[MD] Emergent Consciousness

[Arlo J. Bensinger]

[Ham]
Actually, there was no 'I' in Einstein's statement, and the only reference
that could be considered sociological was his plea for "...widening our circle
of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its
beauty."

[Arlo]
Arlo responded to this before. The "optical delusion", as I had said, is the
separateness of "the universe" from "he" (since you want to insist Einstein did
not use the word 'I'). Of this delusion, Einstein writes, "This delusion is a
kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires." No wonder the
adherents of S/O dualism so desperately cling to Rand.

[Ham]
But Arlo persists in misconstruing awareness as behavior.  Whether this is
purposeful or in deference to the MoQ heirarchy, I'm not sure, but it is
annoying.

[Arlo]
Annoying? Why? Because I don't need a masturbatory little "I" fantasy to escape
from the scary, evil boogeyman of moral relativism? Whether this is out of some
psychological shortcoming of Ham's or in typical neocon "people need myths"
ideology, I'm not sure, but it is "annoying" when you try to convince others
they NEED your little fantasy "I" as well. What? Misery loves company? It's
lonely in that "prison" and you want a few more inmates?