Written by: Simian
ah, israel. Just another justification for my thesis that religious belief should be treated the same as any other mental illness. But that's another discussion entirely...
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Written by: simian
i think that a rejection of the idea that you gain knowledge of the world from the world does constitutes a mental illness.
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I don't think science will really get us anywhere either. We'll just keep going round and round in circles, asking more and more questions that will never end
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
finland finland finland
the country where i want to be
pony trekking or camping
or just watching tv
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Written by: simian
To equate incompleteness of a system of knowledge as a failure of that system is, well, just silly.
What's the mathematical thingamibob about no system being able to contain its own proof?
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Written by: simian
And isn't the process of coming to the conclusion of "i think therefore i am" a perfect example of gaining knowledge of the world from the world anyway?
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
ture na sig
Written by: onewheeldave
'I think, therefore I am', taken in context (that context being philosophical discussion based on sceptisism) is well-known, clear and consise, and, perhaps most important- catchy and memorable.
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Written by: quiet
Here are some things that are definitely true:
2 + 2 = 4
torturing innocent children for fun is wrong
i didn't exist before i was born
and some things that are so obviously true that there's no point in scepticism:
other people exist
there's beer in my fridge
the sun will rise tomorrow
etc.
people seem to confuse certainty with knowledge. you can know stuff even if you're not certain about it; the classic example is the boy who sits a history test, and gets all 200 questions about the Tudors correct. the best explanation is that he knew the answers, even if he didn't think that he did. or another case: you don't think you know where you left your keys, but you go and look in your jacket pocket, because some intuition suggests that you do so. surprise, surprise, you find the keys. explanation? you knew where they were all along.
knowledge is a matter of tracking the truth; certainty is something different. the possibility that you're wrong doesn't mean that you don't know stuff. what it *may* mean is that you don't know whether you know . . .etc.
Written by: onewheeldave
'I think, therefore I am', taken in context (that context being philosophical discussion based on sceptisism) is well-known, clear and consise, and, perhaps most important- catchy and memorable.
'I am thinking now, and therefore I exist' is not only bulky and lacking in style, but is subject to the same kind of pickiness it's trying to cure (for example, it uses 'I' and 'exist', both of which can be be subjected to intense debate over what they actually mean).
'I think, therefore I am' is a true classic, and any attempts at innovation will inevitably be cack..
Remember- it don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
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'I think, therefore I am', taken in context (that context being philosophical discussion based on sceptisism) is well-known, clear and consise, and, perhaps most important- catchy and memorable.
i.e. translations of philosophy are better when they are composed of words with a pleasing meter rather than being composed of words that might more accurately convey the thoughts being expressed?
okay then
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Written by: quiet
Here are some things that are definitely true:
2 + 2 = 4
torturing innocent children for fun is wrong
i didn't exist before i was born
and some things that are so obviously true that there's no point in scepticism:
other people exist
there's beer in my fridge
the sun will rise tomorrow
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Written by: Sethis
an omnipotent being (e.g. God) might simply create images in your consciousness that correspond to your idea of reality. Reality has no objective existence, so you cannot make any moral or physical claim based on your perceptions of it. Example: The Matrix. The perfect example of what Descartes was trying to put across. Maybe we're all just brains floating in jars...
ture na sig
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Written by: Pele
Here is a statement once used in a show I was watching, and it seems to fit...
"Of all the truths in the world, you pick one and follow it blindly, it becomes a falsehood and you a fanatic."
And yes, I view true fanatics to be daft.
finland finland finland
the country where i want to be
pony trekking or camping
or just watching tv
ture na sig
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.