generally speaking we have several options. It’s quite interesting to see how each option aligns with people’s belief as to whether we can successfull...
depends on when you define an object as not being that object anymore. I understand it in two ways: you can dismantle a car and it is no longer the ob...
But paradoxically the quality of energy to “be the cause of all change” must itself be unchanging and constant. Like a law: For if energy no longer ca...
We see that energy works on itself though. It is self acting. Energy (be it radiation, a person, a force - lie gravity) takes energy (matter) and reco...
What do you mean by consistent? Because if you mean repeatable then I’m afraid there are myriad examples of phenomenon and things in the universe that...
I don’t believe one can choose unless they taste both goodness and evil. I myself am acutely aware of my worst and most toxic behaviour. It makes me u...
The way I see is that if everything was utopian and perfect, the concept of benevolence would be meaningless. As meaningless as trying to conceive of ...
for me information is the product of contrast. Without two poles - without a binary interaction there is no information. 0 = nothing or no discernible...
Would this not suggest then that observation and “self- awareness” is a universal property. Which would suppose I guess that at the beginning - the si...
It’s interesting that you associate being dead with being passive. Because as I understand life itself is a mix of active and passive roles: for examp...
U I mean that if “life” is in fact a false distinction from other inanimate chemistry and simply a very complex physical process that gives the impres...
Not necessarily. I cannot say whether humans are the only “aware” or “conscious” agents. I would imagine that many animals and maybe plants and fungi ...
Might I approach it from a slightly physics direction. Assuming that maybe this “god” is the sum of all energy in the universe, god must be finite as ...
Rude haha. And very polarised view. Nothing is black and white and there is such thing as “ on the fence”, besides I’m actually asking a question base...
How am I a pessimist for simply asking the question? I personally have little opinion on either course of humanity I’m simply looking to see what othe...
There will always be mentally lazy/ weak people. They exist as a point of reference for which to determine those who are mentally strong and diligent....
in such a case how might we then help the poor to help themselves? Do you think it will always be a case of providence by the better off? Or is there ...
That’s a brilliant quote. Of course freedom also operates in the avoidance of adversity by “restricting” you for your own good, not just the liberty t...
Do you think we would be better off if we lived in a public “campaigning/ go fund me” type society where instead of paying tax to one centralised gove...
Why does equality lead to jealousy? Surely it ought to have the opposite effect. Then again being as subjective as we are “the grass is always greener...
I suppose you’re right. In many ways I think this is why the escapism of media and literature plays such a large part in our lives. Distraction from t...
Except they don’t, or rather can’t. At least not by any punitive measure. Tax avoidance is a wealthy mans specialty. The middle class pay a disproport...
Haha exactly. It is a strange world full of heavy opinion and popular belief which isn’t inherently correct just because it’s “popular”. It was popula...
My question now is why? Why does power tend to corrupt people? What is it about being able to exert force/ impact on those around you that lends itsel...
Damn they’re very good questions.what such unfulfillable needs do you suggest that the state couldn’t manage? Need being the key word rather than desi...
It’s true, the number, quality and dynamic of deities has always been changing and likely will continue to do so in the future. Personally I believe t...
Hi Jack I have some thoughts on wisdom. I guess I’m a little late to the party though haha. Some observations: though many people become wiser with ag...
I believe the poor’s happiness is accounted for by “agency” rather than “money” and its simply that 90% of us subscribe to the capitalist regime that ...
Whilst much of what you said is true this is the reason why we have labour laws and employee benefits. Because whilst yes the boss has the power to de...
See my previous comment above because I thought the exact same. We are all born wealthy in sense and die a poor man. But “money” is not the object of ...
Well, I can tell you what I don’t want for my life if that helps to narrow down what I do want haha. I guess I still have a bit of the fiery anarchism...
Agreed any ethical concern comes from the animate aware conscious beings involved not the paper bills/ notes that sit there as a symbol of value and n...
Again, no one need say they have the ultimate claim of morality. Some may simply be like this is what I believe. Do you think I’m pouting you in the r...
Nothing was implied that meant you believed your own moral code was correct. You can of course if you want claim that you are that extreme polarity of...
No because remember the evil side is also aware of the true objective moral. How can it be truly evil if it does not know what is truly good? You cann...
Interesting. I see what you mean it’s not necessarily proportional in quantity with good despite us acknowledging it as a terrible possibility. As may...
ahhh I get you now apologies for having missed it. It is an interesting theory. There is a lot of confusion around the concept of “fields” and what th...
That is the dilemma though. You just reiterated the incoherence I was highlighting. The task of distinguishing between most perfect and the most imper...
I definitely agree that most people look back at their former selves in their twenties and wish they valued their time or youth more or had the wisdom...
That’s a good point. I also agree that we are creatures of change and we must always turnover the status quo whatever that may be to feel that we are ...
I disagree. Photons are massless. Nothing at the speed of light can possess mass. And they are most definitely energy. Wavelengths don’t carry the ene...
this has an interesting resonance with a thought I recently had that “the only thing omniscience could not know is ignorance”. It cannot be omniscient...
Because of entropy. It’s a lot easier for a person to produce energy from matter than it is to produce matter from energy. You would need a colossal a...
I don’t believe character is very concrete / set in stone. Sure there are some traits that seem to be a part of our deepest identity and are difficult...
Why must we all get worked up about negatives? I think it’s human nature to be perfectly frank. When confronted with a fearful or life-threatening sit...
Agreed hoy is more of a sensation in that it has a certain immediacy that ca be directly attributed to a singular act - eating chocolate, meeting a fr...
No I don’t believe it’s strictly an asymmetry what I was getting at is there’s an asymmetry between our use of the pair: the two opposites: we tend to...
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