dimreepr

Doesn't seem likely...

Why does it matter?

We should all take our tables down to the local vertical wind tunnel and practise for the inevitable . So in answer to the OP yes it might be possible, disclaimer acknowledging the possibility is by no means a suggestion.

I gave you one of them and I'd be happy to give you more if that's what you want?

Stand up man, and ride it like a surfboard, then throw away the phone and rely on the force to steer it to the nearest hedge.

Wouldn't you like to know??? Sorry, I hate to be so flippant but please read this first.

Never their intellectual brilliance, but they are empowered (many an intellectual genius falls by the wayside in a business environment) "to become successful" if we want 'our' world to succeed? we need us all...

It's never unwise to talk, tar, just be aware that not all talk is wise.

I look forward to the empirical definition...

Not at all, which is the point of a number of members on this thread. It barely makes sense, so no; besides, what little sense it does make, is obvious and irrelevant We all have the suitcase but it's never the same size, which is why some have trouble dragging it around. The secret is having a bad memory or failing that having a forgiving nature.

Nice try, but that seems true of everyone, culture involves us all, at what point is there an individual?

The intent is the line in the sand, ignorance is forgivable, deception is less so.

Yet this thread hasn't produced even one...

Confusion and assumption, as far as I can tell...

Distance... as explained above; I doesn't matter how much power you pump in, it's the distance it has to travel that makes the idea redundant, even within the solar system the percentage of energy IN, that's useful at the end of its journey is nearly zero.

That would be useful but I, strongly, suspect it's just as resistant, to a definition, as time is. +1 BTW...

Would the neg repper care to explain where I'm wrong? Don't get me wrong, I don't really care about the -1, but if I'm wrong I'd like to know why.

How do you explain the Casmir effect ?

That's like saying 1+1=2, how many theories do you need? This is nonsense, dopamine is a fleeting reward system, it's never going to "achieve a life sustaining victory" it just says "you're happy now", that's why it's so addictive.

And many more are happy to tolerate them and all the other victims of hate... Stop straw-manning, I said without a political agenda; so I only acknowledge that politics can mess up your moral compass and that's true for the religious and the secular, or any other 'ism you care to mention. BTW your continued demonstrations against religion is exactly what I'm talking about, thanks for the example.

No, it's a rule of thumb for anyone who has a decent moral compass and doesn't have a political agenda.

There's a good rule of thumb; if it says kill, maim, disfigure or hate and take revenge then ignore it and if it says tolerate, forgive, help or love and understand then read on.

Indeed but one can't have consciousness in spades (if a being is self-aware how can it be more self-aware), but one can have intelligence in spades.

Maybe but that doesn't change my point, the spectrum of awareness is less influenced by conciousness than by intelligence, as you suggest nature is never a straight line but... Surely you meant intelligence?

I think consciousness is a binary state and the position on the spectrum is, rather, determined by intelligence; that, however, doesn't automatically put humans at the apex, there's more than one form of intelligence.