[theodorejb]

> Human cognition was basically bruteforced by evolution

This is an assumption, not a fact. Perhaps human cognition was created by God, and our minds have an essential spiritual component which cannot be reproduced by a purely physical machine.

[j2kun]

Even if you don't believe in God, scientific theories of how human cognition came about (and how it works and changes over time) are all largely speculation and good storytelling.

[pennomi]

It’s not an assumption, it’s a viable theory based on overwhelming evidence from fossil records.

What’s NOT supported by evidence is an unknowable, untestable spiritual requirement for cognition.

[j2kun]

What overwhelming evidence do fossil records provide about human cognition?

[lurk2]

> it’s a viable theory based on overwhelming evidence from fossil records

No one has gathered evidence of cognition from fossil records.

[soiltype]

It is completely unreasonable to assume our intelligence was not evolved, even if we acknowledge that an untestable magical process could be responsible. If the latter is true, it's not something we could ever actually know.

[lurk2]

> If the latter is true, it's not something we could ever actually know.

That doesn’t follow.

[myrmidon]

I'm sticking to materialism, because historically all its predictions turned out to be correct (cognition happens in the brain, thought manifests physically in neural activity, affecting our physical brain affects our thinking).

The counter-hypothesis (we think because some kind of magic happens) has absolutely nothing to show for; proponents typically struggle to even define the terms they need, much less make falsifiable predictions.

[znort_]

it is an assumption backed by considerable evidence. creationism otoh is an assumption backed by superstition an phantasizing, or could you point to at least some evidence.

besides, spirituality is not a "component", it's a property emergent from brain structure and function, which is basically purely a physical machine.

[IncreasePosts]

In that sense, what isn't an assumption?

[potsandpans]

Maybe there's a small teapot orbiting the earth, with ten thousand angels dancing on the tip of the spout.

[andy99]

I think you’re both saying the same thing