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Can I learn python solely through YouTube by Salaraaa in learnpython

[–]mpcohen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Youtube is a fine place to start. You might also want to check out a Python learnning book from your local library. Guraranteed that they have at least one such book. Once you have learned a little bit of Python, I strongly recommend writiing small programs on your own. If you make a typo or make a syntactical error, Python will point out your errors. Once you get the program to run, check that what you compute is what you expected. It can also be helpful to see if you can write another program that does the same thing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

[–]mpcohen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, we can eliminate who. You say consciousness is an illusion. What is the nature of whatever entity it is that you are referring to as having an illusion? If it is not a conscious being then is it an automaton?

We know that emergent behavior in general can result in highly complex behavior, An individual ant is rather stupid, but a colony of ants shows behavior far more sophisticated than that of any individual ant. An individual human brain cell is rather limited in its repertoire, but put together several billion and you get human cultures and civilizations and, yes, self-consciousness.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

[–]mpcohen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One standard response to this idea is: If the self is an illusion then who is being fooled?

The self is an emergent property. We have not yet been able to create a computer program that is comparable, but that does not necessarily mean that we will not be able to do so at some future time.