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Yeah, I think I read something close to that. The idea is that, when the voice in our head (our constant monologue and maybe even conscience) is activ...

WHAT ARE WE? We are some configuration of energy. We call us human beings, for now. Anyway, as far as we are aware, part of how that energy expresses ...

So, is the God referred to in the Bible a distinct deity or a montage of multiple deities? Personally, I don't think there's any God at all. I think t...

Could it mean there are different Gods in the Bible?

Is the God of the Bible one God? I mean, is Moses' God identical to Elijah's, Isaiah's or Jesus' God? If so, how do we know that their concepts of God...

That is your opinion. Imo, finite or Infinite is a description of time-relations with subjects/objects. Time itself is neither finite nor infinite, ju...

I think it's because we can't affirm 'nothing' and we can't negate 'something'. Therefore logic dictates the presence of something instead of nothing.

so we're back to the initial argument where possibilities abound and there's nothing, as far as we know, that prevents the possibility of a multiverse...

Since time is infinite in this supposition, it means we have an infinite amount of time prior to this moment. So, how come we have not succumbed to th...

I think you've missed the point about what/who God is to the believers. For them, in so many ways, God does exist. In the least, God is the creator of...

Allow me to be a little argumentative and question this assertion. So, back 2000-2500 years ago when the theory of atoms (atomos) was first stated, wa...

That theory is mainly about trying to figure out NDEs and such. Coz death isn't just about how/what a person perceives, it's also how/what they're per...

What I'm trying to say is, the working of the universe as we have observed so far seems to be intelligently designed such that there are forces which ...

Not necessarily. Even if there was infinite matter density, each part of the universe would only interact in relation to its environment. It does not ...

The big bang is a theory but not a certainty. There are other theories, all with different probabilities. Right now, the big bang may be the best fit ...

They have specified their limits as those of a universe. This means that it automatically has the potential capacity for intrinsic expansion as with m...

I don't see a connection between the premise and conclusion. Ok. What directs to such a conclusion? As you have pointed out, This could even imply tha...

I think whatever hypothesis we develop should not overlook the facts we're working with. The fact is we've noticed the galaxies moving apart in space....

Is space expanding or are things expanding within space? If space is expanding, within what is it expanding?

Here are a few other translations which reflect the teachings better: 19. RETURNING TO NATURALNESS It is better merely to live one's life, realizing o...

There's nothing wrong with living with one's parents. Infact, I consider a family-focused home affair (like back in the day or as is the case with som...

I believe there's rationale in everything. To your professor I'd say there is a lot of priority and preference in falling in love. For example, which ...

Reification aside, what would psychology and psychiatry be without reference to the psyche? And isn't psyche just another reference to mind and mental...

My point isn't that force and matter are separate but that they're different in how they are and that maybe we could recognise both in our mental facu...

What should the purpose of education be? To inspire and guide to knowledge. Then to assist us in converting the knowledge into wisdom. (By knowledge I...

I think death is a relation, not unlike time, between what was and what is or will be. I'm one of those who believe that if something has a starting p...

I mean that the significance of life and death may lie beyond what we currently designate as nature/natural and which could only be realised as we unf...

So, basically what you're saying is that to instill inhibitions in your behaviour there was deliberate application of will-power. Also, I'm thinking t...

Yeah, but the definitions have nothing to do with the identity or significance of either. It is more of a place marker in terms of when they happen. W...

My point has nothing to do with immortality. I'm merely insisting that the significance of life and death has nothing to do with their apparent contra...

Yeah, my thoughts are also thereabouts. I'm also wondering how the ability to will is affected by the centres of the brain which are associated with c...

I think because inhibitions affect our mode of expression, they will necessarily manifest as components of our psyche because all activity seem to beg...

I do not mean to imply that what we do under inhibitions is the real us. What I'm saying is that the influences we generate when we have the full capa...

I believe we are aware of 'things' because they connect to us, whether they connect through our consciousness, senses, self, etc matters only after we...

Death leads to pointlessness???!!! Does it, really? From what logic? The organisation of existence and reality before the dawn of life-forms on this p...

Emotionally, humans are predominantly instinctive. Instinctively, humans aren't that far off from animals in nature. Women seem to go for "jerks" beca...

There's a difference between submission and acceptance. Buddhism teaches acceptance. Also, it teaches discernment. That is, how to determine what to a...

As to monogamy, I don't think genetic propagation accounts for any ethical guidelines we may have formulated after evolution had already determined wh...

I get how people may have limitations but, in general, can't we really discipline ourselves to alter our emotional or personality traits or awareness/...

I don't know of any specific goal or target which makes life significant or meaningful but, from what I've observed of life, human life predominantly,...

I think we've both gone off topic. How about another discussion about, "where do values come from?"

I feel like the dimensions we're discussing (the 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D) exist within the space-time continuum thus making it impossible for either space or t...

Not marking two points in time but marking points on the object while the frame of reference being considered is static. I believe both temporal and s...

This can be on the same object thus making it possible to maintain a static frame of reference for the object distinctly. Can time by itself be consid...

I don't mean an absolute state of rest. I mean considering an object through a static frame of reference as is often done in physics. Time, for me, is...

I think education for a technological society is a problem only if we think technology will solve all human problems which we (as a human collective a...

Home values. Charity and learning (education) must begin at home then advance to institutions. Seeking equality, knowledge, compassion, etc, all the v...

I don't know about time, I find it to be purely relative. Can a dimension be relative?

I mean forces like gravity, magnetism or weak and strong interaction forces which are generated from a body's inherent mechanism. Mass and acceleratio...

I've been trying to work on this for a while, so far what I have is some kind of pseudo-science which anyone should feel free to reject. I think it is...