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The system, whether we call it a machine computational or otherwise, is based on a type of balance. Ionic differences and chemical floods lead to the propagation of electric signals. Those signals multiply and diverge in very specific ways and in conjunction with other inputs to the system from the microbiome and surrounding environment. In computational terms, there is a binary on/off signal. In neurobiological terms, there is a sort of Fourier analysis being conducted each moment and it is the outcome of those “computations” that makes us who and what we are. There either is or is not a signal coming from any part of the system at any given time. Ions concentrate outside the neurons. Once a threshold is crossed, the channel polarizes and ionic gates open. Once that happens, it’s like a rock dropping into a pond with ripples spreading outward and the cells beside it respond to that same unbalanced chemistry and help cascade the action potential elsewhere… each step following from the last. The English language is notoriously fuzzy, but as with all things scientific, whether or not we call the brain a machine or computational machine is determined by how exactly we decide to define those terms in context. Personally, I lean toward Yes. I feel very comfortable calling the brain a type of computational machine, but I do the same thing for the body as a whole and its individual component parts and I acknowledge that others will disagree with me for entirely valid reasons.

If you don’t know, then how could you post previously in the affirmative?

Okay. I’ll bite. How are you being forced to keep logging in and posting here, and by whom?

He’s no dummy

Unless his goal is destabilization across the planet, of course. Loss of Ukrainian wheat leading to starvation across Africa and the Middle East. Leading all of Europe to fear nuclear fallout from taking over Chernobyl, threatening tactical nuke usage, and more. Other nations using this “distraction” as a perfect time to ratchet up ballistic missile tests (N.Korea), to shift leaders (Iran), to consider taking Taiwan (China), and to split democracies more broadly in South America. If Putins goal is to weaken the seams stitching together a cohesive global society, perhaps he’s perfectly hitting his target and chewing exactly the amount he wants.

This just reinforces my long held contention that chocolate is actually a vegetable.

That's not what I was saying. Unsure why you think we're in agreement. Putin saying it sank due to an accident is like when people said it wasn't covid that killed the diabetic, but their diabetes. Well... they were doing fine until that covid hit, much like the ship was doing fine until that missile hit. It doesn't matter whether or not someone hates Putin, and this thread isn't about the finer intricacies of hate versus love. It's about stopping unwarranted slaughter of innocents and anyone who dares call themselves Ukrainian.

Mostly it was Russian pride and reputation that sank.

Interpretation and judgement are funny that way. Two people looking at situation often see different things. Such is the nature of interpretation and judging, and one’s outlook on the world cannot be subtracted from the process.

This isn't accurate either, though. There were SEVERAL candidates who met the criteria and from THAT subpopulation the choice was made. KBJ was NOT predetermined.

Don't be such a snowflake. It was a joke. /pokingsticks

I'm noticing a pattern, too, specifically one demonstrative of schizoid tendencies.

Map of what happened in Bucha compiled by the NYT as told by local officials, coroners, and witnesses who've helped uncover details of many civilian executions committed by Russian troops while there. "Man who went out for bread," and "family of four" tell the real story here, IMO. "Mother shot next to daughter." Maybe someone should start a thread regarding the bad "optics" of Russian stating it's military priorities and how they agree with the decision but think they should've kept it quiet.

Paraphrasing an old legal adage: When you have policy on your side, pound the policy. When you have history on your side, pound the history. When you have neither on your side, pound the process (aka pound the table)

People like to say Biden is a gaffe machine, and as we all know a gaffe in Washington is when a politician says out loud something everyone already knows to be true.

And yet he confirmed I was correct.

Are you being forced to keep logging in and posting?

$800 Million more in US aid approved today, including weapons systems specifically designed for fights like these (javelins, howitzers, etc) and should be there within a week

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/

I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you

That doesn't make it any better... the fact that you're spamming this all around the internet

Just paste it, indeed. 🙄 https://www.google.com/search?q="Many+patterns+occur+in+nature+without+the+help+of+a+designer+–+snowflakes%2C+tornados%2C+hurricanes%2C+sand+dunes%2C+stalactites%2C+rivers+and+ocean+waves.+These+patterns+are+the+natural+result+of+what+scientists+categorize+as+chaos+and+fractal"&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS796US796&oq="Many+patterns+occur+in+nature+without+the+help+of+a+designer+–+snowflakes%2C+tornados%2C+hurricanes%2C+sand+dunes%2C+stalactites%2C+rivers+and+ocean+waves.++These+patterns+are+the+natural+result+of+what+scientists+categorize+as+chaos+and+fractal"&aqs=chrome..69i57.1393j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Just needed the addition of the word “some.” What “some” men consider attractive… The insertion of the word “many” would’ve worked, too.

FYI, when people mention the idea of you trolling, hijacking threads, being off-topic, and contributing nothing of value to discussions more broadly, they're referring to posts like these. Please don't reply. I've extended the time you've gone off topic by responding with this feedback and if you wish to pursue it further, this thread is definitely NOT the place to do so. Excellent point, but I really didn't want to spend that much time researching the demographics of jurists specifically just to make my obvious (and hopefully somewhat humorous) point.

Incorrect. I see your issues with reading comprehension rearing their ugly head here yet again. Me: "Each time we recall an experience we engage the narrative portions of our brains and ever so slightly rewrite it until sometimes the entire memory becomes false to the point of fiction." Area54: "Memory works in peculiar ways. Initially we do not remember what happened, but what we remember is an interpretation of what we think happened. When this memory is revisited it is revised. Repeatedly. Moreover, research has shown that false memories are readily created."