You are viewing the historical archive of The Philosophy Forum.
For current discussions, visit the live forum.
Go to live forum

wuliheron

Comments

Academics tend to be in complete denial that there is more in heaven and earth than dreamt of in their philosophies and, like ants climbing the Empire...
November 10, 2016 at 17:22
"Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. It has been defined as: sen...
November 10, 2016 at 16:07
If it has no spatial extension then what's the point? To a physicist if you say something has no properties then it just doesn't exist. Either you can...
November 10, 2016 at 00:48
Consciousness is obviously an emergent phenomena with my own belief that it displays supersymmetry and self-organization indicating that there should ...
November 09, 2016 at 23:43
Still don't understand how a moment can be timeless. Either it has duration or it infinitely short, which case, its difficult to see why its worth dis...
November 09, 2016 at 23:29
That's the polite way of saying we've merely traded one mob rule with more of a pretense of democracy for one that has fewer illusions. Its a rude awa...
November 09, 2016 at 19:33
Its like I keep saying, in over ten years of asking if anyone knows the simple distinction between a lynch mob and democracy I have yet to hear the co...
November 09, 2016 at 17:16
A moment that consists of no time is a contradiction in terms and there's no way to tell what you might mean by that other than to guess you are possi...
November 09, 2016 at 16:16
Its Rainbow Warrior poetry that's a mixture of Socratic wisdom and Taoism. Beauty and humor are viewed as indivisible complimentary opposites. That sa...
November 08, 2016 at 21:59
The past is only a memory, the future a dream. Pale Buddha Lao Tzu came close to saying the same thing, but what it means is the present moment is whe...
November 08, 2016 at 18:53
Harmony neither acts nor reasons, it is the lowest possible energy state of the complete system, thus making it more efficient and creative. Without h...
November 08, 2016 at 17:17
Its contextual meaning quanta express greater context dependence than we're used to observing and, for example, a particle's position and momentum, sp...
November 08, 2016 at 17:02
According to quantum mechanics the passage of time is discrete and can never be shorter than 10^-27s and if there is such a thing as a present moment ...
November 08, 2016 at 16:19
For those you need the whole pitcher of beer.
November 06, 2016 at 23:48
Ticky Tacky would be my choice.
November 06, 2016 at 16:42
Intuition is where the two meet in harmony as we occupy the lowest possible energy state of the system where our humble efficiency can produce outrage...
November 06, 2016 at 16:10
If existence is a burden and you just keep coming back then its hell and there's nothing anyone can do to help.
November 06, 2016 at 00:04
LOL, you mean more violent. We have the worst social record in every regard in the developed world, but it certainly makes for better drama and plenty...
November 05, 2016 at 22:29
The original superman comic book provides unique insight into the matter. For a long time superman could not fly, but could leap over a tall building ...
November 05, 2016 at 21:52
More specifically, they would be capable of expressing both greater harmony and entropy or chaos. This jives with other evidence that, for example, pe...
November 05, 2016 at 21:32
The absurdities in life are unlimited and, so too, am I infinite absurd! I think, therefore I must be conscious!
November 05, 2016 at 20:40
Allan Watts used the common Asian metaphor of "God is playing peek-a-boo". Its not a question of trust when even the concept of trust is just another ...
November 05, 2016 at 19:55
Harvard could not care less about anyone's objections in this matter because their reputation is at stake and they are a FOR PROFIT organization dedic...
November 05, 2016 at 19:23
You are attempting the equivalent of dividing by zero by zero because you have neither a definition for God or the absurd. A philosophy composed of wo...
November 05, 2016 at 17:59
Quantum mechanics are by all observations random, meaning, they cannot be defined and can just as easily be described as acausal. These are merely lab...
November 05, 2016 at 16:33
Thanks to the evidence of things like quantum mechanics causality can be considered to be derived from the acausal and a sort of nonsensical "synergis...
November 05, 2016 at 16:10
Intuition is contextual or metaphoric reasoning that our cells themselves can perform without having a clue as to what they are doing because they are...
November 05, 2016 at 15:26
In: Emotions  — view comment
They are indivisible complimentary-opposites, or yin and yang, that constantly transform into one another in extreme contexts. A small child attached ...
November 05, 2016 at 15:13
Ah, I forgot to answer this question. My own view is that, currently, the world is ruled by the money and the guns doing most of the talking worth lis...
November 04, 2016 at 22:54
Bad grammar, wars have been fought over bad grammar.
November 04, 2016 at 16:34
Collectivism is a form of morality with Confucius being a classic example and Taoism championed by Lao Tzu providing a more anarchistic perspective on...
November 04, 2016 at 15:31
Einstein said, 'If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.' Neurologists have already proven that on their most fundamental lev...
November 04, 2016 at 00:09
A mirror test is a classic example of self-awareness in action. Infants and a few animals such as dolphins and apes show sudden recognition of the fac...
November 03, 2016 at 21:34
I didn't shop the idea around, except for the mathematician whose work interested me, all the rest came looking for me the minute I let it be known I ...
November 03, 2016 at 21:10
Its mathematical poetry where every word can be treated as a variable with no intrinsic meaning or value. Its not like the authors knew what they were...
November 03, 2016 at 20:54
I've actually conversed with one mathematician whose work was widely publicized as classified by the government. He was soliciting papers of any kind,...
November 03, 2016 at 20:38
No, the government and even large corporations like Google censor the internet to prevent any such information from becoming widely known. Its not in ...
November 03, 2016 at 19:45
According to the National Science Foundation one in five Americans insists the sun revolves around the earth and forty years of studies have finally c...
November 03, 2016 at 17:28
I often tell people a Jedi feels the force flow through him when he is regular. It is ripe for parody because it implies an underlying systems logic t...
November 03, 2016 at 16:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVM1nUmDHHc As sexy as Donna is, yin-yang dynamics demand a somewhat more cartoonish universe. Doctor Doolittle's push...
November 03, 2016 at 16:04
When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!
November 03, 2016 at 15:47
They don't provide references for classified information, however, there are quite a few mathematicians using variations on the excluded middle and fu...
November 03, 2016 at 15:40
Yes, most of the essential equations in physics today can fit on a t-shirt and display what physicists like to call elegant simplicity. Einstein compa...
November 02, 2016 at 23:57
Its more argument for argument's sake when the evidence of quantum mechanics says there is no way any length of time can be smaller than 10^-27s. You ...
November 02, 2016 at 23:30
LOL, the theory of everything is coming and the world will never be the same again because mother nature's sense of humor is the only rival to her bea...
November 02, 2016 at 22:41
What it means is infinity is a metaphorical concept that has no clear identity outside of specific contexts which is the kind of thing that quantum me...
November 02, 2016 at 22:36
A better argument is that infinity is paradoxical which is why nobody has ever managed to prove it actually exists. Quantum mechanics can crush Zeno's...
November 02, 2016 at 22:18
The idea that something can come from nothing is a paradox as is claiming that we are a tabula rasa, yet, we have instincts. The mind and brain are ba...
November 02, 2016 at 15:51
Socrates spoke of the memory of God which none can remember in all its glory and what he called the Truth responsible for all the good things. As an a...
November 02, 2016 at 15:32
Some claim modern metaphysics evolved from the ancient Greeks attempting to surreptitiously criticize their religion without being killed for heresy. ...
November 02, 2016 at 14:43