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To: Alamo-Girl; betty boop
Indeed, to them the mind is merely an epiphenomenon of the physical brain. An epiphenomenon is a secondary phenomenon which cannot cause anything to happen.

But, how often will they in their illogical lives exclaim about something, "Oh, Good!" or "Oh, that's Awful!"

Real.

171 posted on 01/19/2015 8:33:15 PM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins; betty boop; hosepipe
But, how often will they in their illogical lives exclaim about something, "Oh, Good!" or "Oh, that's Awful!"

LOLOL! Indeed.

BTW, qualia must stump them. Qualia are things that can be experienced but cannot be conveyed, e.g. love/hate, pain/pleasure.

If it were the mechanical Newtonian universe they envision, such things could not exist. Indeed, they can't in their view because they are not strictly physical.

172 posted on 01/19/2015 8:44:10 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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