post #1 week 5/6 glorious piece of meat
this film can leave you in a mind trip. piece of meat is indeed refering to the brain. the question of how your brain actually functions and what is behind your functioning is purposed. to find a definite answer would be almost impossible, but the film suggests some ideas. 1- do the neurons firing within provide us with the information we know 2- does awareness precede consciouness or vice versa and how do we know. 3- is what we see through vison the trigger of our brains functioning. theses are a few of the points brought up.
at this time i personally believe that our self awareness comes to because we see through vision many aspects of life and materialism, which then triggers the brain to completely process.
post# 2 wk5/6 CRICK
crick believes that the soul is nothing more than a complex network of neurons. i do not believe this to be true. the soul is in fact something more than neurons. it is a spirit in which we take on to believe and base our actions off of. god is a spirit, soul is a spirit. they can work hand in hand if you choose to go in that path.
post #3 wk5/6 pinker
first of all i like the hair, i've always wondered how men are able to maintain long hair better than women. anyway moving on, pinkers ideas relate to evolution and how it evolution relates to human behavior. simply stated the brain must learn new things, ideas and things of that sort in order to keep up with the world around. the brain will continue to evolve as long as it is exposed to new experiences.
post # 4 wk 5/6 why i dont eat faces
i do believe that you can be healthy living a vegetarian life. if health is the sole reason of becoming a vegetarian, please by all means go for it and make sure you do your homework on getting proper nutrients. and really the same advice to those who dont lead a vegetarin life.
i do not want to put anyone down for the own reasoning, but would like to say that i believe that animals such as cows, pigs, and chickens are purposely breed for the purpose of becoming food to humans.
post # 5 wk 5/6 wilber
ken wilber introduces consciousness through a little thing called the four quadrants of the brain. the four are intentional, behavorial, cultural, and social. he argues that each of these areas provides a different type of consciousness. it takes influence from different source to be conscious in these four areas.
i do find this arguement to be relevant to consciousness. how else can we answer for the different ideas we draw up. dont we have different opinions on different matters in our life. the only thing i found wrong with the quadrant figure was that it was a bit difficult to read.
post # 6 wk 5/6 searle
the part that stood out the most for me was how we view groups. searle believes that when objects are grouped by similarity we do not see each object individually, but we do see them as a whole, the group.
searles belief of consciousness is that we are conscious throughout the day when we are aware of the happenings around us and that when we are in a state of unawareness then we are no longer conscious. i find this hard to believe beacause when we do sleep oue mind is still working. how else do you explain the movements of your body durning the night, the awareness of loud sounds in your environment.
post # 7 Wk 7 why turn vegetarian
i found that the group in this film wanted us to believe that the clips shown are the only ways animals are slaugthered. i do not believe this to be an accurate film at all. One way or another we have a soul and i do not think that a humane person would do such a thing to animals. if they were trying to pursuay me into vegetarianism this would not be the best choice. i need more reason to base my decision off of. personally, i dont like to be faced with this topic i make my decisions based on my beliefs, others on theirs. why do i have to comment on something that i dont really care to discuss. i wish to say nothing more on the matter
post #8 Wk 7 flame on
first of all the sexual orientation of these philosophers never came to my mind. it truly does not matter to how they chose live their life. it was amazing to see that over the periods of time one sexual orientation did not play a fact in their credibility, and as time time crept by it turned out that it did matter. and i do believe today that in some cases people are sought by their orientation rather than their achievements.
post # 9 wk 7 gandhi
i am going to admit now that i did not know anything about gandhi until this course. gandhi has a very interesting story behind his life. to experience marriage, having children, and to blame himself for his fathers death all within his teenage yrs is a lot for one to handle, especially in our time of life.
so gandhis main belief is in a nonviolent life. i feel that it is brave for one to even promote this type of belief. you would assume that this person believing in nonviolence would become the target of those who believe in violence as a way of living.gandhi did however make a few reasons to turn to violence.
post # 10 wk 7 eternal recurrence
this was another one of those mind tripping films. the film suggested that the cycle of life resumes itself over and over again in the same form. how do we know this is true? i guess it is just a myth. if it were true then we wouldn't be without our loved ones, they would be here with us, would'nt they? in order for a person to relive their life wouldnt everyone have to have experienced death. how else could a person the exact same life time after time.
post #11 wk 7 sam haris
in his lecture Sam Harris compares the belief of God with religions. they do seem to be two different subjects Sam Harris argues that because people of certain religions are fanatics, they promote discrimination against others and present harmful situations towards other religions. religion is something man created while god is a higher power
post# 12 wk8 dennett
i like dennett because he was very calm throughout the interview although the interviewer seemed like he wanted dennett to go back on his beliefs. at least that’s how it came across.
dennnett is a man who is part of a group who call themselves brights. People within this group believe in a natural way of doing things not supernatural or mystical. Daniel said that although he could not prove gods nonexistence or existence for that fact he however though feels very confident of gods non existence.
post #13 wk 8 Ramana
ramanas question is this, how can one's body remain while the "I" of this person be gone. at 16 ramana had already lost his father and was puzzled by this curiosity were is the "I". at this time he experienced absorption. he looked within himself to find answers of what death brought to a person. Questions filled his mind while he laid quietly not taking breaths. At the end of this process ramana was a changed person. He did not fair well in school subject, it almost seemed like he was successful being on his own.
post #14 wk 8 inner visions
we are shown a film of a man engaged in a battle, during this battle the fighthing men were reaching the point of running low on ammunition. mysteriously they fought on for three more months. and made it home alive
does this prove that their is a higher power out there to give us the strenght to provide us with the will power to move forward although times seem at a lost. i do believe that there is a god and whichever form we perceive god to be in, god is there to enrich us, to give us the strength to move forward in life.
post # 15 wk8 cusa
learned ignorance remains the thought. we are thought of as ignorant because we are satisfied with knowing little and making others believe that we do indeed have knowledge in all. why is it hard for most to admit that we know more than we actually do? i believe it has to be related to our social lives. if people actually knew that we knew nothing than we feel that we would be looked down upon. it truly seems to a case of wanting to stay within a specific social group.
post # 16 wk 8 zahir
i'm not sure if the zahir refers to something or it is the actual thing that makes one's thoughts of a specific subject reaccure endlessly whether they are asleep or awake. it is said that these thoughts can over take a person and cause them to do unjust things. i find that this is true because once a thought enters a persons mind and they can not rid the thought their actions become based from what their thought is. how though do we rid thoughts from our mind? don't thoughts become embedded into our brain, i suppose through evolution our thoughts with either change or become stronger.
post #17 wk5/6 edelman
edelman theorizes on how the brain functions.he finds that neurons control all aspects of our brain. he believes that throughout our time neurons adapt to life's surroundings. i suppose this means that as we experience new things throughout our life neurons make the adaptions not necessarily us. he mentioned that neurons dont have replicas meaning there are no two alike. i can see how this can be applied to twins, but how can that be explained when it comes to clones. i always thought clones were exact replicas of one. ah, it's the genes that are being replicated, not the neurons.
Post #18 wk5/6 reasonable logic
although the author found reason in his findings and explainations, i am having a hard time coming to conclusion of what he is trying to present to us. may i find answer in the future with further research
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