• Nalivai@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    But if you use science to convince yourself that we have no soul, you better make sure there are no gaps in your reasoning.

    It’s weird that you don’t extend this formula to your position, and very outwardly advocating for an existance of inobservable substance solely on reasoning of “it’s dimensions or quantum or whatever”

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      3 days ago

      Well, yeah, I’m not the one claiming to have all the answers. I merely am a witness of my consciousness, so I know that’s a real thing. I describe that whole of consciousness and awareness and “me-ness” as my soul, but I have no hard definition for it, I merely know there’s something there.

      Science however is a man-made construct and can only operate on the observable and the independently verifiable. I’m not saying that to diminish its worth, because science is mighty cool, but I simply refuse to take it to the extreme position that anything that cannot be scientifically proven should be assumed not to exist.

      I’ve experienced enough weird shit in my life that makes no scientific sense. They still happened though. So rather than denying these things, the sane thing to do is to shrug them off as “it’s dimensions or quantum or whatever” :)

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        2 days ago

        the one claiming to have all the answers.

        You do, literally, actually, specifically, that’s why this conversation is happening. It’s just you’re basing your answers on your vague feelings without even attempt to ground your fantasies. You specifically, like a man-made construct you are, man-made a theory, and now is trying to convince everyone and yourself, that your position is the one that doesn’t need any basis to stand on.
        The thing is, it does. And that one time you saw a tall person with the corner of your eyes, and when you turned there was nobody there doesn’t deny the whole science, just because you don’t feel like investigating this shit more.