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Originally Posted by thef0x  I disagree with you entirely based on the premise that the body as an organism is not separate from the mind, and therefore one's diet does affect their 'reality'.
We know that eating a balanced diet requires an array of food.
Choosing not to eat meat, based on your bodies physiology, creates certain affects within your body.
You are an organism, changing what you eat will change the way you feel.
I believe there is no mind and body divide here, and I think there is objective validity to changing your diet.
Personally I've noticed the changes when dropping all meat except fish from my diet. I also began to stuff veggies in my stomach (hungry!) and way more whole grains (long grained rice). I quit drinking all caffeine and anything carbonated (no soda). I don't eat treats (simple sugar) during the day.
Now I have more focused energy than I ever could've imagined.
So I think your whole thread is bullshit. Sorry. Please let me know what you think. |
Hi thefox
I think you could be a tad more diplomatic in your closing statement.
Other than that, I agree with you that I do not see any division of mind and body.
Dualism and Materialism have been an area I have read for years whilst doing my Bachelors Degree in Philosophy and afterwards.
Much of the Dualists arguments are emotionally tied to hocus pocus and religion. Descartes who may possibly be the most influential mind over the past 500 years, even got fuddled with dualism because of his devotion to (and no doubt wariness) of the RC Church.
There really is no grounds to believe that dualism exists and to use an old philosophers toolbox: Better to apply occams razor -(all things being equal- adopt the simpler solution) than go off in wild tangents about Cartesian dualism, substance dualism, epiphenomenalism etc etc.