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Originally Posted by athribiristan
Not at all. Energy is energy. and if you don't think EM waves interfere with ocean waves you'd better think again.
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Of course "energy is energy" (just like cars are cars, dogs are dogs and "arbitrary noun" is an "arbitrary noun"). That doesn't mean that there aren't different kinds of energy. A water wave carries energy mechanically through the motion of water molecules. An EM wave carries energy in the oscillations of its electric and magnetic fields. Anyway, I'm thinking again, and I still can't figure out how a water wave interferes with an EM wave.
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Originally Posted by athribiristan
Mind you the interference would almost undetectable as the difference in wavelengths is huge.
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Why? EM waves can have a wavelength spanning from, for example, miles to nanometers. Surely the wavelength of a water wave falls in that range.
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Originally Posted by athribiristan
Our thoughts are energy. Here's proof:
Our muscles move. This is caused by electrical impulses transmitted by the nervous system. This is caused by the firing of synapses in the brain. This is caused by thought.
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How do you know it's not the other way around? How do you know that firing neurons don't cause thought?
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Originally Posted by athribiristan
An awareness receives energy and makes use of that energy to record information in some way so that it can be compared to future input. That comparison then becomes the basis for thought.
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Is a computer aware?
Thanks for the good discussion, everyone.