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Reality & MetaphysicsYour definition of existence
23 Posts • 10038 Views Philosophy Forum |
But then again this can all be the product of the mind.
But then we must also ask how the mind works, because the gaps between synapses in the brain is to big for electrons to cross. so the functio... |
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Religion & HumanityAn answer
31 Posts • 9441 Views Religion Forum |
if mass is composed of vibrating subatomic particles, when does the mass become absolute? Mass is measured in kgs and theres an object which is weighed each year in France via SI units solely because... |
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Life & DeathThe meaning of life
30 Posts • 8235 Views Philosophy Forum |
life is for human is mainly about the pain-pleasure theory.
the other similar theory is the sensation-brain theory.
we live, grow, learn and play because we have senses and we have a brain that re... |
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Drugstrips (drugs)
54 Posts • 17587 Views Psychology Forum |
The book 'The Doors of Perception' by Aldous Huxley goes into this.
Roughly, he believes that 'trippy' type drugs switch off filters in the brain and cause the vast amount of in... |
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Life & DeathScariest Thing About DEATH
72 Posts • 20253 Views Philosophy Forum |
What scares me is when i actually do die... there is nothing there.
Other than tha,t I am actually very curious as to what happens after death.. I mean really you wouldnt be able to think If you brai... |
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Memory
4 Posts • 3465 Views Philosophy Forum |
neurologically speaking, the human brain contains enough neurons to contain everything it experiences down to the most mundane and intricate detail. like you said, however, the problem arises during t... |
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Paranormal & PseudoscienceDeja Vu-Theories
74 Posts • 39536 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Sometimes, I get the feeling that our lives are as repetitive as machines in an assembly line. We repeat things so often that in our sleep our minds can start regurgitating images and pictures and fac... |
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DreamsWhats Happening to ME?!
23 Posts • 8291 Views Psychology Forum |
i dont think you are crazy. ive noticed when i use my brain more i have more deja vu experiences. im not sure what the exact connection is there... also, i had a lot more of them in my early teen year... |
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Life & DeathAFTER DEATH
93 Posts • 30139 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think, dying is exactly like falling asleep, only without dreams and eternally. for me, this is the only logical explanation. just look at everything we see, hear, think, feel, smell, taste,... we a... |
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PerceptionThe Surreal Aspects of Life
0 Posts • 946 Views Psychology Forum |
I read in an issue of new scientist that seeing someone fall in any sense produces a chemical in your brain that results in a form of pleasure. I thought it wonderfully reflected the nature of humanit... |
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Reality & Metaphysics'reality'
100 Posts • 22773 Views Philosophy Forum |
It's pretty logical that they couldn't see the animayed pitcures. Actually, we don't see things 'directly', we see them with the help of our memory. If there is a chair in fro... |
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Ethics & MoralityGood vs. Evil
14 Posts • 5964 Views Philosophy Forum |
The thing iz, in reality there is no 'gud' or 'bad', there is just 'is'. If you injure your toe, it's not 'good' or 'bad', it just 'is'... |
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SocietyWhy Do They Hate Us
53 Posts • 13056 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
St Jimmy - Have you watched Bush's Brain? that pretty much ties it together. There may not be ONE single reason we went to war, it might be a bunch of small reasons, and only Bush knows for sure.... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsWhat If Everything Is Fake And You Are The Only Thing That Is Real?
46 Posts • 44718 Views Philosophy Forum |
well said, i suppose if i am the only real thing i am on here to organise my thoughts, and see what other parts of my brain have to say, and also just for my own amusement. but then again surely i wou... |
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DreamsWhats Happening to ME?!
23 Posts • 8291 Views Psychology Forum |
well... I think its just one of those things that happen to everyone, not many people no why and not many people bother to find out... i think it definately has something to do with the relapse of the... |
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Life & DeathPHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
5 Posts • 3365 Views Philosophy Forum |
Are you implying that 'thought' transends atomic, electrical impulses which characterize it neurologically in the animal brain? could consciousness not exist as a synthesized 'oneness... |
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SpiritualityWe didn't exist before we got here
48 Posts • 13626 Views Religion Forum |
Angel of Death, I understand what you are trying to say- that spirituality can seem it exists on another sub-concious level for eternity. You may think I can't grasp the concept that spirituality... |
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Intelligence, Memory & BrainInner Monolouges & Though processes
14 Posts • 12787 Views Psychology Forum |
I know Multiple Languages, Polish, English, Little German and Little Jap
I Think in English and then Translate to another language because the others are rusty, if i spent a few months in Poland, it... |
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ElectionsFit For Presidency
12 Posts • 3260 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
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"Zach, you ARE an idiot. Never forget that"
Once again you don't know what your talking about and you present your arguments against logical thought with emotion and your fe... |
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Habits & BehaviorWhy do I naturally want to debate everything anyone says?
8 Posts • 12239 Views Psychology Forum |
I am a 21 year old college student. From my grades and ACT score I can conclude I have above-average intelligence, but I can't see the problem here. Almost anytime someone comes to a semi-debatab... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsThought and Reality
26 Posts • 7544 Views Philosophy Forum |
Yeah, I mean, in reality the whole physical word is just a result of the thoughts(or something like it) in our brain. First comes the ability to think, to interpret information, and the comes the illu... |
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God in Religionwhy do you believe in god?
253 Posts • 122322 Views Religion Forum |
sorry, what i was trying to say before was, that once youve seen, (or sensed in another way such as smell or just feelings felt) certain things (like if you saw a couple textures and shapes) your brai... |
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Alternative BeliefsWhy do we exist?
20 Posts • 8539 Views Religion Forum |
Yes but how did those groups of basic elements and molecules come to make up our existence, by accident?
Such complexity such design in the nervous system and the brain's complex neurological pa... |
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DepressionDepression and Suicide
6 Posts • 4286 Views Psychology Forum |
A daily torture for me, but I just cant find the strength to end it all. Should we just leave it down to chemicals in the brain or is it something deeper. I assume, in my case at least, it is because... |
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BiologyMeditation altars brain structure
18 Posts • 6941 Views Science & Technology Forum |
an interesting article I found:
Scans of Monks' Brains Show Meditation Alters Structure, Functioning -- SCIENCE JOURNAL By SHARON BEGLEY - November 5, 2004
All of the Dalai Lama's gues... |
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