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ARE YOU CYNICAL OF…...?
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I'm cynical of the notion 'Normal person'.
Define a 'normal' person.
I've never met one since human beings are an aberration of Nature and evil incarnate.
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Human Nature & Emotionemotion
9 Posts • 4168 Views Philosophy Forum |
Can we as human beings when exposed to the same stimuli actually feel the same kind of emotion in relation to that stimulus? Whats to say that my happy is not your sad or angry do we feel the same way... |
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This sounds like a debate for... Super Hero Mania
161 Posts • 40851 Views Movie/TV Reviews |
Wes Bentley is Blackheart in Ghost Rider
I remember someone here being a fan of his, the kid from American Beauty with the "beautiful" bag they made so much fun of in Not Another Teen Mo... |
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Human Nature & EmotionEmotions
17 Posts • 7012 Views Philosophy Forum |
I agree. Depression, along with mayn other traits or emotions, are detrimental to a human beings' health and wellbeing. However, the emotions run through us at vaired times and there is nothing t... |
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Christianityis the bible CONTRADICTORY?
47 Posts • 14379 Views Religion Forum |
*clown* Of course, the bible is contradictory! It contrast between views of life & what is of value. It purpose is to teach moral (social) values & help to bring one closer to GOD.
Yes, it is... |
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Chaos theory
70 Posts • 16970 Views Philosophy Forum |
quite right Azhrei. It all comes down to what and how we perceive our surroundings. Reality exists in the mind. Maybe Chaos is a merely a human constructed thought or observation. Or maybe it is a fou... |
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Relationships & LoveWhy am I developing feelings for my fiance's best friend?
6 Posts • 4127 Views Psychology Forum |
Because you're human. Also, 10 years is a long time and it's even longer between a 15 yr old and a 25 yr old, you're a completely different person now to how you were.
It's norma... |
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FuturologyWhat do you think the Future will be like?
43 Posts • 16703 Views Science & Technology Forum |
In the next thousand years I would not rule out that humans could become the first self-determinant evolving species ever known. A hybrid bio-electromechanical being. But, then, this would constitute... |
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Why be polite?
39 Posts • 27272 Views Philosophy Forum |
Even though being brash and brutally honest in the past has worked for you; doesn't mean that it's the correct behaviour towards another human being. Maybe you were raised to be explicitly h... |
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SpiritualityFaith: innate or not?
6 Posts • 5982 Views Religion Forum |
In any event Decius, I was looking for insight regardless of my or anyone's predisposition. How you could make the blanket accusations you did I'll never know. But I never tried to hide my b... |
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Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
42 Posts • 26335 Views Psychology Forum |
Cows have feelings too. They are in great emotional pain if seperated from their calves.
For certain, man is different from animals in that he is cultured. That is, the former generation teaches th... |
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Life & DeathThe meaning of life
30 Posts • 8264 Views Philosophy Forum |
Earth is a small meaningless rock. On that rock you can find human beings. Our purpose? we have none. We are here because of the relationships to love have fun and enjoy this gift that we have been gi... |
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Life & DeathMovies that best describe life/death??
22 Posts • 6894 Views Philosophy Forum |
Terminator (all three of them). Just proves that the human race is so bent on destruction that they will be the cause of the downfall of their own race. At least, thats how i feel. Oh, it also proves... |
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Child & Family PsychologyBeing Lazy
8 Posts • 3867 Views Psychology Forum |
The human mind can make a Hell out of a Heaven and a Heaven out of Hell. (John Milton) Studying philosophy can do that. |
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Theory of the Man-Machine
12 Posts • 9483 Views Philosophy Forum |
my theory is that there are at least two "types" of existence: physical and abstract. our bodies, brains, cells, and everything around us that causes us to experience are physical--however,... |
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What value do you navigate by?
6 Posts • 2681 Views Philosophy Forum |
Beauty and morality are species of values.
George Santayana says that 'all values must be ultimately intrinsic'. He adds that the good, i.e. that which is desired, is good because of its consequen... |
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Science vs ReligionEvolution of God
43 Posts • 12206 Views Religion Forum |
"And as for engineering us, I can't see us so much as cattle in the food sense, unless they had a specific desire for such meat or some natural "human" secretion, spinal fluid etc.... |
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Societya society at eachother's throats.
18 Posts • 6486 Views Philosophy Forum |
>"It's an impulsive response due to insecurity."
-Due to insecurity as well as a subconcious paranoia that I believe we set within ourselves early on (lower level school). It is a... |
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Dressing for your age?
68 Posts • 19095 Views Philosophy Forum |
Beauty is a human construct. It's also a social construct. You can not say that you are "beautiful" alone, but because you have been influenced to think that way or others tell that to... |
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Science vs ReligionScience: The One True Religion
27 Posts • 7218 Views Religion Forum |
Chris- I'd really love to believe what you just said. But, can you give me an example as to how that could hypothetically occur?
And, even though it hasn't been scientifically proven, 2... |
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Society & SociologyRacism on SNL
0 Posts • 14665 Views Psychology Forum |
this is just going back and forth! Nobody ever agrees. Even us simple people have to get the last word in. I think just shutting up and getting along is the way to go. We are all human and were we liv... |
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What truths would a wise person pursue?
5 Posts • 2824 Views Philosophy Forum |
It appears to me that science has accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding human nature that would be very useful for everyone to know. Unfortunately our schools and colleges are focused almost... |
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ConsciousnessHow do the ideas of Universal Consciousness and synchronicity fit together?
5 Posts • 3707 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well that idea is an ethnocentrist view. Another term used is collective unconscious. Every human shares common traits, experiences and instincts, so there is a point of synchronized consciousness, or... |
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BiologyCloning
93 Posts • 25296 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Unfortunately, we cannot really know for certain, unless we actually clone entire human beings. We tend to be an empirical lot, and as a race need sometimes to 'stick our hands into the fire' when we... |
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IslamHUMANS CAN STEEP LOWER THAN ANIMALS
2 Posts • 3324 Views Religion Forum |
God in our Nobel book stated that He has “surely created man in the best stature†and then followed by “then we reduced him to the lowest of lowâ€(95:4-5). Information may be ha... |
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