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  1. Papoon

    I'm Done with This Forum

    Yeah, but you're just one of the 'virtual' members invented by the site owners in a desperate attempt to give RF wider appeal. A kind of 'cyber wingman' like Smart Guy, Kilgore Trout, Mestemia etc, whose posts reflect the current level of natural language processing and simulated identities. It...
  2. Papoon

    Self or Apple?

    I can't tell the difference.
  3. Papoon

    Coming back as Sunstone

    Decide to roleplay yourself into a new reality. It's fun, and it's free :)
  4. Papoon

    About the U.S. Government's Cutting NASA's Funding

    Congress wanted the answer to that question in the early 1960s. So a think tank was established. The head honcho appointed to manage the thinktank was Gerard K O'Neill. Members of the think tank were post grad engineering students, who took up the option of being part of the think tank as an...
  5. Papoon

    About the U.S. Government's Cutting NASA's Funding

    I understand your sentiments here. However there is short term and long term. The resources which can be exploited - such as 24/7 solar collectors, lunar helium-3, and the huge mineral resource which is the asteroid belt- could have huge positive impact on the wealth and wellbeing of an...
  6. Papoon

    How do you know you are not "A.I."?

    The term 'living things' may make for a circular argument here, depending on your definition of 'living'. If by living you mean aware of experiencing, then the hypothesised electronic system inhabited, so to speak, by the nonmaterial awareness WOULD be a living thing. My question is - if not...
  7. Papoon

    How do you know you are not "A.I."?

    Hypothetical - Assuming that you are right and that there is an aspect of subjective experiencing which transcends the specificities of form - what is the argument against this transcendent reality being self aware in an electronic system ?
  8. Papoon

    What are you currently playing?

    I wish I knew someone who wanted to play GO and could give me a few pointers. I had a board, and a book, years ago. Looks like a game I could enjoy. A Martin eh ? Nice. So you're not a shredder then ? :)
  9. Papoon

    How do you know you are not "A.I."?

    Hit reset :)
  10. Papoon

    What are you currently playing?

    A Washburn, Nuno Bettencourt. Over Texas blues via Pandora ;)
  11. Papoon

    Beyond Lost

    Four of the wisest sentences I have read on RF.
  12. Papoon

    If and When We Experience God, How do We Know that God is Real?

    Thanks for that. Respect. We are all works in progress :)
  13. Papoon

    If and When We Experience God, How do We Know that God is Real?

    Man, get a grip. Try and appreciate tongue-in-cheek, pragmatism, the wisdom of insecurity or call it what you will. As far as I'm concerned the only evidence there even IS a brain is the activity of the ALLEGED brain. So it's a circular epistemological mindfog anyway. Now scream about my...
  14. Papoon

    Irish I were Wirey

    Irish wrist watch ? Repeat that ten times quickly.
  15. Papoon

    Who or what is being mindful?

    If you ask me, my answer is "who cares ?". There is actually no need to grasp the lubricated goat, and no point in lubricating it.
  16. Papoon

    The Place is Dead as Heaven on a Saturday Night

    It's right up there with Joseph Heller"s novel of the same name. Sequel to Catch 22. If you haven't read it yet, grab a copy.
  17. Papoon

    Who or what is being mindful?

    A lubricated goat for instance...
  18. Papoon

    The Place is Dead as Heaven on a Saturday Night

    Get the pussycat a tonic, It's closing time...
  19. Papoon

    If and When We Experience God, How do We Know that God is Real?

    You've ruined everything for everyone here. Shut down the forum, it's all over folks.
  20. Papoon

    Who or what is being mindful?

    Life is lived. Pleasure is enjoyed. Pain is accepted. Skill is developed. Compassion is free flowing. Questioning ceases.
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