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Free Will
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does it exist?
i personally think its an illusion--our brain causes us to be conscious and have a mind, and our brain acts according to its own wiring when a choice is made, and chemicals or whatever... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsCan inanimate objects carry expressive meaning?
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i think the key question here is if that expression is intended or not. Or at least if it is a "common" meaning.
After all we can interpret anything by forcibly connecting it to everythin... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsWhy do we exist?
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I congratulate you guys on your theories and opinions, it is great to see that there are people out there who are being conscious of this subject.
Say no more guys, if you are thinking of why am I... |
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GovernmentThe Anti-Bush Thread
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I think Dumbteen hit the nail squarely on the head... GW gets nervous when speaking publicly. He is self-conscious that he goes blank... he often freezes like deer caught in headlights.
He is defi... |
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Does Time Exist?
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First there was time, then came the sensation of time, then the idea of time, and finally the word "time". For me there are 2 ways to perceive 'time'-
1. measurement of time (soc... |
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Reality & Metaphysics'reality'
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Hmmm...How did this become a discussion of noncomformity and revolution?...I'm just talking about reality being something that can be shaped internally (as it is already to a great degree)...Nobo... |
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Habits & BehaviorHumility
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I am not sure that power is irrelevant to this discussion Wyote, and agree with the idea that real power arises from a state of humility.
Even by recognizing that material possessions do make a pe... |
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DreamsWhat do you dream about?
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an hour (round about) of wakefullness before afternoon naps increases lucidity.
repeating "i will dream, and i will know that i am dreaming" increases dream recall and lucidity.
going... |
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Religion & HumanityThe Meaning of Living
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The 'thing' that creates life, is not a conscious entity. What creates life is any and all universes who have which allow life. Given the arbitrariness of so much of our universe (quantum me... |
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Life & DeathI feel pointless.
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I used to be busy building a life just as we're taught, but at some point I started to notice how hollow and empty it was, that I'm only maintaining a facade, and that I actually felt quite... |
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SocietyCreating a society based on no money possessions ?
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That society could be created in different ways. The main purpose would be to live decently, in a non polluated environment, with people living in peace and care in close interactions between people.... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsDoes perception match the true form?
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I think what I was saying was more a matter of 'I have a brain and know from anatomy what it is like, but what I get from it are feelings, sounds, visions, etc.' Basically that the perception is relia... |
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RelationshipsSoul Mate?
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Stop looking. Of the 7 billion or so people on the planet, there are likely many you are compatible with; but some or one will be put in your life. Be yourself, follow your path, let things naturally... |
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Paranormal & PseudoscienceMEMES!!!!
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"Memes are not capable of being benefited and humans don't do things unless it benefits them."
Are you sure about that? What is the parasite doing that the memes aren't? The par... |
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so where's the girl stuff?
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i think she is suggesting that anyone who spends their time investigating someone ele's body for a living must be a bit weird, especially gynaecologists.
I think you are unusal in your views c... |
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GovernmentGaaaahhhhh!
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What the hell is going on in here?
UnderDawg: If you walked around with no covering on your head, you'd be arrested and detained until the US Embassy came to save your ass and then lecture you... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsWhy do we exist?
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I wouldn't be surprised if a super old civilization from another galaxy came close by on an experimental quest. Find the nearest capable and/or habitable planet even at a molecular level and star... |
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Emotions & FeelingsPositive change vs negative change
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Positive and Negative
It's hard some days to stay positive, especially when having a 'bad' day. It is hard to stay positive when things seem tough, whether financially, emotionally or physically.... |
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Inspiration for change!
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Positive and Negative
It's hard some days to stay positive, especially when having a 'bad' day. It is hard to stay positive when things seem tough, whether financially, emotionally or physically.... |
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Emotions & FeelingsFear of self
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thats an excellent observation jacker. when you have a new perspective on a situation, it often times changes your own behavior.
*people are capable of all sorts of good and bad things.
*people fe... |
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Emotions & FeelingsI don't understand, at least look
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I see people who are nice and friendly but my inner insecurities keep me from reaching out and taking a chance that someone might actually like me for me not just because I like the same music and enj... |
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Emotions & FeelingsGags with every breath / This world brings me down / I'm looking forward to death
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One of the things I find most negative about my train of thought re: Death is the apathy that comes with it. Stereotypically suicidal people have things like friends and family holding them back from... |
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God in ReligionDoes GOD Not Existed?
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Dumbteen
There is no reason to believe consciousness came from an intelligent being, any more then it came from the particular structure of our brains.
I suspect what makes us conscious and ani... |
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Religion & HumanityThe Meaning of Living
103 Posts • 24873 Views
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"DumbTeen, now you have two arguments going on you."
I think the evolution argument is going ok, although the more philosophical one is a bit iffy..
"I did not just grow out of a pe... |
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meditation
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I said, if there is no YOU, no who, no dreamer, enjoying anything.
Imagination and illusions are as real as anything else.
Consciousness likely chose to split into seperate beings on purpose, to cre... |
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