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atheist riddle
Posted on: July 4, 2009 - 10:20pm
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atheist riddle
There seems to be some intelligent people on this web-site,I am hoping somebody can answer this question: Show proof of a message of any kind that did not come from a mind.
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What about the lottery numbers in fortune cookies? Isn't that a message that doesn't come from a mind?
There are twists of time and space, of vision and reality, which only a dreamer can divine
H.P. Lovecraft
Would you care to define the relevant terms “message” and “mind” so that an actual answer can be worked on?
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What Would Kharn Do?
A man sits besides a river and listens to all the sounds it makes. If in the course of listing he hears what sounds like words did the river speak to him?
The message is primarily in the mind of the receiver. Words with no one to read them are just a sequence of squiggles.
Of course, then we get to the question above about a man sitting next to a "babbling" brook.
-Triften
Two more things,
1: I think you are asking that we prove a negative ("prove god doesn't exist".)
And 2: http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/18069 awaits your response.
-Triften
That's stupid. "Message," by definition, comes from a mind.
1. A communication in writing, speech, or signals
2. a messenger's mission
3. an underlying theme or idea.
All of these things require minds... so... duh. No, there is no such thing as a message that didn't originate from a mind.
Next silly question?
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