Is Efilism a Hate Crime? No! Its Just Hate. dewinthemorning 2014-02-24 | Yesterday I watched on BBC1 "The Big Questions" where they were discussing "Is Hate a Crime?" (in my opinion, no), and whether hate crimes, committed because of hate by members of hate groups, like racist groups, religious groups who are against homosexuals and doctors making abortions, should get bigger sentences for that reason. I asked myself whether "Efilism" was a hate group? Hate groups want to oppress or kill some group of people - Jews, homosexuals, black people... If Efilists want to "press the red button", does that make them not a hate group. Is it a question of quantity (number of people)? "A hundred deaths is a tragedy, a million - statistics." I forget who said that. I think it was Stalin, but it is only attributed, I think. Maybe somebody said it before him.Videos, used in this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcPMbqG3qHMyoutube.com/watch?v=nVLLSp2_i5MDefend Natural Selection.mp4 (couldn't find it)Bacteria With Brains.mp4 (couldn't find it)fail... and than there is failer.mp4the war to end the war.mp4Channels of the anti-natalists (efilists), that I took videos from:youtube.com/user/inmendham/featuredyoutube.com/user/graytaich0/videosRicky Gervais's clip: youtube.com/watch?v=6ktBQ51iGWw&index=28&list=FLDOzhJ5voPQ0VpIU-7COsKg
Absurdities, Faulty Logic, Hitler and Inmendham dewinthemorning 2016-09-10 | Hello, I hope you have watched my previous 3 videos where the basic ideas of Adolf Hitler about how the world works are described. They were non-factual ideas, they were illogical ideas. But non-factual, illogical ideas are not lacking in society even now. I tell two jokes, in which faulty logic is illuminated, and I show you a clip I've made in a museum of absurd artefacts in Prague. I can't help but make an analogy, a metaphor b/n them and just as absurd and illogical ideas I hear on you tube. In this video I highlight some of Inmendham's ideas, but he is by far not the only one. Theologians' lectures and the bible are rich sources of illogical ideas - think about the trinity of god (god is The One, but also three), Jesus suffering and dying in order to save us (from what?... and why in this way?), god is TIMELESS, and so on. I will be making the same metaphor with those illogical ideas later.youtube.com/watch?v=9yaqGXsSQMYyoutube.com/watch?v=qrycT5yN8U4youtube.com/watch?v=jfyh53vb-UAyoutube.com/watch?v=rJOGBejqOmQ
Hitlers World Part 3 of 3 Hitlers Misunderstanding of History and Science dewinthemorning 2016-03-27 | Hitler's warped and illogical view of history and science.
Hitlers World - Part 1 of 3 Nature is Politics and Politics is Nature dewinthemorning 2016-03-23 | I can't recommend enough the book "Black Earth - The Holocaust as History and Warning" by Timothy Snyder. To whet your appetite, I will be reading the introduction "Hitler's World" in three instalments. Then, I think, I will make a whole video of the three parts.
The Hidden If of The Kalam Cosmological Argument for God dewinthemorning 2016-02-23 | I know that the Kalam cosmological argument for god has been refuted to death, but it bears repeating and refuting again and again in a little bit different manner.It would help if you have watched my two previous videos: youtube.com/watch?v=0vcDUKC58C8 youtube.com/watch?v=hY27xSAu9DQI have only started. I will continue making videos applying the "Hidden If" method of refuting proponents of misleading arguments for religions and ideologies with non-factual realities.
The Hidden If (and an answer to the puzzle in the previous video) dewinthemorning 2016-01-27 | My previous video (youtube.com/watch?v=0vcDUKC58C8) was already on you tube when I realised that videos with variants of this puzzle (and its solution) are all over you tube. I give you Al-Khalili's solution anyway. I also offer another method of looking for solutions - re-phrasing the argument and putting an initial "if" where it belongs. I will illustrate this method in the future, applying it to the main "Arguments for the existence of god". This method can be used also when inquiring into Nazi and communist ideologies, even Inmendham's pronouncements here on you tube.
Paradox? or The Riddle of the Missing Dollar dewinthemorning 2016-01-23 | I am presenting to you something that looks like a paradox, but it's just a riddle that has a solution. I have taken it from Jim Al-Khalili's book "Paradox". I will give you the solution in the next video, which will come very soon, maybe the next 1 or 2 days, but, of course, many of you may see the solution straightaway. I have already made a video with the answer to the puzzle presented here: youtube.com/watch?v=hY27xSAu9DQ
Transplantation, Funeral, Priest dewinthemorning 2016-01-20 | I went to a funeral of a man who had to have a lung transplant and lived 7 more years of a rather fulfilling life. A priest at the funeral said that god loved this man so much that He provided a donor so that this man could live 7 more years... Do you see something wrong with this assertion?
Thinking, Part 2, Science, Decartes I Think, Therefore I Am dewinthemorning 2015-12-30 | A continuation of my video on thinking. How can we characterize science. Science and objectivity. What does "I think, therefore I am" even mean? Does it lead to the conclusion that there is an ideal realm of reality?Jud Evans "Reification of the Unreal": scribd.com/user/13724035/Jud-Evans;http://www.scribd.com/doc/16377817/Reification-of-the-Unreal
Thinking, Part 1 dewinthemorning 2015-12-29 | Just thinking is not enough. Everybody thinks. One needs also to learn scientific theories and explanations. When I say 'science\', I don't mean only physics, mechanics and chemistry. Evolutionary biology, cognitive science also belong to the common term science. In Part 2 I will talk more about science. Thank you for watching in advance. :)The essay I mention is "Reification" by Judd Evans. Google it.The books I mention here are: "Intuition Pumps" by Daniel Dennett, "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, "Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari.Daniel Kahneman, "Thinking Fast and Slow": youtube.com/watch?v=CjVQJdIrDJ0
What are the Reasons for the Paris Deaths? dewinthemorning 2015-12-04 | I want to start again on you tube. And this is just a start... well, a re-start. We have to seriously talk about the reasons for the skewed worldviews, still being spread about by unscrupulous people!I want to recommend to you an excellent book by David Sloan Wilson - "Evolution for Everyone". You will find valuable ideas there!
The Super-Duper-Natural Realm and its SDN Residents dewinthemorning 2015-09-29 | This idea may already exist in a you tube video, but I haven't seen it.Following the logic of theists - that above our natural, physical world there exists a super-natural realm, who is to say that hierarchically above this super-natural realm there isn't a super-duper-natural realm with its own resident(s), who have created a super-natural world with laws of its own, making its resident, god, to create the natural world? It's only logical.
Some Rambling, Some Sense, and Some Nonsense (an Islamic Philosopher and a Catholic Theologian) dewinthemorning 2015-07-08 | It's quite a ramble, I review some dogmatic thinking and invite you to use critical thinking. It concerns the fallacy of reification (personification, objectification, thingification). That's when an abstract notion is presented as a thing existing independently. I show how sophisticated, educated Islamic philosopher and Catholic theologian use this fallacy to prove that god exists:youtube.com/watch?v=sz2QjGHlLuMyoutube.com/watch?v=soFYCq9SiHc
In the news: Inmendham Proves by Logic That His Dick Is Very Small dewinthemorning 2015-06-24 | In the paper of prof. Rabbitkreuzbaum's research on the works of the discoverer Inmendham the learned professor finds that this discoverer has proved (inadvertently) by logic that he, Inmendham has a very small dick.The comments that Inmendham discusses are in this video:youtube.com/watch?v=ZprpZwZoHhoThe video in which Inmendham reports the facts about certain men from you tube (incidentally, all of them criticize him), which he can know only from personal experience:youtube.com/watch?v=q-L8nRzf4-YThe example that the professor gives of Inmendham's stupidity, is taken from this video, at about 47:00:youtube.com/watch?v=FrGec5dIkZY
Armenians by Peio Yavorov, Bulgarian Poem dewinthemorning 2015-06-21 | The poem "Armenians" by the Bulgarian poet Peio Yavorov. Soon after 1900 Yavorov witnessed thousands of Armenian refugees from the Turkish genocide of the Armenian people.I don't know who has translated the poem into English.:youtube.com/watch?v=iG7N6JZQPzYI have used clips from this video:youtube.com/watch?v=iG7N6JZQPzY
The Autonomy of Biology - Part II. Evolutionary Biology Is a Historical Science dewinthemorning 2015-06-01 | An addendum to my previous video:youtube.com/watch?v=fIfHGvCg4C0&lc=z12uvxmjgyihwhtlz23zznmjkriqsp0leI read a text from Ernst Mayr's book "What Makes Biology Unique", chapter "Autonomy of Biology" - Evolutionary biology is a historical science.
Philosophy of Biology and How the Theologian John Haught Tries to Sneak in the God Explanation dewinthemorning 2015-05-30 | This is a continuation of my attempt to explain the autonomy of biology as a science. In functional biology there are physical explanations. Evolutionary biology is a historical science and gives good scientific explanations which are no less scientific than the physical explanations. On the way I describe how the sophisticated theologian John Haught tries, unsuccessfully, to sneak in the god explanation for the phenomena in the world in his debate with the biologist Jerry Coyne:youtube.com/watch?v=VlQ1TunESn8The books I mention in the video: "The Pony Fish's Glow " by George C. Williams""What Makes Biology Unique" by Ernst MayrTwo more videos, very much relevant to the first half of this video:youtube.com/watch?v=D_9w8JougLQyoutube.com/watch?v=723Ce-uiaPYI have made an addendum to this video, where I read a text on evolutionary biology as a historical science from Ernst Mayr's book "What Makes Biology Unique":youtube.com/watch?v=PZAT0Os9Ea0&lc=z124h31obue3sdt3l23yyljjauzkgdqhh04
In the News: Which World does Inmendham the Superman (or the Ubermensch) come from? dewinthemorning 2015-05-16 | I am almost ready with the next video on the philosophy of biology.In this video, in our small news station, we deliver the news of a great discovery and we offer you the professional study of the discoverer by Prof. Rabbitkreuzbaum.The previous video with the Breaking News:youtube.com/watch?v=ZprpZwZoHhoVideos I've used clips from:youtube.com/watch?v=JGA6DcrUlL4youtube.com/watch?v=L_CpXiCXCNs
Autonomous Characteristics of Biology - Part I dewinthemorning 2015-04-24 | Concepts in the science of biology:1/The complexity of living systems.2/Evolution.3/Biopopulation.4/Dual causation.5/Genetic programs.6/Natural selection.(to be continued)In the following video I will talk about evolutionary biology as a historical science.This is an old video of mine on Jacques Monod's philosophy of biology, which is relevant: youtube.com/watch?v=AouCTKmybj8
Why Is a Human Not a Machine? Addendum to the previous video dewinthemorning 2015-03-31 | Addendum to the previous video: youtube.com/watch?v=xb8JiTZeNYQ. I didn't include this comparison of a human to a machine because I didn't want to make the previous video longer.For the topic in this video I want to recommend the book "The Pony Fish's Glow" (with a subtitle "And other clues to plan and purpose in nature") by George C. Williams.
4 Physicalist Principles Not Applicable to Biology dewinthemorning 2015-03-28 | Here I continue with philosophy of biology. There are 4 phisicalist principles, which are not applicable to the biological world. This has been demonstrated already. Those principles are: essentialism (typology), determinism, reductionism, universal natural laws.The video about scientism: youtube.com/watch?v=rKmWlIKCIeYThe video on strict determinism in physics: youtube.com/watch?v=TFGJMc69BnMAn addendum to this video: youtube.com/watch?v=xBTkcpzxMIY
Philosophy of Biology. Teleology vs Teleonomy dewinthemorning 2015-03-13 | For biology to be recognized as an autonomous science, the ideology of teleology had to be refuted. This has been done, in many, many ways, especially in the last two hundred years. Pity that nowadays, there are still people who have gaps in their knowledge in the science of biology, in history, and in history of ideas still keep a strong belief in teleology including a supernatural intelligence."What Makes Biology Unique" by Ernst Mayr
Philosophy of Biology - Refutation of Vitalism and Teleology dewinthemorning 2015-02-07 | For biology to be recognized as separate science of the living world, certain erroneous principles had to be refuted - and those were vitalism and teleology. Here I talk mainly about vitalism. In the following video there will be more about teleology.If you read "What Makes Biology Unique" by Ernst Mayr and "Chance and Necessity" by Jacques Monod, it will be worth it .
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty dewinthemorning 2015-01-31 | I will continue with my series on biology in a day or two. I am almost ready. In the meantime in this video I am reading the short story by James Thurber "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty": http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/03/18/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty-2?currentPage=all (I advise you to read the story instead of listening to me reading it, with my accent). Here is a review of that short story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Walter_MittyI have put this video on my list of videos "Anti-Efilism". This is a clue, lol.
Philosophy of Biology - The Unnatural Mode of Thought in Science dewinthemorning 2015-01-11 | The photos in this video are not mine (apart from 2 or 3).Books, mentioned in this video:"The Unnatural Nature Of Science" by Lewis Wolpert"What Makes Biology Unique" by Ernst Mayr
Happy New Year! dewinthemorning 2015-01-01 | I wish everybody a very Happy New 2015!!!May your wishes come true!
Philosophy of Biology - Why Is It Necessary? dewinthemorning 2014-12-20 | Sorry for the delay.This is just an introduction to a series of videos on the topic of philosophy of biology. Until now the major philosophies of biology have been vitalism or Cartesianism. Vitalism has been discarded already, because it postulated some occult vital force, vis vitalis, which made biology not a science. Many people still view living organisms, humans included, as machines. This is erroneous. I plan to show why biology is an autonomous science, how is it different from the physical sciences, and why a living organism is NOT a machine. Stay tuned. :)
Logic is NOT True... all the Time - Some Examples dewinthemorning 2014-11-21 | A link to Carneades.org' video: youtube.com/watch?v=xLvSflG8tCAOne more video showing that the law of non-contradiction does not hold, this time in the world of quantum mechanics: youtube.com/watch?v=YbzblfdgwXYSome examples that show that logic is not absolute.
A Question to Inmendham and to All Other Antinatalists/Efilists dewinthemorning 2014-11-19 | I present my thought experiment - Imagine that just before Inmendham was born, a man who had a philosophy like his efilism, was elected for a president of the USA. This president managed to get all the power in the USA and enacted the laws of efilism - it wasn't allowed for any children to be born any more. This had many consequences for life in the USA because now, only people of Inmendham's age or older would be living in the USA. What would the efilists think about that?@Juan Alejo asked me in the comments "Are you trying to say that antinatalism is impractical?" I think my answer belongs here, in the description:That "... antinatalism is impractical" is the least objection from the BILLIONS of people who are not antinatalists/efilists. They would have numerous other objections if they ever heard of that ideology. No, the fact that "... antinatalism is impractical" is one aspect of the proposed line of actions of efilism that could interest the SEVERAL followers of that ideology, because that would affect them personally. That's what I am highlighting here.A video, related to the topic here: youtube.com/watch?v=ux1GxExRUUY
Logic. Kant and The Categorical Imperative dewinthemorning 2014-09-29 | A continuation of my previous video:youtube.com/watch?v=nxfkrpmRPEUKant's categorical imperative:youtube.com/watch?v=RgYJnNwkJgYA link to a video with Dr. Jacob Bronowski ("The Ascent of Man"), relevant to what I say about the human mind's capacity for imagination and transcendence:youtube.com/watch?v=F2kiAF1GL9MOld, and modern history give us evidence that obeying the logic of the "categorical imperative" that Kant postulated in his philosophy can lead to terrifying results. Kant was a philosopher of the Enlightenment, when Newton's science with its determinism and foundation in mathematics reigned supreme. This reliance on logic, together with Fascism's principle of "elitism" - that there are people, heroes, who can lead the majority to make drastic changes in the nature of government, and in the structure of society, has to a great extent directed the events of the 20-th century.Link to Inmendham's video from which I've taken the clip:youtube.com/watch?v=q-L8nRzf4-Y&list=UUaqqmNAJ-WSHx2LbHV9974w
Where Does Logic Come From and Philosophy of Biology dewinthemorning 2014-09-26 | A link to a video with Dr. Jacob Bronowski ("The Ascent of Man"), relevant to what I say about the human mind's capacity for imagination and transcendence:youtube.com/watch?v=F2kiAF1GL9MNo, logic is not our master, it is a tool for reasoning, thinking, created through evolution by humans, members of a highly social species, just as mathematics is created by the embodied human mind. We need new rules of logic, based on the comparatively new and autonomous science of biology. We need new philosophy - philosophy of biology. Biology is not covered by the existing philosophy of science, which is mainly philosophy of physics.The book is "What Makes Biology Unique?" by Ernst Mayr
Breaking News! - Will Inmendham Get a Nobel Prize? dewinthemorning 2014-09-02 | First watch Inmendham's "Revolution in Physics":youtube.com/watch?v=_439AGRF4FU&list=UUaqqmNAJ-WSHx2LbHV9974wyoutube.com/watch?v=RsLg1lyEUdY&list=UUS5MXpjQK2d0K2D5bnIKw4Ayoutube.com/watch?v=ARUBwFW0CkE&list=UUaqqmNAJ-WSHx2LbHV9974wInmendham, who claims to speak for "the little man",(the underdog) has decided to try to climb the "ivory tower" by creating a theory in physics. But he hasn't forgotten "the little man" (the underdog) - he has made the theory that, he says will "revolutionize physics", VERY SIMPLE! - As he says in the description: "All matter (including its atomic particles) is made of photons (still moving at the speed of light)". But, because the photon is the smallest package, a quantum of the energy of light, it is massless but matter has mass, we have to speculate what kind of Nobel prize will Inmendham be allotted for his theory??Inmendham's (sort of) responses to this video:youtube.com/watch?v=wtlyYLZBS-k&list=UUaqqmNAJ-WSHx2LbHV9974w;youtube.com/watch?v=q-L8nRzf4-Y&list=UUaqqmNAJ-WSHx2LbHV9974w; and at 20:10 here: youtube.com/watch?v=f42GuIe6-ac&list=UUaqqmNAJ-WSHx2LbHV9974w
Breaking News - Christian Theology Goes Sci-Fi... Exotheology? dewinthemorning 2014-07-20 | The ingenuity of theologians in finding new ways of protecting their profession, the enormous advance of science notwithstanding! Today, they are going sci-fi. "Sci-", using scientific language and new concepts which have sprung up from the latest scientific discoveries, and "fi" standing for fiction, which is no problem, the bible itself being fiction, piling up more fiction comes naturally. The previous breaking news item:youtube.com/watch?v=sDO9WoN7G9ATimothy O'Connor's lecture "Multiverse, Theodicy and Incarnation":youtube.com/watch?v=m5yBOJEzwc0"The Fabric of the Cosmos 4 - Universe or Multiverse":youtube.com/watch?v=0HpDbAoEzj8&list=FLDOzhJ5voPQ0VpIU-7COsKg"How to Find an Exoplanet"youtube.com/watch?v=AnX7ExBjrHw
Refutation of A. Plantingas (Modal) New Ontological Argument - It bears repeating dewinthemorning 2014-06-26 | If you want a proper philosophical refutation of Plantinga's Modal ontological argument, then watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2dywK1RZsI know this refutation has probably been made in other videos, but it bears repeating, wouldn't you say? Alvin Plantinga and WL Craig accept and use Leibniz's argument stating that god, being not only omnipotent, but omnibenevolent, had to create a world like ours, because any different world would either lack free will, or would contain more evil. Any world different from the actual one would be illogical, because then god would either be not omnipotent ot not omnibenevolent (if he doesn't give people free will). In modal arguments, like Plantinga's "Modal Ontological Argument" for god, in a thought experiment, only logical proposition can be used, no illogicalities are permitted in Modal logic. For a committed Christian, as Plantinga says he is, any "possible worlds" containing god, other than the actual world, would be illogical (because then god would be either not omnipotent, or not omnibenevolent). Yet he uses the concept introduced and then rendered illogical by Leibniz. In that case his "modal logic" breaks down and his New Ontological argument is invalid. The old, Anselm's, ontological is also viewed as invalid, by Dr. Plantinga himself, no less, so Christians lack any good argument for the existence of god!As I said, the video where Plantinga proposes his "Modal Argument for the Existence of God" has been deleted, but other people took up this argument and made videos about it:youtube.com/watch?v=zd9LjE4U-68youtube.com/watch?v=RQPRqHZRP68youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WyaSccEWgPapers by Alvin Plantinga: http://www.andrewmbailey.com/apOne of the best refutations of the Modal Ontological Argument:youtube.com/watch?v=O135PuFm08c
Utopia and Violence - Karl Popper dewinthemorning 2014-06-06 | Well, I thought it was a good idea at the time when I made this video - yesterday. :)My previous video where I refer to Popper: youtube.com/watch?v=DIYwFZ6t7HkBut, seriously, nowadays it is more and more difficult to read serious (or any) books because television and you tube take a lot of time. So, I decided to combine reading and you tube to bring to your attention some good philosophy. I'll put this video in my list "History of Ideas".I am reading Chapter 18 from Karl Popper's book "Conjectures and Refutations - The Growth of Scientific Knowledge" - "Utopia and Violence". I do think it is still relevant today!
Defend Natural Selection! says Inmendham - Part II, and I say... and Why Religion Is Poison dewinthemorning 2014-05-28 | Part I "Defend Natural Selection!": youtube.com/watch?v=ECazg5mnftEThis meaningless expression is at 1:22 here:youtube.com/watch?v=pXF-7mwNErMHere are some short videos about natural selection:youtube.com/watch?v=GcjgWov7mTMyoutube.com/watch?v=dR_BFmDMRaIyoutube.com/watch?v=_VXHsjst7ggI offer you some philosophical gym regarding the curious phrase "Defend natural selection!"It is a meaningless expression, but funnily enough, phrases like that can help save some lives, lol.This is a link with very general information about N400, a brain wave related to language recognition:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N400_(neuroscience)
Defend Natural Selection! says Inmendham - Part I dewinthemorning 2014-05-25 | Believe it or not, there is somebody on you tube who seriously makes that challenge! ... at 1:22 here:youtube.com/watch?v=pXF-7mwNErMTalk about animism! The irony is that exactly this animism is the cause that our ancestors created religions.This video is made as promised in:youtube.com/watch?v=NKF6m8W0zPA
Inmendham Calls Humans Bugs! Would He Want the Use of Zyklone B (an insecticide) on Humans (Bugs)? dewinthemorning 2014-05-03 | Links to videos I've used:youtube.com/watch?v=owwL0Fynqakyoutube.com/watch?v=F-DNKKsK--8, at about 1:27:00A link to Zyklon B:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B#Use_by_Nazi_Germany
The Struggle Towards the Hights... Sisyphus dewinthemorning 2014-05-02 | Some strive towards the stars, some just pick up their burden again, then struggle towards the heights... and that makes them happy.
Portrait of Dishonesty (WL Craig) 2 - Mirror from BikerMan (with my voice-over) dewinthemorning 2014-04-26 | BikerMan's channel:youtube.com/user/TheBikermanUKLink to the original video:youtube.com/watch?v=zH6ajQnqOYE
Portrait of Dishonesty (William Lane Craig) 1/2 - Mirror from Biker Man (with my voice-over) dewinthemorning 2014-04-11 | Description A mirror from BikerMan: youtube.com/user/TheBikermanUKI am only doing the voice-over of his text. His video: youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7PCGtjfLIThis video helps make still more clear WLC's dishonesty - the reason that, for ex., Richard Dawkins would not participate in any debate with him.
Once Again, Why Dont We Miss THE Martians, Inmendham? dewinthemorning 2014-03-27 | I edited my video "Why Do We NOT Miss The Martians?" making my thoughts more concise: youtube.com/watch?v=HVHYnnlrODg, and used a clip from: youtube.com/watch?v=NKF6m8W0zPA to answer an accusation. To stress the importance of living beings which are a result of long evolution, I have used clips with the opposite opinion from: youtube.com/watch?v=T4hNcIqAAO8&list=UUS5MXpjQK2d0K2D5bnIKw4A
Drama? No! Why Efilism Is NOT a Hate Crime dewinthemorning 2014-03-21 | I should explain more clearly why I think Efilism is not a hate crime. Inmendham has helped me with the beginning of his video: youtube.com/watch?v=-1tJiR-CMFI&list=UUS5MXpjQK2d0K2D5bnIKw4A
A NECESSARY Correction of Inmendhams Mistake... or Is It Subterfuge?! dewinthemorning 2014-03-19 | I have immediately to make that correction of Inmendam's words "She says Efilism is a hate crime." at the 1:00 time strip at the beginning of his video: youtube.com/watch?v=R3jfoZ9vwSo&list=UUS5MXpjQK2d0K2D5bnIKw4AMy video, where at the beginning I clearly say "Is Efilism a hate crime? No!": youtube.com/watch?v=NKF6m8W0zPAI am glad this misunderstanding can be quickly settled. :)Eddie Izzard's video: youtube.com/watch?v=tia4LH8tWfcMy video, to which Inmendham responds (making that huge mistake): youtube.com/watch?v=NKF6m8W0zPA
Will My Consciousness Be Repeated in Another Person in the Future? dewinthemorning 2014-03-07 | First answer: Here I give some facts about the structure and the interconnections of neurons in the brain which shows that there can't be another consciousness like yours in the future, in the past, or in the present. Not for nothing it has been said "The human brain is the most complex thing in the universe, as far as we know."Judson Herrick's book "The Brain of Rats and Man": archive.org/details/brainsofratsmens00herrMy previous video on hard determinism:youtube.com/watch?v=TFGJMc69BnMYou should watch also this video on the brain:youtube.com/watch?v=kMKc8nfPATI&list=FLDOzhJ5voPQ0VpIU-7COsKgSecond answer: The experiences you go through in life makes you you. Nobody else will ever have exactly the same experiences.A third answer can be given, saying that this person talks like Hegel, whose idealistic philosophy has been thoroughly refuted, starting from when he was still alive, then the Young Hegelians shortly after his death, and finishing soon after that with the philosophy of Karl Marx. The person who asks this question, like Hegel, takes a word, "consciousness", as if it's a thing (when there is a word, there is a thing, lol). Consciousness is different, it's not a thing, to be "repeated"!
Why Dont We Miss the Martians, Inmendham? dewinthemorning 2014-02-25 | Several ways in which this question can be answered. After I finished the video, I thought of several more ways of answering, not humorous, but serious ways. :)I mentioned Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist, who made a discovery - cognitive biases in humans. It's an irony of fate that for this discovery he got a Nobel prize in economy, because his discovery is applicable to a great extent in economy. They said in that BBC programme that this discovery is in economy text-books!
Scientism(?) - Biology & Theology End in -OLOGY, So They Are Both Sciences! dewinthemorning 2014-02-21 | This is a continuation of the topic of scientism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKmWlIKCIeY - a fallacy, very useful to theologians. They constantly make use of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ejQyPFDUUgThis time a theologian insists (falsely) that theology is on the same level of importance as sciences like physics, chemistry and biology. In the second half of the video I explain why this is false.
Conclusion (Dawkins and the Selfish Gene) - Part XIII dewinthemorning 2014-02-06 | This is the last video from the series. From the back cover of the book: "In this thought-provoking book, Ed Sexton explains Dawkins' ideas and shows how they have been widely misunderstood. By separating the rhetoric of the man from the content of his theory, criticisms of the selfish gene can be uncovered and analysed. The myth of Dawkins' genetic determinism is exposed, shattering the sterile dichotomy between Nature and Nurture that has hindered so much of our previous thinking of life and mind."We should keep firmly in mind that biological evolution is a historical science. Genes, by cooperating, have built an organism - an "emergence" with new, its own, properties, the main one - self-preservation. Another emergence, which happened in humans, is the very complex brain, giving rise to consciousness. By means of consciousness which is under the pressure of the social environment, we can "rebel" against biases. Here, an important thing that is not mentioned enough, is that natural selection selects against bad mutations. But there are "bad" mutations, which ride "piggy-back" on "good" mutations (if they don't manage to kill the organism), that's what gives us the right to say that we can "rebel" against bad human traits that are considered "natural"...
Towards Evolutionary Psychology (Dawkins and the Selfish Gene) - Part XII dewinthemorning 2014-02-04 | This is about the possibility of a new synthesis between evolutionary theory and psychology - evolutionary psychology.Only one short video left, with the conclusion.
Values and Facts (Dawkins and the Selfish Gene) - Part XI dewinthemorning 2014-02-03 | We have seen that the assertion that all human behavior can be reduced to the "selfish gene" is false. Genetic determinism is not to be found - humans, more than any other species on the planet, have the capacity to "rebel" against the interests of their genes. A large part of human psychology results from cultural influences."Gene morality" is likewise a figment of the imagination."Dawkins and the Selfish Gene" by Ed Sexton
