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Skribent: Anonym
Emne: Re: Angst – Tro – Håb – Kærlighed
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Hej Arne
Her er endnu et citat af Sam Harris. Jeg skrev til dig for længe siden (det var ikke mig, der svarede Simon).
And, unlike many neuroscientists and philosophers, I remain agnostic on the question of how consciousness is related to the physical world. There are, of course, very good reasons to believe that it is an emergent property of brain activity, just as the rest of the human mind obviously is. But we know nothing about how such a miracle of emergence might occur. And if consciousness were, in fact, irreducible—or even separable from the brain in a way that would give comfort to Saint Augustine—my worldview would not be overturned. I know that we do not understand consciousness, and nothing that I think I know about the cosmos, or about the patent falsity of most religious beliefs, requires that I deny this. So, although I am an atheist who can be expected to be unforgiving of religious dogma, I am not reflexively hostile to claims of the sort Alexander has made. In principle, my mind is open. (It really is.)
(Jeg har fremhævet).
Hvordan kan det være, at Simon beskylder dig for religiøs tanke og tale, når du udelukkende italesætter vores uvidenhed som enhver seriøs videnskabsmand og filosof? Jeg ville egentlig have spurgt Simon, men efter at have fulgt jeres dialog gennem længere tid, vælger jeg ikke at tale med ham, da jeg ser, at det ikke nytter spor.
Jeg ser til gengæld, at din tanke og tale lægger sig nært op ad Harris'. Du bruger ordet mirakel, du forholder dig agnostisk, og så vidt jeg ved, er du også kritisk over for de etablerede religioner i deres dogmatiske form.
Et spørgsmål: Er I virkelig kun to debattører?
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