Comments by rachelsmantra (@rachelsmantra) - Honouree

rachelsmantra

rachelwilliamsfitness.com

St Louis, USA

Philosopher. Blogger. Fitness and nutrition. Science nerd. Metalhead. Trans woman.

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over 8 years ago

Where in my post did I say that my anger is directed only at injustice experienced by a select few? Millions if not billions are affected by

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over 8 years ago

I accept - thank you!

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over 8 years ago

I think you're absolutely right about the quality of comments on steemit. I am new to steemit but am used to the sorts of high quality discu

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almost 9 years ago

I would love to retire early but I have a strong desire to remain intellectually active until I die. For me, my real "work" is my writing an

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almost 9 years ago

I don't know - I would contest that whether or not medium-sized animals are conscious depends entirely on how we define consciousness. If we

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almost 9 years ago

Super interesting post. What are your thoughts on autopoiesis as a theory of the biological "life world". All the talk of value reminds of

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almost 9 years ago

I agree with you in the broad respect: rote memorization is not very impressive in terms of education. Teaching kids to memorize the dates o

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almost 9 years ago

That's interesting! I am definitely a big believer in intermittent fasting so I'll have to look more into the snake diet.

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almost 9 years ago

Nice response! I still don't think you have gotten yourself out of the difficulty though. You say that a theory of consciousness must match

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almost 9 years ago

How many calories do you eat for your one meal? How long have you been doing that?

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almost 9 years ago

Interesting perspective but I am skeptical. You suggest that evolution might "might lead us in a far more harmonious, successful direction"

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almost 9 years ago

I don't know enough to predict the future with any confidence. I don't think anyone can really. But I do see a trendline and feel like block

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almost 9 years ago

If governments are concerned about money laundering I feel like it is a smokescreen: the bigger issue is the ideological war against the aut

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almost 9 years ago

In a nutshell, the problem is that consciousness is not directly measurable so we have to measure something else, a "proxie" for consciousne

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