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Originally Posted by Kepler

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.



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.





How do you know it's not the other way around? How do you know that firing neurons don't cause thought?

The same way I know most of this: A little bird told me. Actually I credit intuition, racial consciousness, and a good deal of research.

Is a computer aware?

Only to the extent that the programmer understands awareness


Thanks for the good discussion, everyone.

I have also enjoyed this thread....thanks everyone.