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Yes, agreed. But irony is used as a tool to get benefits too. To be honest, I am bad at using irony because I connect such act with lying... Irony is ...

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Good explanation :up: :100: Then this is why the hominids felt hesitation when they approached to the monolith. The unknown itself creates a lot of un...

Yes, you are correct.

But the simplicity is what it impressed me. While when I see a giant Buddha in Thailand, India, Vietnam, etc... I interpret it as tremendous and strik...

It could be another interpretation in the same direction that the monolith simply is there to help the humankind. It could be even a criticism for not...

It is literally what I think about the nature of the monolith. It is clear that is an abstract object which is far more intelligent than human race. I...

Indeed. The article I read days ago made a lot of references to Jung's archetypes. The author of the article defined the monolith as an "unconscious s...

Yes! :smile:

I think it is harder to believe when it appears in a human form. No one seen before and so enigmatic and original. Sometimes simplicity makes the best...

I hope to not encounter anyone at all. The mysticism of the unknown is what makes the monolith so interesting. Nevertheless, I bet that the ones who p...

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Why? The enforcement of law towards the use of marijuana is based on prevent health problems. I do not see it as irony... It could be a good example o...

Interesting. We can interpret monoliths were put by aliens to "test" the habitants of earth and since the first one on the Plains of Africa, there wer...

I like your theory because it could mean that aliens would help us and be our partners. Aliens tend to be represented as "enemies" or "intruders" of t...

:fire: :100: :clap: Interesting point of view and very argumentative answer. I have perceived that most of you interpret the monolith as a characteris...

Exactly, this is the same feeling I have when I saw the monolith. It is there not doing much but at the same time it makes a rare atmosphere because y...

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This experience is common. 2001 is a very complex film. The first time I saw it I didn't understand anything... it took some years and a lot of readin...

What!? :scream: I don't think it is a bad idea at all. Monolithic symbolism is pretty interesting. We can have a large debate on the significance. Wha...

Thank you so much for your reply. You provided a lot of good arguments. I like how you explain it as a "dawn" for human's knowledge and development. N...

I didn't sequel of 2010! Wow, thanks for sharing the video. Now, I see the alien theory gains more rigidity. I see (as you explained) the monolith had...

Interesting view! I never gave it a religious significance. It even takes a while until I have a clear idea of what the monolith means. It is true tha...

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Sorry, Amity, I forgot to reply to your quote but here is my answer: Absolutely. You are right in the fact that seppuku doesn't survive through the ce...

The search of a personal journey. I am agree that most of the rituals are social because that's the clue. But in the other hand I wanted to argue some...

Don't worry! It is ok, friend. I like your answer and I really appreciate the time you take to read my posts. To be honest, I don't even know why I wr...

The title of the OP says "human morals" so I didn't want get off from the topic :yum:

To be honest, I personally think it needs to be learned. There is an important concept inside Buddhism that is called "moral merit" which means the wa...

We are both agree in the same point then! :up: :100:

I am agree with you about kaishakunin. In most of the rituals this specific person helped the samurai to perform the ritual without pain. But kaishaku...

Not necessarily. Seppuku was a samurai ritual used when someone committed a big act of dishonour or disrespect. The act itself was accomplished in the...

"What motivates the neo-Luddite worldview?" Staying out of the masses. If you really want to be yourself you need to prevent the use of big social med...

Yes, he has been criticized for their writing style because it looks so similar to Western literature. I remember he was in Santiago de Compostela bac...

It is a completely Japanese thing, indeed! :sweat:

All of these examples were always been religious rituals... (except award ceremonies, good example).

True. But I don't know any example of them.

My own thoughts: Ritual: it depends on religious and sacred practices during centuries. Their cause is profess a doctrine which can pass through gener...

Good quote and reference! :up: It remembers me about shûnya (empty) on Buddhist metaphysics. Relative Existence or No Self Nature: Nothing has a essen...

Well, it supposed to be, right? They are connected to the same belief: God's existence. I respect all your points and arguments and they are so intere...

Both end and beginning of the story :sparkle:

We deal with the pursuit of equilibrium in our minds. Fulled by those products of union.

Sure, I would put an example related to Buddhism. You already know that there were been different schools around the pursue of Siddhârtha Gautama. I.e...

Three weeks is a pretty good time-lapse. Such big books took me even months. I remember that Murakami's 1Q84 (first and second part) took like three o...

:up: :yum: It looks like so yummy and tasty.

I think they both interact with the practice of faith and doctrines. At least, these are one of the main basic principles of theism, the pursue of dev...

My family members even fought in the Republican side. But that's an old history...

I didn't get offended! It was funny, indeed. But it surprised me how an old TV show made some jokes about Franco. We always say here that nobody cared...

What the hell! :eyes:

That metaphysics could be seen as a destructive threat for positivism... (?) I am lost, sorry...