Jack Cummins

I agree that the idea of a 'spontaneous production of something from nowhere' is interesting with regard to how anything ever came into existence at a...

From ward round discussions in which I was present, the main criteria were severity of a person's mental health condition and whether all other option...

I know many individuals who have had ECT and almost all of them claim a clear relationship with the treatment, The explanation for how the treatment w...

I think that it is possible to choose whether or not to believe in God on the basis of preference, according to one's state of mind and what works for...

I agree with you 'if you're not feeling the blues there's something wrong with you.' I am surprised by people who seem impervious to everything around...

I just opened the links you put, and saw the fantastic artwork. You have said that you do all your art with Photoshop, and don't do any drawing or pai...

I am not sure about your idea of 'the bloodline body', but what it does lead me to wonder about is how we are connected to other minds. Perhaps, it is...

The question is where do we pull out answers from. Are they simply parts of ourselves, of which we are not usually familiar?

Good video, and perhaps we need more misadventures. I think that I learn so much more from the misadventures of life, and they certainly break down th...

I will let you go and carry on your discussion tomorrow. I frequently get myself into obscure discussions at all times, and have to choose to switch o...

I just read one of your posts, and I agree that apart from asking why we need to appreciate and be grateful. Gratefull Dead are an excellent band, but...

I think that your point is important because we cannot simply put the idea of emotions into the realm of mind. There is so much discussion on this sit...

It leads me to think of a track by Warren Zevon, called , 'Sentimental Hygiene'. I think it is a fine balance between emotion and going beyond it. As ...

I am a curious about your idea of the 'thin line between adventure and misadventure'. I wonder if you can explain a little bit further.

I wonder if you are talking about transcending emotions, because you don't appear to be wishing for humanity to be reduced to a robotic consciousness....

Your posts are extremely interesting, and I do think that some of it really does come back to the idea of the question of whether there is any underly...

The idea of paradise, or heaven is interesting but I always wondered to what extent the idea makes sense in terms of a place, or as a kingdom within. ...

I can't possibly think what would happen if emotions were cast aside completely. Okay, we may need a certain mastery of emotions, rather than being un...

I think that you have a point when you say that people are poor at sports because they don't practice. I do believe that this probably is based on ear...

Perhaps the reason why I am so poor at sport and dancing is because my brain is holding me back. Indeed, perhaps those who are not so inclined to thin...

Your response about standing has lead me to think about is the whole way our thinking is not just focused in the head, but in the whole of the body. I...

I definitely believe that language is a key factor in consciousness and how we began to ask questions about why. There is a whole tension between the ...

I think that it the idea of opposites reversing is probably more good news, like, for example, extreme sadness can suddenly shift into joy. There may ...

I saw the thread in the list of week discussions, but it does seem to be in the lounge, so it does depend if people go into the lounge.

Yes, it is questionable whether enough people are aware of the competition, so I am writing this to make the thread pop up to the top of discussions. ...

Although there are endpoints, and a continuum, I think that it is also interesting to think of Heraclitus's idea of enantiodromia. This was about how ...

I am not sure if we have actually agreed on anything before.

I definitely think that the mysterious does not suppose the existence of God. In many ways, arriving at the idea of God may be too much of an easy sol...

I do agree with your point in one of your posts that it is only the human being who asks why. I am sure trees cannot stop and wonder why they exist. I...

My very first interaction on the site, when I first joined, was with @"3017amen" Only a fortnight ago, I was out in Wimbledon engaging in discussion w...

I didn't enjoy maths as a child but I do remember finding the idea of Pythagoras' s hypothenuse triangle to be very exciting. I also do like the geome...

It feels rather sad writing in Amen's final thread, and I do feel sad that he cannot reply. I had a fair amount of replies from him. It is perhaps iro...

Your reply is interesting, and it is the case of existence vs nothing. Aside from the question of why is there something rather than nothing, I think ...

I may have replied to Amen, but perhaps he may still be able to look at this online. As far as speaking in tongues I do know people who have witnessed...

I just noticed that you referred to my thread. As I think I said, I don't really like the clear categories of theist, atheist or agnostic, because I p...

I think that people must be playing around because my figure is rising so much. But, please be careful or the mods may decide to revert me back to zer...

I am sure that I will find posts to give you each a point because to simply give it to you for giving me one would just show how silly it is. It remin...

I think that it is such a miserable new feature of the site, because when I switch on the site it shows me a list of the likes, with the most popular ...

I think that I am staring into the sun, in the metaphorically sense, right now, unable to sleep, churning thoughts. But, of course, I am blind to my o...

I think that introspection is becoming a lost aspect of philosophy. Of course, the empirical investigation, including the scientific aspects of existe...

Thanks for the link and I will look at it tomorrow.

The question is how much are we confabulating? Sometimes, even the most sophisticated philosophy arguments seem contrived. I am not trying to make a m...

You ask me to 'stop wondering and just do it', but the question is what do we do other than wonder. I am about to go out to the shops, to buy some foo...

How do we separate how we see it from 'how it is'? I am not sure that we are able to step outside of personal, or intersubjective reality, in order to...

You trace the idea of causes back to a 'wall', but what lies behind the wall? I am speaking about origins, but also what lies behind mind and matter. ...

I think that the idea of we made it up does raise the question of how we make things up, because I am not presuming that we are mere liars. I am askin...

I remember sitting outside on a bench at about 5am, waiting for the cafe to open when I had lost my keys. It was Sunday morning, and I don't know if I...

I believe that immanence is important, because that was stressed in Gregory Bateson's, 'Ecology of Mind', even though he was an anthropologist, but ha...

The question of whether we could hire a detective or not is interesting insofar as it raises the question of mysteries. Having spoken of philosophical...

I do agree that our life experiences is extremely restrictive, especially our lifespan, as well as the social contexts of our experiences. Our perspec...