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BrianW

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December 06, 2021 at 06:04
I love the wisdom in this message. Purely Divine! (And I will definitely quote you.) The message resonates deeply with my understanding of what our li...
August 30, 2021 at 04:59
The brain (I don't know about mind) ABSOLUTELY gains in mass and volume just as with any other organ. Stuff (blood, chemicals, nutrients, etc, etc,) g...
July 30, 2021 at 07:54
There's a big difference between 'conceptual' and 'actual'. Multiple worlds, parallel universes, time travel, teleportation, etc, etc, are still just ...
July 26, 2021 at 08:29
Imagine that. Having the same idea, and yet... discussion. Now we have philosophy!
April 24, 2021 at 01:57
I believe the root of metaphysical investigations is the human capacity to punch above their weight. For example, we investigate the weather, somethin...
April 23, 2021 at 22:23
We determine our part in those interactions e.g. building storm shelters, moving to california, spare tires, divorcing your mother-in-law's daughter/s...
April 23, 2021 at 17:45
Symbolically, suppose there's people's lives which are a phenomena whereby there is a point, let's call it a point of origin, such that no matter how ...
April 23, 2021 at 03:02
Also, The information we have about atoms only provides working hypotheses not absolute truth (if it exists).
April 16, 2021 at 17:45
Belief has no value without practice. That is borrowed from the "faith without action is dead" quote. The existence of atoms is a belief. The fact is,...
April 16, 2021 at 05:41
Ignoring the limited imagination through which the question has been posited, I would say that sacrifice is always a choice. Human consciousness/consc...
April 09, 2021 at 20:29
YES. My take is this: Reality (existence) is. Knowledge is about perceiving a copy of reality (that which is) within the configuration we refer to as ...
April 07, 2021 at 00:04
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PARADOX!!! For example, why compare an imaginary horn with real paint? If it's a real horn, then there must be a certain l...
March 01, 2021 at 04:42
Just a thought: If someone only read books their whole life, what have they made of that life? If they only travelled, conducted business, interacted ...
December 29, 2020 at 08:02
It's not crazy, it's just a way (an attempt) to preserve certain kinds of value. If we had perfect recall (memory of thoughts, emotions, things, situa...
December 29, 2020 at 07:50
At the same time, I also understand that this is a complicated discussion because we've already developed systems that are biased/polarised in one way...
December 27, 2020 at 20:23
What I get from that is a failure in communication. When the appropriate meaning is not expressed then we cannot receive the proper response. This is ...
December 27, 2020 at 20:20
Why go from meaningful connection to attachment? Why not maintain at meaningful connection?
December 27, 2020 at 19:23
The difference between attachments and connections is that in attachments, the objects and subjects we are attached to are given greater priority than...
December 27, 2020 at 19:08
Not attachments, just connections. Attachments are limitations while connections are channels for expression of our life-energies. We can connect with...
December 27, 2020 at 19:01
To me, all such thought experiments seem like responses to deep rooted fear within the coding of one's consciousness. They're all based on the premise...
December 27, 2020 at 10:25
Also, until one recognizes or realises their individuality (self or 'I'), life will remain a series of attachments. The only true path in life is self...
December 26, 2020 at 21:48
I think it depends on the importance to which we assign the need/want of overcoming the attachments. In analogy, I would say it's like any other probl...
December 26, 2020 at 21:43
The "Attachment" that is a problem is not the natural connection to things and situations. It is the inordinate craving/compulsion/dependence (addicti...
December 26, 2020 at 15:37
September 03, 2020 at 04:58
Yeah, everything just is. It allows for maximum focus upon oneself (the most significant point of anything that is).
August 15, 2020 at 18:13
I don't know any of that. For me, whether there is one 'first cause'/'being' (God or other) or many of such wherefrom the universe(s) - (if such a lim...
August 15, 2020 at 17:58
It's just another endless loop, isn't it. Sure, it assumes one unique first cause. However, what does it say about the arising of other unique causes....
August 13, 2020 at 18:32
If effects arise from causes, what is the cause of the first cause? Does the ultimate/fundamental origin also have an origin? I think the problem isn'...
August 12, 2020 at 23:35
If the intent behind the inaction is to enjoy the carnage, then it is wrong.
May 27, 2020 at 18:42
Perhaps, in a weird way, by helping advance the plot of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection narrative, he did right by God. From the human point of vi...
May 26, 2020 at 19:24
I've read what is referred to as the "Gospel of Judas" (or what's left of it). I think it's deeply esoteric and, if true, it may hold within it the my...
May 26, 2020 at 18:43
Whatever understanding is possessed by an individual(ity) is limited to and by that individual(ity). Only the absolute is and has absoluteness. Those ...
April 15, 2020 at 12:15
I think it is (in more ways than not, I believe so). I think our intelligent impetus deems what would have been seen as "cultural/traditional feminine...
April 13, 2020 at 07:25
Are the concepts of 'truth' and 'fact' completely differentiated in the way they are defined and symbolised? No, I don't think so. Also, no source of ...
February 29, 2020 at 17:26
http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com *The above site is not the definitive on philosophical terms and meanings. It has a disclaimer at the bottom whi...
February 25, 2020 at 19:55
Through all the discussions on this thread, I have managed to gather some ideas which, it seems, everyone who's participated is okay with in some way ...
February 24, 2020 at 19:19
So, for you, is there a difference between information and knowledge? Or, perhaps, they're the kind of words (also, truth and fact) whose meanings and...
February 22, 2020 at 12:38
Yeah, thanks. I've learned quite a lot from that. It seems that there's an inherent idea that, at least, one of the differences between knowledge and ...
February 22, 2020 at 12:19
I've tried to hold this sort of position before and I think my worry is it doesn't seem to give much of a difference between knowledge and information...
February 22, 2020 at 09:01
It's just an attempt at finding a most comprehensive definition possible. Anyway, I think the word fact would be somewhat deficient if it were limited...
February 22, 2020 at 09:00
How about a fact is an expression of a state of affairs or circumstance. This can also fit in statements like "it is a fact that force is defined as m...
February 22, 2020 at 00:49
I thought axiom was appropriate because it is composed of a premise which leads to a conclusion through a particular line of reasoning/logic. This, to...
February 22, 2020 at 00:48
Thanks. It's illuminating.
February 21, 2020 at 23:25
I seem to have a problem with a proposition being characterized as true or false because, by my understanding, a proposition is not definitive. Its va...
February 21, 2020 at 23:00
I've never thought of truths and facts in this way before. At first glance I seem to want to protest but there is a simplicity to the explanation that...
February 21, 2020 at 22:47
Thanks for this. I take it to mean something like, "truth is enduring, that is, it will always be relevant, while a fact is relative.
February 21, 2020 at 20:14
This has become interesting. Can a proposition be true? I mean in the sense that, if it is true, is it still a proposition? And what is your perspecti...
February 21, 2020 at 20:07
First, there is no 'nothing' because every way it is defined, it is always related to 'something'. Sometimes the 'nothing' is the source, cause of 'so...
February 14, 2020 at 13:00
Meditation was once mystical. Acupuncture... ?
February 12, 2020 at 07:39