RNA Discussion Forum

I have had the concept of Emergence on my mind for a long time. Since a lot has been written about the concept, it will take a long time to do it justice in the sense that I correctly cite people who have made meaningful contributions to our understanding of emergence. So, the following is a necessa...

MarkI wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:28 am Tony, I took Ben's post to mean being mindful to metaphorically make more music and less noise.

Thank you, Mark. Your responses are always music to my ears (or should I say, eyes).

I shall take it as metaphor. The equations weren't working out anyway.

Tony

I'm sorry. I should probably not say anything. But I have been obsessing about this view of entropy vis-a-vis purpose and ethics since I read it. Background: I majored in physics. Statistical thermodynamics was far and away my favourite physics class. I loved it. I ended up going into computers, esp...

"Is RN a humanist philosophy with an ethical overtone or a religious lifestyle within a scientific grounding?"

That is definitely a topic for discussion. The Music topic is definitely not the place for this discussion.

Tony

Emerson: You say > Tony said: “ SUGGESTION: Pick a simple, fundamental Religious Naturalism meme. What simple phrase or image encompasses RNA? How is this tailored to individual populations?” > I could not agree more. My current favorite flavor would incorporate “Be kind and respectful”. > Many othe...

Thanks Terry. Taking the virus metaphor seriously can help spur some creative thinking. Note that I am using the Dawkins terminology "meme" to represent any informational package, be it a video, web page, image or simple word or phrase, that conveys information about Religious Naturalism. ...

"The question is always how to you attract viewers in large numbers? Can you make a video go viral or does it just happen?" As to this question, it may be instructive to take the metaphor of a virus somewhat literally. Richard Dawkins came up with the concept of the "meme". Quant...

When it comes to the concept of a soul, I use the term myself. My attitude is that the concept is the traditional term for what David Chalmers calls the "Hard Problem of Consciousness" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness https://iep.utm.edu/hard-problem-of-conciousn...

Thanks, Mark for the comments. I have over a dozen of Joni's songs queued up. They have taken extra effort to finish, so I hope to post them this weekend. I try to accompany each one with a video, preferably of a live performance. What makes Joni's songs challenging is that they have a library of hu...

There are well over a hundred songs currently posted in the Religious Naturalist Songbook. http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lggdEVhSiSH3Dg3v0hxJEQzfCocWd604p0NamGitSN0 https://religious-naturalist-association.org/members-projects/ But most of these songs are not about Religious Naturalism per ...