
) _discrete_ energy level to another, thus generating a photon which
) carries off that quantum of energy and vibrates at a particular
) wavelength.
And light can be colour-shifted by doppler effect in a continuous way.
The fact that light is generated only at certain wavelengths does not
mean that others cannot exist.
(nb: 'you' means Kevin, if I read this correctly.)
) Yet, in an earlier post, you stated:
)
) "Complete nonsense. We only need you be concerned about a "life" after
) it has first become *conscious*. Before something becomes conscious it
) is no more then a carrot. What *makes* a life, that needs
) consideration for its *own* sake, is a brain. Period."
)
) Which seems to indicate that you _do_ consider there to be a period
) before which consciousness occurs and a period after. Such being the
) case, then there must necessarily be a threshold between the two
) states, that threshold being when consciousness occurs.
This does not follow neccesarily.
There could also be a gradient area between the two states.
As a matter of fact, given both statements together, that *is* very
probably what he thinks.
) I don't believe you can support both viewpoints simultaneously, so
) when do you suppose you'll waffle back to your earlier so-firmly-held
) belief?
As just shown, you can most certainly support both viewpoints,
so shut up with your attitude.
SaSW, Willem
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made in the above text. For all I know I might be
drugged or something..
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