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  1. AndromedaRXJ

    The Argument "For" and "Against" Creative Intelligence (Human or Divine)

    Of course they can be used. It's just that the life forms that are already here are the ones readily adept to use them. Well I wouldn't say that with any degree of certainty. Earth is the only confirmed place where life has happened. We know as we look back in time, life becomes more and...
  2. AndromedaRXJ

    The Argument "For" and "Against" Creative Intelligence (Human or Divine)

    Is there something north of the north pole too?
  3. AndromedaRXJ

    The Argument "For" and "Against" Creative Intelligence (Human or Divine)

    Any rudimentary self-replicated molecules, that would otherwise evolve into what we consider life, would likely be prevented from doing so from existing life; life that has been here for billions of years and is already vastly more fine-tuned to harness the resources in it's surroundings. I'm...
  4. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    If they're capable of colonizing the galaxy, why should we expect they're using the same type of technology we're using to detect signals? Their long distance communication could be something we couldn't even comprehend, especially if they're using it for interstellar communication.
  5. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    This, it self, can be rare for life. We don't even do that. And we could very well kill ourselves before we get that far. There can be a million of civilizations at our level of advancement. A million sounds like a lot, but given the vast distances between stars, we would never know about them...
  6. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    Well, I don't really know what you're implying or getting at in the end. The only thing we can describe as an "accident" or random, are mutations themselves. The selection of mutations is what's predictable and not random.
  7. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    Marking the timescale like that is arbitrary and unfair. If humans evolved immediately from something with dinosaur intelligence, you'd have a point. But a lot of our brain power is homologous and shared with all other mammals, and mammals have been here for 160 million years. Also right around...
  8. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    As said already, if the species is so perfect that it doesn't need to evolved, then the dead end doesn't really need to be avoided. But you're actually right. The success of a given group of organisms often ends up being their downfall later. Things tend to go extinct eventually. There's a...
  9. AndromedaRXJ

    Why was consciousness naturally selected?

    Well if Wikipedia is anything to go by, according to that, materialism explains that consciousness arises from material interactions. I think that's a good answer, and I don't see that as conflicting with everything being conscious to some level. There's also physicalism which I guess derives...
  10. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    Are you talking about the asteroid being the improbable event? This is why I mentioned that there already was a general trend of animals getting smarter, with or without the asteroid. So through enough time, something with our level of intelligence would have eventually emerged. Maybe it would...
  11. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    Like I said, it is an analogy, but analogies only go so far. Organisms and ecology is only economical in the sense that organisms are trying to find ways to live, and there's different methods (niches to fill) to help them live. There's other analogies that go with it, like certain traits are...
  12. AndromedaRXJ

    Can you give me an observable evidence that Evolution is true?

    I didn't notice this before. You're actually mistaking. Mosasaur was in fact a reptile. Though it is not directly related to Ichthyosaurs and obtained it's aquatic traits independently from them. You're probably getting mosasaurs confused with basilosaurus, a prehistoric whale. This is the...
  13. AndromedaRXJ

    Why was consciousness naturally selected?

    Not really, because pantheism includes all that other stuff about universal divinity and what-not. Divinity implies supernaturalism, which is in fact mutually exclusive to materialism. I'm only taking the part about consciousness. I'm leaving out all that other jazz. Pantheists believe in...
  14. AndromedaRXJ

    Why was consciousness naturally selected?

    I guess we can call it that, but I don't see why panpsychism and materialism have to be mutually exclusive. Panpsychism says consciousness is a universal feature of all things. Materialism says consciousness is the result of material interactions. I don't see why both can't be true. After all...
  15. AndromedaRXJ

    Why was consciousness naturally selected?

    Yeah, I wouldn't limit it to carbon-bases systems. Maybe a computer, if sophisticated and powerful enough, can have the "level" of consciousness of a human.
  16. AndromedaRXJ

    Why was consciousness naturally selected?

    Sure, why not? Though again, we're treating consciousness as a spectrum. We could say some things are 'more' conscious than others. I don't think there's simply "conscious" and "unconscious". Rather, I think there's "more" conscious and "less" conscious. I imagine if there's aliens out there...
  17. AndromedaRXJ

    The Argument "For" and "Against" Creative Intelligence (Human or Divine)

    Well it would have existing life to compete with, which I think makes it more difficult for new life to arise. Also, we don't know the likelihood of life emerging. It may only be probable enough to where it generally only occures on a planet once out of several million planets. But given the...
  18. AndromedaRXJ

    Why was consciousness naturally selected?

    I think what he's saying is, consciousness is a direct result of a powerful carbon-based information processing system. As in, there can't be a non-sentient one.
  19. AndromedaRXJ

    Why was consciousness naturally selected?

    I think you both kind of said the same thing, but different. Kind of. Neitzsche, you said consciousness is how powerful the brain is, which I think is a little like saying that consciousness is a byproduct of brain power. I'd take it further and say that consciousness is a subjective experience...
  20. AndromedaRXJ

    humans evolving from monkeys

    Wait, monkeys evolved from apes? Humans evolved from apes and apes evolved from monkeys, as in arboreal simians with tails. Old world monkeys are more related to apes than to new world monkeys. That would have to mean apes evolved from monkeys and that all non-ape monkeys simply retain more...
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