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['Member']Joined: September 17, 2016 at 05:28Last active: September 26, 2016 at 17:2813 discussions56 comments

Discussions (13)

One's Self

September 25, 2016 at 23:35 14 comments The Lounge

The Unprovable Liar

September 22, 2016 at 04:51 11 comments Logic & Philosophy of Mathematics

Living

September 21, 2016 at 06:06 22 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

Comments

Wow. I'm glad I continued to question you because that is some of the best poetry I've read lately!
September 26, 2016 at 01:45
Well, a jig is a kind of dance; a lively dance. So, it is a form of dancing. Thus is defined as 'therefore' or 'as a result or consequence of this.' S...
September 26, 2016 at 01:09
That seems like a bit of a tautology.
September 26, 2016 at 00:59
"I don't think there is any reason to think that dreams are produced in collaboration with others." What are the 'others' you speak of here?
September 25, 2016 at 04:33
Syria and the Middle East is a proxy war between the east and the west. It is a mess! Check out these maps showing the different factions and occupied...
September 25, 2016 at 00:17
Even if life were counterfeit or fake, it sure feels real! But, the problem for me is so do my dreams. When I'm in them I certainly feel it to be life...
September 25, 2016 at 00:03
I think the current fiat monetary system is truly unstable and it is not a matter of if it will collapse, but rather when. However, why do you say tha...
September 24, 2016 at 23:59
He would take a statement such as this and then run it through different schools of mathematics and the paradox would always persist.
September 23, 2016 at 16:54
The article you provided was about this quote "banks and corporations will deprive the people of all property." Which is not my quote. Here is a Forbe...
September 23, 2016 at 16:53
Then it would also follow since you have never been dead before that we cannot say that death is nothingness.
September 22, 2016 at 23:03
But it logically follows because we can imagine going to sleep and never waking up (at least, crudely); therefore, we should be able to imagine the in...
September 22, 2016 at 19:51
I presume the imagining waking up after never having gone to sleep must have been tough because the only thing that would describe that would be birth...
September 22, 2016 at 18:41
Your answer was everything I wish I could have written:)
September 22, 2016 at 17:17
I see what you're saying, but some of what you're assumes that we understand the consciousness of newborn babies and that is something that really can...
September 22, 2016 at 17:15
In: Words  — view comment
The first two may not be from nature in the sense they are like a tree, but if you google them, they have an image, a shape, they occupy matter and sp...
September 22, 2016 at 17:09
I wish you the best, but I hear it is a very hard field. There is a lot of pressure if you want to be successful and not many get to publish or do res...
September 22, 2016 at 07:19
I agree with a lot of what you say, but I think the idolatry is the key problem that I take serious issue with.
September 22, 2016 at 07:12
In: Words  — view comment
All symbols, sounds, or whatever represent something in nature that we are trying to express to other people.
September 22, 2016 at 05:30
I mean the double slit experiment and quantum entanglement may to support your idea empirically.
September 22, 2016 at 05:09
You posed a lot in your comment, but I want to address one thing that I have a follow up question to: the Bible states that you should not worship fal...
September 22, 2016 at 04:41
Great response! I truly don't think there is an answer to my inquiry; I just like to hear what others have to input.
September 22, 2016 at 04:24
I think your response might be a form of poetry in and of itself :)
September 22, 2016 at 04:22
It's an interesting concept isn't it?
September 22, 2016 at 03:33
Well, I get my intel from my senses (empirically), from then I make decisions about them through using reason (rationalism)...I don't I can separate t...
September 22, 2016 at 02:53
Intuition and the subconscious is a powerful and a mysterious force. This may be related but somewhat off topic, but I find it interesting how I say t...
September 22, 2016 at 02:26
I see what you are getting at. When I was first introduced to Zoroastrianism in my religion class I took in college, I was mind blown. It seemed that ...
September 22, 2016 at 02:18
In: Living  — view comment
I don't know if there is a 'right' way to respond to the world, but I do believe that we should not let the world dictate our inner world. That is to ...
September 21, 2016 at 20:37
In: Living  — view comment
That's an amazing answer. It really does make me think. I posed this question simply for philosophical purposes, not because I am suicidal, but becaus...
September 21, 2016 at 20:13
In: Living  — view comment
"For me the 'dark' thoughts have become (more or less) toys for the intellect," very well said!
September 21, 2016 at 18:03
Do you think it matters whether or not Jesus was a literary character or a true being if the overall effect was the same?
September 21, 2016 at 07:43
In: Living  — view comment
I really appreciate your answers, they are very thought provoking. I am not posing this question necessarily from a personal reason; it mainly stemmed...
September 21, 2016 at 07:39
In: Living  — view comment
That is a beautiful and articulated response. I guess my follow up question is, what if you find no joy in life? What if you see it as a continual str...
September 21, 2016 at 07:18
The past and future are the only the things we can truly understand, while the present is an elusive concept, because the moment we think about the pr...
September 21, 2016 at 07:04
Thomas Jefferson was a Deist and read the Bible while omitting the miracles Jesus supposed committed. He viewed it as a philosophical doctrine, which ...
September 21, 2016 at 07:00
"I have a different view of what can be considered the domain of possibility." What is your different view?
September 21, 2016 at 02:13
Yes, but there have only been two would wars, so sense I am talking about WWIII, which would contain nuclear weapons, I separate from the other wars i...
September 20, 2016 at 16:40
This is a difficult question. I disagree with Hillary because she committed perjury and jeopardized national security through her email use. Moreover,...
September 20, 2016 at 07:03
This is a tough question, while my optimistic side wants to believe that the world has far surpassed these primitive tenacities. The police violence i...
September 20, 2016 at 06:35
I really agree with your last paragraph. You summarize the true daily existence of humans. Aside from philosophical inquiry, and I truly respect that....
September 20, 2016 at 06:22
I truly respect your passion for uncovering the truth. We live in an age where information is in an abundance, but with that, critical thinking become...
September 20, 2016 at 06:14
I think there is something objective; that is, the things that we can perceive though our senses. Now, subjectivity enters the mix by trying to interp...
September 20, 2016 at 06:03
I mean of course it has been interpreted through some means of media, but I try and inform myself through non-mainstream sources. And this story was p...
September 20, 2016 at 04:17
When you say it "would create the impression that if Jesus was resurrected, the laws of nature were transcended," it seems to me that that mainly poin...
September 20, 2016 at 00:34
So, I understand my question is loaded and possibly poorly phrased for such a difficult concept; but, from what I conclude from your response, is it t...
September 19, 2016 at 23:57
I switched up some of the wording. Tell me if that helps with your answer.
September 19, 2016 at 22:50
When you're thinking in your head or writing something as I do now, are you not doing it one thought or word followed by another thought or word?
September 19, 2016 at 16:14
If I assume the panpsychist view, then my idea of soul is simply the notion of consciousness itself which we can never accurately define. This does no...
September 19, 2016 at 02:50
This is very interesting and close to home. I don't think you should give up on someone who is an addict, but surely they are fighting their own battl...
September 19, 2016 at 01:43
I agree with you philosophically...but the problem is, no matter how hard I try, I am still stuck in this world of past and future. I think the revela...
September 19, 2016 at 01:34
I do see what you were saying and how what I said somewhat differed. I think these are hard concepts to transmit through language, but that is why I t...
September 19, 2016 at 01:19