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January 12, 2022 at 07:28
Possible!
January 12, 2022 at 07:07
Shakespeare? I didn't know the phrase "dreamless sleep" was the English bard's handiwork. Good to know.
January 12, 2022 at 07:06
Very Buddhist! The Truth will set you Free! Siddhartha's religion (Buddhism), though apparently hedonic, treats heaven (rapture) and hell (torment) as...
January 12, 2022 at 07:04
:grin: Can you please repeat the question!
January 12, 2022 at 06:56
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January 12, 2022 at 06:55
@"180 Proof" :up: We define an unknown (death) in terms of a known (dreamless sleep).
January 12, 2022 at 06:53
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:ok: You might find :point: Truth over Pleasure interesting!
January 12, 2022 at 06:42
I don't know how to say this, but a quote from Zen Buddhism and one Zhuangzi should do the trick. \downarrow
January 12, 2022 at 06:40
This is precisely what Dennett's saying is the illusion of consciousness.
January 12, 2022 at 06:23
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January 12, 2022 at 06:21
The clock, is what it measures (time) as real as it itself is?
January 12, 2022 at 06:21
Yes! Discernment of subtlety/nuance isn't my strong suit. I'd like to hear more if you feel so disposed.
January 12, 2022 at 06:16
Wow! :clap:
January 12, 2022 at 06:12
Tautology.
January 12, 2022 at 06:11
The universe is asymmetrical and yet within this asymmetry we have symmetry, at least mirror symmetry (yin-yang).
January 12, 2022 at 06:11
Yep, but that's not the kind of survival, post-death, that people have in mind. :up:
January 12, 2022 at 06:10
Romanticized accounts of family life, my friend. Read Agatha Christie. It follows naturally.
January 12, 2022 at 06:07
My question actually inquires into ground already covered, but indeed, the nature of truth is a profound question. :ok:
January 12, 2022 at 06:05
I'm certain your undertsanding of the subject is far better than mine. I have a question. Is there a line straighter than straight, that is to say :po...
January 12, 2022 at 06:03
I don't think my question is so profound as to require an exposition on the limits of reality /truth? Anyway, thanks!
January 12, 2022 at 05:59
Possible, quite possible. However truth in what sense truth, epistemologically that is?
January 11, 2022 at 22:24
To the extent it can be said I grasped Wittgenstein, I reaffirm my position which is there's no samyak-d???i (right view) when it comes to Wittgenstei...
January 11, 2022 at 22:20
The clue to mass extinctions, that they're real and do happen, is embedded in our DNA - they're mutable, meaning life wants to field as many players a...
January 11, 2022 at 22:08
Isn't so called (velocity/gravitational) time dilation, a case of warping the 4th dimension (time); however, unlike space in which case a straight lin...
January 11, 2022 at 21:59
What a shame. Just when he was about to crack the problem - the way to a man's heart is through his stomach! :lol:
January 11, 2022 at 20:43
Anitnatalism is correct. You might, if I understand you, point to happiness experienced (by the privileged few), but what if I told you that any and a...
January 11, 2022 at 20:41
I'm uninformed of many, many things. What I've learned is this: learning the truth is hard work (find a good resource, reading it, analyzing what you'...
January 11, 2022 at 20:13
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January 11, 2022 at 19:42
I'm reading this book on philosophy. I was under the (false) impression that Chrstianity owed much of what it is, doctrinally speaking, to sound, well...
January 11, 2022 at 19:30
In: Pantheism  — view comment
:rofl:
January 11, 2022 at 19:12
Finally, now we can put crooks (that's the majority) in the senate. Not being able to do anything remotely illegal, there's no need at all to distingu...
January 11, 2022 at 19:11
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January 11, 2022 at 18:58
To, Daniel Dennett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University Dear Sir, There's no difference between me, asleep, and me, awake! Th...
January 11, 2022 at 18:53
Magnifique! A sensible answer/post/reply. Sorry, slipped my mind. The Holy Spirit = The Force (Star wars)
January 11, 2022 at 18:24
No, no! We're natalists because we're masochists (we get off on pain).
January 11, 2022 at 18:19
Nice! The Father = (Master)Mind Holy Spirit = Speech (breath) The Son = Body (Physical manifestation)
January 11, 2022 at 18:17
What is real?
January 11, 2022 at 18:12
Yep, we could all be masochists, assuming antinatalism is correct.
January 11, 2022 at 18:10
I've engaged you and others with the intent of discovering what Daniel Dennett actually means when he claims that consciousness is an illusion. It has...
January 11, 2022 at 18:09
Where \rightarrow means became/transformed into, Religion \rightarrow Philosophy \rightarrow Science. All these fields are avatars of each other that,...
January 11, 2022 at 16:20
Is the universe symmetrical? So little or virtually nonexistent antimatter! Mathematical symmetry figures (prominently) in models of the universe (phy...
January 11, 2022 at 16:04
Kudos OP for such a profound question. If "digital space" can be sanctified/consecrated/made sacred, does it mean God/the divine/the holy is/are digit...
January 11, 2022 at 15:48
In: Pantheism  — view comment
Gos becomes one, merges with, His creation! He no longer exists as separate from His creation aka the universe/multiverse. This is pantheism. Intrigui...
January 11, 2022 at 15:33
An idea can fail 1. At conception stage (think) 2. At implementation stage (act) It's unclear to me at which stage socialism fails.
January 11, 2022 at 15:18
Gives a whole new meaning to the word "errors" doesn't it? I wish philosophy and other stuff humans do were like that - built not on correctness, but ...
January 11, 2022 at 14:49
:smile: :sad:
January 11, 2022 at 14:36
Therein lies the rub. We don't experience ourselves directly as brains - we're told we're brains.
January 11, 2022 at 14:35
I have a feeling that we're confusing verbs with nouns here. The mind is, at the end of the day, a verb (thinking/thoughts), but we seem to mislabelin...
January 11, 2022 at 13:39
I have a feeling that we're confusing verbs with nouns here. The mind is, at the end of the day, a verb (thinking/thoughts), but we seem to mislabelin...
January 11, 2022 at 13:39