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New comment by drupe in "A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste"

drupe — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:10:10 +0000

Have you tried PHA? Supposedly it's truly biodegradable and a viable alternative to PLA in many cases.

New comment by drupe in "A new proposal for how mind emerges from matter"

drupe — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:32:51 +0000

We can find "neural correlates" of consciousness, but nothing we do right now can prove that experience/awareness is taking place somewhere other than where oneself is experiencing/being aware.

New comment by drupe in "One Head, Two Brains: The origins of split-brain research (2015)"

drupe — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:49:36 +0000

If one is interested in hemisphere theory, including psychological and philosophical implications, make sure to check out the work of Ian McGilchrist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V3_Y_FuMYk

New comment by drupe in "The Pleasure of Pattern"

drupe — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:02:38 +0000

The tension between, and variation of, predictable and surprising elements in music are clearly important to it's enjoyability.

But to reduce the pleasure of listening to or playing music to "music is easy to predict therefore it feels good" seems overly simplistic.

Maybe you didn't intend to make that reduction, but your comment comes off that way, to me at least.

New comment by drupe in "Inner Speech"

drupe — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:03:18 +0000

But what is the experience of "asking yourself something" like for you if you don't literally hear a question being asked in your head?

New comment by drupe in "In Switzerland, most people rent for life"

drupe — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 19:38:07 +0000

https://archive.ph/TnhIk

New comment by drupe in "MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008)"

drupe — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:59:37 +0000

No, you can't hear the difference, let's collectively move on, please.

New comment by drupe in "A philosophical theory where hard determinism and panpsychism are compatible"

drupe — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:14:27 +0000

Even if hard determinism is true then the act of 'communicating a logical argument' is still part of the deterministic chain of events and could potentially influence the beliefs and actions of others.

New comment by drupe in "What Makes Music Sound Good? (2010) [pdf]"

drupe — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:25:30 +0000

why not?

New comment by drupe in "Philosophy of Science 101: What is the problem of induction?"

drupe — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 05:51:38 +0000

> The very concept of “evidence” requires free will.

Interesting idea, I'm a bit sceptical but would love to learn more about this argument. Where does it come from?