[ExI] Science or Scientism?

[Stuart LaForge]

Billw wrote:

> (will get back to you on the attached video tomorrow) bill w

Ok. Feel free to watch it sped up by 2x. You can do that from the options
menu.
Just be warned, it makes the subject appear somewhat menacing. ;-)

Stuart LaForge



On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at
> 5:18 PM Stuart LaForge <avant at sollegro.com> wrote:
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> Bill Wallace wrote:
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>> I obviously don't have the math or philosophy background to understand
>> these things, but if reality shows me one thing and logic and math
>> another, I'll go with reality.
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> But you are limited in your senses and can only directly sense a
> relatively small slice of reality. You cannot see UV light but a honeybee
> can. Reality looks very different to a honeybee than it does to you.
>
> Furthermore, you are not only limited by senses but by your brain as
> well.
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> Your brain cannot process everything at once so it filters what you
> notice to that which has been important to your survival. This is
> demonstrated by such things as the Inattentional Blindness and other well
> documented effects.
>
> Through technology, you can extend the range your senses yes. Gathering
> data by  doing experiments will certainly help as would careful statistical
> analysis of the data and good data storage.
>
>> Consciousness is a physical reality with
>> which you can do experiments with testable hypotheses.
>
> Ok, here is time-lapse video footage of your test subject Mr.
> Psychologist. Watch its behavior and then get back to me on what you think
>  its IQ is and why:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tmbeLTHC_0
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> Stuart LaForge
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