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your watching razorfist arcade too?
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Sometimes for the interesting games. He mentioned it in his thief 2 playthrough.your watching razorfist arcade too?
What are his spiritual beliefs? Is he a Satanist?I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of Styx. I mean, I've agreed with him on a lot of things; but I've also thought his opinion on some issues are borderline insane. Particularly his spiritual beliefs, but also his refusal to take his ideological opponents seriously; or at least, any threat they might pose to him and the things he cares about. He comes across as a very passive individual, all things considered; which can be either good or bad, depending on the context.
He's an occultist; hence his series of videos on the subject. What I personally find objectionable is his opinion on the subject of death and the afterlife; namely that he believes there is no afterlife (though there might be reincarnation; he seems to waffle on that point), and that we should all embrace oblivion.What are his spiritual beliefs? Is he a Satanist?
I like Styx, I generally agree with him and he seems like a pleasant guy who's even likeable when he says something that I disagree with. I think he's a bit too optimistic about politics and society, so may be disappointed with not just the recent election results but the general direction the USA moves in over the next few years.
Well, he's right that there is no afterlife, I don't know about embracing oblivion though, that doesn't sound good.He's an occultist; hence his series of videos on the subject. What I personally find objectionable is his opinion on the subject of death and the afterlife; namely that he believes there is no afterlife (though there might be reincarnation; he seems to waffle on that point), and that we should all embrace oblivion.
I thought you were a Christian; isn't belief in an afterlife a requirement of that religion? Besides if there is no afterlife, oblivion, the end of consciousness and self-awareness, is the only other possibility.Well, he's right that there is no afterlife, I don't know about embracing oblivion though, that doesn't sound good.
I’m an atheist actually. Also, I do believe that everybody goes into oblivion when they die, but the idea of “embracing oblivion” sounds disturbingly nihilistic.I thought you were a Christian; isn't belief in an afterlife a requirement of that religion? Besides if there is no afterlife, oblivion, the end of consciousness and self-awareness, is the only other possibility.
I’m an atheist actually. Also, I do believe that everybody goes into oblivion when they die, but the idea of “embracing oblivion” sounds disturbingly nihilistic.
Oblivion will happen, eventually, but realizing that doesn’t mean that I “embrace oblivion” in any meaningful sort of way. I embrace the idea of making the most of the days I have, I embrace the goal of making the world better for those who will remain after I am gone.if your right about oblivion, you don't have a choice. either you embrace it, or your dragged in kicking and screaming. Thankfully, I don't believe in oblivion.
What's your proof? Because that's my problems with any sort of assertion of what happens after death; it's all assumptions. People just seem to like the idea that they know what's going to happen, and they care little about the specifics because, well; death is a tomorrow problem. I think it's far more intellectually honest to admit that we just don't know as much as we like to pretend we do.Oblivion will happen, eventually, but realizing that doesn’t mean that I “embrace oblivion” in any meaningful sort of way. I embrace the idea of making the most of the days I have, I embrace the goal of making the world better for those who will remain after I am gone.
What's your proof? Because that's my problems with any sort of assertion of what happens after death; it's all assumptions. People just seem to like the idea that they know what's going to happen, and they care little about the specifics because, well; death is a tomorrow problem. I think it's far more intellectually honest to admit that we just don't know as much as we like to pretend we do.
A computer can receive damage as well, which can drastically alter and/or impede its function; but does that damage translate to the person operating it? If you delete everything from your computer's hard drive, does that then mean that your own memory of what was on that hard drive is also deleted? What if the body is the computer, with the soul being the person using it?How could anybody prove that there isn’t life after death? Wouldn’t that be proving a negative? The burden of proof is in the person making a positive claim.
Actually, though, even if it’s not proof in a strictest sense, I’d say that thee is overwhelmingly strong evidence that there isn’t life after death. That evidence comes from our understanding of the human brain and how the physical brain and its processes create what we call the mind. People can receive brain damage that destroys memories, that alters cognitive ability, that can even change behavior in ways that have moral significance. The mind, in fact all of the things that people call the soul, arises from the physical activity in the brain and there is every reason to think that when brain function ceases, that the mind (and what people think is a soul) is gone as well.
How could anybody prove that there isn’t life after death? Wouldn’t that be proving a negative? The burden of proof is in the person making a positive claim.
Actually, though, even if it’s not proof in a strictest sense, I’d say that thee is overwhelmingly strong evidence that there isn’t life after death. That evidence comes from our understanding of the human brain and how the physical brain and its processes create what we call the mind. People can receive brain damage that destroys memories, that alters cognitive ability, that can even change behavior in ways that have moral significance. The mind, in fact all of the things that people call the soul, arises from the physical activity in the brain and there is every reason to think that when brain function ceases, that the mind (and what people think is a soul) is gone as well.
I don’t think I need to do this, because I am not making any claim regarding the origins of the human mind, only the current nature of the human mind.If you are trying to argue purely materialistic origins for consciousness and the mind, you have to address a lot of problems.
1. The evolutionary utility of the extreme biological demand created by advanced brain structures, at the earliest levels.
Is the universe deterministic? It seems to be, I don’t necessarily assume that, but for a moment we will. We could write a computer program which is purely deterministic which makes choices by accessing a number of factors which it can observe. We can have a computer RPG that has an NPC talk with human characters but attack orc ones, unless the orcs are high level or outnumber the NPC and then the NPC runs away. That computer program analyzes the data available to it, and then makes a choice in a deterministic fashion based on its program and the situation it observes.2. How choice functions in a deterministic reality.
Awareness as we perceive it is a compartmentalization of the brain. Our consciousness is the brain perceiving itself. The above mentioned computer program doesn’t agonize over the choice it makes, the NPC doesn’t weigh its hatred of orcs and desire to protect his village from them against his fear of death, it just does as it does thoughtlessly.3. How awareness of self possibly works in any form of computing, given you are asserting the human 'self' is nothing but a phenomena of a biological computer.
There's a great deal more rolling down from these three things, but I'll leave it off there for now. To put it briefly; hardline materialists have completely failed to reconcile their ideological orthodoxy with observable reality, and the interface between human consciousness and the brain is one of the key aspects of that.
Once again, the onus is on the person making the positive claim to provide evidence for that claim. So a person claiming that immaterial souls exist or that the mind can exist outside of a brain or some other equivalent physical structure.
So go in fighting then? Sounds like a plan to me. Fearing death is foolish regardless of what's next. Death Md life are the same fearing the inevitable is foolishif your right about oblivion, you don't have a choice. either you embrace it, or your dragged in kicking and screaming. Thankfully, I don't believe in oblivion.