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Rich

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Really? No way, unless infinity is considered a boundary. And you know this how? And the proof is? I guess this means that the universal and inviolabl...
March 07, 2018 at 14:17
I agree. Ups and downs and lots of in-betweens.
March 05, 2018 at 23:35
Just reporting on my own experiences and what I have observed of others. Life appears to be cycles of up and downs.
March 05, 2018 at 23:20
Happiness can happen at any time, quite unexpectedly, and it might be quite spontaneous, as some people have shared. It just happens. Usually, I guess...
March 05, 2018 at 03:04
While the Schrodinger equation is all well and good, one still had to give credit to the minds that created it based upon the observations of said min...
March 05, 2018 at 02:54
Without senses, the child would not be alive. Sensing and mind is synonymous. No sense, then unconscious. Sometimes the mind does wakes up and begins ...
March 05, 2018 at 02:45
It doesn't matter. The top 1%, who become the top 1% by stealing or some other scam, will always find v ways to buy government and pass laws to benefi...
March 05, 2018 at 00:45
I don't observe it that way. For me, music just flows in my mind, one sound penetrating into another.
March 05, 2018 at 00:38
We don't ever actually obseve anything that it's static. However, we can sort of view something as static in our minds though it too is always changin...
March 04, 2018 at 20:51
Yes, mind is an ocean with will/intent. The ocean is actually the holographic field that the mind is creating.
March 04, 2018 at 17:15
They are not being recreated. They are morphing. There are no static states. Static states (nothing is static) are symbolic projections which the mind...
March 04, 2018 at 16:08
Yes, this would be Bohm's quantum potential. He also perceived the universe as some sort of holographic field which he called the Implicate/Explicate ...
March 04, 2018 at 15:51
It's how one learns. One forms an idea and observes what happens.. Where path leads, no one knows. I always listen to advice, but ultimately I have to...
March 04, 2018 at 15:35
There are patterns (habits) in the universe, because of the intelligence imbued in the universe. That which is not alive, tends to be more stable (hab...
March 04, 2018 at 02:49
What exactly is matter? Ultimately it is just quantum stuff of some sort. Matter feels solid. Matter is perceived of as solid. But we know it is empty...
March 04, 2018 at 02:39
It's the creation of our experimenting and minds, and as with all experiments some of it goes well and others not so well and we learn from it all, th...
March 03, 2018 at 20:31
Basically, Mind creates waves (Yin/Yang) and starts moving the waves with energy (Qi) and hence begins creation. Spot on and only 2500 years ago.
March 03, 2018 at 18:46
There are free PDF files available for all of Henri Bergson's works, his most famous being Creative Evolution. For a very good explanation just watch ...
March 03, 2018 at 17:14
The story of the beginning from the Dao De Jing.
March 03, 2018 at 17:11
Yes, we create an image based upon possible actions. Yes, we create images of possibilities and that images (possible choices) guide our actions. By o...
March 02, 2018 at 23:27
This is why absolute precision is required. The image is getting the avocado. The future is seen as virtual (possible actions). Your choices are: when...
March 02, 2018 at 22:02
It's not the future that is constrained by memory, it is the choices that we might make. One may choose not to try to walk through a brick wall. Howev...
March 02, 2018 at 15:54
Someways definitely better than others but people still die. In fact, accidental deaths in hospitals are one of the leading causes of deaths in the U....
March 02, 2018 at 13:50
Some people do, others don't, most couldn't care less. It's just something some people like to do. No harm unless they try to enforce their own subjec...
March 02, 2018 at 04:43
It exists as a concept as opposed to subjective. Whether a human can be objective, I have yet to find the case. Exactly. I am saying the concept canno...
March 02, 2018 at 04:12
Why? Because you believe so? Unless you are not human, all lying are doing is saying what you believe is objective, which is generally the way it goes...
March 02, 2018 at 04:05
I've never viewed a robot in such a way. I can't imagine how can computer can be confused with any sort of life. Only in the eyes of the programmer wh...
March 02, 2018 at 03:45
Objective about what if they are meaningless? What is objective about this: @_-++&__? Rules are meaningless without a human interpreting them and appl...
March 02, 2018 at 03:35
This is metaphysical based upon my observations of life. No need to make up stories about what happened 1 billion years ago. By the way, most current ...
March 01, 2018 at 20:51
I guess the story just fits your narrative. You have a story and you just make up a narrative to fit the story, as if you have any idea what human and...
March 01, 2018 at 20:42
You made some claims. I'm simply asking how do you know? That v human beings share similar DNA and the DNA of most animal life does not imply your cla...
March 01, 2018 at 20:35
Right. I want to know how you know what happened 1 billion years ago?
March 01, 2018 at 20:31
I know all about theories. I just want to know how you know it? Someone v told you all about humans and animals a billion years ago? Did you ask them ...
March 01, 2018 at 19:31
And you know this how?
March 01, 2018 at 15:40
I believe YouTube Red permits downloads and there is all the stuff you can possibly want on YouTube. Do you have SD storage on your phone? Another pos...
March 01, 2018 at 12:42
I am grateful for my wife of 40 years who is my companion in my life's journey and with whom I share.
March 01, 2018 at 12:35
There is nothing abstract about it. It is the most concrete aspect of our existence. Your consciousness dreamed up and created your post. Embrace it f...
March 01, 2018 at 12:28
It's not that either concept is soft, it is that neither has ever been observed, so maintaining either simpler muddles an inquiry. Best to jettison bo...
March 01, 2018 at 12:23
Mathematics is not objective. They are meaningless symbols upon which humans apply meaning. Without human interpretation they are no more meaningful t...
March 01, 2018 at 12:11
I agree. Mind and memory are one and cohesive.
March 01, 2018 at 02:52
I agree.
March 01, 2018 at 02:50
Information doesn't comprehend. Mind comprehends information and uses it to create. But yes, information is closely associated with memory. It seems t...
March 01, 2018 at 02:38
Humans makes choices and have will (energy applied in a specific direction) that they can exercise to effect that choice. The choices are constrained ...
March 01, 2018 at 02:34
I agree. There are habits everywhere in the universe, like a pendulum. I agree. Memory becomes an important concept in understanding actions and habit...
March 01, 2018 at 02:22
I agree. An equally unobservable and that is unsupportable by evidence and phenomenon. I just wonder why it is still discussed. There is nothing soft....
March 01, 2018 at 02:15
Ok. Then let's drop the word, because it is inapplicable, unless there is something about the word that needs saving. If the universe is not determini...
March 01, 2018 at 02:12
We can. And in either case it leaves us with zero evidence for determinism. Belief in determinism is tantamount to deep faith, comparable to Calvanism...
February 28, 2018 at 23:18
I believe we have choices in which direction we move, which are constrained. Such a situation leaves the future unpredictable but still constrained an...
February 28, 2018 at 23:08
Let's not. This is what had turned philosophy and demonstrably science into fantasy and sci fi (e.g. time travel, and humans are computers). Let's jus...
February 28, 2018 at 22:34
I have no idea what the concept of "we" or "wrestle" means under determinism. Nothing has any meaning with determinism. There is no reason to even tak...
February 28, 2018 at 13:28