Benj96

Aristotle once said “ It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.“ I appreciate your openness to follow...

Not really. You cite that biology is based on physics and chemistry. Where exactly do we draw the line then between non living chemistry/physics and l...

when you say “think you’re up to the challenge” do you mean “I” specifically or the proverbially “you” - a general question to any girl reading this. ...

Well... in all honesty ...If I knew who I was I would tell you. But I find myself questioning even that as my perception of myself or rather “the self...

Fascinating ... so by the second generation of islanders realistically we could expect to see a cohesive group forming where the children likely posse...

Could we maybe consider that the perfect question is also it’s own answer? I ask because as many of you have pointed out already a question supposes t...

Ah okay. Super thank you. I was worrying I inadvertently caused some unwanted trouble. Haha. Thanks for the response. Happy philosophising!

No. I’m definitely not. I’m defining the realness of emotions and feelings as only to the person who has them. Honesty or dishonesty of oneself with r...

Are you sure of this? Is something that changes or has a bivalency/ multiple facets any less true than something that stays singular/ the same/identic...

thank you for your insight I found it really interesting. I think I also settled on the idea that we can pinpoint a topic of discussion and talk about...

“Energy will still act/occur tomorrow” or “a photon will travel between two stars some time from now” or “an hour will pass three days from now” or “h...

is a formula not a fact if it is true? Is the truth not revealed by fact? Both in a legal sense and a scientific sense

Very true. Cultural evolution is probably by now a much more dominant and faster pace influential phenomenon.

I am preparing for a science fiction book :)

of course beliefs should be cared about. The world we live in is dominated by belief systems as they’re are likely an unavoidable fact of the human ex...

Ah okay I think I understand what you’re saying now. They’re Inherently different due to the very fact that they are chronological and ordered one aft...

yes this.

Could that not be because when you have 1000s of cycles operating in the same spatiotemporal location (earth) they give rise to complex and diverse Se...

You can not verify that from the brevity of single human existence. If you are walking along a cycle that’s big enough and you are small enough the cy...

How can imaginary things not be profound or useful? All “arbitrary” concepts are imaginary when it comes down to it. The second is a completely artifi...

this has to do with major histocompatibility complex and it’s not everyone that an immune system will reject the organs of; of course it’s incredibly ...

this is kind of like how in organ donation recipients ... new behaviours and cravings/tendencies developed in the patient in line with those that the ...

Ah okay I understand what you’re saying better now. Interesting. Despite the fact that they - as a whole - generate the body and brain necessary for t...

I wouldn’t agree. Most systems do required input from the brain to continue operations; the hypothalamus secretes several hormones that regulate the b...

No predation = overpopulation = suffering. No parasitism = suggestion that some lifeforms are less deserving of life than others due to the nature by ...

you make a valid point One would imagine the cause of the Big Bang is external to time. But I think this lies on the assumption of “linearity” and I p...

I think it would help to consider existence seeing as we are discussing god and time. Most would consider existence and being integral to time in that...

Interesting remark. Perhaps we have objectified/classified sexual qualities too much just like ethnic ones.

i disagree. I don’t believe it’s an unusual question any more than the question “why are there genders?” or “what is sexuality?” In my opinion no ques...

Well one would thing that like many a human characteristic sexuality is a spectrum? It’s very likely. But I simply advocated the discussion of one pol...

But isn’t social housing a form of socialist delegation/distribution of property with social welfare and basic human needs at its core? Sure perhaps t...

I believe it depends on awareness. Consider subject A,B and C. Subject A and C have a strong grasp of “good/morality and it’s contrasting state “evil/...

When we say what is “real” what we are really saying is where must we draw the line between that which is possible/has the potential to exist and that...

I agree however I’ve also come to difficult viewpoints regarding the “potential” side to energy vs the “actionable” side. You can’t measure potential ...

I think the confusion is in the term “potential” being used in different ways. There are many types of energy; chemical, electrical, light, heat etc. ...

0 contains all paired positive and negative integers to infinity on both sides which cancel eachother out to zero. This is the idea behind potential e...

Well when dealing with subjects usually the larger the sample size the more objective the result. So if we take the largest sample size possible- 8 bi...

Tell that to Diogenes :D haha

omg caught rotten haha

We should run economies like a cell runs its biochemistry? Why? Because it's a stable open system where the currency (ATP/money) would be provisioned ...

See for the most part im inclined to agree with you. I think it wouldnt be fair to hold someone to the expectation that their private internal thought...

You make a good point

I dont see how fearing death necessarily encourages/motivates you in life nor how not fearing death is a bad thing for having a good life. You could j...

That is my question. For some the social mask is their authentic personality. It is what they really think. And these people must be genuinely kind if...

I would say any animal that can feel shame or fear after doing something we consider bad has a sense of right and wrong. Dogs certainly do this - a co...

There are some words that are inherently self- descriptive/defining. The most well known group is onomatopoeiac words - words that sound like what the...

Math is a human construct and can only "act" as mathematical functions through either our brains or the devices we have programmed to do it for us; ca...

The mind doesnt have to be more than data because data can react to data. Analysis, computation and processing of data requires "software" ie. Data. A...

Well how would a mind identify itself without having a physical body? Neurons reach to every point in the body and also regulate hormones and mobility...

If Data does not occupy space in a computer than how can there be a limited capacity for storage of data? I'm not suggesting that data occupies a phys...