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What I've been trying to demonstrate in different ways is that if you cannot accept that we can experience the universe without having to be everywher...

I’m pretty sure this part is not wrong. Admittedly, we are all to some extent relying on theories in these discussions, but these theories are pretty ...

I've just thought of an even bigger problem, quite a huge one actually. If we take the universe as a whole, then it would seem that nothing exists. Bu...

Do you mean that the room only consists of its dimensions? Like the universe, wouldn’t the room have to consist of its contents too? But anyway, take ...

I’ve been trying to think if I believe this to be true or not. I think I’m right in saying that you mean we cannot experience ALL of the universe. Tha...

The reason the other person looks like me is because I am seeing the dream through her mind/eyes, and she is looking at me. But she isn’t me, she is h...

Thanks, Amity. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with gender (although, for a minute, you had me wondering lol) The background of the story is rough...

Why can't it matter to the people inside it? Am I just being dense or something? I can't figure out why it only has to matter to someone/thing outside...

Here are some of my thoughts on this, for what they are worth. (They may be worthless, but in the slight hope that they are worth something, here they...

I often see the opposite being the case, for some reason. Take one person who is considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of all time: Marily...

I agree totally. One hundred percent certainty just does not exist. (Apart from maybe in Plato's World of Forms, but then we would have to 100 percent...

What existed before the Yellow Emperor?

Because we would really like you to stay our democratic ally.

"All"? Are you sure? There isn't one 100% accurate account of anything! But I am talking about getting a general gist of what happened in the past. A ...

I’m just praying you come out of it still a democracy! Sorry, but I’m just saying what many other people around the world are thinking about, some rub...

To my mind, governments have no power over civilization and culture, since governments are controlled by the people, and the people make civilizations...

What if there is no container?

Okay, you've got me thinking now. So, is it just his belief that he is the res cogitans? How did he know he wasn't simply the thoughts?

I'd forgotten about that. But, if he believes he is distinct from his body, then isn't he only thoughts? What else could he be?

I thought about this a lot when I first found this forum. I walked around with this in my head for a few days. I even made a whole Word Doc of notes o...

You were seeing light being reflected off the book. You would only see light directly from the object if it was luminous, meaning that it emits its ow...

We see the reflected light, but if there was nothing to reflect off, then we would not see the light. Therefore, it seems as if just the fact we can s...

If success means accomplishing your aim, and your aim is to do what you think is best for yourself, then I don’t see how this isn’t an example of succ...

I don't know if anyone has already made this point, but this reminds me of Descartes's. "I think, therefore, I am." He uses something non-physical, su...

Wouldn't that mean that everyone is morally successful, since everyone does what they think is best for themselves? And even if, in the future, they r...

I was just wondering, why does taking everyone else out of the picture mean that morality, or acting in your 'best self interest', no longer applies?

I’m not sure if it is about getting it right or wrong, but more about the motives for the actions. In other words, morality is doing what you think is...

Thanks for the advice. Yes, I see what you mean about a quote within a quote. Just thinking though... But is moral error, or just error, the same as i...

I'm just trying to figure out if there is such a thing as immorality. If being moral means doing what is good and best for you, and by extension, that...

I've been thinking... What if you were stranded—with your sibling— on a desert island, which has limited meat sources, and the only other source of ed...

I've been thinking... if morality can be defined as doing the good or right thing, I believe it means ultimately doing the good and right thing for yo...

Well, I was born not far from Birmingham, but when I tell people this, they are usually surprised because I have lost my Brummie accent. I think I do ...

Glaswegian, for sure. I had a friend from Glasgow. I rarely understand a word he said. Even my husband is from South Yorkshire, and when we visit all ...

Which British accent? There are rather a lot! His is RP, but he was born in Monmouthshire. I wonder if he ever had a Welsh twang? I'd have to say I li...

Good advice. Thank you.

Yes, since through language, early humans were able to evolve and survive better by communicating more effectively. But… I’ve been thinking, and there...

Not me! Although I think that my booze is more for Dutch courage. Am I the only one who gets an attack of the nerves at just the thought of pressing t...