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Perceptions

perception

(Science: psychology) The conscious mental registration of a sensory stimulus.

Origin: L. Percipere = to take in completely


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Darwin and Racism

... our genetic lineage - and provides evidence that we have indeed evolved to our current state. Furthmore biology (not evolution) has shown that our perceptions of spirit, supernatural, morality, conscience, etc can all be altered by changing chemical balances. I'm not saying that we're all hopeless ...

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by AstusAleator
Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:01 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Darwin and Racism
Replies: 19
Views: 403

Re: Species vs Race?

... unwashed. I'm not one who gripes about "ivory tower" mentalities. I've spent most of my effort in arguments defending against those perceptions. But where is the perspective here? I challenge anyone to ask the next twenty people "on the street" what would happen if a Sparrow ...

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by geb
Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:57 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Species vs Race?
Replies: 26
Views: 2292

God vs Evolution

... is so deprived of validity. I say, "No,... that statement is a clear statement of its own limits." Clarity and definition are human perceptions marked by human expressions, all the while knowing their containment in a larger system of indeterminate other forms. Robert Kernodle the ...

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by narrowstaircase
Fri May 11, 2007 12:41 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: God vs Evolution
Replies: 266
Views: 26814

God vs Evolution

... it is self-contradictory". I say, "No,... that statement is a clear statement of its own limits." Clarity and definition are human perceptions marked by human expressions, all the while knowing their containment in a larger system of indeterminate other forms. Robert Kernodle

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by robertkernodle
Thu May 10, 2007 5:35 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: God vs Evolution
Replies: 266
Views: 26814

Brain Question

Keep in mind (heh) that your brain can never hear or see anything anyway - all of your perceptions are translated from real features of the environment into impulse patterns. What you see or hear could have been put together originally in your sense receptors or constructed ...

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by Darby
Sun May 06, 2007 3:16 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain Question
Replies: 2
Views: 786
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