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  • That consiousness is specifically an emergent property consciousness that I distinguish from Consciousness.

    Against Darwinism 2009

  • Just as the gaseous properties of chlorine emerge from its form (the simple number and arrangement of its parts) and not from the powers of its constituent protons, electrons, etc., the emergence of consiousness is more likely a property of the substantial form of the human being and not from the powers of constituent neurons or molecules or atoms.

    March 18th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • I came back to consiousness with A snap. oh man it hurt, and i had sand in my mouth, and couldn't move, but just a little, i wasn't in the chopper anymore, I was in the trees, wedged between the fork of some branch.

    ronald dean douglas 2010

  • I spit trying to clear my mouth. it was blood and sand, how do you get sand in your mouth up in the trees, well you don't, it was my teeth. 23 long hours in and out of consiousness, wedged immobile in the fork of A tree. they had found the shot down helicopter, and i had left a swath like A lane through the trees until i hit the branch that stopped me.

    ronald dean douglas 2010

  • Global warming is real and we should have small or grand consiousness and ideas how to slow down our own human contribution to this climate crisis.

    Aide: Obama believes tax on costly policies 'has some merit' 2009

  • Now, if artificial intelligence is fundamentally made of software, how about real intelligence (which also has consiousness) — is real intelligence made of software???

    A Conundrum 2008

  • The women regain consiousness, and are handcuffed by Worf and his team.

    T'Pol & Britney's Undercover Mission (Part Six) 2009

  • When I'm in a state of consiousness, I might be able to do something.

    Recovering From The Party 2009

  • And even if the above is true about consiousness, its lack of account for souls is more the fualt of religion not clearly explaining the soul than sciance not knowing where to stick it in the picture.

    Waldo Jaquith - Creationist museum admits to evolution. 2007

  • I believe we need an equal rights amendment passed by our present group of Statesmen or we ladies will need make our own party with our own husbands and vote our consiousness.

    Meet Maria Herminia Graterol: Women’s Rights Consultant « AAUW Dialog 2009

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