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believenothing

['Member']Joined: November 29, 2017 at 00:05Last active: November 11, 2025 at 00:534 discussions96 comments
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I seem to have plenty of spare time, I am mostly unproductive. I have an interest in philosophy, I guess I am still looking for inspiration and/or incentive..

The forum I used to use seems broken right now

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while unable to refine the real, 'thought' pauses to mimic it.

you are free to do as you are told

if anything can happen, it will

"go with a smile"

Discussions (4)

Forgotten ideas

December 02, 2017 at 11:00 21 comments Philosophy of Mind

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In: Does nothingness exist?  — view comment
'Nothing' is ever present under scrutiny, within itself and everywhere, a self perpetuating and ineffable enigma waiting to unfold into reality. I rec...
September 13, 2025 at 08:23
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
You are stretching this thread into a more interesting discussion, being less ambiguous and posing better questions but I can't elaborate on my origin...
October 02, 2023 at 03:00
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
I hope I'm not just talking to myself ;)
August 05, 2023 at 08:23
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
I was thinking maybe it belongs in philosophy of mind, i wasn't sure, but I never thought it should live in the lounge.. "Can you really contemplate w...
August 05, 2023 at 07:58
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
Can someone tell me why this thread has been removed from general philosophy and planted in the lounge??
August 05, 2023 at 07:50
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
A thought experiment I've used and tested.. Ask someone if they can imagine a circle, if the answer is yes - and it usually is - then ask them to imag...
August 05, 2023 at 07:09
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
In my experience of contemplation, there always seems to be a narator who just can't keep quiet at least, that's if there isn't really a conversation ...
August 05, 2023 at 01:13
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
I'm not really asking about any difference there might be between the back and forth of internal dialogue, or at least that wasn't the primary intenti...
August 05, 2023 at 01:09
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
Ok, Contemplation need not be worded? That had occured to me, but how are we supposed to discuss a lack of discussion? It's not that simple, surely? I...
August 05, 2023 at 00:56
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
Can you see ideas and not dream?
August 05, 2023 at 00:00
In: Can you really contemplate without having a conversation with yourself?  — view comment
Even if you just listen to your thoughts, you are still having a one way conversation.
August 04, 2023 at 23:54
In: Does nothingness exist?  — view comment
https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApJZKTMOKCr7jxnlG5t8lq-OTaCo? I'm not as tech savvy as i would like to be but this link should show you a snipet of a conversation...
February 17, 2023 at 12:26
In: Life is just a bunch of distractions  — view comment
I think I spend too much time on autopilot waiting for the next dream.
February 12, 2023 at 04:36
In: Life is just a bunch of distractions  — view comment
I really have no specific idea. Just contemplation or meditation or some kind of discovery process maybe.
February 12, 2023 at 04:29
In: Life is just a bunch of distractions  — view comment
Maybe ideas are not important until they are made real? But then they just become distractions..? Can someone please enlighten me?
January 12, 2023 at 07:00
In: Life is just a bunch of distractions  — view comment
Distractions are everywhere and I could summerise by pointing out that reality is a distraction. All the really cool stuff and important stuff lives i...
January 12, 2023 at 06:46
In: How to communicate?  — view comment
peeps, i didn't read all of this thread but consider my ditty as i penned it a few days ago... 'If only we could learn to be in harmony remaining free...
August 20, 2020 at 01:44
In: Forgotten ideas  — view comment
Our ideas may be recycled whether we choose to share them or not.
June 04, 2020 at 05:47
In: Can anything really ever be identical?  — view comment
thanks, i think. I was just telling a friend i might have some reading to do. That was before I logged into this site, spooky eh? I'm not so sure what...
December 26, 2019 at 03:20
In: Can anything really ever be identical?  — view comment
It seems I don't really spend enough time contemplating things in order to be able to contribute much to this site. I'm trying to dable though. Whethe...
December 23, 2019 at 02:33
In: Can anything really ever be identical?  — view comment
If you read the same thing in two different books, such as a quote, then let me suggest you have seen the same 'idea' twice or in other words two iden...
December 23, 2019 at 02:22
In: Can anything really ever be identical?  — view comment
Fantastic, thanks a lot. I often struggle with conventions though. I should say I struggle with language more often. I feel relieved to find I was bar...
December 23, 2019 at 02:15
In: Can anything really ever be identical?  — view comment
I'm trying to ask about uniquity and originality and that sort of thing, but also trying to learn more about limits.
December 20, 2019 at 07:33
In: Can anything really ever be identical?  — view comment
Can a difference always be established? Or is there a point at which all possible perspectives agree that there is no difference at all?
December 20, 2019 at 07:28
In: Can anything really ever be identical?  — view comment
Thanks khaled, but what about ideas or concepts? I mean not just 'real' objects? Could your observation be identical to what you believe after reading...
December 20, 2019 at 07:24
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gyvsmdgbxg Maybe 'nothing' somehow transcends definition?
July 27, 2018 at 22:25
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
I can't immediately wrap my head around that, I don't really think the concept of 'No-thing' presupposes anything but I might be stumbling over semant...
July 27, 2018 at 21:59
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
"if you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you" : Nietzsche It seems humans have evolved mentally to recognize and manipulate patterns.. I...
July 27, 2018 at 21:44
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
Nothing is 100% certain, there is always an alternative..
July 27, 2018 at 21:27
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fizh0M8TczA
July 19, 2018 at 02:22
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHkG-HWc4PM
July 12, 2018 at 08:29
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
Nothing is worse than hell. Nothing comes to mind without inspiration or stimulus. Nothing can be proven to be true. Nothing has no properties other t...
July 12, 2018 at 08:15
In: Was the universe created by purpose or by chance?  — view comment
I would vote for option 3 or something very similar. I would like to believe however that some kind of cosmos could be created, I just find it hard to...
June 27, 2018 at 05:03
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7mfmouVURY
March 09, 2018 at 07:48
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
If I ask someone "what are you thinking?" and they say "nothing", I suspect what they really mean is "nothing culpable". In order to think nothing at ...
January 12, 2018 at 13:26
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
As I continue to struggle with finding a good way to answer this question 'what is nothing?', I begin to see that it has a lot to do with grammar, whi...
January 12, 2018 at 13:10
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
Most ideas are indescribable really, why should 'nothing' be singled out? I like your slant. Saying something is indescribable is just a (confusing) w...
January 12, 2018 at 00:44
In: What is NOTHING?  — view comment
The great ineffable unheard of.. Nothing is simply undiscovered I recon.
January 11, 2018 at 11:47
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNgfcl6TE8
December 28, 2017 at 13:40
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF6VO4nk1Cs
December 28, 2017 at 13:31
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEql5rc9X0A&list=PL84FC04AFD55C4527&index=7
December 28, 2017 at 13:26
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD4KMp22jBg
December 28, 2017 at 12:44
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDEl7JnWvo
December 28, 2017 at 12:39
In: Forgotten ideas  — view comment
:) nice way of seeing it.
December 03, 2017 at 18:37
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUL9Nerbk-s
December 03, 2017 at 15:26
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YOYlgvI1uE
December 03, 2017 at 13:50
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY
December 02, 2017 at 20:12
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1-6Bef9xU&list=LLRF9En0fFW_fdBhUDfR__Wg&index=8
December 02, 2017 at 19:55
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBUT0cxtHlg
December 02, 2017 at 19:44
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Repetition Why ask why ask why ask why ask why ask?.. What do you mean, what do you mean, what do you mean?.. Allegedly allegedly allegedly allegedly ...
December 02, 2017 at 19:28
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