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John Onestrand

['Member']Joined: August 04, 2020 at 10:03Last active: August 17, 2020 at 11:15None discussions13 comments

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S: U.G. Krishnamurti A: Lao Tze B: Ludwig Wittgenstein C: Murray Rothbard D: Buddha E: John Locke F: Jiddu Krishnamurti (very few philosophers on my l...
August 14, 2020 at 12:02
From childhood to year 19 all I asked was "how?"; I was only interested in the natural sciences. Then I met a person, he called himself an existential...
August 14, 2020 at 11:32
An afterlife would require that your experience machine (thoughts, feelings, perception) would somehow exist separate from the nervous system, which t...
August 14, 2020 at 10:32
Nothing in nature claims to be apart from everything except the human Self. It says "I am separated from the whole, I live here in my myself-bubble. I...
August 13, 2020 at 20:56
Why would a moderator have opinions about a post? As long as the site rules are followed that should be it. I agree with the move to The Lounge but af...
August 08, 2020 at 04:07
Describing Heaven as an unspecified awesome place is very clever from a PR standpoint. It lets peoples imagination fill in the blanks. So what can we ...
August 08, 2020 at 03:40
If there's no thoughts there's no way of knowing if you're conscious or not. The only way to know is if your thinking print out "yeah, I'm conscious"....
August 08, 2020 at 03:11
You wont die. You will only live. You can't experience death much like you can't see beyond your visual field. So for you, death wont come, but I thin...
August 08, 2020 at 02:54
Unfortunately we first have to define consciousness. Sorry.
August 07, 2020 at 10:45
I agree. One of my stepping stones to a harmonious life is the realization there's no death for me. In all objective meaning, I will die, but I will n...
August 07, 2020 at 09:48
(just a side note, "embracing death" shows great passion, which would be a very alien notion for a nihilist :D)
August 07, 2020 at 09:18
I fail to see the depth of this puzzle. “Why is it absurd for me to say something true about myself?” From MacIntosh view it's not true. It's as if Ri...
August 07, 2020 at 08:59
The electrochemical process take up space much like the electrical grid in your home. It produces heat, light and can be transformed into mechanical e...
August 07, 2020 at 08:38
Neurological processes obviously take up space so that's not your question. A more interesting question would be; is the thinker-thought pair / the se...
August 04, 2020 at 11:42
"The right thing to do is what makes us feel good " Morality are rules of social interactions for all members of the group and for all times. I assume...
August 04, 2020 at 11:22