Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: 9 Dec 2024 21:48:19 GMT Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <33442f75-5afe-ce6b-d5b2-19efc78a72d3@example.net> <2c1fb128-258b-7848-e896-3246674d460f@example.net> <2d814efc-b5f8-a1f9-d273-77016cb3cbae@example.net> <9cGcnY0c8c3LA8_6nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <84211166-08c2-fd90-bfea-c1203f1d09db@example.net> <7979a16f-a4db-f425-b1da-71544820fd60@example.net> <274396c8-618d-e299-c714-c9b7d338fa0e@example.net> <10b55140-4a56-e34e-2711-f794b05ea940@example.net> <01491968-a9aa-d847-cb94-3f2b3dc29a8d@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net KAj68eF3y6kg5BD92C4sAAjb/1yvSrgwFpUSoAUe2zocJVRRwP Cancel-Lock: sha1:+gCFMrWYS1neuLeGJcHDzwopi+U= sha256:tV+6KvHvCWQiuZGNncrg9mzLOuktSe+I1rmgZzJ7Zd8= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2737 On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:44:32 +0100, D wrote: > On Mon, 9 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 08/12/2024 22:38, rbowman wrote: >>> On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 12:15:59 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> >>>> Isn't 'in your brain' a dimension? >>> >>> Not unless you consider various electrochemical processes a dimension. >>> There ain't no there there. >>> >> Well there you are starting with that assumption, so its circular >> reasoning. >> >> 'There ain't no there, there', is pure metaphysical faith. >> >> I am simply not so sure... >> >> > Well, note the unless. So my interpretation is that the answer is "no" > on rbowmans behalf. But I'll let the expert talk, and we'll see. ;) Not going down the rabbit, or maybe turtle, hole. Poking around in brains hasn't found anything but basic neurophysiology, electrochemical interaction between the dendrites and axons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ A_logical_calculus_of_the_ideas_immanent_in_nervous_activity We've come a long way from that model.