[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[Micah]

>[Arlo]
>No sarcasm. I'm wondering why its "animism" for me project
>"awareness" onto a magnet, but "not animism" for me to project it
>onto you? What "proof" do I have that you are any more aware than that
magnet?

Damn Solipsism, damn it to hell.

>That you'd ask about magnets and Twinkies appears to show you don't
>really subscribe to the MOQ. The "enjoyment of Twinkies" (a gross
>thought) is a biological level pattern. Magnets are aware only of
>inorganic quality.

The goodness of Twinkies is also reflected in their extraordinary shelf life
(years and I know firsthand - sometimes you get a "gotta have"), a feat of
intellectual quality.

Micah