[jennyp]

So, we are nothing more than chemicals acting upon each other and for no higher reason than any other chemical reaction?

It has been a while since we've had a good discussion of the composition fallacy, the division fallacy, and the concept of emergence.

If a rock falls and breaks into three smaller rocks, all sitting on the flat surface of the ground, how many objects are there? Three rocks? Three rocks and a triangle? Where did that fourth object, the triangle, "come from"?

[Heartlander]

If a rock falls and breaks into three smaller rocks, all sitting on the flat surface of the ground, how many objects are there? Three rocks? Three rocks and a triangle? Where did that fourth object, the triangle, "come from"?

Jenny, this has become boring… Where does intelligence come from in an ultimately mindless universe? It’s an intrinsic quality Jenny… Continue breaking rocks and get back to me…