08-13-2024, 06:54 PM
Re : Alzheimers' and Aging Machinery
I did notice the original snippet as well, and wrote a reply last night but didn't get around to posting it at the time. This type of argument against duality has come up a few times before and it's nothing new.
It doesn't matter whether the animating principle is a material flow of electrons or conscious energy, or whether the machinery is biological or otherwise. This is kind of like saying that one of these animating forces cannot be a distinct and unchanging property because if it were then an aging machinery would never cease to function properly.
When a mechanical non-biological machinery degrades over time you wouldn't normally question the electricity that drives it. The electricity is fine, but it's one or more other mechanisms that are failing.
This "duality" is more akin to a partnership(or union) where both aspects require an unfettered state for proper functioning as a whole.
I did notice the original snippet as well, and wrote a reply last night but didn't get around to posting it at the time. This type of argument against duality has come up a few times before and it's nothing new.
It doesn't matter whether the animating principle is a material flow of electrons or conscious energy, or whether the machinery is biological or otherwise. This is kind of like saying that one of these animating forces cannot be a distinct and unchanging property because if it were then an aging machinery would never cease to function properly.
When a mechanical non-biological machinery degrades over time you wouldn't normally question the electricity that drives it. The electricity is fine, but it's one or more other mechanisms that are failing.
This "duality" is more akin to a partnership(or union) where both aspects require an unfettered state for proper functioning as a whole.
