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ThinkingMatt

['Member']Joined: August 02, 2017 at 10:26Last active: August 21, 2017 at 04:172 discussions34 comments

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@"Thorongil" @"Bitter Crank" @"Noble Dust"@"darthbarracuda"@"Nils Loc"@"schopenhauer1"@"Wayfarer"@"TheMadFool" @"WISDOMfromPO-MO"@"Rich"@"mcdoodle" Th...
August 07, 2017 at 22:40
@"darthbarracuda"@"Thorongil"@"TheMadFool" @"schopenhauer1" @"Rich" @"Noble Dust"@"Agustino"@"Bitter Crank" I would be interested to hear all of your ...
August 07, 2017 at 09:10
Yes.
August 04, 2017 at 23:30
I agree - all our predictions are very likely to be completely wrong. Though we are essentially a mind, and the purpose of the mind is to understand. ...
August 04, 2017 at 23:29
Correct - If the purpose of reproducing is just a means to continue motion of matter in the universe - why does this require consciousness to do so? I...
August 04, 2017 at 23:17
Firstly what do you mean by "life in toto"? This statement has no logic - if we as humans have the power to create and take life away then for what re...
August 04, 2017 at 23:02
I 100% agree. Though it's fair to say we can only predict anything and everything based on the information and references we currently have. There's n...
August 04, 2017 at 15:22
We agreed earlier that the purpose of life (for arguments sake) was for matter to continually move. If this was true then at some point the universe w...
August 04, 2017 at 14:57
We were discussing whether existance was circular or whether it had a beginning and end. Proving this from our our perspective being fourth dimensiona...
August 04, 2017 at 14:46
I disagree - A practical demonstration of Earth's sphericity was achieved by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano's expedition's circumnavigat...
August 04, 2017 at 14:28
One desicribing their emotion toward someone else as 'love' purely identifies that you have a strong affection toward them. Your relationship with the...
August 04, 2017 at 14:12
I don't believe that that's where we've ended up
August 04, 2017 at 13:59
perhaps - though I'm not familiar with Bergson's Vital force but at least you've given me something to go onto ahaha thanks for the discussion non the...
August 04, 2017 at 13:58
You're right that if it has a separate beginning and end it is impossible to identify which make my argument mute. Though if you agree it's circular (...
August 04, 2017 at 13:42
I'll have to read the article before commenting on what they suggest. Though based on your quote above, if the continuation of motion is the entire pu...
August 04, 2017 at 13:38
Fair statement - essentially when you can not derive any further. Which as you stated is difficult or impossible to identify. So perhaps that's reason...
August 04, 2017 at 13:29
Maybe in some sense. Let's say that statement is true - motion means for something to go in a specified direction or to change position. Though as I'v...
August 04, 2017 at 13:26
In terms of physics motion of energy (which is essentially what we are talking about), continues as a means to evenly distribut energy amungst all mat...
August 04, 2017 at 13:17
Is it though? Or is it a logical sequence of steps to find the origin or absolute beginning? Logically everything must start from one point. Unless yo...
August 04, 2017 at 13:10
Okay for the sake of the discussion let's say the purpose of life is the continuation of motion. Why does the continuation of motion need to occur?
August 04, 2017 at 13:05
@"Agustino" that's your job - by being able to disprove my logic with your own ahahah
August 04, 2017 at 13:01
Fair statement - it essentially substitutes the contention that the purpose of life is continuing the cycle of life (reproduction). Though still leave...
August 04, 2017 at 12:58
Play - is a mechanism (1) to learn (2) to reinforce and build social relationships - both are advantageous in terms of creating properous survival/ li...
August 04, 2017 at 12:50
Are you able to rephrase this statement? Or elaborate?
August 04, 2017 at 12:20
Love is defined as a strong feeling of affection. The strong feeling of affection toward wife, sister and book aren't different. What's different is t...
August 04, 2017 at 12:15
With all these analogies there is an underlying purpose for all these actions being done. Eg. The reason you would be cutting with a knife is to perha...
August 04, 2017 at 11:52
@"TheMadFool" Despite the fact that I believe this statement is true, it would be ignorant or obnoxious to say its the best means of doing so. (There ...
August 04, 2017 at 11:35
@"TheMadFool" I don't disagree with your premis that continuing the cycle of life is to better understand the universe from humankind - my question is...
August 04, 2017 at 11:26
As understanding the world around you isn't the only or maybe the best tactic for continuing the cycle of life.
August 04, 2017 at 11:21
@"TheMadFool" cont I agree that this is the purpose of all living things as individuals "to continue the cycle of living things". Though if the purpos...
August 04, 2017 at 11:15
@"TheMadFool" Yes. Philosophy is an attempt to better understand the world around us. Doing so is advantageous as better understanding the world aroun...
August 04, 2017 at 10:51
@"schopenhauer1" See my response to Thorongil above where I have clarified my overal question.
August 04, 2017 at 10:34
@"TheMadFool" The thirst for knowledge isn't a need to sustain life - learning is a mechanism to better understand our environment as a way to improve...
August 04, 2017 at 10:21
@"Thorongil" What's an example?
August 04, 2017 at 10:07
@"Thorongil" Your response What I meant buy this is the fact that we keep alive long enough to reproduce and create the next generation - hence 'conti...
August 04, 2017 at 10:04