Is human behavior biological?

1. 2018-02-17 at 4:43 PM UTC

   #41
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

   Originally posted by Captain Falcon There is no mind-body separation. It is all biological. But that doesn't mean it can't also be something else.

   
   Do you have anything in mind?
2. 2018-02-17 at 4:56 PM UTC

   #42
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Open Your Mind Do you have anything in mind?

   
   I dunno why don’t we open it and find out
3. 2018-02-17 at 4:58 PM UTC

   #43
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Open Your Mind Do you have anything in mind?

   
   Sure. Everything can be viewed on different levels. Enjoying a tasty soda is still just a chemical interaction. But doesn't mean the tastiness of the soda doesn't exist or it is t meaningful. Just because the substrate of everything is the physical doesn't mean that that's all there is to it. I could describe the act of gulping an ice cold coca cola in physical terms but that doesn't really do it justice. To write it out and read it and all its properties is still not the thing itself.
4. 2018-02-17 at 5 PM UTC

   #44
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   But the feeling of meaningfulness is just a chemical reaction as well
5. 2018-02-17 at 5:01 PM UTC

   #45
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Fox Paws But the feeling of meaningfulness is just a chemical reaction as well

   
   Of course. But that doesn't mean it can't also be something else.
6. 2018-02-17 at 5:03 PM UTC

   #46
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Captain Falcon Of course. But that doesn't mean it can't also be something else.

   
   Do you have anything in mind?
7. 2018-02-17 at 5:14 PM UTC

   #47
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

   Originally posted by Captain Falcon Sure. Everything can be viewed on different levels. Enjoying a tasty soda is still just a chemical interaction. But doesn't mean the tastiness of the soda doesn't exist or it is t meaningful.

   
   Right. I don't think anyone was saying tastiness doesn't exist or isn't meaninfull just because it can be explained as chemical interactions. But you said it could "be something else as well". Did you just mean it can be viewed on different levels? How does viewing something differently make it something else? Do you think if I view myself as "god", that I am god?
8. 2018-02-17 at 5:29 PM UTC

   #48
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Open Your Mind Right. I don't think anyone was saying tastiness doesn't exist or isn't meaninfull just because it can be explained as chemical interactions. But you said it could "be something else as well". Did you just mean it can be viewed on different levels? How does viewing something differently make it something else? Do you think if I view myself as "god", that I am god?

   
   Sure, from your point of view.
9. 2018-02-17 at 6:35 PM UTC

   #49
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

   Originally posted by Captain Falcon Sure, from your point of view.

   
   Why only from my point of view? Is "Obbe is god" any more or less a point of view than "soda is tasty" or "life is meaningful"?
10. 2018-02-17 at 6:39 PM UTC

    #50
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    Originally posted by Open Your Mind Why only from my point of view? Is "Obbe is god" any more or less a point of view than "soda is tasty" or "life is meaningful"?

    
    Not if those sentiments are from your point of view as well. From my point of view,, I don't view Obbe to be god. From my view Obbe is a stupid retard. But that's not more or less meaningful than your view of yourself to you.
11. 2018-02-17 at 6:42 PM UTC

    #51
    

    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

    Originally posted by Captain Falcon Not if those sentiments are from your point of view as well. From my point of view,, I don't view Obbe to be god. From my view Obbe is a stupid retard. But that's not more or less meaningful than your view of yourself to you.

    
    Ok. So when you say "human behavior can be something else too," you really mean to say that it can be viewed as something else. But that's all you mean, right?
12. 2018-02-17 at 6:49 PM UTC

    #52
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    Originally posted by Open Your Mind Ok. So when you say "human behavior can be something else too," you really mean to say that it can be viewed as something else. But that's all you mean, right?

    
    What's the distinction you're trying to draw?
13. 2018-02-17 at 6:52 PM UTC

    #53
    

    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

    Originally posted by Captain Falcon What's the distinction you're trying to draw?

    
    You can view paint on a canvas as "beautiful" but beyond the scope of your view it's still just paint on a canvas.
14. 2018-02-17 at 6:59 PM UTC

    #54
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    Originally posted by Open Your Mind You can view paint on a canvas as "beautiful" but beyond the scope of your view it's still just paint on a canvas.

    
    How is the view of it as "just paint" any more meaningful than the view of it as "beautiful"? Both those things can be simultaneously true.
15. 2018-02-17 at 7:03 PM UTC

    #55
    

    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

    Originally posted by Captain Falcon How is the view of it as "just paint" any more meaningful than the view of it as "beautiful"? Both those things can be simultaneously true.

    
    I dunno. I suppose we can measure and study the physical properties of paint. I don't know if we can do that with beauty.
    
    Are you saying everything is just a matter of perspective?
16. 2018-02-17 at 7:06 PM UTC

    #56
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    Originally posted by Open Your Mind I dunno. I suppose we can measure and study the physical properties of paint. I don't know if we can do that with beauty.

    
    I don't know if that does or should matter.
    
    

    Are you saying everything is just a matter of perspective?

    It could be. What do you think?
17. 2018-02-17 at 7:08 PM UTC

    #57
    

    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

    Originally posted by Captain Falcon I don't know if that does or should matter.
    
    
    It could be. What do you think?

    
    I don't know. I like to think it is.
18. 2018-02-17 at 7:35 PM UTC

    #58
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    Do you not realize how hard CF is trolling you right now
19. 2018-02-17 at 7:38 PM UTC

    #59
    

    NARCassist gollums fat coach

    Originally posted by Open Your Mind I dunno. I suppose we can measure and study the physical properties of paint. I don't know if we can do that with beauty.
    
    Are you saying everything is just a matter of perspective?

    
    i'm a 9/10
    
    
    
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20. 2018-02-17 at 7:39 PM UTC

    #60
    RestStop Space Nigga
    ..but do humans exist objectively?