With no indisputable argument or proof presented amongst all of the great minds in this world, there must be a missing element or two that humans eith...
Man, TranscendedRealms seems to really think he can change the world with his thoughts on life. But no matter how many times he rewords his post, I st...
@"MikeL" I find your arguments the most convincing I've heard so far with regard to there being intelligent design in the universe. Do you have any th...
I would say a number of factors, including but not limited to: - lack of proper coping mechanisms - lack of support system - unrealistic expectations ...
To me, true suffering equates to not wanting to live. A person can be experiencing pain, but be able to tolerate it mentally. A person can grieve over...
I don't think true randomness exists. We are just incapable of defining all of the variables that go into causing an outcome. If we could perfectly un...
I lean toward intelligent design of some sort, but not sure what to think about the form or nature of the source. It is all so paradoxical... How coul...
I think most people procreate before reaching this level of philosophical thinking! Amidst a battle with depression, I found myself married with two c...
I guess philosophy is too deep and personal for most people. I tried to get my Facebook friends talking about their lives' meaning and purpose, and al...
I would add that this underlying drive becomes more evident to people who have suffered from depression, where there is little motivation to do anythi...
When you think of things you do for mental pleasure, where does the sense of satisfaction come from? You paint something you think looks nice. So what...
What about the color spectrum? Could it not be infinitely subdivided? That is, between two shades of color, there will always be a shade that is betwe...
@"Agustino" When I consider things like this, I sometimes think of what a child raised by monkeys on an island would do. We have basic instincts that ...
I tend to agree with @"schopenhauer1" here, based on my life experience. For me, the drive to pursue goals has been more akin to @"Bitter Crank"'s con...
@"rossii" Like you already mentioned, though you likely wouldn't be around to witness it, your untimely death would cause a lot of suffering to those ...
@"John Gould" @"Bitter Crank" @"Jake Tarragon" I think this idea of 'impermanent meaningfulness' has some value as well, especially to those who are v...
Well, I survived the weekend soccer tourney! Feels like I was beaten with a baseball bat, and I can barely make it up the stairs, but I'm still alive!...
@"rossii" The survival instinct is too strong in most people to go through with suicide. Add to that the thought of your loved ones' suffering (even i...
Calling something fundamental and irreducible is quite a leap of faith, Rich. More likely, the mind (our central processing unit) is just not well eno...
I'm with you on this one, Harry. There is no grand purpose to life, or at least none that will ever be proven. Unless you are one of the great influen...
I'm with you on this one. The decision is made based on instinct, and anticipated outcome based on past experience. The instincts and experiences exis...
@"Hanover" @"Janus" @"Rich" Let's look at a relatively simple example of seemingly random behavior and freedom of choice. Someone asks you to pick a r...
@"Janus" More a hypothesis than a known fact... ;) But try to think of an idea you've had that was completely brand new, and not based on a combinatio...
My advice would be to not get too caught up in the need for meaning - no one has yet been able to prove that life has some grand meaning, so there's n...
Agreed, the outcome of this discussion will not affect how I live my life. Unfortunately, I have a brain that only seems to accept logic, evidence, an...
More like putting the best triathlete currently in existence up against a well-aged champion distance runner who hasn't competed in quite some time in...
When you eventually respond, you will likely do so with the hope that your response is creative enough and convincing enough to sway me closer to your...
We start taking time to consider as we gain life experience, because we learn that snap decisions based on instinct and emotion aren't always the best...
Every time I make a choice, I am considering past choices, results, and experiences. Basic instincts also weigh in to the decision. All of these thing...
I am saying we all make choices, but they are made by the biological brain, based on the memory and instinct contained therein. What I understand from...
@"Rich" Did you get a chance to look into this yet? I feel like it is also relevant to your arguments in the discussion on Quantum Free Will vs Determ...
So you can admit that there is memory built from the experiential results of choices, on which future choices are based. Yet you seem to insist on the...
@"Hanover" I would start with Rich and Transcended Realms. Though not as nasty as Thanatos Harris, neither one of them likes having their ideas challe...
Unpredictable yes, because we are nowhere near being able to accurately model all of the variables that go into brain function. In this case, perhaps ...
@"VagabondSpectre" @"Rich" When I think of something being fated, I think of someone saying 'It was meant to be'. As in: It was fate that I met my gir...
No choice is fated or necessarily predictable (because of the infinite level of complexity involved in thought), but you can definitely say that every...
Emotions are not a 'sense' - they are reactions to stimulus. I can perceive value in something in the absence of a corresponding positive emotion. For...
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